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WILSON’S SCHOOL Mollison Drive Wallington Surrey SM6 9JW Established 1615 Number of pupils 1,170 Notable fixtures MCC, Whitgift, Epsom, Trinity, City of London Freemen’s, Caterham and King’s College Wimbledon. Across the various age groups there were 140 scheduled matches Cricket professional Chris Bullen (Surrey) Teams 1st XI, 2nd XI, U15AB, U14AB, U13AB, U12ABCD Facilities There are two indoor nets in the sports hall at school plus two indoor nets are used at the Change Foundation ground, five outdoor non-turf practice nets, one grass square plus one non-turf match pitch. The school also uses the two
WINCHESTER COLLEGE College Street Winchester Hampshire SO23 9NA Established 1382 Number of pupils 700 Notable fixtures MCC, Eton, Harrow, Radley, Bradfield, Charterhouse. The 1st XI had 22 fixtures this year, entering The National Schools Under-17 Cup for the first time, reaching a regional final. They also competed in the John Harvey Cup and the National T20. Across all teams there are 130 fixtures throughout the term Cricket professional Paul Gover Master in charge Giles Munn (Hampshire, MCC Schools’ U19) Teams 12 (4 senior, U16, 3 U15, 4 U14) Facilities An indoor sports hall is being redeveloped from 2019. The school will have a temporary facility in the interim and, on completion, a double sports hall, with one side that will be cricket specific. They have 11 artificial nets for general use, four grass squares plus three artificial strips and grounds. All main pitches have grass wicket practice strips and cages Club/county affiliation Hampshire
grass squares at Wallington Sports Ground just across the road from the school three times a season. Club/county affiliation Surrey, with access to free tickets for 50-over and T20 matches Brief history Wilson’s run a strong Saturday and midweek fixture list with more than 150 matches throughout the season, with a notable 1st XI fixture against the MCC. Many boys have played representative cricket at junior age groups at district and county level and we have provided players for the prestigious Surrey Schools Cricket Association’s Hobbs Trophy U15 match at The Oval. The school runs biennial tours, including to Dubai and Barbados. A strong link is maintained with Old Wilsonians CC, who play in the Kent County League Cricketers of note Neil Kendrick (Surrey & Glamorgan) Best prospects U15 Pranav Madan
Extras Wilson’s provides exceptional cricket provision for state pupils in a private-school dominated area. Over the course of the season the split of these fixtures is close to 50 per cent state and 50 per cent private. This offers our pupils a good range of fixtures and opportunities. Each team (A and B in each age group) trains in their games afternoon (unless they have a game) and once after school. An Emerging Player Programme has been introduced to provide identified players with specialist coaching opportunities. They are always looking to develop the cricket at school further and the employment of head coach Bullen, the former Surrey player plus the use of other experienced coaches like John Fry (Sutton CC) and Mark Cody (Banstead CC) is a testament to this Finest moment on the field Beating MCC in the annual match
Brief history Cricket in some form was played at Winchester from the 17th century onwards. The first inter-school match was in 1825 and the first recorded game against Eton was in 1826. Winchester played annual matches at Lord’s against Eton and Harrow from 1826 to 1854. Today, the school 1st XI is still known as Lords XI. The earliest recorded match played at Winchester is 1776 between College and Commoners, but the earliest match for which they have a score is College v Commoners in 1825 Cricketers of note Douglas Jardine (Surrey), Nawab of Pataudi Jr, Hubert Doggart (Sussex & England), JR Mason, JC Clay, HD Reed, J Shuter, Sir Henry Leveson-Gower, AJ Evans and DCH Townsend were all Old Wykehamist Test players and are commemorated in the pavilion, Hunter Tent. Away teams, including Australian touring sides, lunch under a portrait of Jardine. J Shuter appears to have been the first Wykehamist to have represented England in 1888 against Australia, followed by J R Mason (1898) and AJ Evans (1921). GHG Doggart, JR Mason, JC Clay, HD Reed, DCH Townsend and Sir Henry LevesonGower all played Tests for England
Extras The matches against Eton and Harrow were played at Lord’s, but Winchester were reputedly banned for 100 years for an incident which resulted in a fire being started in one of the stands. Hampshire played one first-class game at the college, against Kent in 1875. The college has introduced sport scholarships for the first time. Johnny Figy plays for UAE U19s and will soon begin training with the senior squad. In 2020 the college plan a trip to South Africa Finest moment on the field The 2009 and 2010 seasons in recent years, with 15 and 14 wins respectively. In 2015 DA Escott broke the Nawab of Pataudi’s
in 2015, when Ollie Robertson hit a magnificent hundred Cultural cricketers John Galliano (fashion designer), Pascal Anson (artist and designer–mentor on the BBC’s The Big Painting Challenge) and actor Sir Michael Caine – then known as Maurice Micklewhite – are all rumoured to have played
aggregate, totalling 1,096. Escott became the only boy the school is aware of to have played all his school games for the 1st XI Cultural cricketers Willie Whitelaw MP (1931–36), Tim Brooke-Taylor (1953–58)
Giles Munn Master in charge
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