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EASTBOURNE COLLEGE<br />
Old Wish Road<br />
Eastbourne<br />
East Sussex<br />
BN21 4JY<br />
DURHAM SCHOOL<br />
Quarryheads Lane<br />
Durham<br />
DH1 4SZ<br />
Established 1414<br />
Notable fixtures Woodhouse Grove,<br />
Sedbergh, St Peter’s York, Ampleforth,<br />
Bradford Grammar, RGS Newcastle,<br />
MCC<br />
Master i/c cricket Michael Fishwick.<br />
Michael Hirsch has coached at the<br />
school for 35 years<br />
Teams 1st XI, 2nd XI, U15, U14AB,<br />
U13, U12. Talented girls play cricket<br />
as part of boys’ teams<br />
Facilities Indoor sports hall with<br />
four lanes, plus a main and smaller<br />
ground. Bow – the school’s junior<br />
school – has a pitch<br />
Club/county affiliation Durham,<br />
Durham City CC<br />
Brief history The school has had a<br />
cricket team since 1847. 1866 saw<br />
the establishing of the annual game<br />
against St Peter’s York, and other<br />
annual matches matches followed<br />
against the likes of Sedbergh (1908),<br />
Ampleforth (1915), Giggleswick (1933)<br />
Barnard Castle (1937) and St Bees<br />
(1938)<br />
Cricketers of note Michael<br />
Roseberry (Middlesex, Durham),<br />
Andrew Roseberry (Leicestershire,<br />
Glamorgan), Phil Weston<br />
(Worcestershire, Gloucestershire,<br />
Derbyshire), Robin Weston (Durham,<br />
Derbyshire, Middlesex), Gordon<br />
Muchall (Durham), Paul Muchall<br />
(Gloucestershire), Fraser Watts<br />
(Scotland)<br />
Extras A cricket history dating from<br />
as early as 1847, for the past 35 years<br />
the school has consistently produced<br />
good young cricketers who have<br />
played at all levels of the game<br />
Established 1867<br />
Notable fixtures MCC, Tonbridge<br />
Cricket professional Rob Ferley<br />
(Kent, Nottinghamshire)<br />
Teams 1st XI, 2nd XI, 3rd XI,<br />
U15ABC, 14ABC. Girls at U15 level<br />
with the school looking to expand<br />
this programme. A cricket scholar<br />
joins the sixth form after Christmas<br />
for the first time<br />
Facilities Gym space with two nets,<br />
plus large indoor hall in planning<br />
(scheduled to open in 2017, the<br />
school’s 150th year). The school is<br />
able to host five home games each<br />
Saturday. An eight-lane artificial<br />
facility is also on site<br />
Club/county affiliation Sussex<br />
Cricketers of note Ed Giddins<br />
(Sussex, Warwickshire, Hampshire<br />
& England), Matt Hobden<br />
(Sussex), Harry Finch (Sussex)<br />
Extras The Memorial Ground has<br />
hosted county fixtures and College<br />
Field is regarded as an iconic venue,<br />
situated right on the south coast.<br />
The current 1st and 2nd XIs are<br />
the most successful in the school’s<br />
history, recording 13 wins from 16<br />
games. Openers Henry Braybrooke<br />
and John Kelsey put on an<br />
unbeaten 403 at the college in 1899<br />
National service:<br />
Ed Giddins won<br />
four Test caps<br />
for England<br />
thecricketer.com / 21
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