To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

 

Bix-Cyril-Beatty - WW2 POW Cricket-03

Cricket

3rd Test Match

England v Australia

at Melbourne

on

Sunday 1st Nov. 1942

 

England Team:-

Leornard William Curtis (Capt) - Lieutenant, 134181, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment

Eric Pryke, Lieutenant, 164502 -  4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

Geofrey Arthur Edrich - Sergeant, 5776667, 5th Royal Norfolk Regiment (Professional cricketer for Lancashire)

Cpl. Roy Arthur William High - Corporal, 5777170, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment

Eric Adrian Milne - Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 5774789, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment

Geoffrey Allan Porter -  Lance Corporal, 5773804, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment

Edward John Miller - Corporal, 5777125, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment

Albert Edward Braines  - Lance Corporal, 5777215, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regimen

Harold Arthur Milligan -  Private, 5779613, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment

Cyril Beaty Bix - Lance Corporal, 5774743, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment

Maurice Mason, Private, 5772223, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment

 

Twelfth man:-

Frederick Bagley - Private, 5776715, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment

 

Umpire:-

Frank William Walter Kettley, Lieutenant, 160496, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment

Scorer:-

N.F. Robinson, Lance Corporal, 2577365, 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment

 

(Geoff Edrich was asked to visit India not long after the war to represent England but declined, his reason was it too soon after the war where he had experienced malaria and other the tropical diseases as a Far East POW.)

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