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THE KING’S SCHOOL,<br />
CANTERBURY<br />
25 The Precincts<br />
Canterbury<br />
CT1 2ES<br />
Established 597AD<br />
Notable fixtures MCC, Band of<br />
Brothers, Eastbourne, Bede’s<br />
Cricket professional Mark Ealham<br />
(Kent, Nottinghamshire &<br />
England)<br />
Teams Nine boys’ teams with girls<br />
introduced from September 2015<br />
Facilities Three grass squares,<br />
two synthetic pitches, 14 grass<br />
pitches, two indoor nets with use<br />
of the Kent County Cricket Ground<br />
indoor academy<br />
Club/county affiliation Kent<br />
Brief history David Gower opened<br />
the new pavilion in 2005<br />
Cricketers of note David Gower<br />
(Leicestershire, Hampshire<br />
& England), Alf Richardson<br />
(Somerset, Gloucestershire,<br />
Orange Free State), Charles<br />
Rowe (Kent, Glamorgan), Oli<br />
Robinson (Yorkshire, Sussex)<br />
Extras Kent 2nd XI use the<br />
main ground, Birley’s, each<br />
summer for a three-day and a<br />
one-day game<br />
Golden boy:<br />
Former England<br />
batsman David<br />
Gower was at<br />
King’s School,<br />
Canterbury<br />
THE LEYS SCHOOL<br />
Fen Causeway<br />
Cambridge<br />
CB2 7AD<br />
Established 1875<br />
Notable fixtures MCC, Cambridge<br />
University Crusaders, Gentlemen<br />
of Cambridge, Norwich,<br />
Wellingborough, Haileybury<br />
Cricket professional Richard Kaufman<br />
Teams 11 teams with the girls reaching<br />
the last 16 of the Under-15 Lady<br />
Taverners competition<br />
Facilities Purpose-built two-lane<br />
indoor school with two bowling<br />
machines and video-analysis<br />
equipment, plus four grass squares<br />
Club/county affiliation<br />
Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire<br />
Brief history The Leys was established<br />
in February 1875 with cricket<br />
introduced during the school’s<br />
second term of existence<br />
Cricketers of note Gordon Bevas<br />
(Nottinghamshire), William Brown<br />
(Gloucestershire), Thomas Hill<br />
(Somerset), Bernard Holloway<br />
(Sussex, MCC)<br />
Extras Situated in the heart of<br />
Cambridge next to the river Cam,<br />
The Leys is seen as punching above<br />
its weight, reaching the last 16 of<br />
the HMC T20 competition in 2015.<br />
The school hosts a Cambridgeshire<br />
Minor Counties fixture annually<br />
thecricketer.com / 55
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