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CHRIST’S HOSPITAL
Christ’s Hospital
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 0YP
CHISLEHURST
& SIDCUP
GRAMMAR
Hurst Road
Sidcup
Kent
DA15 9AG
Established 1932
Notable fixtures MCC
Cricket professional DL Pask
Teams U12AB, U13AB, U14, U15,
1st XI
Facilities Two indoor nets, three
outdoor synthetic-grass nets, two
cricket squares the senior of which
has an artifical strip
Club/county affiliation Bexley
District Cricket, Bexley CC,
Sidcup CC, Dartfordians CC,
Bexleyheath CC
Brief history Cricket has always been
the main summer sport at the Kent
school. The golden years of
the 1970s and early 1980s saw
regular appearances in county
finals. Girls’ cricket at the school
was also at its strongest during this
period. Pleasingly, the last decade
has seen a return to the ‘good old
days’ of cricket at Chislehurst &
Sidcup Grammar, with a Kent Cup
victory for the under-12 side in 2014
and regular victories in the North
Kent Cup
Cricketers of note Graham Clinton
(Surrey), Matthew Brimson (Kent,
Leicestershire)
Extras Described as the hub of
cricket in the London borough of
Bexley, the school co-ordinates and
hosts the finals of the North Kent
League and during the summer
hosts under-10, 12 and 14 district
matches and holiday courses for
children from the ages of 6 to 14
Established 1553
Notable fixtures King’s Bruton
cricket festival
Cricket professional Trevor Jesty
(Hampshire, Surrey, Lancashire
& England)
Teams 12 sides regularly turned out
including girls at U13 and U15 ages
Facilities Eight grass squares, two
synthetic-grass pitches, six grass nets,
12 outdoor synthetic-grass nets, four
indoor nets
Club/county affiliation Sussex
Brief history Cricket has been played
at Christ’s Hospital since Victorian
times. When the school was situated
on Newgate Street in London, pupils
were bussed out to play matches in
the suburbs
Cricketers of note John Snow (Sussex
& England), Dennis Silk (Somerset)
Extras Since the school’s move
to Horsham in 1902, cricket has
remained the major summer sport.
In 2003 the school’s military band
was on hand to commemorate
Sussex’s first County Championship
title, by all accounts greeting the
success with a particularly rousing
version of ‘Sussex By The Sea’. The
school tries to give every pupil an
opportunity to play cricket and
exposes them to the game at 11 as
many from inner-city areas have
never played the sport
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