FC De Saram as Captain of Royal College’s highly successful team of 1931 — Pic courtesy of Lionel Gunasekera
FC de Saram batting in the 1930s … perhaps when he made 128 in the second innings total by Oxford University against Bradman’s 1934 Aussie Touring team in May 1934
Australia in England, 1934
Oxford University v Australians
Christ Church College Ground, Oxford
19,21 May 1934 (3-day match)
Result: Australians won by an innings and 33 runs
Toss: Australians
Umpires: A Stoner and JH King
Close of play:
- Day 1: Australians 319, Oxford University 5/2 (DF Walker 3*, NS Mitchell-Innes 0*)
Australians 1st innings WH Ponsford c Singleton b Dyson 75 WA Brown lbw b Townsend 20 *DG Bradman lbw b Dyson 37 LS Darling lbw b Tindall 100 SJ McCabe b Tindall 15 EH Bromley b Barlow 3 AG Chipperfield c Stainton b Barlow 40 +WAS Oldfield b Tindall 8 CV Grimmett b Tindall 0 HI Ebeling c Walker b Tindall 0 LO'B Fleetwood-Smith not out 2 Extras (b 13, lb 4, nb 2) 19 Total (all out, 89.4 overs) 319 FoW: 1-48, 2-114, 3-181, 4-229, 5-242, 6-274, 7-303, 8-303, 9-307, 10-319. Bowling O M R W Tindall 24 3 94 5 Barlow 32.4 2 102 2 Townsend 9 3 18 1 Singleton 7 0 38 0 Dyson 17 4 48 2 Oxford University 1st innings DF Walker st Oldfield b Fleetwood-Smith 20 DCH Townsend b McCabe 0 FC de Saram b Ebeling 2 NS Mitchell-Innes b Fleetwood-Smith 8 *FGH Chalk b Fleetwood-Smith 0 RG Stainton b Fleetwood-Smith 0 RG Tindall b Ebeling 18 EA Barlow b Ebeling 3 +MH Matthews not out 11 AP Singleton b Ebeling 0 JH Dyson st Oldfield b Fleetwood-Smith 8 Extras 0 Total (all out, 24.3 overs) 70 FoW: 1-1, 2-5, 3-15, 4-15, 5-15, 6-48, 7-48, 8-57, 9-57, 10-70. Bowling O M R W Ebeling 12 3 34 4 McCabe 3 1 6 1 Fleetwood-Smith 9.3 2 30 5 Oxford University 2nd innings (following on) DF Walker c Oldfield b Ebeling 16 DCH Townsend b Ebeling 9 FC de Saram c Brown b Grimmett 128 NS Mitchell-Innes c Oldfield b Grimmett 11 *FGH Chalk st Oldfield b Grimmett 10 RG Stainton lbw b Grimmett 12 RG Tindall lbw b Grimmett 9 EA Barlow st Oldfield b Grimmett 6 +MH Matthews c Ebeling b Grimmett 4 AP Singleton lbw b Fleetwood-Smith 2 JH Dyson not out 0 Extras (b 6, lb 3) 9 Total (all out, 84.3 overs) 216 FoW: 1-21, 2-28, 3-45, 4-69, 5-124, 6-168, 7-176, 8-186, 9-212, 10-216. Bowling O M R W Ebeling 23 10 28 2 McCabe 4 2 7 0 Fleetwood-Smith 21 7 63 1 Grimmett 36.3 11 109 7
Satha, Allen, FC and others walk out to field against Bradman’s Invincibles at the Oval in 1948
FC immortalized by Collette in the 1950s
Forever a Serious Student of Cricket — FC at the Oval watching the Sri Lankans take on a Commonwealth team in the 1960s … Pic by Chandi Chanmugan
