Cricket

In his first year as King's Bruton Head of Cricket, Chris White contemplates a year of cricket like no other, with training and inter-school matches taking place in September.

Playing cricket in September this year was a first but undoubtedly a success, particularly as were unsure as to whether inter-school fixtures would be able to go ahead. However, we played against Wells Cathedral School, Monkton Combe and Warminster, with the 1st XI winning all of their matches, and what was most pleasing, was the level of excitement the teams demonstrated in being able to go out and play competitive fixtures again against different schools.

Cricket at King's has really excelled this year considering the circumstances. In the Summer term, we managed to field three senior sides and four junior sides most weeks, which is excellent because we are giving all the pupils who want to participate in a cricket fixture the opportunity to do so.

Our 1st XI and U15A teams have been particularly strong this season, with some brilliant performances against some bigger schools with larger pupil numbers, and so huge credit must go to the King's boys and girls.

One of our tougher fixtures vs Sherborne School saw the 1st XI pull off a great win, with Jay Terry scoring 78 runs from 59 balls with the bat and then Harry Love achieving bowling figures 4 overs for 21 runs and 3 wickets. In the U15s, Ronnie Frost, Ben Longman, Felix Mounde and Georgia McDade also all put in strong performances against Sherborne. The future is bright for cricket at King's with Daniel and Darius, our exchange pupils from Barbados also significantly contributing to the cricket programme.

Our comprehensive winter programme, run at King's by Mark Davis, also continues to go from strength to strength with an increasing number of pupils looking to train in the off season. Exciting further still, is that girls’ cricket is becoming increasingly more popular here at King's, and consequently the after school sessions have been well attended, and next season we will be looking to incorporate it into the games programme as an option as well as also putting a fixture programme together.

Finally, well done to Jay Terry and Ronnie Frost who continue to perform well for Somerset County Cricket.

Photo courtesy of Nick Rabbets Harry Love

Jay Terry

Joe Gartell

Grace Sansom

Freddie Goggs