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TOP 100 SCHOOLS<br />
ROYAL GRAMMAR<br />
SCHOOL, GUILDFORD<br />
High Street<br />
Guildford<br />
GU1 3BB<br />
Established 1509<br />
Notable fixtures MCC, Whitgift,<br />
Cranleigh<br />
Teams The school regularly fields<br />
15 sides on Saturdays with games<br />
Fast show: Bob<br />
Willis took 325<br />
Test wickets<br />
taking place at Bradstone Brook (with<br />
its newly refurbished pavilion) and<br />
Wonersh Cricket Club<br />
Facilities Six outdoor nets, four indoor<br />
nets plus batting cage, three squares<br />
and use of an outground at Wonersh<br />
Cricket Club<br />
Club/county affiliation Surrey,<br />
Guildford CC<br />
Brief history Cricket is the major sport<br />
for all boys during the Trinity term.<br />
Games take place at Bradstone<br />
Brook and Wonersh. The 1st<br />
and 2nd XIs play in the South<br />
London Schools League<br />
competition, comprising seven<br />
other equally competitive<br />
schools. In 2013 both the 1st XI<br />
and 2nd XI won their respective<br />
league. In 2015, the 1st XI won the<br />
annual RGS Cricket Festival<br />
Cricketers of note Bob Willis (Surrey,<br />
Warwickshire & England)<br />
Extras The Royal Grammar School<br />
stages an annual cricket festival<br />
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RYDAL PENRHOS<br />
Pwllycrochan Avenue<br />
Colwyn Bay<br />
Colwyn<br />
LL29 7BT<br />
Established 1815<br />
Notable fixtures MCC, Merchant<br />
Taylor’s Crosby, Ellesmere College,<br />
Oswestry School, King’s Chester,<br />
Stonyhurst College<br />
Head of cricket Mike Leach<br />
Cricket professional Samed Fallah<br />
(Rajasthan Royals)<br />
Teams U8 to U16, 1st XI. One team<br />
per age group. Girls’ cricket in games<br />
sessions years 7 to 10 with the plan<br />
for significant development over the<br />
next 24 months<br />
Facilities Senior square and pavilion<br />
used by Cricket Wales as their home<br />
venue for age-group matches against<br />
Lancashire and Yorkshire<br />
Club/county affiliation Cricket Wales<br />
Brief history While small in numbers,<br />
the school frequently punches well<br />
above weight, producing cricketers<br />
for Wales on a regular basis. Old<br />
boys’ team, Rydal Dolphins, enjoys<br />
a cricket week played over five<br />
days. 2014 saw Silcoats School<br />
from Yorkshire, Bolton School from<br />
Lancashire and Ratcliffe College<br />
from Leicestershire in attendance<br />
Cricketers of note IE Ferris<br />
(Lancashire), DM Walton<br />
(Worcestershire), WHH Sutcliffe<br />
(Yorkshire), Wilf Wooller (Glamorgan)<br />
Extras The only school in Wales<br />
north of the Brecon Beacons playing<br />
schools’ cricket<br />
44 / thecricketer.com
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