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Special Award for Excellence THE CRICKETER SPECIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE A large boarding school in a Shropshire market town, Shrewsbury School has been competing strongly in football and cricket across the whole of the modern era. The blueprint in how to establish strong county links and strong teams from A to C, the benchmark block fixture for all they compete against Run machine: James Taylor is on England duty this winter SHREWSBURY SCHOOL The Schools Shrewsbury SY3 7BA Established 1552 Notable fixtures Millfield, Worksop College, Worcestershire Academy, Warwickshire CB Under-19, Shropshire CB Under-21, MCC, Silk Trophy (Oundle, Eton) Cricket professionals Paul Pridgeon (Worcestershire), Adam Shantry (Glamorgan, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire) Teams 14 teams from U14 to 1st XI, plus a competitive girls’ programme in 2015 at U15 and U14 ages Facilities A purpose-built indoor cricket school opened in 2005 and complying with ECB maximum dimensions, providing space for six-a-side matches with full video analysis available. Elsewhere, a 1st XI square ‘Top Common’, plus four other full-size grounds, two grass net areas providing six practice strips and one all-weather net facility providing four further practice strips Club/county affiliation Shropshire Cricket Board, Worcestershire, Glamorgan, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire Brief history Shrewsbury is a unique school in many ways. Committed to strong academic standards within a vision of holistic education, set on the edge of one of the most historic county towns in England. With nine Salopians playing first-class cricket, Shrewsbury’s pedigree is evident Cricketers of note James Taylor (Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire & England), Nick Pocock (Hampshire), The Hon TM Lamb (Middlesex, Northamptonshire), Joe Leach (Worcestershire), David Lloyd (Glamorgan), Rhaudhri Smith (Glamorgan), Ed Barnard (Worcestershire) Extras Shrewsbury retained the Silk Trophy in 2015, becoming the only school to do so in its 25 years thecricketer.com / 47
TOP 100 SCHOOLS SOUTH DARTMOOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE Balland Lane Ashburton Devon TQ13 7EW Established 1964 Cricket professional Talented performers receive weekly paired coaching sessions with ECB Level 4 coach Peter Sanderson Teams Boys U12 to 17, girls U13AB, U15AB with girls’ cricket running throughout the year Facilities Sports hall with four indoor nets, gym, four-lane outdoor nets, plus a school field and synthetic-turf pitch. ‘Grass’ fixtures played at Ashburton CC and Bovey Tracey CC Club/county affiliation Devon, Somerset, Bovey Tracey CC, Ashburton CC, Ipplepen CC Brief history Good local community clubs has meant cricket has thrived. Girls’ cricket was introduced 10 years ago and in the last few years the focus, staffing structure and vision has sharpened further offering opportunities, training and coaching at the highest level a state school can offer Extras A whole community approach to cricket sees South Dartmoor Community College blazing a trail. This summer the under-15 girls became Chance To Shine national champions. They won through area, district and regional rounds to reach the national finals, at the Edgbaston Sports Foundation Ground in Birmingham, in front of Charlotte Edwards. South Dartmoor beat South Hensley Secondary School from Yorkshire in the final, Libby McNally, Jas Dawe, Ellie Ingham-Hill and Jess Cooper all shining with the bat. The girls also finished third in the School Sport Magazine T20 hardball national finals. Ingham-Hill was selected to be part of the England squad in a tournament in Shrewsbury and the England Women’s Development Programme ST BENEDICT’S SCHOOL 54 Eaton Rise Ealing London W5 2ES Established 1902 Notable fixtures MCC, Emeriti, Hampton, Whitgift Director of Cricket (from Sept 2015) Keith Newell (Sussex) Teams 37 sides with girls playing in boys’ teams on merit Facilities Two indoor nets, three ovals, two outdoor synthetic-grass nets with eight more to be built, plus use of Ealing CC adding two ovals and five artificial nets Club/county affiliation Ealing CC, Middlesex, Middlesex Schools Cricketers of note Ned Eckersley (Leicestershire) Extras With a junior and senior school, St Benedict’s start what they consider to be a conveyor belt of players from as early as six, with every boy in the school playing cricket throughout the summer term. Cricket has been played at St Benedict’s for a century now. The 1st XI was ranked No.1 in the country during 2012. Younger years have enjoyed success too, with different age groups reaching the county cup final on eight occasions. As well as playing in national and regional tournaments, one of their aims is to extend cricket to all ages and genders. They do this by hosting co-educational inter-school and intra-school tournaments. The T20 tournament sees the 1st XI, Old Priorian CC, Headmaster’s XI and Old Priorian RFC battling each other. The Ravens Cricket Academy offers high- quality coaching to both boys and girls at all ages and levels. Old boy Ned Eckersley has hit 10 first-class hundreds and fielded as 12th man for England at Lord’s Fox hunter: Ned Eckersley of Leicestershire GETTY IMAGES (1) 48 / thecricketer.com
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