WILSON’S SCHOOL Mollison Drive Wallington SM6 9JW
WINCHESTER COLLEGE College Street Winchester Hampshire SO23 9NA
Established 1615 Notable fixtures MCC, Whitgift, Epsom College, Trinity, City of London Freemans, Tiffin, Reigate Grammar, KCS Wimbledon, RGS Guildford Cricket professional Chris Bullen (Surrey) Teams 13 – 1st XI, 2nd XI, U15A, U15B, U14AB, U13ABC, U12ABCD Facilities There are two indoor nets at the school plus two indoor nets used at the Change Foundation ground, five outdoor non-turf practice nets, one grass square plus one non-turf match pitch. The school has a partnership with Cheam CC where 1st X1 matches are played and also uses grass pitches for younger age groups at the nearby Wallington Sports Ground. Use of grass wicket at Cricket for Change Ground near the school Club/county affiliation Surrey 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 Established William of Wykeham started building in 1382, and we opened in 1394. Notable fixtures MCC, Eton, Harrow, Radley, Bradfield, Charterhouse Cricket professional Paul Gover – once on the staff at Hampshire, a former England Under-19 (but no relation of the legendary coach Alf Gover) Teams 13 Facilities A sports hall with four nets,
fixture against the MCC. Many boys have represented Surrey at junior age groups, and many ex-pupils figure in 1st XIs in the Surrey Championship Leagues. The school runs biennial tours, including Dubai and Barbados in recent destinations. They maintain a strong link with the Old Wilsonians CC, in the Kent County Leagues Cricketers of note Neil Kendrick (Surrey) Extras Wilson’s provides exceptional cricket provision for state pupils in a private-dominated area. Over the
course of the season the spilt of these fixtures is close to 50 per cent state school and 50 per cent private schools. 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. They are seeking to push the cricket on even further, with the recent employment of head coach Bullen, a former county player, and further Surrey Cricket Board coaches John Fry, Andy Iga and Ian Yull
11 artificial nets outside, seven pitches – including a walled ground, replete with in-boundary trees, the Meads, perhaps the most beautiful 2nd XI pitch in the country Club/county affiliation Hampshire (a number of Hampshire’s coaching staff of recent vintage, including the current director of cricket, Giles White, have coached at the college Brief history Cricket in some form was played at Winchester from the 17th century. 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 Lord’s XI . The earliest recorded match played at Winchester College was is 1776 between College and Commoners, but the earliest match for which they have a score is College vs Commoners in 1825. College refers to the scholars’ boarding house, Commoners to later boarding houses Cricketers of note Douglas Jardine, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Hubert Doggart, 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 the portrait of Jardine, captain on the Bodyline tour of 1932/33 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 Finest moment on the field Perhaps the 2009 and 2010 seasons, with 15 and 14 wins respectively. Last year, DA Escott broke the Nawab of Pataudi’s season aggregate record, totalling 1,096 Cultural cricketers Willie Whitelaw (Tory home secretary); Tim Brooke-Taylor (actor) thecricketer.com | 63