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BRADFORD<br />
GRAMMAR SCHOOL<br />
Keighley Rd<br />
Bradford<br />
West Yorkshire<br />
BD9 4JP<br />
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BRADFIELD COLLEGE<br />
Reading<br />
West Berkshire<br />
RG7 6BZ<br />
Established 1850<br />
Notable fixtures Winchester, Radley,<br />
Cheltenham, St Edwards and<br />
Marlborough, Eton, Wellington,<br />
Whitgift, Charterhouse, Portsmouth<br />
GS, Abingdon, Stowe plus twoday<br />
fixture against Malvern and<br />
declaration games against MCC,<br />
Free Foresters and Butterflies<br />
Cricket professional Julian Wood<br />
(Hampshire)<br />
Teams Three senior XIs, U16AB,<br />
U15ABC, U14ABCD with girls’<br />
cricket starting in 2015<br />
Facilities Seven cricket squares, 14<br />
grass nets, four artificial nets, four<br />
indoor nets<br />
Club/county affiliation Berkshire,<br />
Gloucestershire, Hampshire,<br />
Middlesex, Surrey<br />
Brief history Bradfield’s individual<br />
bowling record has stood since 1962<br />
with Michael Mence’s 84 wickets<br />
(in 415 overs) looking unlikely to<br />
be seriously challenged. However,<br />
the same player’s batting record<br />
(from the same year) was beaten by<br />
Harry Came in 2015. He became the<br />
first player to score 1,000 runs in a<br />
season for the school. Pit – the home<br />
of the 1st XI which sits beside the<br />
River Pang – was named one of Ted<br />
Dexter’s three favourite grounds<br />
Cricketers of note Graham Roope<br />
(Surrey & England), Rupert<br />
Cox (Hampshire), Will Kendall<br />
(Hampshire), Mark Nicholas<br />
(Hampshire & England A),<br />
Hamza Riazuddin (Hampshire),<br />
Ryan Higgins (Middlesex), Tom<br />
Jewell (Surrey), Michael Mence<br />
(Warwickshire)<br />
Extras Cricket professional Julian<br />
Wood forms part of Graham<br />
Thorpe’s coaching team working<br />
with England Under-19s, the Lions<br />
and the senior squad. Although not<br />
a vintage year, the 1st XI did win the<br />
John Harvey Cup (tied first with St<br />
Edward’s, Oxford), the tournament<br />
also featured Marlborough,<br />
Winchester, Cheltenham and Radley<br />
Boy done good: Mark Nicholas shone for<br />
Hampshire and is now a television star<br />
Established 1548<br />
Notable fixtures MCC<br />
Cricket professional Simon Kellett<br />
(Yorkshire)<br />
Teams 1st XI, 2nd XI, U15, U14, U13,<br />
U12 at senior school, U11 and U10 at<br />
junior level<br />
Facilities Five indoor nets in sports<br />
hall, six grass nets, three grounds<br />
(two grass squares, one artificial)<br />
Club/county affiliation Yorkshire<br />
Senior Schools’ Cricket Association,<br />
Yorkshire Schools’ Cricket<br />
Association<br />
Brief history Cricket was first played<br />
at Bradford Grammar School in<br />
the 1870s, the school playing its<br />
first competitive match against<br />
Fulneck School in May 1884. Much<br />
has happened since those early<br />
days, including the move to grounds<br />
at Frizinghall, the building of both<br />
the old and new sports pavilions,<br />
and the development of a major<br />
overseas tours programme<br />
Cricketers of note Frank<br />
Lowson (Yorkshire & England),<br />
Ajmal Shahzad (Yorkshire,<br />
Lancashire, Nottinghamshire,<br />
Sussex & England), Jack<br />
Webster (Northamptonshire),<br />
Ashley Metcalfe (Yorkshire,<br />
Nottinghamshire)<br />
Extras The school boasts extensive<br />
1st XI records dating back to the very<br />
first match played<br />
Famous old<br />
boy: Ajmal<br />
Shahzad studied<br />
at Bradford<br />
Grammar<br />
thecricketer.com / 9
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