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Special Award<br />
for Excellence<br />
THE<br />
CRICKETER<br />
SPECIAL<br />
AWARD FOR<br />
EXCELLENCE<br />
Having<br />
produced<br />
more first-class<br />
cricketers than<br />
anyone else and<br />
committing to<br />
more cricket<br />
than anywhere in<br />
the country, Eton<br />
continue to ‘do<br />
cricket’ with great<br />
success<br />
ETON COLLEGE<br />
Windsor<br />
SL4 6DW<br />
Established 1444<br />
Notable fixtures Millfield, MCC,<br />
I Zingari, Harrow (at Lord’s),<br />
Cowdrey Cup (Radley, Tonbridge,<br />
Charterhouse, Wellington, Harrow),<br />
Silk Trophy (Shrewsbury, Oundle)<br />
Cricket professional Tim Roberts<br />
(Lancashire, Northamptonshire).<br />
John Rice (Hampshire) retired in<br />
2014 after 30 years<br />
Teams Six senior XIs, four U16, six<br />
U15, seven U14<br />
Facilities Three indoors nets and<br />
two grass net areas (40m long by<br />
4m high artificial area), 12 grass<br />
squares and five synthetic-grass<br />
match pitches<br />
Brief history The school has<br />
produced in excess of 750 firstclass<br />
cricketers. 1706 saw the<br />
first written record of a game<br />
of cricket at Eton College – In<br />
the poem Certamen Pilae, by<br />
William Godwin, Master of Bristol<br />
Grammar School. August 2 1805<br />
saw Eton v Harrow at Lord’s<br />
(Eton won by the comprehensive<br />
margin of an innings and two<br />
runs). In1882, The Hon Ivo Bligh,<br />
CT Studd and GB Studd toured<br />
Australia with England. Bligh<br />
received the ashes of a bail. In<br />
1897, BJT Bosanquet is said to<br />
have invented the googly. 1899<br />
saw Lord Hawke captain England<br />
v South Africa. GO ‘Gubby’ Allen<br />
represented England in Australia<br />
in 1932/33 and refused to bowl<br />
bodyline. In 1961 Colin Ingleby-<br />
Mackenzie captained Hampshire<br />
to the County Championship.<br />
1997/98 saw Matthew Fleming<br />
represent England in 11 one-day<br />
internationals. Will Vanderspar was<br />
Wisden Schoolboy Cricketer of the<br />
Year 2010<br />
Cricketers of note Most recently<br />
Alex Loudon (Warwickshire), James<br />
Bruce (Hampshire)<br />
Extras Competitive inter-school<br />
sport is said to have started<br />
with cricket matches between<br />
the trio of Eton, Winchester and<br />
Westminster. As well as in excess<br />
of 500 school fixtures, Eton also<br />
runs a programme of 500-plus<br />
house matches with more than 40<br />
schoolmasters involved, taking<br />
teams at all levels<br />
thecricketer.com / 23
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