Cricket scores/schedules for Winchester College in 1873

[Allison Smith]

Well, according to that scorecard, Montague got stumped by his own brother. Might've been a frosty time around the dinner table that evening!

Cheers,
Adam.

Indeed!

[Allison Smith]

Hi Allison,

Salisbury and Winchester Journal etc 17th September, 1870.

Gary

THANK YOU!

[Adam Went]

Well, according to that scorecard, Montague got stumped by his own brother. Might've been a frosty time around the dinner table that evening!

Cheers,
Adam.

[Michael Banks]

Couldn’t help noticing the unfortunately name W Shittler. More of a coincidence if you wrote it as WS Hittler and you notice that he took a catch off the bowling of Churchill.

[Gary Barnett]

what paper did you find this in????

Hi Allison,

Salisbury and Winchester Journal etc 17th September, 1870.

Gary

[Allison Smith]

Hi Allison.

There is an account of M. J. Druitt playing cricket, along with his brother William, in Wimborne on 30th of August 1873. He had just turned 16 two weeks earlier, and was on summer break from Winchester.

He may also have played for the Ringwood Club the following week, Sept. 5th, but it's unclear; there is a Druitt listed as playing, but the score card doesn't identify whether it was William or Monty. It may well have been MJD, as he would have been still on break.

In his book, D. J. Leighton refers to MJD playing for Winchester's 2nd XI team by the age of 16, but my educated guess is that this wouldn't have been until the Spring of 1874. He refers to the 'Two Guinea Match' which is played in the Spring, which is why I believe he didn't make the school team until 1874.

(Leighton's lack of notes is often frustrating).

Good luck with your research.

this is incredible, thanks!
what is the name of leighton's book?

[Allison Smith]

I know nothing whatsoever about Druitt. Is this him in 1870?

Ringwood, of course, is in Hampshire, as is Winchester.

what paper did you find this in????

[Adam Went]

Thanks for that Adam. It looks as if he was a pretty good bowler. I also think it is highly unlikely that he was JTR.

Hi Phil,

Absolutely agreed, on both counts. By all accounts he was quite a competent cricketer and was also of course involved in the running of the club off the field. It'd be interesting to know what "locker room talk" there was about the Ripper case at the time.

Cheers,
Adam.

[Phillip Walton]

Hi Phil,

There are. If you go to this page and scroll down a bit, you'll find links to a couple of scorecards from matches he played in 1888, including the September 8 match which was of course later on the same day Annie Chapman was murdered.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/...e-druitt-11949

Cheers,
Adam.

Thanks for that Adam. It looks as if he was a pretty good bowler. I also think it is highly unlikely that he was JTR.

[Adam Went]

It would be interesting if there were records of him playing in the Autumn of 1888.

Hi Phil,

There are. If you go to this page and scroll down a bit, you'll find links to a couple of scorecards from matches he played in 1888, including the September 8 match which was of course later on the same day Annie Chapman was murdered.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/...e-druitt-11949

Cheers,
Adam.

[Allison Smith]

Oh. My. Goodness!!

I KNEW I could count on you guys to help me out!!

I am FOREVER in your debt.

At the VERY LEAST I can play with this information and use it to at least back me up in some assumptions!

THANK. YOU.

[Phillip Walton]

It would be interesting if there were records of him playing in the Autumn of 1888.

[Gary Barnett]

Yes, it's him and his brother William. The grew up in Wimborne.

And yes, I see Ringwood is indeed over the county line, but it's still only ten miles from Wimborne, which was my point; MJD played in Wimborne only a week earlier, while on summer break, so it very likely him in Ringwood on the 5th.

They buggered about with the county boundaries in the 1970s and Bournemouth got dragged into Dorset from Hants. A lot of people get very hot under the collar about the integrity of the ancient counties.

As you say, Ringwood is only just in Hampshire and not far from Wimborne.

[R. J. Palmer]

I know nothing whatsoever about Druitt. Is this him in 1870?

Ringwood, of course, is in Hampshire, as is Winchester.

Yes, it's him and his brother William. The grew up in Wimborne.

And yes, I see Ringwood is indeed over the county line, but it's still only ten miles from Wimborne, which was my point; MJD played in Wimborne only a week earlier, while on summer break, so it very likely him in Ringwood on the 5th.

[Gary Barnett]

I know nothing whatsoever about Druitt. Is this him in 1870?

Ringwood, of course, is in Hampshire, as is Winchester.