MATCH 22 NOMADS CC v Eton College 2nd XI at Upper Club Eton College Saturday June 6th 1931
Result: Eton College 2nd XI won by 116 runs
Toss: Not recorded
Umpires: Not recorded
Scorer: Not recorded
Debut(s): Not Known
ETON COLLEGE 2nd XI Innings
GR Branch c & b Hallam 16
JH Cripps lbw b Williams 17
JH Lane Fox not out 54
AM Hedley bowled Hallam 68
C Bewicke not out 19
Extras 18
TOTAL (3 wkts dec,45.2 overs) 192
Dnb:HJ Keigwin,BA Johnston+,RM Chapman,TW Phipps,RD Tate,J Grimond,DC Goschen.
Fow:Not recorded
Bowling-Moss 8 0 47 0,Williams 12 1 45 1, Beart 12 3 35 0,Hallam 9.2 1 35 2, Moir 4 1 12 0.
NOMADS CC Innings
RH Priestley bowled Phipps 10
RAM Hallam bowled Phipps 0
NM Ling bowled Phipps 7
JM Moss st Johnston b Grimond 31
JC Williams c Hedley b Phipps 2
LJ Crook bowled Grimond 9
R Arendt lbw b Grimond 4
JWJ Moir bowled Goshen 0
W Prescott c Johnston b Grimond 8
H MacKenzie bowled Goshen 0
H Trafford not out 0
Extras 4
TOTAL (All out, 31 overs) 76
Fow:Not recorded
Bowling-Phipps 12 2 26 5,Chapman 7 3 12 0,Grimond 8 2 24 4,Goshen 4 1 10 2.
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This score card was provided by Chris Horne partly via the Eton College Chronicle.
Jo Grimond later became leader of the Liberal Party and Brian Johnston behind the stumps became a consummate BBC Broadcaster and centrepiece of Test Match special.JWR Moir was also captain of Amersham & Chilterns RFC
RH Priestley was also a member of MCC and Free Forresters.
LJ Crook scored a century (114) against Whitgift School in 1931. He played regularly between the Wars being the heaviest run scorer. He also toured the Channel Islands with Nomads scoring 66 against Major Morris’ XI in which team the teenage HNE Alston played. Click Here
