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Top 100 Schools<br />
KING EDWARD VI SCHOOL<br />
Wilton Road<br />
Southampton<br />
Hampshire<br />
SO15 5UQ<br />
Established Charter signed 1553,<br />
opened in 1554<br />
Notable fixtures Bradfield,<br />
Portsmouth Grammar School,<br />
Bryanston, MCC<br />
Teams U12ABC, U13ABC, U14AB,<br />
U15AB, 1stXI, 2nd XI<br />
Facilities Sports hall with four<br />
indoor nets. Four outdoor nets,<br />
plus four cricket squares<br />
Club/county affiliation Hampshire<br />
Cricketers of note Simon Francis<br />
(Hampshire, Somerset & England<br />
A), Jimmy Gray, (Hampshire), Iain<br />
Brunnschweiler (Hampshire), Joe<br />
Weatherly (Hampshire & England<br />
Under-19s captain 2015)<br />
Extras Debate could rage at the<br />
Francis Christmas dinner table<br />
about who is the best cricketer<br />
to come out of the school. Simon<br />
Francis took 136 wickets in 60<br />
first-class matches at 41.13, and<br />
77 List A wickets at 34.33 in 70<br />
games (including 8 for 66 against<br />
Derbyshire in the C&G Trophy in<br />
2004). Younger brother John Francis,<br />
34, scored six centuries (including<br />
four in 2005), with 2,748 first-class<br />
runs and 1,827 List A runs<br />
Big brother: Simon Francis was accurate<br />
KING’S<br />
COLLEGE<br />
SCHOOL<br />
Southside<br />
Wimbledon<br />
Common<br />
London<br />
SW19 4TT<br />
Established 1829<br />
Notable fixtures MCC, Dulwich College<br />
Cricket professionals Gary Butcher<br />
(Surrey, Glamorgan), Sean Davies<br />
(Zimbabwe)<br />
Teams 49 teams at junior and senior<br />
school – U8A-G, U9A-G, U10A-F,<br />
U11A-F, U12A-E, U13A-E, U14A-D,<br />
U15A-D, 1st XI, 2nd XI, 3rd XI, 4th XI,<br />
5thXI<br />
Facilities 13 bays including six grass nets<br />
at school and off-site at the Kingsway<br />
and Grand Drive facilities, plus the<br />
main 1st XI ground and two additional<br />
grass squares, four indoor nets, two<br />
off-site grass squares with eight<br />
synthetic-grass nets and two further<br />
artificial surfaces for matches<br />
Club/county affiliation Wimbledon CC<br />
Brief history Cricket at King’s has always<br />
been an integral part of schooling.<br />
King’s is one of very few to put out a<br />
5th XI during the summer term. The<br />
cricket benefits from excellent facilities<br />
and a fantastic coaching structure.<br />
Boasting a strong academic reputation,<br />
Ruari Crichard and Alex Hunt played<br />
in the 2015 Varsity match at Lord’s,<br />
representing Cambridge University<br />
Cricketers of note Russell Cake, Samir<br />
Sheikh<br />
Extras Twelve teams are regularly<br />
fielded on a very competitive circuit<br />
under head of cricket James Gibson:<br />
four at under-14 level, four at under-15<br />
level and four senior sides. The school<br />
plays matches against Whitgift,<br />
Dulwich, Winchester, St Paul’s and<br />
St John’s Leatherhead, and have<br />
undertaken tours to the Caribbean and<br />
Sri Lanka<br />
30 / thecricketer.com
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