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Jul. 07, 1956 - Cricket - From Wheel Chairs And Crutches: Every fine afternoon the lawns of Hinwick Hall, Beds, ring with the sound of boyish voices playing cricket. The click of leather on willow, the shout of how's that are typical of the cries heard on hundreds of school playing fields and recreation grounds. But a closer look reveals a difference. This is a cricket match played by Hinwick boys, most of whom are in greater or lesser degree incapacitated by muscular dystrophy or atrophy, a disease for which at the moment there is no cure, and which means the sufferer will remain on crutches or in a wheels chair for life. The Gamesmaster at Hinwick Hall - a residential school run by the Shaftesbury Society, is Mr. Ken Claybourne. Backed up by the Superintendent, Mr. J. Riding, he has encouraged the boys to overcome their disabilities so much that even cricket is possible. In fact, its a regular game for them after classes. They enjoy it, and benefit from the exercise it gives them. Photo shows 13-year old Barry Wriker, takes a nice smack at the ball from his sitting position in the wheel chair

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13-year Atrophy Backed Beds Boyish Classes Click Closer Cries Crutches Cure Degree Difference Disabilities Dystrophy Encouraged Fact Heard Hundreds Incapacitated Lawns Lesser Means Muscular Overcome Possible Regular Remain Reveals Shaftesbury Shout Smack Sufferer Superintendent Voices Whom Willow

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