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ST EDWARD’S OXFORD Woodstock Road Oxford OX2 7NN Established 1863 Notable fixtures Harrow, Winchester, Radley, Marlborough, Cheltenham, MCC, Free Foresters Cricket professional Rex Hooton (Auckland) Teams U14ABC, U15ABC, U16AB, 3rd XI, 2nd XI, 1st XI, Girls’ 1st XI played inaugural fixture in 2015 Facilities Six grounds, four-lane indoor nets, 10 outdoor synthetic-grass nets, eight grass nets Club/county affiliation Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire Satellite academy based at St Edward’s) Brief history Cricket has always been played at St Edward’s, originating in the playground at New Inn Hall Street with the earliest records dating from 1873. In 1879 the 1st XI won 15 of 19 matches played, the feat holding as a school record until 2012 Cricketers of note Russell Henry Bencraft (Hampshire), EG Wynyard (Hampshire & England, also credited with the ‘invention’ of the sweep shot), Douglas Bader, Tim Hancock (Gloucestershire) Extras St Edward’s school ground lies one mile from the centre of Oxford. Famous cricket writer and journalist John Woodcock, editor of Wisden 1981–1986, president of the Cricket Writers’ Club 1986–2004, is an old boy of ‘St Teddies’ as is Gloucestershire batsman Tim Hancock, who scored 8,485 runs for Gloucestershire in 185 first-class matches, plus 4,153 runs in 211 List A matches thecricketer.com / 49
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