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UPPINGHAM SCHOOL High Street W Uppingham Rutland LE15 9QE Established 1584 Notable fixtures MCC, Repton, Haileybury, Shrewsbury, Rugby, Oundle Cricket professional Trevor Ward (Kent, Leicestershire) Teams 1st XI, 2nd XI, 3rd XI, U16AB, U15ABC, U14ABCD. There were two girls’ games in 2015 with one student included in the boys’ U15A side Facilities Seven grounds, 20 grass nets, five indoor nets Club/county affiliation Leicestershire Brief history Former England captain Percy Chapman attended. The pavilion was built as a war memorial Cricketers of note Shiv Thakor (Leicestershire, Derbyshire), Jonathan Agnew (Leicestershire & England), James Whitaker (Leicestershire & England), Percy Chapman (Kent & England) WARWICK SCHOOL Myton Road Warwick CV34 6PP Established 914AD Notable fixtures MCC, Oakham Director of cricket Simon Francis (Hampshire, Somerset, Nottinghamshire & England A) Director of sport Geoff Tedstone (Warwickshire, Gloucestershire) Teams 1st XI, 2nd XI, 3rd XI, (U16 for 2016), U15ABC, U14AB(C for 2016), U13ABC, U12ABC Facilities Three grass squares plus one temporary grass square, two artificial pitches, four indoor lanes, three synthetic nets, two batting cages, four open artificial nets Club/county affiliation Warwickshire, Warwickshire Cricket Board (South & Central District) Brief history Located adjacent to the River Avon and set within 50 acres. An exceptional extracurricular programme with extensive sporting facilities and national success Cricketers of note Neil Smith (Warwickshire), Gordon Lord (Warwickshire, Worcestershire), Huw Jones (Warwickshire) Extras A handsome modern pavilion overlooks the 1st XI oval. The school continues to challenge regionally, despite not having a recruitment programme for cricket scholars thecricketer.com / 59
Top 100 Schools WELLINGBOROUGH SCHOOL London Road Wellingborough Northamptonshire NN8 2BX Established 1595 Notable fixtures MCC, XL Club Cricket professional David Sales (Northamptonshire & England A) Teams U14AB, U15AB, 2nd XI, 1st XI with a comprehensive programme of girls’ cricket underway at the prep school with four girls representing the 1st XI on merit over the past eight seasons Facilities Two indoor nets, seven synthetic outdoor nets, four grass squares Club/county affiliation Northamptonshire Brief history WG Grace’s doorstep (from his Bristol home) forms the bottom element to the main ground’s thatched pavilion Cricketers of note Paul Coverdale (Northamptonshire) Extras First-class cricket was played there for many years, with Ian Botham scoring 175 not out in a one-day game for Somerset v Northamptonshire. Sir Len Hutton struck 269 not out for Yorkshire against Northants in 1949 WELLINGTON COLLEGE Duke’s Ride Crowthorne West Berkshire RG45 v7PU Established 1859 Notable fixtures MCC, Eton, Harrow, Cowdrey Cup (Tonbridge, Radley and Charterhouse), plus the BOWS Festival (Brighton College, Oakham and Sedbergh), two-day fixture with Malvern Master i/c cricket Dan Pratt Teams Four senior teams, U16ABC, U15ABCD, U14ABCDE, plus girls playing their first fixture last June Facilities Nine grounds, 15 grass nets, 14 synthetic outdoor nets, five indoor nets Club/county affiliation Surrey, Berkshire Brief history Wooden pavilion from 1861–1901 before being closed and demolished due to damage caused by rats. New lime-green pavilion opened as replacement, refurbished and painted pink in 1994. A handful of Wellingtonians have gone on to play Test cricket but none since 1930, when MJC Allom took four wickets in five balls in the first Test match played by New Zealand and when FT Badcock, another Old Wellingtonian, also, rather uniquely, bagged a king pair on his debut Cricketers of note Tom Curran (Surrey), Sam Curran (Surrey) is still a pupil at the school 60 / thecricketer.com
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