the 1st XI. It included victories over Radley College, Harrow, Uppingham School and Cheltenham College. In 2017, the 1st XI began the season with a historic win over Oxford MCCU in University Parks, going on to achieve 18 victories in the season - the second highest ever - the team was also crowned South Central T20 Champions. Former pupil AJ Woodland was announced as the Wisden School's Cricketer of the Year for 2016 and other accolades for current pupils included selection for England U17s, an England U19s Invitational XI, and a variety of representational and county sides. The school has many inter-house sporting events including the Steeplechase, and inter-house rowing, rugby, hockey, netball, squash, swimming and football, among others. The Steeplechase is the school's annual cross country race and is held once a year with the seniors running a race across Port Meadow the floodplain of the River Thames. Alumni (OSE) Former pupils of St Edward's are known as Old St Edward's, abbreviated to OSE. Notable OSE include: Sir Peter Abbott, former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Douglas Bader, WWII pilot Arthur Banks, WWII pilot awarded GC Antony Barrington Brown, photographer and explorer Geoffrey Wallis Steuart Barrow, British historian and academic Sir Russell Bencraft, cricketer Pippa Bennett-Warner, actress John Berger, art critic, novelist, painter, and author Neil Biswas, screenwriter, playwright and film and television director Richard Brooke, cricketer Nicholas Budgen, Conservative MP Sir Harold Burrough, Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in WWII Sir Geoffrey Callender, naval historian Richard Carline, artist Peter Carter-Ruck, lawyer David Frederick Case, audiobook narrator Emilia Clarke, Four-time Emmy nominated actress Brian Cleeve, author and broadcaster Joshua Compston, gallerist Anthony Cooke (Royal Navy officer), President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich John Davies, businessman and cabinet minister Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, founder of de Havilland Aircraft Company. Richard Dinan, businessperson George Fenton, Oscar nominated film composer Gabriel Fielding ("Alan Barnsley") author, W.H. Smith Literary Award Outstanding Contribution to English Literature 1963 Anthony FitzClarence, 7th Earl of Munster James Forrester, England rugby union international Paul Gibb, England Test cricketer Guy Gibson, Dambusters hero, Robert Gittings, poet and biographer Jon Goodridge, rugby player John Galbraith Graham, crossword compiler (Araucaria) Kenneth Grahame, author Ernest George Henham, author Mark Herdman, diplomat, Governor of the British Virgin Islands (1986–1991) Sir Tom Hopkinson, journalist Noel Baring Hudson, Anglican Bishop Hugh Ingledew, Welsh rugby union international Stewart Innes, British Rower Poppy Jamie,