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BRISTOL GRAMMAR SCHOOL<br />
University Road<br />
Bristol<br />
BS8 1SR<br />
Established 1532<br />
Notable fixtures Clifton College, RGS<br />
Worcester<br />
Cricket professional Paul Muchall<br />
(Gloucestershire)<br />
Teams U8AB, U9AB, U10AB, U11AB,<br />
U12AB C, U13ABC, U14AB, U15AB,<br />
1st XI, 2nd XI, 3rd XI. Kwik cricket<br />
is offered to girls aged 12 to 15, the<br />
programme totalling eight teams<br />
Facilities Five indoor lanes, seven<br />
grass nets, four synthetic-grass<br />
nets, one artificial pitch, five cricket<br />
squares and five ‘outwickets’<br />
Club/county affiliation Somerset<br />
Cricket Board, Gloucestershire<br />
Cricket Board<br />
Brief history Founded by Royal<br />
Charter on March 17 1532 by<br />
Henry VIII for the teaching of ‘good<br />
manners and literature’, the school<br />
was established to educate the sons<br />
of Bristol merchants and tradesmen.<br />
The school moved from its original<br />
home in the city centre to its current<br />
location at Tyndall’s Park in 1879.<br />
The preparatory school began in<br />
1900 but was destroyed on the night<br />
of November 24 1940 by incendiary<br />
bombs. The playing fields are three<br />
miles away from the main school at<br />
Failand where a new pavilion was<br />
built a few years ago in 2008. BGS<br />
went independent in 1979 following<br />
the abolition of the direct grant<br />
system. In 1980 the school became a<br />
fully co-educational day school and<br />
has over 1,200 students aged between<br />
4 and 18<br />
Cricketers of note Tom Graveney<br />
(Worcestershire & England), Will<br />
Tavare (Gloucestershire)<br />
thecricketer.com / 11
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