Lancashire Schools: Stonyhurst land national crown (10 July 1999)
Better known for its prowess on the rugby field, Stonyhurst added another national title to its collection when the school's cricketers won the trophy after a final played on the magnificent country estate owned by the millionaire philanthropist Sir
10-Jul-1999
10 July 1999
Lancashire Schools: Stonyhurst land national crown
Lancashire Evening Telegraph
Better known for its prowess on the rugby field, Stonyhurst added
another national title to its collection when the school's cricketers
won the trophy after a final played on the magnificent country estate
owned by the millionaire philanthropist Sir Paul Getty.
The Emeriti are a touring team of club cricketers who play annual
fixtures against the leading Catholic independent schools, and this
was the first time that Stonyhurst had taken part in the competition.
Their opponents in the final were the much fancied St Benedict's,
Ealing, who had several Under-18s England players in their squad.
Nothing daunted, the Stonyhurst team - all of whom have at least
another year in the school - rose to the challenge under the
excellent captaincy of Sam Reidy of Clayton-le-Moors, son of the
former Lancashire player Bernard Reidy.
Batting first the College set a target of 177 for the loss of only
three wickets thanks to Reidy's 69. After a confident start the
opposition collapsed from 50 without loss, to 85 all out, thanks to
mainly to the fine spin bowling of Reidy (4-14) and an inspired debut
performance from 14-year-old Gregory Haynes (3-18).
The strong East Lancashire influence in the squad included Thomas
Barnes from Hoghton, James Watson (Salesbury), Daniel Calvert
(Rossendale), David Norris (Chipping) and Marcel Dixon (Fence).
Source :: Lancashire Evening Telegraph (https://www.reednews.co.uk/let/)