Summer Times is the Journal of the Old Scarborians Association

The item on the Hospital Cup (page 28 in our
last issue) raised a lot of interest and we repro‐
duce the photo of the Cups, and of three of the
eleven who won the cup in 1953. The photos
Previous page: The Hospital Cup
Below: Three of the eleven who won the Hos‐
pital Cup in 1953 David ʺGeezeʺ Merri‐
weather, Peter Robson and Norman Over‐
field
were taken at the 2003 Scarborough Christmas
dinner
THE ‘BRIGHT BOWL’ FINAL
15th July 1954
by John D Found (1949-57)
vember 2004.
As this year marks the 50th
Anniversary of a High
school team winning the
Bright Bowl for the first
time, it is proposed to have
a table to mark the occasion
at the annual Christmas
Dinner at the Palm Court
Hotel on Friday 26th No‐
I hope that at least some of the team will at‐
tend. Our “Guest” will be the Bright Bowl
trophy which we have managed to borrow for
the evening.
To jog memories, the team, plus reserve (team
photograph shown top of page) was:
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Norman Overfield, Dave Goulding, Howard
Reynolds, Glyn Bower, Barry (Wally) Walker,
John Mitchell, John Found, Barry Beanland,
Dick Hartley, Mike Scott, Graham Thornton,
and Tony Midgley.
If you can come please make your booking in
the normal way – but please advise myself or
Norman Overfield.
THE ‘BRIGHT BOWL’ FINAL
15th July 1954
by John D Found (1949-57)
For young High School
cricketers 1954 was a very
special year. Cricket was
of paramount importance
and the game in England
was at its peak.
The ashes had been re‐
gained the year before and
a new test side, Pakistan,
was making its debut on the world stage. More
close to home, two old boys, Ted Lester and
Bill Foord were regulars in a strong Yorkshire
side.
Sadly, no‐one had advised the great Weather‐
man, and a very wet summer was in progress.
It was so wet, in fact, and the Test series was
so disrupted by rain, that the England skipper,
Len Hutton suggested that an extra test match
be played at Scarborough. This suggestion was
not taken up.
It was against this background that cricket of a
different nature was being played at North
Marine Road. The ‘Bright Bowl’ competition
was a very successful knock‐out series organ‐
ised by Scarborough Cricket Club for teams of
under 17’s.
The holders of the trophy for the two previous
seasons had been a powerful Scarborough
College XI, an independent school coached by
the late and great Percy Holmes. They were
favourites to make it a hat trick of wins.
A youthful Boys’ High School side, captained
by Norman Overfield, had comfortably won