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TOP 100 SCHOOLS<br />
MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE<br />
Bath Road<br />
Marlborough<br />
SN8 1PA<br />
Established 1843<br />
Notable fixtures MCC, Rugby, Radley,<br />
Eton, Winchester, Cheltenham,<br />
Sherborne, Wellington College<br />
Cricket professional Former<br />
Leicestershire captain Nigel Briers, but<br />
appointing new professional autumn<br />
2015<br />
Teams Five U18 teams, three U16 teams,<br />
four U15 teams, five U14 teams, with<br />
girls integrated into boys teams<br />
Facilities Sports hall with five indoor<br />
nets, nine grounds, 14 synthetic-grass<br />
nets and two batting cages<br />
Club/county affiliation Marlborough<br />
CC, Hampshire, Middlesex, Wiltshire<br />
Brief history By 1849 – six years after<br />
the college started – the boys had<br />
begun levelling a ground and had<br />
formed a cricket club. Until 1972 the<br />
Marlborough v Rugby match was<br />
a regular fixture at Lord’s and since<br />
then the two schools have played an<br />
annual two-day match<br />
Cricketers of note AG Steel (played<br />
in first ever Test in 1880 and his<br />
name features on the Ashes urn),<br />
Christopher Martin-Jenkins (former<br />
Champion<br />
of cricket:<br />
Christopher<br />
Martin-Jenkins<br />
editor of The Cricketer, correspondent<br />
of The Times and MCC president)<br />
Extras Briers is leaving after 19 years<br />
at the school, and they marked his<br />
departure with a thrilling victory in the<br />
two-day colours match against Rugby<br />
School. Charlotte Bawden (Surrey<br />
U19) made her debut for the 1st XI in<br />
2015. The pavilion (built in 1874) was<br />
designed by Victorian architect<br />
Alfred Waterhouse, who is<br />
famous for designing the<br />
Natural History Museum and<br />
Manchester Town Hall<br />
36 / thecricketer.com
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