PLAYING

WELLINGTON SCHOOL
South Street
Wellington
TA21 8NT
Established 1837
Notable fixtures Millfield, King’s
Taunton, Cornwall, Gwent,
Lashings CC
Cricket professional Steffan
Jones (Somerset, Derbyshire,
Northamptonshire), Caroline Atkins
(Durham MCCU & England), Paul
Lawrence
Teams 1st XI, 2nd XI, U15ABC,
U13ABC, U11AB, plus girls’ U15 and
U13 for 2016. The intention is to form
an U18 team in future years
Facilities Three grass squares, four
indoor nets, 12 grass nets, plus four
outdoor synthetic nets
Club/county affiliation Somerset
Brief history Founded as Wellington
Academy in 1837. From 1945 the
school’s direct-grant status enabled a
demand for a grammar school could
be met and fully independent status
arrived in 1977. Girls were accepted
as pupils from the following year.
Wellington School retains a strong
house system
Extras Wellington School is the first
establishment in the south-west to
have full-time former professionals
in charge of both boys’ and girls’
cricket as defined programmes with
a cricket scholarship in addition. A
progressive school with a mandate
to produce future players of
professional standard. The fixture list
is being upgraded in 2016 to include
county sides
Blaster:
Jason Roy
learned his
cricket at
Whitgift
WHITGIFT SCHOOL
Haling Park
South Croydon
CR2 6YT
Established 1600
Notable fixtures MCC, Bradfield
College, Millfield, King’s Taunton,
Charterhouse School, Dulwich
College, Cranleigh School
Head of Cricket David Ward (Surrey)
Head of Cricket Performance
Neil Kendrick (Surrey, Glamorgan)
Teams U11AB, U12ABCD, U13ABCD,
U14ABCD, U15ABC, 1st XI, 2nd XI,
3rd XI
Facilities Five grass squares, four
outdoor synthetic-grass nets, 12
grass nets, six lanes of indoor nets
Club/county affiliation Surrey
Brief history The school was
founded in 1596 by John Whitgift,
Elizabeth I’s last Archbishop
of Canterbury. Haling Park, to
which the school moved in
1931, was at one time the
home of Lord Howard
of Effingham, Lord High
Admiral of the Fleet
sent to see off the
threat of the Spanish Armada. The
grounds retain the appearance of an
attractive country estate
Cricketers of note Raman Subba
Row (Surrey, Northamptonshire
& England), Jason Roy (Surrey
& England), Laurie Evans
(Warwickshire, Surrey)
Extras The school has claimed an
impressive list of titles including
Under-15 ESCA T20 National
Champions (2011, 2013, 2014),
Under-13 ESCA National Champions
(eight titles in the past 17 years) and
Under-11 ESCA National Champions
(2011). According to The Daily
Telegraph, Whitgift School is “one of
the leaders of the pack thanks to big
investment and top-level coaches”
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