TOP 100 SECONDARY SCHOOLS WELLINGTON SCHOOL South Street Wellington Somerset TA21 8NT Established 1837 Number of pupils 840 Notable fixtures 135 fixtures. This season’s most notable was against England Women. Also Blundell’s, Queen’s Taunton, Plymouth, Exeter University 2nd XI, Somerset U17s, Wales U15s, Cornwall U17s Cricket professionals Steffan Jones, Paul ‘Sid’ Lawrence and Caroline Foster (née Atkins), former England women’s batsman Teams Wellington School run nine boys’ cricket teams and two girls’ teams – 1st XI, 2nd XI, U15 A, U15 Development squad, U14 A, U13 A, U13 Development squad, U12 A. Girls’ cricket Three girls’ teams, 1st XI, U15 and U13. Girls are also
WHITGIFT SCHOOL Haling Park South Croydon Surrey CR2 6YT Established 1596 Number of pupils 1480 Notable fixtures MCC, Harrow, Wellington College, Cranleigh, Tonbridge. The school plays 320 matches a summer Cricket professionals Neil Kendrick, David Ward (both Surrey) and Paul Hindmarch (Durham) Teams 23 - 1st XI, 2nd XI, 3rd XI, U15ABC, U14ABCDE; U13ABCDE,
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encouraged to play in the boys’ fixtures. It is run by Atkins, who also coached Western Storm in the 2016 Kia Super League Facilities The school has four indoor lanes with excellent lighting and enough room for any fast bowler to fit in a full run-up. They have 10 grass outdoor nets, and four all-grass pitches Club/county affiliation Somerset, Devon and Cornwall
U12ABCDE, U11AB Facilities Five pitches and six indoor lanes with 25m bowler run-up, 12 grass nets, five squares/ grounds on site, use of two off-site Club/county affiliation Surrey and Old Whitgiftians Brief history Whitgift has played cricket for more than 100 years but its growth really took off in the 1930s when the school moved to its current 45-acre location, giving more room for the sport to be played on-site. More than 350 boys regularly play cricket each week for the school. Since 1998, Whitgift has won 12 national cricket titles and over 50 county titles. Whitgift, a leading day and
Brief history Wellington is a small school that has made massive improvements over the last three years. The school has a fantastic cricket programme in place that is second to none, as a result the quality of cricketer across the board that is being produced at the school is improving year on year. This year there have been 16 players from the school being represented at county level
boarding independent school for boys aged 10–18, was founded in 1596 by John Whitgift, Queen Elizabeth I’s last Archbishop of Canterbury, and opened in 1600, making it Croydon’s oldest school. The headmaster, Dr Christopher Barnett, is the 26th in the school’s history. 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 against the Armada, and it retains the appearance of an attractive country estate. Whitgift’s state-of-the-art boarding house was opened in 2013, by the School’s patron, HRH The Duke of York. The first recorded match held on the school ground occurred in 1898 when the school played University College School. Since 2000, the school has hosted several firstclass and List A Surrey matches. Its maiden first-class match was when Surrey played against Nottinghamshire and, from 2003 to 2011, Whitgift hosted no fewer than nine first-class matches. It has also hosted 13 List A fixtures between 2000 and 2011. West Indies and India played an A Test match at Haling Park Cricketers of note Raman
Cricketers of note Two boys were linked with a county after the completion of the 2017 school year Best prospects Sixth-formers Cassie Coombes and Year 10 pupil Daisy Jeanes have both been selected for the Girls’ U17 Somerset squad Extras Apart from their fantastic cricket programme, they also hold Somerset Girls’ Winter District training programme and some of the Somerset Girls’ county age groups. An outstanding total of 16 Wellington senior-school pupils have been selected to represent their counties. They have specific fast-bowling camps that are run out of Wellington School that attract people from all around the world. They have a cricket programme that is second to none and as a result, attract people to the school from all around the world. The school are also proud of their wellbeing programme Subba Row (Surrey, Northants & England), Jason Roy (Surrey & England), Tom Lancefield, Freddie van den Bergh, Rory Burns, Ryan Patel (Surrey), Dominic Sibley (Surrey & Warwickshire), Matt Spriegel (Surrey & Northants), Laurie Evans (Surrey, Warks & Sussex) Extras 12 years of T20, 50-over and four-day festival cricket hosted here by Surrey. The school toured Australia and Desert Springs, Spain, in 2018 and will go to Barbados in 2019 Finest moment on the field Winning eight Under-13 ESCA National Titles in a 15-year period. Dominic Sibley scoring 242 for Surrey at The Kia Oval v Yorkshire in 2011 when he was still a sixthformer. Jason Roy scoring 162 for the full England side in a ODI v Sri Lanka in 2016 and his continued success in England’s ODI side. The Australian ODI team practising at Whitgift in 2017 and 2018. Shane Warne taking 5 for 12 for Hampshire against Surrey on the ground in 2006 Prospects Nico Reifer, Jamie Smith, Nyeem Young Cultural cricketers England rugby star Danny Cipriani
