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No. 3 for their respective universities and completing their centuries within an hour of each other. After this they went from strength to strength. On 30th May Dexter scored 126 against Middlesex which he followed up with 54 in the second innings. Walton had made 98 v. Notts in the previous week. On 12th June Walton completed a century against Sussex in 61 minutes (his full score was 116 not out). This was the fastest hundred in first-class cricket for seven years and it gained for him the Sir WaIter Lawrence trophy for the fastest hundred scored in the season. This has only once before been won by an amateur. In the same month he made 71 and 63 v. Derbyshire and 75 and 27 v. Surrey. The following week he made his
highest score, 152 v. Warwickshire. Dexter in the meanwhile had made 61 and 36 v. Worcestershire and 91 and 23 v. Somerset.
1957. It is understood that later on Walton may play for Middlesex and Dexter for Sussex.
Altogether Walton made 1128 runs for Oxford with an average of 41.77 and Dexter 833 runs for an average of 32.03.
In a leading article in The Times on English cricket at the end of September the writer included them both amongst ten players who showed outstanding promise and added “England’s cricket may rest one day in hands like these.”
At the end of the season Walton played in the Scarborough Festival for M.C.C. v. Yorkshire and for Gentlemen v. Players. He also played for the Minor Counties v. The Australians. At the end of the season he stood 13th in the first-class batting averages. Walton has been elected Captain of Oxford and Dexter Secretary of Cambridge for
They have our congratulations and good wishes. Editor’s note: the 1956 Varsity Match was drawn. Dexter scored 46 and 17 for Cambridge (caught by Walton in the first innings). Walton scored 13 and 0.
The unbeaten 1952 Radley 1st XI. Back row: John Gleave, Leo Cooper, John Scott, Michael Duff Seated: Robin Davies, Ted Dexter, Christopher Walton, Clive Carr, John Waddilove Front: Edward Huddy, Tim Perkins the old radleian 2016
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