Bloxham School 9 June 2026

Manager Craig Foster

Won by 78 runs

SOA 181 all out (Toby Seward 71, Shiraz Husain 21, Ed Phillips 20)

Bloxham School 103 all Out (Connor Lamsdale 10-1-26-5 inc hat-trick, Dave Eaton 13-3-30-2)

It was a beautiful day at Bloxham School, contrary to the forecast. SOA chose to bat first with Wildman and Husain getting us off to a steady start with a useful opening stand. SOA debutant and Sydney-sider Toby Seward put the schoolboys to the sword scoring a rapid 71, which includes four sixes. Ed Phillips chipped in with 20 but the rest of the batters struggled against a good attack in which the Bloxham captain Will Turner returned excellent figures of 6-43 and SOA were bowled out for 181 in the 44th over.

After the signature lunch of the season in the school canteen - a lovely Thai-influenced roast pork - SOA's opening bowlers did not make much of an impact with Brock and Tarrant getting the school off to a solid start. Connor Lamsdale came into the attack and instantly broke up the opening pair and went on to complete a hat-trick which few seemed aware of!  With Nick Bishop supporting at the other end, the school's lower order succumbed quickly and they were bowled out for 103 in 48 overs. Lamsdale finished with excellent figures of 5-26 in ten overs, while the ever-reliable Dave Eaton took 2-30 in 13 overs, bowling SOA to a 78-run victory.