PLAYING

MALVERN
COLLEGE
College Road
Malvern
Worcestershire
WR14 3DF
Established 1865
Notable fixtures MCC, Shrewsbury,
Harrow, Repton, Wellington College,
Bradfield, Millfield
Cricket professional Noel Brett
Teams Nine sides aged 14 and above
plus girls in the two senior years with
games played against Shrewsbury and
Clifton College
Facilities Three grounds, four artificial
nets, 16 grass nets plus a specific indoor
cricket facility with eight lanes
Club/county affiliation Worcestershire
Brief history The Tolchard brothers JG,
RC and RW, were outstanding players
in the 1960s. Roger, the youngest,
playing four times for England in India
Cricketers of note AH Stratford
(Middlesex, plus football for England v
Scotland 1876), RE Foster (represented
his country at cricket and football and
the only man still to captain England in
both sports), GH Simpson-Hayward
(regarded as the last great underarm
bowler, who actually bowled
over-arm at school), Ricardo Ellcock
(Worcestershire, Middlesex), David
Driving force: Middlesex’s David Nash
Nash (Middlesex), Mark Hardinges
(Gloucestershire, Essex), Tom Köhler-
Cadmore (Worcs, the school’s first
WCCC Academy scholar, Wisden
Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2013)
Extras Malvern has a strong cricketing
tradition, illustrated by performances
not only at 1st XI level, but also of the
Old Malvernians in The Cricketer Cup.
Positive recruitment and strategic
alliances has seen Malvern emerge
as one of the country’s cricketing
institutions. Nor can there be many
more spectacular settings for a ground
than the Senior Turf at Malvern – to the
east the Bredon Hill, the Severn Valley
and the Cotswolds and to the west the
backdrop of the Malvern Hills. Local
playing regulations sees sixes only
recorded as fours at Malvern
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