BLUNDELL’S SCHOOL Blundell’s Road Tiverton Devon EX16 4DN Established 1604 Notable fixtures MCC, Millfield, King’s Taunton, Sherborne, Clifton College Director of cricket Rob Turner (Somerset & England A) Cricket professionals (from autumn 2016) Liam Lewis (Devon & Loughborough UCCE), Alfonso Thomas (Somerset & South Africa) Teams 1st XI, 2nd XI, 3rd XI, 4th XI, U15AB, U14AB, U13AB, U12AB Girls’ cricket Girls’ fixtures across a variety of age groups, with girls also playing in the boys’ teams on merit. Girls’ cricket is growing in popularity and a number of students play for Devon at various age levels Facilities Indoor sports hall (two nets), outdoor all-weather facility (four nets), 12 grass nets and six cricket squares. Fitness suite for training during winter months Club/county affiliation Heathcoat CC, Devon, Somerset Brief history The earliest record of a
BRADFIELD COLLEGE Blundell’s cricket match took place in September 1844 against the Tiverton club Cricketers of note Vic Marks (Somerset & England), Jeremy Lloyds (Somerset & Gloucestershire), Hugh Morris (Glamorgan & England), Dominic Bess (Somerset), Ulrick Considine (Somerset), Royston Gabe-Jones (Glamorgan) Extras The school hosts matches for boys and girls at all age levels from under-11 through to the full county club and women’s teams. Venue for the David Shepherd Great Cricket Picnic in July, raising funds to promote youth cricket Finest moment on the field A recent Devon v Wales match featured five Old Blundellians who have all captained the school Cultural cricketers Christopher Ondaatje (author and philanthropist), Michael Mates (politician), Tristan Evans (drummer with The Vamps)
Reading West Berkshire RG7 6BZ Established 1850 Notable fixtures MCC, Free Foresters, Radley, Marlborough, St Edwards, Winchester and Cheltenham, Eton, Harrow, Wellington, Charterhouse, Stowe, Malvern Director of cricket Julian Wood (Hampshire) Teams 1st XI, 2nd XI, 3rd XI, U17, U16AB, U15ABC, U14ABCD Girls’ cricket Two sides during the summer and training through the age groups Facilities Five indoor nets, four all-weather nets, 16 grass nets, seven grass squares Club/county affiliation Berkshire, Middlesex, Hampshire, Surrey and Gloucestershire Brief history Cricket is centred around Pit, the iconic main ground, once named by Ted Dexter as one of the most beautiful in the world. The bowling record – Michael Mence’s 84 wickets in 1962 – looks like it will never be beaten due to the increase in limited-overs fixtures, but his batting record from the same year was smashed in 2015 by Harry Came (great-grandson of Walter Robins) who is the first Bradfieldian to 1,000 in a season Cricketers of note Graham Roope (Surrey & England), Mark Nicholas (Hampshire & England A), Rupert Cox, William Kendall, Hamza Riazuddin and Richard Morris (all Hampshire), Ryan Higgins (Middlesex), Tom Jewell (Surrey), Mence (Warwickshire) Extras Wood is part of Graham Thorpe’s coaching team at Loughborough. He also works with Gloucestershire, Middlesex and IPL and Big Bash sides during the holidays. Sachin Tendulkar is rumoured to have cleared the River Pang in an U15 tour match Finest moment on the field Bradfield has won the John Harvey Cup in 2012 and 2015 – played between Radley, Marlborough, St Edwards, Winchester and Cheltenham. The Old Bradfieldian team – the Waifs – has won the Cricketer Cup three times
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