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THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL AT LEEDS Alwoodley Gates Harrogate Road Leeds West Yorkshire LS17 8GS SUTTON VALENCE SCHOOL North Street Sutton Valence Maidstone Kent ME17 3HL Established 1576 Notable fixtures MCC, XL Club, Band of Brothers Cricket professional Vince Wells (Kent, Leicestershire) Teams 1st XI, 2nd, XI, U15AB, U14AB, girls practice and play with boys Facilities Five grass squares, six artificial nets and one grass net, five indoor nets with full run-ups Club/county affiliation Kent Brief history The first recorded match Talented: Batsman and umpire Mark Benson was in August 1840, when the school played Sir Edmund Filmer’s XI at nearby East Sutton Park Cricketers of note Douglas Carr (Kent & England), Mark Benson (Kent & England), Orlando Peters (Leeward Islands, Antigua) Extras John Willes, an early proponent of round-arm bowling, lived in the village and is thought to have ‘cast his influence’ on cricket at the school TAUNTON SCHOOL Staplegrove Road Taunton Somerset TA2 6AD Established Leeds Grammar School was formed in 1552 Notable fixtures MCC, Manchester GS Teams 1st XI, 2nd XI, U15AB, U14AB, U13AB, U12AB, plus one open-age girls’ team Facilities Four grass squares, two synthetic pitches, four indoor practice nets, three artificial nets, six grass nets Club/county affiliation? Yorkshire Brief history The Grammar School at Leeds came into being following the merger of Leeds Grammar School and Leeds High School for Girls in 2005. It has four cricket pitches, three net areas comprising grass and artificial surfaces Cricketers of note Iain Sutcliffe (Leicestershire, Lancashire, Northamptonshire), James Wainman (Yorkshire) Yes sir: Marcus Trescothick coaches at Taunton School Established 1847 Notable fixtures Dulwich College, Eastbourne College, Ampleforth Cricket professional Marcus Trescothick (Somerset & England) Teams Boys and girls’ teams from year 3 to 1st XI with girls playing cricket since 1976 Facilities Six grounds, three bays of outdoor nets, with 12 synthetic-turf and four grass nets Club/county affiliation Taunton Deane CC, Somerset Cricketers of note Aftab Habib (Leicestershire, Essex & England), John Jameson (Warwickshire) Extras Having been playing cricket since around 1855, it has long held a place as a renowned cricketing school Old boy: Iain Sutcliffe studied at Leeds thecricketer.com / 53
Top 100 Schools THE KING’S SCHOOL, MACCLESFIELD Cumberland Street Macclesfield Cheshire SK10 1DA THE JUDD SCHOOL Brook Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 2PN Established 1888 Notable fixtures Eltham College, Sevenoaks School Master i/c cricket David Joseph Teams 14 sides are regularly turned out Facilities Indoor four-lane sports hall, one main square, eight synthetic-grass nets, second ground with two artificial pitches Club/county affiliation Kent Brief history The Judd School offers cricket academies from year 8 (aged 12 to 13) onwards, with training available all year round in the four indoor nets within the sports hall. Cricketers of note David Fulton (Kent), James Thompson (Kent) Extras A state grammar school that continues to run a full Saturday programme and tours Barbados bi-annually Established 1502 Notable fixtures MCC, Sedbergh, The Grammar School At Leeds, Bolton GS, RGS Lancaster, Manchester GS Cricket professional Andy Kennedy (Lancashire) Teams 1st XI, 2nd XI, U15AB, U14AB, U13AB, U12AB, girls’ cricket part of games lessons, with recent leaver Hannah Gradwell playing two 1st XI seasons Facilities The school boasts five brand-new all-weather practice nets at the boys’ site and three at the junior/ girls’ site, four squares, three artificial squares, local sports centre used for winter sessions Club/county affiliation Macclesfield CC Brief history ‘King’s Macc’ recently celebrated 150 years of cricket on the current site Cricketers of note Mike Davies (Northamptonshire), Peter Moores (Worcestershire, Sussex) Extras A powerhouse of local cricket, with four former pupils of the school recently captaining different Cheshire Premier League club sides at the same time 54 / thecricketer.com
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