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TOP 100 SCHOOLS<br />
CRANBROOK SCHOOL<br />
Waterloo Road<br />
Cranbrook<br />
Kent<br />
TN17 3JD<br />
Established 1518<br />
Notable fixtures King’s Canterbury,<br />
Sevenoaks<br />
Teams 1st XI, 2nd XI, U15AB, U14AB.<br />
Girls compete in the county indoor<br />
championship<br />
Facilities Four indoor nets, two grass<br />
squares<br />
Club/county affiliation Kent<br />
Brief history A state school where<br />
cricket flourishes. The 1st XI have been<br />
the winners of the Kent Under-19<br />
league for three of the last five years.<br />
The school plays regular Saturday<br />
fixtures as well as games against MCC,<br />
CRANLEIGH<br />
SCHOOL<br />
Horseshoe Lane<br />
Cranleigh<br />
Surrey<br />
GU6 8QQ<br />
Seam of talent:<br />
Stuart Meaker<br />
has played in<br />
two one-day<br />
internationals<br />
for England<br />
XL Club and overseas<br />
touring teams. Winter<br />
nets form a regular part<br />
of the extracurricular<br />
programme<br />
Cricketers of note Phil<br />
Established 1865<br />
Notable fixtures MCC, Wellington<br />
College, Tonbridge, Harrow,<br />
Charterhouse<br />
Director of cricket Stuart Welch<br />
Teams Five senior sides, three U15,<br />
three U14, plus three girls’ teams at<br />
U18, U15, U14<br />
Facilities Dedicated two-lane indoor<br />
school, 20 outdoor nets, five<br />
squares including a six-bay net<br />
Edmonds (Middlesex &<br />
England)<br />
Extras The school runs an<br />
academy with former Kent<br />
slow left-armer Rob Ferley<br />
in the autumn and spring<br />
area with fully synthetic run-ups<br />
Club/county affiliation Surrey<br />
Cricketers of note Stuart Meaker<br />
(Surrey), Seren Waters (Kenya)<br />
Extras 2014 saw the school win<br />
both The Cricketer Cup (first in<br />
Old Cranleighan history) and the<br />
National Under-15 Cup (formerly<br />
known as the Lord’s Taverners<br />
Trophy) making the school the first<br />
from Surrey to do so<br />
DAUNTSEY’S SCHOOL<br />
High Street<br />
West Lavington<br />
Devizes<br />
Wiltshire<br />
SN10 4HE<br />
Established 1542<br />
Notable fixtures MCC,<br />
Winchester, Clifton College,<br />
Canford<br />
Cricket professional Jon Ayling<br />
(Hampshire)<br />
Teams 12 sides from U12 to senior.<br />
Girls’ cricket offered as an afterschool<br />
club with ad hoc fixtures<br />
Facilities Four indoor nets, eight<br />
grass and four synthetic-grass<br />
nets, four grass squares, one<br />
artificial pitch<br />
Club/county affiliation Wiltshire<br />
Brief history Dauntsey’s is located<br />
on the northern edge of Salisbury<br />
Plain, set within an estate of over<br />
100 acres of idyllic countryside.<br />
The school was founded by<br />
London Alderman William<br />
Dauntsey in order to provide<br />
education for boys from poor<br />
families in the local community. It<br />
moved to its present site in 1895.<br />
Girls were admitted for the first<br />
time in 1971<br />
Extras Close links with Wiltshire<br />
cricket, the 1st XI ground is<br />
frequently described by visitors<br />
as one of the best school grounds<br />
they have played on. A charming<br />
setting, off the beaten track. Mark<br />
Lascelles, former Shrewsbury<br />
cricket master, is Dauntsey’s<br />
current head. The school hosts the<br />
MCC Foundation mid-Wiltshire<br />
Hub and regularly stages county<br />
age-group matches<br />
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