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TOP 100 SCHOOLS<br />
CLAYESMORE SCHOOL<br />
Blandford Road<br />
Blandford Forum<br />
Dorset<br />
DT11 8LJ<br />
Established 1896<br />
Notable fixtures MCC, Canford,<br />
Bryanston<br />
Cricket professional Dan Conway<br />
Teams Ten sides U14 to U18. Girls are<br />
encouraged to join boys’ teams and<br />
attend training sessions<br />
Facilities Four indoor nets, five grass<br />
nets, two synthetic-grass nets, two<br />
‘Flicx’ nets, three cricket grounds.<br />
Additional facilities available via<br />
adjacent Clayesmore Prep School<br />
grounds<br />
Club/county affiliation Dorset,<br />
Hampshire<br />
Brief history Founded by Alexander<br />
Devine in 1896, the school has<br />
moved from its original home in<br />
Middlesex to Pangbourne, and<br />
then to Winchester before settling<br />
in Iwerne Minster in 1933. In 1974<br />
the senior school became fully<br />
co-educational and was joined by<br />
the prep school following its move<br />
from Charlton Marshall. The present<br />
headmaster, Martin Cooke, took<br />
office in 2000 and has increased pupil<br />
numbers, expanded the curriculum<br />
and improved exam results<br />
within a successful programme of<br />
development<br />
Cricketers of note Lewis McManus<br />
(Hampshire), John Stephenson<br />
(Essex, Hampshire & England),<br />
George Reynolds Brown (Essex)<br />
Extras 2015 featured the inclusion<br />
of two Clayesmorians within<br />
Wisden’s Top 20 bowling averages<br />
in schoolboy cricket. Recent coach<br />
Paul Warren is now employed as an<br />
analyst for the New Zealand team.<br />
The school is determined to fight<br />
against the challenges that have led<br />
to a decline in schools’ cricket over<br />
the years<br />
CITY OF LONDON<br />
FREEMEN’S SCHOOL<br />
Ashtead Park<br />
Ashtead<br />
Surrey<br />
KT21 1ET<br />
Higher<br />
honours?: Rory<br />
Burns is aiming<br />
for an England<br />
call-up<br />
Established 1854<br />
Notable fixtures XL Club, MCC,<br />
Caterham, Christ’s Hospital, Reigate<br />
Grammar School, Worth School, St<br />
Peter’s School York, King’s School<br />
Bruton<br />
Current cricket professional<br />
Neil Stewart<br />
Teams U8ABC, U9ABC,<br />
U10ABC, U11ABC,<br />
U13ABCDEF, U14AB, U15AB,<br />
2nd XI, 1st XI. Cricket is also<br />
offered to girls in the school<br />
enrichment programme, a<br />
one-hour weekly option in the<br />
summer term for ages 12 to 15<br />
Facilities Three grass squares, five<br />
outdoor nets, four bays of indoor<br />
nets<br />
Club/county affiliation Surrey<br />
Brief history The co-educational<br />
school founded in Brixton moved to<br />
the current 57-acre site at Ashtead<br />
Park (Surrey) in 1926. Freemen’s is one<br />
of three schools owned by the City of<br />
London Corporation. Strong links exist<br />
between the city and the school<br />
Cricketers of note Rory Burns (Surrey)<br />
was in the class of 2008. He is knocking<br />
on England’s door<br />
Extras The school’s main square is<br />
regarded as an excellent place to play<br />
the game. The school recently toured<br />
South Africa. The 1st XI attend an<br />
annual cricket festival and a regional<br />
T20 competition while the under-11,<br />
under-13 and under-15 teams enter<br />
both district and county cups<br />
16 / thecricketer.com
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