1 - We start with the Colts Cricket XI in 1950, when Hardye's School was known as Dorchester Grammar School.
Photo courtesy of Gordon Hickmore.
2 - Hardye's School First XI, 1953.
Photo courtesy of Gordon Hickmore.
3 - School House Cricket Team 1953, left to right:
Back row: FV Dean, PWG Smith, JE Hammond, N Adams, D Mundy;
Middle row: P Dillon, R Mundy, J Rawlins, D Bacon, N Tomes;
Front row: M Burgess, P Warren.
Photo courtesy of John Rawlins.
4 - Hardye's School First XI, 1954.
Photo courtesy of Gordon Hickmore.
5 - The Colts Cricket XI in 1956, when the school had officially become Hardye's School. The Scorer is of course
David Blanchard.
Photo courtesy of Nigel Newbery.
6 - The Wollaston Colts Cricket XI in 1957. Photo courtesy of Roy Carder.
7 - Hardye's School First XI in 1958 (Robin Tomes is absent). Photo courtesy of Tony Robertson.
8 - Hardye's School First XI in 1958; as above with Robin Tomes, minus R Pretty. Photo courtesy of Tony Robertson.
9 - The Senior Colts Cricket XI in 1958. Photo courtesy of Roy Carder.
10 - Probably by the front door of Wollaston House, 1958? Left to right:
Back row: CR Okeford, BW Keen, DJ Rushen, CS Male, MT King;
Middle row: Lush?, N Haynes, B Shorts, DJ Swain, MD Kann;
Front row: B House, ET Rolls?
Photo from the Dorset Echo 26 June 2007.
11 - Hardye's School First XI in 1959. Left to right:
Back row: RB Duckett, M Davies, P Brunt, WI Birrell, RW Birch, R Bower;
Front row: M Hare, A Nickell, A Robertson (Capt.), N Pitcher, RJ Pinney.
Photo courtesy of Tony Robertson.
12 - The Colts Cricket XI in 1959.
Back row: ?, ?, C Squibb, ?, ?;
Front row: A Lock, D McHardy, R Carder, ?, E Taylor.
Photo courtesy of Roy Carder.
13 - The First XI in 1960.
Back row: R Carder, A Lock, JH Perry, A Davis, D McHardy;
Front row: RW Birch, RJ Pinney, RB Duckett, R Bower, M Davies.
Photo courtesy of Roy Carder.
14 - Early 1960's?. Left to right:
Back row: N Tuffin, R Allard?, R Knight, B Keen, Lush, D Swain, Virgin;
Front row: L Ralls, D Rushen, N Haynes, G Jenkins, B House.
Photo from the Echo, courtesy of Terry Parsons.
15 - 1960/61? Left to right:
Back row: N Haynes, A Lock, DJ Rushen, ARJ Davis, AN Lewis, RLW King;
Front row: D McHardy, RJ Bower, RJ Pinney, MJ Davies, C Kiddey.
(The small inset at the lower left is part of photo 14 above)
Photo from the Dorset Echo 26 June 2007.
16 - 1961/62? Left to right:
Back row: ?, EWN Taylor, G Jenkins, B House, M Beale, RLW King;
Front row: DJ Rushen, AN Lewis, D McHardy, RJ Pinney, C Kiddey, N Haynes.
Photo from the Dorset Echo 26 June 2007.
17 - Hardye's School 1st XI, 1962? Left to right:
Back row: JW Sibley, D Pinnel, E Dorey, R Das Gupta, C Dickinson;
Front row: M Beale, N Haynes, B House, S Jenkins, MD Kann
Photo from the Dorset Echo 26 June 2007.