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ST JOHN’S SCHOOL,<br />
LEATHERHEAD<br />
Epsom Road<br />
Leatherhead<br />
Surrey<br />
KT22 8SP<br />
Established 1851<br />
Notable fixtures MCC, XL Club, St<br />
Paul’s, KCS Wimbledon, Hampton,<br />
Epsom College, Eastbourne College<br />
Cricket professional<br />
David Hammond (Essex)<br />
Teams 1st XI, 2nd XI, 3rd XI, 4th<br />
XI, U15ABC, U14ABC. Initially<br />
introduced in 2010, 2015 saw a<br />
significant uptake in girls’ cricket<br />
at U15 level with a fixture list that<br />
includes Hurstpierpoint and Epsom<br />
Ladies CC<br />
Facilities These include four indoor<br />
nets, 14 outside nets, plus four grass<br />
squares<br />
Club/county affiliation Surrey<br />
Brief history Cricket has always been<br />
one of the primary games played<br />
at St John’s with the first recorded<br />
match on the new ground being in<br />
1879 against the MCC. The school has<br />
hosted two List A fixtures and also<br />
hosts Surrey age-group cricket. It<br />
was originally founded to educate the<br />
children of clergy<br />
Cricketers of note David Balcombe<br />
(Hampshire, Surrey)<br />
Extras Viscount Montgomery of<br />
Alamein was chairman of governors<br />
from 1951–1966<br />
ST PETER’S SCHOOL,<br />
YORK<br />
Clifton<br />
York<br />
YO30 6AB<br />
Established 627AD<br />
Notable fixtures MCC, Yorkshire<br />
Gentlemen, Durham, Ampleforth<br />
Cricket professionals David Foster,<br />
Dan Woods<br />
Teams 1st XI, 2nd XI 3rd XI,<br />
Development XI, U15AB, U14AB,<br />
plus St Olave’s (Prep) U13, U12,<br />
U11, U10, U9AB, after-school club<br />
offered to girls at St Olave’s<br />
Facilities Two sports halls with four<br />
bowling machines, 10 syntheticgrass<br />
nets and four grass nets with<br />
four cricket grounds<br />
Club/county affiliation York CC,<br />
Yorkshire<br />
Brief history “Older<br />
than the House<br />
Notable:<br />
England’s Jonny<br />
Bairstow went to<br />
St Peter’s<br />
of Commons, older than the<br />
universities, older than the Lord<br />
Mayoralty, older even than the<br />
throne or nation itself” – Arthur<br />
F Leach, November 1892. School<br />
founded in 627AD, listing Guy<br />
Fawkes among its alumni. The first<br />
recorded game of cricket played<br />
at St Peter’s was in 1853 when the<br />
School XI played Pocklington<br />
Cricketers of note Jonny Bairstow<br />
(Yorkshire & England), Frank<br />
Mitchell (Yorkshire, England &<br />
South Africa), Norman Yardley<br />
(Yorkshire)<br />
Extras The school is the third oldest<br />
in the United Kingdom and fourth<br />
in the world, and still contests some<br />
of the oldest schoolboy fixtures<br />
in the country. In 2013 the school<br />
was North of England finalists in<br />
National T20, and five years ago<br />
made the North of England final in<br />
the Lord’s Taverners Cup<br />
thecricketer.com / 51
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