Sunday 26 June 2011

It was fantastic to see so many familiar faces at the third annual Gerald Smithson Memorial Cricket Tournament on Sunday 26 June 2011.  Three teams – consisting of OAs, parents, pupils and members of staff – pitted their skills and wits against each other in a wonderful day of cricket on War Memorial Field.

We enjoyed glorious sunshine throughout the day and were particularly pleased to see so many friends and family members (including dogs!) turn out to support the players.  Despite valiant efforts from both the parents’ team (captained by Doug Terry) and the OA team (captained by Graham Scott), the trophy was finally carried off by the School team (captained by Joshua Bull).

Special thanks go to Julian Shellard and Anne Smithson, who presented the trophy in memory of her husband; to Doug Terry for sterling efforts in assembling a parents’ side; to our two umpires – Rodney Pitt (1961) and David Scott; and to Andrew Hall and Andrew Broadbent from the sports department, without whom the day simply would not be possible.

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