The County Grammar School Magazine 1970

SENIOR HOUSE CRICKET, 1969This year's matches were again dominated by Wensum who won the shieldfor the fourth year running with some entertaining cricket and high scoring .The highlight of the first game, between Wensum and Bure was a hard hittingdisplay from Rosser with 65 not out . This was enough to give Wensum victory byseven wickets . Bure had better luck in their second game, however, and through thebowling of Turner, and the batting of Aldred and Taylor gained a comfortablevictory over Yare . The final match clinched the shield for Wensum, and though thereliable Rosser failed on this occasion, Walton and Durrant saw Wensum victorious .RESULTS :-Wensum v. Bure -Wensum 129 - 3 dec. (Rosser 65 n .o ., Overton 35 n .o .) ;Bure 59 (Jones 17) .Yare v . Bure - Yare 47 (Turner 6 - 11) ; Bure 91 (Aldred 38, Taylor 22 n .o .)Wensum v . Yare - Wensum 95 - 7 dec. (Durrant 28, Walton 28) ; Yare 81(Rix 20, Thouless 17) .CHRIS DURRANT .FIRST XI CRICKET-1970 SEASONThe 1970 season has been a very good one, on the whole, for the school 1stXI . We won our first three matches, and although we lost the other two, both wereagainst teams who are traditionally hard to beat . This year's team is a young one,with six or seven fifth-formers playing regularly, and this should stand the school ingood stead for next year .Our first game was a fairly easy one against Eccles Hall, in which Springalland Warner quickly knocked up the few runs we needed to win . The match againstCawston College, however, was much closer . Cawston are always a strong side, andit was touch and go right to the end whether we would win . In the last over Joneshit a six and a two off successive balls to give us a victory with one ball to spare! Thegame against Wymondham College III was something of a needle match, markedmainly by a half-century from Jones, although Piper, Turner and Rix should not beforgotten in bowling out a useful College team .Hence the side went into their two remaining fixtures with a 100 per centrecord, but both Earsham and Langley proved too strong for us, and both wonconvincingly . Special mention must be given, however, to the hard-hitting displaysof Clarke and Turner against Langley, when they rescued us from a disastrous 14 - 7to a more creditable total of 80 all out .The following played for the 1st XI this season : - Durrant, Turner, Kelly,Roberts, Warner, Clarke, Jones, Piper, Rix, Overton, Lee, Bloom and Springall .TENNISCaptain : Julia Sturman Vice-Captain : Doris HughesThis year the tennis team has provided some very good results and theyhave worked during coaching sessions . Unfortunately the first VI were defeated 7 - 2in the first round of the Marriot Cup but this was not through lack of enthusiasm ordetermination .The 2nd VI had a convincing win against Thetford 2nd VI 6 - 3, with bothsides playing very attacking tennis .