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RATCLIFFIAN ASSOCIATION

SPORTS EVENTS

THE GRAND MATCH

SUNDAY 30TH JUNE 2019

The Old Ratcliffi ans arrived in glorious sunshine for the annual
Grand Match, held as part of the Ratcliffi an Association’s Reunion
event, needing a win to wrestle back the trophy from the School
team’s grasp. An excellent batting performance from the ORs,
led by 106* from Ben Shaw (14) and 82* from Sam Nightingale
(16), meant that they were able to declare on what would have
been a formidable total of 268 for 6, if normal circumstances were
to prevail. However, the College’s 1st XI had other ideas, and a
remarkable batting display saw them produce what are believed
to be two school records, namely ‘Highest Opening Stand’ and
‘Highest Individual Score’. Ratcliffe’s captain, Toby Snell, and
youngster Tom Page combined to score 269 for no wickets, with
Toby scoring 176* and Tom 74*. It seems highly unlikely that
such scores will be bettered, or a game of a similar nature will
be played out again in the near future. Well done to the College
team, and thank you to all the Old Ratcliffi ans who came back
to play.

This year’s Old Ratcliffi an team: Ed Gamble (95), Ben Shaw (14),
Darrell Abeysundera (96), Matt Hilton (90), Sam Nightingale
(16), Olly Wright (07), Krishna Naidu (99), Jonty Wright (87),
Joey Higham (16), Alec Mann (79) and Ben Ashford.
Ed Woodcock
Head of Cricket

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