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A photograph of the boys' Cricket 1st XI in Summer 1985, captained by Charles Welch.

A blue photo album containing photographs of the opening of Schanschieffs, retiring teachers, sports teams, the school orchestra, Oxbridge entrants, the 50th anniversary of Deanscroft/Haywoods, the Harvest Party, the Row Across Channel challenge, Sports Day and the visit of Garry Kasparov.

This collection covers the multitude of sports that pupils can do at Oakham School. Sports include cricket, rugby, hockey, athletics, netball and swimming as some of the richest in terms of items in the sub-series.

Most sub-series have a good photographic record of first teams, alongside comprehensive fixture and team lists. Some sub-series will contain correspondence, programmes and administrative documents.

There is an extensive collection of trophies and shields awarded to pupils and Old Oakhamians for their sporting achievements.

A collection of material which focuses on Old Oakhamians and their military careers. The bulk of the collection focuses on the two World Wars and research of the OOs who sadly fell.

The strongest part of this sub-fonds is the material relating to the First World War. It contains research on many Old Oakhamians and whole OO families who fought during the conflict such as the Humfreys and the Scotts. Much of the material is paper research but there are some original photographic material included.

WWS/2 focuses on the Second World War. Most of the collection looks at Oakham between 1939 and 1945 or the commemorations that have subsequently occurred.

Email correspondence regarding the staff leavers' farewells in 2009, organised by the Common Room. Three pages A to C.

A programme for the Jerwoods Sports Day on 30 June 1999, including a list of events, the house teams, the 1998 results, the rules of competition and a list of the officials. Three double-pages A to C.

A list of attendees at the Leavers lunch in 2006. Two pages A and B.

A fixture card for the 2002 season containing the fixtures for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, U16, Colts, Junior Colts, U13, U12 and U11 cricket teams, as well as interhouse matches.

A fixture card for the 2004 season containing the fixtures for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, U16, Colts, Junior Colts, U13, U12 and U11 cricket teams.

A collection of nineteen scoresheets (B to T) recording scores of all the matches played by the School's Cricket 1st XI in the Summer term 2009. Also includes a team list of the John Blezard Memorial XI to play against Oakham School 1st XI (A); two sheets (U and V) recording bowling figures and batting averages.