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Special Award for Excellence THE CRICKETER SPECIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE Having produced more first-class cricketers than anyone else and committing to more cricket than anywhere in the country, Eton continue to ‘do cricket’ with great success ETON COLLEGE Windsor SL4 6DW Established 1444 Notable fixtures Millfield, MCC, I Zingari, Harrow (at Lord’s), Cowdrey Cup (Radley, Tonbridge, Charterhouse, Wellington, Harrow), Silk Trophy (Shrewsbury, Oundle) Cricket professional Tim Roberts (Lancashire, Northamptonshire). John Rice (Hampshire) retired in 2014 after 30 years Teams Six senior XIs, four U16, six U15, seven U14 Facilities Three indoors nets and two grass net areas (40m long by 4m high artificial area), 12 grass squares and five synthetic-grass match pitches Brief history The school has produced in excess of 750 firstclass cricketers. 1706 saw the first written record of a game of cricket at Eton College – In the poem Certamen Pilae, by William Godwin, Master of Bristol Grammar School. August 2 1805 saw Eton v Harrow at Lord’s (Eton won by the comprehensive margin of an innings and two runs). In1882, The Hon Ivo Bligh, CT Studd and GB Studd toured Australia with England. Bligh received the ashes of a bail. In 1897, BJT Bosanquet is said to have invented the googly. 1899 saw Lord Hawke captain England v South Africa. GO ‘Gubby’ Allen represented England in Australia in 1932/33 and refused to bowl bodyline. In 1961 Colin Ingleby- Mackenzie captained Hampshire to the County Championship. 1997/98 saw Matthew Fleming represent England in 11 one-day internationals. Will Vanderspar was Wisden Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2010 Cricketers of note Most recently Alex Loudon (Warwickshire), James Bruce (Hampshire) Extras Competitive inter-school sport is said to have started with cricket matches between the trio of Eton, Winchester and Westminster. As well as in excess of 500 school fixtures, Eton also runs a programme of 500-plus house matches with more than 40 schoolmasters involved, taking teams at all levels thecricketer.com / 23
TOP 100 SCHOOLS FELSTED SCHOOL Felsted Dunmow Essex CM6 3LL Established 1564 Notable fixtures MCC, Bedford School, Oakham, Oundle Director of Cricket Jason Gallian (Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Essex & England) Teams 1st XI, 2nd XI 3rd XI, U15ABC, U14ABC, plus two ‘open’ girls’ teams Facilities Five indoor nets, 10 artificial nets, five grounds plus three more available at the associated prep school Club/county affiliation Essex Cricketers of note Nick Knight (Warwickshire, Essex & England), Derek Pringle (Essex & England), John Stephenson (Essex, Hampshire & England) Extras The school’s first cricket field was created in 1805. Pupils play cricket from year 3 (age 8) and it is the main summer sport in both the senior and prepatory schools The cap fits: Old boy Nasser Hussain had a great England career FOREST SCHOOL 2 College Place London E17 3PY Established 1834 Notable fixtures MCC, Highgate, Ardingly College Cricket professional James Foster (Essex & England) Teams U12ABC, U13ABC, U14ABC, U15AB, 2nd XI, 1st XI. Girls’ U13, U15 Facilities Purpose-built indoor cricket suite comprising two lanes (including video analysis technology), three-lane outdoor synthetic-grass nets, four cricket squares Club/county affiliation Essex Brief history The school archives date cricket at Forest School back to the 1860s. Nasser Hussain became the first Old Forester to play for Essex and then England. Former Essex allrounder Stuart Turner ran cricket at Forest from 1987 until his retirement in 2010. Forest School now runs more teams than at any time in its history Cricketers of note James Foster (Essex & England), Nasser Hussain (Essex & England) Extras The school runs a cricket exchange programme with St Stithian’s College in Johannesburg, South Africa and bi-annual overseas cricket tours with recent trips to venues such as Trinidad & Tobago, Sri Lanka, St Lucia and Barbados 24 / thecricketer.com
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