Layout 1 (Page 2)
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Clifton 1st XI v Tonbridge 1st XI Lord’s Nursery Ground 24 June 2014 To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the fixture discover limitless possibilities At Clifton College there is a unique environment where everything is possible In the inspiring surroundings of Clifton College your child will go on a journey of self-discovery. Our boarders and day pupils are part of a warm community where pastoral care and academic excellence go hand in hand to help them to succeed at whatever they set their minds to. Arrange a personal visit at a time that suits you to explore a leading independent school with a unique atmosphere. Alternatively, you can book a place at one of our Open Days. For more information visit cliftoncollege.com/admissions or call 0117 321 0342 May I extend a very warm welcome to you all to Lord’s today. The match marks the 100th anniversary of the first meeting here between Clifton and Tonbridge on July 27/28 1914. The contest between the two schools continued to be played at Lord’s until 1968, after which date the fixture moved around various cricket festivals until 1995. Clifton won that first game in 1914, by nine wickets; Tonbridge won the last game in 1995 by ten wickets, so there is all to play for today. You will find the full and fascinating history of the fixture later on in this programme. Of course we cannot and must not forget that the military conflict that was about to unfold took the lives of half of the players in that first match; seven from Clifton and four from Tonbridge. Among the Great War’s earliest casualties was A.E.J Collins, the Clifton schoolboy who still holds the record for the highest individual score in cricket, an extraordinary 628 not out. Mindful though we might be of those events one hundred years ago, let us also use today as an occasion to celebrate all that is good about school cricket. Enjoy the day; enjoy reminiscing about the games that you played in, and about the people you played with and against, and above all enjoy one another’s company. With best wishes, Mr M. J. Moore MA Head of Clifton and Head Master of The Upper School Tonbridge is honoured and delighted to be able to share with Clifton the centenary of their first contest at Lord’s, played on 27 and 28 July 1914. The poignancy of this date, just a week before the outbreak of the Great War, is made the more moving by the fact that four of the Tonbridge team were killed in that war – Rex Sherwell, Hugh Wilson, Ronald Lovelace and Eric Man. Sherwell was a schoolboy cricketing prodigy who was shot down less than two weeks after joining his squadron on the Somme, aged only eighteen. Tonbridge’s greatest pre-war cricketer, Kenneth Hutchings, who made 126 for England against Australia in Melbourne in 1907, was also killed on the Somme. Tonbridge is lucky to have a fine cricket ground, known as The Head, right in the centre of the school and first used in the 1840s. Many fine cricketers have developed their careers on this ground, including Colin Cowdrey, the most distinguished of them all. But Tonbridge cricket also prides itself on the depth of cricketers it nurtures, with up to twenty teams taking the field on Saturday match days. We are also proud of the Old Tonbridgian Cricket Club which has won the Cricketer Cup twice as many times as its nearest challenger, and is the current holder of the trophy. I am sure that all those playing today will remember their first match at Lord’s with great excitement and pride, and I wish both teams luck in the renewal of this historic school match. Mr Tim Haynes Headmaster of Tonbridge 3 Clifton College 1st XI 1. Tom Smith (Captain) 2. Hamish Matthews 3. Joel Barber 4. Jack Ellison (Vice Captain) 5. Tom Costley 6. Finn Trenouth 7. Jonathan Dilley 8. Tom Probert 9. Vir Lakhani 10. Dylan Trenouth 11. Jake Probert Scorer: Alex Turco 4 Tonbridge School 1st XI 1. Cam MacGregor 2. Ed Hyde 3. Zak Crawley 4. Marcus O’Riordan 5. Harry Langham 6. Harry Fitzgerald 7. Hamish Nolan 8. Will Weston 9. Ben Earl 10. Jamie Monkhouse 11. Nick Winder (Captain) 12. James Alvey Scorer: Alex Hume 5 Clifton v Tonbridge 1914–1968 Matches ended by mutual agreement when no result could be achieved are called ‘abandoned (time)’; only those played out to a draw are listed as such. [T] indicates variants in The Tonbridgian, [C] The Cliftonian, and [M] MCC’s printed Matches For The Season. The original Clifton scorebooks, where extant, have been checked against discrepancies in the printed reports. The MCC version has been followed in some cases of manifestly faulty arithmetic elsewhere. †Captain. *Not Out. 1914 at Lord’s, 27 & 28 July Tonbridge 55 (S.B. Morgan 6 for 18) and 242 [T] or 243 [C, M]; Clifton 266 (†G.W.E. Whitehead 78 / F.C. Man 6 for 51) and 33 for 1; Clifton won by 9 wickets 1915 at Tonbridge, 26 & 27 July Clifton 252 [C] or 254 [T] (R. Hawkes 62 / R.D. Lovelace 5 for 73) and 165 for 8; Tonbridge 191 (P.H. Fitzgerald 54*) and 133 for 5 (†R. Sherwell 69); Match abandoned (rain) 1916 at Clifton, 31 July & 1 August Clifton 342 (A.F. Bickmore 103) and 139 for 3 dec (Bickmore 86*); Tonbridge 242 (C.H. Evans 67) and 120 for 3; Match abandoned (time) 1917 at Tonbridge, 30 July (no play 31st) Tonbridge 135; Clifton 88 for 2; Match abandoned (rain) [1918 no match] 1919 at Lord’s, 28 & 29 July Clifton 173 (I.J.L. Saltmarsh 107) and 229 (C.J. Burton 56); Tonbridge 338 (†L.P. Hedges 163) and 65 for 1; Tonbridge won by 9 wickets 1920 at Lord’s, 26 & 27 July Clifton 185 (W.M. Hampton 81* / C.H. Knott 6 for 83) and 56 (Knott 7 for 27); Tonbridge 145 (H.C.A. Gaunt 53) and 100 for 1 (†E.P. Solbé 66*); Tonbridge won by 9 wickets 1921 at Lord’s, 25 & 26 July Tonbridge 199 (T.E.S. Francis 64) and 296 (H.C.A. Gaunt 177); Clifton 210 and 144; Tonbridge won by 141 runs 1922 at Lord’s, 31 July and 1 August Clifton 268 (O.M. Robson 62, D.E. Kennedy 69 / A.G. Greatrex 7 for 107); Tonbridge 92 (D.D. Homan 6 for 26) and 163 (Homan 6 for 64); Clifton won by an innings and 13 runs 1923 at Lord’s, 30 & 31 July Clifton 276 (R.F.P. Holloway 52) and 72 for 1; Tonbridge 207 (T.F. Mitchell 52); Match abandoned (rain) 1924 No play (rain) 1925 at Lord’s, 27 & 28 July Tonbridge 213 (†T.F. Mitchell 70 / †H.J.H. Alpass 6 for 118); Clifton 84 (J. McDermid 6 for 23) and 217 for 6 (G.G. Aslett 82); Match drawn 1926 at Lord’s, 27 July (no play 26th) Clifton 226 (†F.M.S. Tegner 113 / E.J.G. Tucker 5 for 97); Tonbridge 153; Match abandoned (time) 1927 at Lord’s, 25 & 26 July Clifton 149 and 222 (J.F. Cornes 61); Tonbridge 171 (J.A. Baiss 66) and 189 (Baiss 58, L.L. Armour 50); Clifton won by 11 runs 1928 at Lord’s, 30 & 31 July Clifton 77 and 233 (K.W. Nattle 100 / R.H. Rutter 5 for 61); Tonbridge 298 (L.L. Armour 108 / †A.M. Tilly 5 for 95) and 13 for 0; Tonbridge won by 10 wickets 1929 at Lord’s, 29 & 30 July Clifton 258 (B.O. Allen 86 / C.T. Orton 5 for 98) and 157; Tonbridge 169 and 249 (J.G.W. Davies 102, †T.A. Crawford 63); Tonbridge won by 1 wicket 6 1930 at Lord’s, 28 & 29 July Clifton 266 (K.C. Kinnersley 76, J.M. Northen 64) and 22 for 1; Tonbridge 172 (†J.G.W. Davies 52); Match abandoned (rain) 1931 at Lord’s, 27 & 28 July Clifton 208 (G.C. Tovey 99 / R.W.M. Morrison 6 for 45) and 195 for 5; Tonbridge 325 (H.R. Crouch 79, Morrison 69 / J.G. Harrison 5 for 59, J.A. Coachafer 5 for 105); Match drawn 1932 at Lord’s, 26 July (no play 25th) Clifton 179 (†K.C. Kinnersley 95*); Tonbridge 166 for 8 (R.W. M. Morrison 67); Match drawn 1933 at Lord’s, 31 July and 1 August Clifton 351 for 8 dec (N.I. Edelshain 53, C.G. Nuttall 71) and 131 for 3 (Edelshain 65); Tonbridge 224 (A.H. Leach 51, D.C.S. Ball 51) and 257 (G.C. La Fontaine 80, D.A.S. Day 60, Ball 65 / E.K. Scott 6 for 57); Clifton won by 7 wickets 1934 at Lord’s, 30 & 31 July Tonbridge 270 (D.A.S. Day 71, G.B. Salmon 77) and 221 (Day 130*); Clifton 224 (J. Weston 121) and 94; Tonbridge won by 173 runs 1935 at Lord’s, 29 & 30 July Clifton 255 (†M.H. Anderson 89) and 165; Tonbridge 160 and 264 for 9 (†T.C. Cobb 68, H.M. Clark 50, R.G. Hobbs 74) Tonbridge won by 1 wicket 1936 at Lord’s, 27 & 28 July Clifton 206 (J.L. Eberle 106*/ J.D. Parsons 5 for 53) and 21 for 4; Tonbridge 278 (Parsons 68) Match abandoned (rain) 1937 at Lord’s, 26 & 27 July Clifton 292 (A.R.