Cricket at St Edward's: 1869-2017

L ORD J ERSEY , WHO RAISED A STRONG SCRATCH SIDE TO PLAY AGAINST THE S CHOOL EVERY SUMMER FROM 1883 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1915 AT HIS M IDDLETON P ARK ESTATE . T HEREAFTER THE S CHOOL PLAYED EITHER M IDDLETON P ARK OR C.C.T HE H EYTHROP H UNT UNTIL 1928 ON THE SAME GROUND .

YOUNGEST EVER CRICKET XI TO PLAY FOR THE SCHOOL DUE TO WAR DEMANDS ON MANPOWER - AVERAGE AGE 16 FIRST FIXTURES VERSUS CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL AND A WARDEN'S SCRATCH XI RICHARD BAMPFIELD SCORES 97 NOT OUT AGAINST KEBLE COLLEGE AND 101 NOT OUT AGAINST D COY, 6TH OFFICERS BATTALION RUSSELL HALL SCORES 52 AGAINST THE CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL

A LAN D OLBY MEMBER OF THE C RICKET XI 1915. H E ENLISTED A YEAR LATER ( AGE 17) AND SURVIVED THE G REAT W AR

R ICHARD CONNER M EMBER OF THE C RICKET XI 1886 D IED UNDER S URGERY L ONDON 7 S EPTEMBER 1915

B EVERLEY USSHER M EMBER OF THE C RICKET XI 1895-1898 C APTAIN IN 1898 K ILLED IN A CTION D ARDANELLES 14 J UNE 1915

R EGINALD C ROMMELIN P OPHAM BLYTH M EMBER OF THE C RICKET XI 1893-1896 C APTAIN IN 1896 KILLED IN A CTION DARDANELLES 4 J UNE 1915

E DWIN R EAD COLLISSON M EMBER OF THE C RICKET XI 1904 K ILLED IN A CTION LOOS 13 O CTOBER 1915

W ALTER J OHN FRAMPTON M EMBER OF THE C RICKET XI 1884 AND 1885 D IED OF HIS W OUNDS D ARDANELLES 5 M AY 1915

A LEXANDER M OULTRIE WALLACE M EMBER OF THE C RICKET

XI 1898 AND 1899 KILLED IN A CTION NEUVE CHAPELL 12 M ARCH 1915