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CRICKET history was made when Downside Wanderers played the Old Malvenians at Vincent Square, (the Westminster School playing fields,) in the prestigious Cricketers' Cup Final, the first Catholic public school, to make the finals. The Downside team included a number of Old Oxford and Cambridge Blues.
Downside, (228) were defeated by six wickets with seven of the Malvenians' 55 DO YOU know Paul Scofield reads "The Napoleon of Notting Hill," on two cassettes, of a total of three hours and five minutes duration? It sounds ideal for the blind, or the elderly, or the handicapped. The set is obtainable, price £8, from Aidan MacKay, Bookseller, 15 Shaftesbury Avenue, Bedford, MK40 35A. overs to spare.
Downside has a glorious tradition of cricket and arguably one of the most beautifully situated grounds of any public school in these islands. This tradition was at its most famous when Dom Edgebert Trafford (later Abbot) was headmaster in the twenties and thirties. Don Bradman and the Australian team were guests of Downside in 1932.
Robert Weir and Ignacio Drags of Downside are at present on a 200 miles walk on the North and South Downs to raise funds for Unicef, the United Nations Childrens' Fund. So far they have raised £800.
They would like to make it £1000. Cheques payable to Unicef, to Robert Weir, Ramsay House, Downside School, Stratton on the Fosse, Bath, Somerset.
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