Eleven. V. Twenty Two
This match, the first of the season was commenced before Whitsuntide and not ended till the following half. It ended in a victory for the Eleven by ten wickets.
Eleven. V. next nine with Mantle and Holmes
This resulted in a second victory for the Eleven by one innings and 15 runs to spare. For the Eleven McKeand, RP, Alington, EH, and Rawson, F. played well the former making 103 runs not out and the other two 31 and 15 respectively. For the Nine in the 1st innings Mantle made 42 not out CS Dawson 15 and W Tayloe 14 and in the 2nd innings Holmes 26 and Denman FL. 14 not out. The scores were for the Eleven 169 for the Nine 1st innings 82. 2nd innings 72.
Marlborough Nomads. V. School
In this our first foreign match this season we were beaten by 41 runs. The Nomads went in first and made 141 runs to which H Dermon contributed 29, WH Milton 26, SB. Booth 25 and H,E,B Harrison and W Howard 22 each. We then took the wickets Fox making 35 Waddington 26 and F Rawson 12, Our Captain McKeand was absent from illness or we should I think have made a better score than our eventual one namely 100. The Nomads went in again and made 179 for 7 wickets which was their score when the stumps were drawn.
School. V. Curteis’ Eleven
This match again resulted disastrously for us we making 62 while our opponents made 162.
Westminster. V. Charterhouse
This annual match came off on July 11TH at Godalming where they have recently removed to. The play was good on both sides but the match finally ended in a draw. Westminster went in first and made 200 runs, of which Fox made 87, N C Bailey 26 and F Rawson 25. While for their side EH Parry made 28, N Abdy 44, and A W Carrie 20. Which helped to bring up the score to 121 for 3 wickets.
School. V. Incogniti
In this match we were I am sorry to say sadly beaten we making 121 while the Incogniti made 254. For us McKeand made 39 whilst their chief scores were 86 by Audry, 78 by Parkin and 23 by Hill.
M.C.C. V. The School
Our annual match against the MCC and Ground took place on July 22nd and resulted in favour of the strangers by 212 runs on the first innings though perhaps we might have beaten them had time permitted us. For the M.C.C first innings 154 runs were made whilst our score stood at 112. For the Club Booth made 28 and 16, 2nd innings Ruxton 27, Capt Young 24 and 17, 2nd innings and Price 23 while for us N. Bailey made 27, McKeand 23 not out and Mead and Ryde 13 and 12 respectively, In the 2nd innings the score for the MCC was 74 for 6 wickets.
School. V. Old Westminsters
This match was not finished on account of the large number of runs made on both sides their scores standing at 272 ours at 164 for 7 wickets. The best scores on our opponent’s side were 64 by Noyes, C. 44 by Rawson W.S. 40 by Jackson HS and 24 by F Noyes. On our side McKeand and Fox each made 46 the former not being out and Waddington 19
Lamprobatics
This match was played on the 9TH of July and ended in a victory for the town boys by one innings and 11 runs. The full score on both sides is appended.
Town Boys
| CJ Fox c and b Aston | 41 |
| O Borradaile c Aston b Parker | 4 |
| A Jackson c Olliffe b Parker | 13 |
| W. Titcomb, retired ill | 19 |
| E. Horne c Aston b Parker | 7 |
| F Rawson lbw b Parker | 0 |
| W.N. Tayloe not out | 41 |
| A F Gamble c and b Aston | 11 |
| R Hyde Clarke b Parker | 0 |
| A Dury run out | 10 |
| Byes 10 Wides 6 | 16 |
| Total | 171 |
Under Election
| 1st Innings | 2nd Innings | ||
| HP Robinson b Fox | 0 | Rut out | 10 |
| CB Ryde b Fox | 1 | b Jackson | 5 |
| E Parker b Horne | 13 | c Tayloe b Foc | 7 |
| W Aston b Fox | 8 | c and b Jackson | 15 |
| H Olliffe c Gamble b Jackson | 21 | b Fox | 6 |
| HR Rogers b Fox | 8 | b Jackson | 3 |
| AE Black et Rawson b Fox | 0 | lbw b Fox | 0 |
| CB Vyvyan b Fox | 0 | not out | 3 |
| WE Parker not out | 21 | c and b Fox | 3 |
| TFF Williams c Gamble b Fox | 4 | b Fox | 8 |
| RH Godfrey b Jackson | 17 | c Jackson and b Fox | 1 |
| Byes 13 | 13 | Byes 1 | 1 |
| Total | 98 | Total | 62 |
In the second innings Haines played for Black and Courtenay for Godfrey.
First eleven of Westminster School v. next fifteen with T.H. Mantle
This match was played on Friday July 25 & concluded in favour of the Eleven by six wickets for whom Fox played well for fifty-four, being ably assisted by Horner Waddington & McKeand.
Aston did good service for the fifteen, with two contributions of sixty four & twenty twp. Tayloe, Mantle & Borradaile being next-highest-scorers.
Fifteen
| 1st inn | 2 inn | ||
| Borradaile b Titcomb | 0 | c Rawson c Fox | 19 |
| Tayloe b Fox | 33 | c Alington b Horne | 1 |
| Rumball run out | 0 | b Mead | 9 |
| Davson c Titcomb b Horne | 8 | b Mead | 2 |
| Mantle c Alington b Fox | 14 | c Tayloe b Titcomb | 20 |
| Hemsley b Titcomb | 1 | b Fox | 9 |
| Aston b Mead | 64 | run out | 22 |
| Dury b Titcomb | 0 | b Titcomb | 0 |
| Ryde b Fox | 0 | b Fox | 2 |
| Black b Titcomb | 2 | c Davson b Titcomb | 1 |
| Clarke b Titcomb | 2 | c McKeand b Titcomb | 6 |
| Robinson b Jackson | 4 | c Alington b Titcomb | 4 |
| Gamble c Waddington b Mead | 2 | not out | 2 |
| Muir b Mead | 1 | c Ryde b Titcomb | 6 |
| Abernethy b Mead | 1 | b Fox | 1 |
| Leggatt not out | 5 | lbw b Mead | 2 |
| Byes 3 l-b4 w11 | 18 | Byes 5 lb 3 w6 nb1 | 15 |
| Total | 155 | Total | 121 |
First Eleven
| I | II | ||
| Fox c Taylor b Rumball | 54 | b Mantle | 17 |
| Ryde b Rumball | 8 | b Mantle | 19 |
| Alington c Rumball b Mantle | 7 | b Mantle | 18 |
| McKeand c & b Mantle | 25 | not out | 0 |
| Rawson b Mantle | 16 | 0 | |
| Waddington b Mantle | 28 | ||
| Titcomb c & b Mantle | 11 | ||
| Horne b Rumball | 27 | ||
| Jackson not out | 14 | ||
| Mead c Muir b Mantle | 0 | ||
| Bailey b Rumball | 0 | not out | 15 |
| Byes 9 w 5 | 14 | Byes | 11 |
| Total | 204 | 80 | |
Umpires H. Holmes, B, Willis
Seven v Eleven
| C. Fox b Rumball | 15 |
| Ryde b Mead | 13 |
| Alington c Rumball b Horne | 12 |
| Waddington c Watson b Mead | 34 |
| McKeand not out | 20 |
| Bailey b Rumball | 6 |
| Titcomb thrown out by Rawson | 14 |
| Wides 2 Byes 16 leg bye 1 | 19 |
| 129 |
The Eleven
| Mead b Titcomb | 2 | b Fox | 11 |
| Horne b Titcomb | 1 | b Titcomb | 8 |
| Rawson c sub b Fox | 22 | c Waddington b Fox | 2 |
| Borradaile l.b.w b Titcomb | 0 | b Titcomb | 15 |
| Rumball run out | 1 | c & b Fox | 4 |
| Aston c Ryde b Fox | 0 | b Titcomb | 11 |
| Watson b Titcomb | 0 | b Titcomb | 3 |
| Davson not out | 0 | c Titcomb b Fox | 4 |
| Tayloe c sub b Titcomb | 2 | b Fox | 3 |
| Black run out | 1 | lbw b Fox | 8 |
| Dury b Titcomb | 0 | not out | 1 |
| Byes | 9 | Bye 1 leg Byes 2 | 3 |
| 38 | 73 |
The season was as usual round up with the Annual match between T.Bs & QSS. The match resulted in a draw time being over before match was finished.
Queens Scholars
| Davson c Titcomb b Fox | 12 |
| Aston c Bailey b Fox | 12 |
| Ryde b Fox | 3 |
| Watson b Horne | 0 |
| Alington b Titcomb | 19 |
| Mead b Horne | 13 |
| Waddington b Fox | 21 |
| Whitehead b Fox | 0 |
| Ryde b Titcomb | 4 |
| Black not out | 10 |
| Robinson b Fox | 3 |
| Byes 4 lb 9 w 3 nb 1 | 17 |
| 114 |
T.Bs.
| Borradaile b Mead | 0 | thr. out by Mead | 13 |
| Fox b Mead | 3 | c Robinson b Mead | 26 |
| Titcomb b Mead | 0 | c Whitehead “ | 11 |
| Horne b Whitehead | 4 | run out | 8 |
| Bailey “ | 11 | c Black b Whitehead | 2 |
| McKeand b Mead | 2 | c Alington b Mead | 60 |
| Rawson “ | 0 | not out | 33 |
| Jackson b Whitehead | 8 | c Aston b Whitehead | 2 |
| Tayloe b Mead | 7 | b Waddington | 0 |
| Dury c Whitehead b Mead | 3 | not out | 2 |
| Hemsley not out | 0 | b whitehead | 6 |
| Byes 1 lb 2 w 2 nb 1 | 7 | Byes 6 lb2 w13 nb4 | 25 |
| Total | 45 | 188 |
Batting Averages
| Ins | No of runs | Average | |
| McKeand | 7 | 329 | 47 |
| Bailey | 10 | 113 | 11-3 |
| Waddington | 10 | 152 | 15-2 |
| Alington | 11 | 128 | 11-7 |
| Ryde | 11 | 90 | 8-2 |
| Fox | 10 | 277 | 27-7 |
| Titcomb | 5 | 58 | 11-3 |
| Horne | 5 | 53 | 10-3 |
| Rawson | 6 | 75 | 12-3 |
| Jackson | 3 | 30 | 10 |
| Mead | 5 | 53 | 10-3 |
M.M. Rodocanachi H.TB
[The first half of this entry is in different handwriting, but is unsigned]