Old Oakhamian Tom Fell has made his maiden first-class half-century playing for Worcestershire County Cricket Club, scoring an unbeaten 62 on Friday to help draw the four-day match against Australia.
Tom left Oakham last year after captaining the 1st XI cricket team for two seasons 2011 & 2012 and breaking all of the School’s batting records. He holds the highest aggregate of any Oakham batsman since 1884, having scored 3463 runs in his four seasons in the XI 2009-12, at an average of 60.75.
He is regarded as being the finest batman ever to have attended the school to date, given that the next closest rival scored just 2500 runs (average of 45.45). Tom scored seven centuries during his time at Oakham, more than any other batsman since 1884.
As well as playing for Worcestershire, Tom also played in all matches for the Oxford MCC Universities X1 this last term whilst studying at Oxford Brookes.