FROM GRIDIRON TO CRICKET.—The American, Peter Dawkins, an All-American gridiron football player who represented Oxford University on the wing in last season’s Rugby match against Cambridge University only six weeks after his arrival at the university, recently tried his hand at cricket. Playing for a scratch side against the Abingdon village team, he scored 19 in 30 minutes, including a mighty six into the car park. He is shown here practising before the start of his innings. Earlier he had bowled three odd. but unsuccessful, overs.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29228, 11 June 1960, Page 5
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86FROM GRIDIRON TO CRICKET.—The American, Peter Dawkins, an All-American gridiron football player who represented Oxford University on the wing in last season’s Rugby match against Cambridge University only six weeks after his arrival at the university, recently tried his hand at cricket. Playing for a scratch side against the Abingdon village team, he scored 19 in 30 minutes, including a mighty six into the car park. He is shown here practising before the start of his innings. Earlier he had bowled three odd. but unsuccessful, overs. Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29228, 11 June 1960, Page 5
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