Centurion Jack! - May 2006

 

 

Jack Richards (13) captain of cricket at Edgeborough School, has started the season in magnificent form, scoring two separate unbeaten hundreds in the space of a week. Remarkably, the first of those two innings, which included 14 fours and 3 sixes, was made in only 18 overs. This achievement is unprecedented in Edgeborough’s 100 year history. Jack, selected for the Surrey county squad as a quick bowler, has been hampered by a back injury, but his aggressive yet stylish batting has blossomed in the meantime. Jack is a fine all-round sportsman, and is one of two Edgeborough pupils to be awarded a prestigious Eric Abbot all-rounders scholarship to Cranleigh School, where he starts in September.