SURREY
SCHOOLS’
CRICKET
ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL REPORT
2014
Supporting Surrey Schools’ Cricket
(FOR DETAILS SEE BACK PAGE)
OFFICERS 2013 - 2014
President: Edward Handley MBE
Chairman: Phil Everest
Vice-Chairman: (vacant)
Hon. Secretary: Simon Beck
Hon. Treasurer: Mike Barry
Hon. Competitions Secretaries: Phil Everest
Jim Hammond
Richard Riseboro
Duncan White
Hon. Primary Secretary: Charles South
N.B. The Executive Council also co-opted Mrs Bente Hickley.
VICE PRESIDENTS:
J.D. Andrews / D.C. Haywood / P.I. PocockB.J. Aspital / D. Jacobs / R.J. Somerford
J.H.C. Cope / B. Jones / M.J. Stewart OBE
J.H. Edrich MBE / R.D.V. Knight OBE / D.M. Verney
M.J. Edwards / A.R. Pannell / D.M. Ward
D.G.W. Fletcher
SURREY SCHOOLS’
CRICKET ASSOCIATION
thanks the following organisations
for
their support and assistance during the past year
ESCA, RAM International, Surrey CCC, Surrey Cricket Board, Surrey County Cricket Trust
& also
thanks the following clubs and schools for the use of facilities
Banstead CC, Epsom College, Horsley & Send CC, John Fisher School,
Parkside School, St George’s College, Surrey CCC, Wallington CGS, Whitgift School
Chairman’s Remarks:
Although the last year has been a successful one for SSCA on the field, and I will return to that later, there have been problems elsewhere. Mike Barry, our hard-working Treasurer has had his health problems, but is now improving, and my own function as your Chairman has been compromised by my wife’s poor health. It is for this reason that I open this piece with my own heartfelt thanks to Simon Beck, Jim Hammond and Richy Riseboro for standing in for me at various Finals Days, and also to our President, Edward Handley MBE, for his continued support throughout the year.
Now for the good news! It has been an outstanding year for Surrey schools, and Surrey youth cricket, both on an off the field. Cranleigh School won the ESCA/ECB National U14/U15 Schools Championship, becoming the first Surrey school to win the competition, previously the Lord’s Taverners’ Trophy for School. Whitgift School won the ESCA/ECB National U15 T20. Both wins were achieved against Sedbergh School (Cumbria). The Surrey CCC U15 side won the ECB Royal London U15 County Cup with comprehensive wins over Yorkshire and Middlesex. With Guildford CC also winning the ECB NatWest U15 National Club Championship, Surrey teams have, in 2014, won every ECB National U15 Boys’ competition – a unique feat! The Surrey CCC U17 side also shared the ECB Royal London U17 County Championship (2-day) with Lancashire after the final was rained off. (Further details of Surrey CCC CAG activities can be found at the back of this booklet)
CRANLEIGH SCHOOL U15 SQUAD 2014 -- Winners of ESCA/ECB National U14/U15 Schools Championship
Parkside School, winners of the Geoff Richards Trophy, went on to win the Regional Phase of the ESCA Under 11 Hardball Cricket Competition. On the National Finals Day at Oakham School, Parkside qualified for the Final by losing fewer wickets than Exeter School in their final group match. They narrowly lost the Final to Twyford School by 6 runs.
Off the field, St Peter’s Primary School (Croydon) were awarded the prestigious CMJ Award for Schools which includes £2000 to be spent on coaching and equipment. Broadwater School (Godalming) has been short-listed for a national Chance to Shine Award. It is good to see the work of schools in Surrey, supported by SSCA and the Surrey Cricket Board, is being recognised.
The Association acknowledges the support of Paul Taylor, Kim Price and the SCB Development Team, especially in working together to create the Schools Affiliation Package which is available to all schools affiliated to SSCA. The 4 Outer London Boroughs affiliated all their schools en bloc, giving a total of 319 affiliated schools.
SCB also supports the annual Hobbs Trophy match, which was played in a different format this year. Due to misunderstandings, 3 teams were selected – Surrey London Boroughs, Rest of Surrey and a London Schools’ team. On the day, the 2 Surrey based sides played a T20 format in the morning with Surrey London Boroughs winning by 5 wkts despite a half-century from Bilal Mohammed for Rest of Surrey. In the afternoon, the winning Surrey London Boroughs side took on London Schools’ and batted first. Having set a below par score of 120, London Boroughs bowled tightly to restrict London Schools’ to 106. Thanks to Paul Taylor for his co-operation and for presenting trophies on the day
SOUTH LONDON BOROUGHS -- Winners of the Hobbs Trophy 2014
In the professional game, Jason Roy made his England debut, and Natalie Sciver became a regular in the England Women’s teams. County caps were awarded to Roy, Zafar Ansari and Rory Burns, and Matt Dunn had an excellent season with the ball. It is very rewarding to see home-grown talent succeeding. Dominic Sibley played U19 Tests v South Africa, and Ollie Batchelor was in the EDP Squad for the U17 series v Pakistan. Angus Dahl, Will Jacks, Rafeh Jafri and Alex Shoff were all selected in the London & East U15 side that won the Bunbury Festival. Lastly, Sam Curran has just been announced in the U17 England Development Squad for 2014-15. Congratulations to all. The future of Surrey cricket looks very promising.
On a local level, it was a good year for competitions with increased entries and very few problems. Details of inter-school competitions are in the next section of this report. The biggest concern is with the Girls’ competition. Although there were more entries this year, very few matches were actually played and the future of this competition needs to be reviewed. It would help to have some input from those directly involved in girls’ cricket in schools.
The Association also acknowledges the support given by Whitgift School over many years in so many ways, including hosting finals and meetings. In particular, especial thanks must go to Val Baxter at Whitgift, for her continued support over this past year.
Phil Everest (Chairman)
School Competitions Report
Competition entries for 2014 were higher than for 2013, especially for the U15 T20 and the U11 competitions. Entries were also made by a number of new schools, notably Epsom College, St James’ Senior Boys’School (Ashford), & Bolingbroke Academy. In addition, there were a number of returning schools (e.g. Lingfield Notre Dame, Parkside, & Thamesmead) and many schools expanded their entries. The fine weather ensured that the majority of competitions was completed on time, the only exceptions being the U15 NatWest County Cup, which Whitgift & Trinity agreed to share, and the U13 Plate Final which will be played at the start of next summer.
Whitgift continued their domination of the U15 National T20, defeating Trinity in the County Final, and also won the Anderson Cup for the first time for many years. The Whitgift U15 side progressed through the Regional Phase of the T20, U14 Sam Hall scoring a superb 126 against Norwich School in the Regional semi-final, to the National Finals at Arundel. Having beaten Portsmouth GS by 48 runs in the semi (Sam Hall 62), Whitgift then took on the powerful Sedbergh side from Cumbria. Batting first, Whitgift managed a par score of 123-7, Sam Hall again top scoring with 33. Sedbergh made a good start but could not maintain the required rate against accurate Whitgift bowling and were eventually dismissed for 96. With 3 of this National winning side still U14 we wish the Whitgift U14’s success as they carry the Surrey banner into the ECB/ESCA National U15 Schools Championship for 2015.
The U13 Watcyn Evans Trophy attracted the biggest entry, but the 4 semi-finalists, Reigate GS, Shrewsbury House, Trinity and Whitgift managed to arrive at Finals Day on schedule. Whitgift had an untroubled passage through their semi v Reigate, but the other semi was a very tense affair. Having been set 116 by Trinity, the Shrewsbury House batsmen found the boundary regularly and were well on target with 3 overs remaining. However, tight bowling built pressure and created run-outs, leaving Trinity the winners by 3 runs. Unfortunately, Trinity were unable to repeat the feat in the Final.
New entrants Feltonfleet reached the semi-finals of the Jubilee Cup at the first attempt, to join KCJS Wimbledon, RGS Guildford and Trinity (conquerors of Whitgift) in the semi-finals. In the semis, Trinity beat Feltonfleet while KCJS were too strong for RGS. The Final was only decided on the penultimate ball when an edged balled found its way to the boundary to give Trinity victory by 2 wkts. The 3rd/4th place play-off was won by Feltonfleet. We wish Trinity all success in their first venture in to the David English Bunbury National U13 Cup in 2015.
The increased entry for the Geoff Richards Trophy necessitated a change of format. 6 groups provided 6 winners, plus 2 best runners-up to into a Q-Final draw. Two State schools, Pyrford CE Juniors and West Byfleet Juniors reached this Q-Final draw, Pyrford losing narrowly to Cranmore. On Finals Day, Parkside, back in the competition after a 3-year break, won all 3 of their matches to take the Trophy and progress to the Regional Phase. Parkside also had a good run in the U11 Verney Cup, reaching the Final before losing a tight match to Shrewsbury House by 3 runs.
SSCA COMPETITION ENTRY SUMMARY / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014ESCA/ECB NATIONAL SCHOOLS U15 T20 / U15 / 20 / 22 / 18 / 16 / 22 / 26
NATWEST COUNTY CUP / U15 / 28 / 27 / 25 / 26 / 23 / 26
ANDERSON CUP / U14 / 26 / 32 / 25 / 29 / 29 / 35
WATCYN EVANS TROPHY / U13 / 32 / 33 / 32 / 41 / 37 / 42
BUNBURY JUBILEE TROPHY / U12 / 25 / 26 / 23 / 30 / 31 / 35
VERNEY CUP / U11 / 10 / 17 / 13 / 20 / 15 / 22
GEOFF RICHARDS TROPHY / U11 / 7 / 12 / 9 / 15 / 16 / 22
U14 GIRLS' COMPETITION / U14G / n/a / n/a / n/a / n/a / 7 / 11
TOTALS / 148 / 169 / 145 / 177 / 180 / 219
ANNUAL % INCREASE / 14% / -14% / 22% / 2% / 22%
The Vase and Plate competitions for State schools all went well, including the new U14 Plate. The U13 Plate Final between Wallington CGS and Weydon School will be played in 2015.
The U14 Girls’ competition was disappointing in that only one of the 3 groups functioned. Weydon School from Farnham beat Howard of Effingham in the Final. It will be necessary to consider the future of this competition.
Once again, a massive vote of thanks should go to Richard Jones & Mike Catt at Horsley & Send CC who staged FOUR SSCA Finals Days this year.
Thanks also to Jim Hammond, Richy Riseboro, Duncan White, Simon Beck and Charles South without whom this highly successful competition programme would not be possible.
Phil Everest
(Hon. Competitions Secretary)
ECB/ESCA NATIONAL T20 COMPETITION (U15)
Holders: WHITGIFT
ST JAMES’ BOYS’ / )
) HOWARD OF EFF / )
HOWARD OF EFF’HAM / ) / )
) KINGSTON GS / )
BISHOP D BROWN / ) / ) / )
) KINGSTON GS / ) / )
KINGSTON GS / ) / )
) WHITGIFT / )
FULLBROOK / ) / ) / )
) CHESSINGTON / ) / ) / )
CHESSINGTON / ) / ) / ) / )
) WHITGIFT / ) / )
) / )
WHITGIFT / ) / )
)
) WHITGIFT
CARSHALTON BOYS’ / ) / )
) TIFFIN BOYS’ / ) / )
TIFFIN BOYS’ / ) / ) / )
) KCS WIMBLEDON / ) / )
) / ) / )
kcs WIMBLEDON / ) / ) / )
) / )
) KCS WIMBLEDON / )
)
REIGATE GS / ) / )
) / )
) REIGATE GS / )
RIDDLESDOWN / ) / )
) NOTRE DAME / )
NOTRE DAME, L’FLD / )
Winners: WHITGIFT SCHOOL
RGS, GUILDFORD / )) rgs, guildford / )
WEYDON / ) / )
) charterhouse / )
GORDON’S / ) / ) / )
) CHArterhouse / ) / )
CHARTERHOUSE / ) / )
) charterhouse / )
) / )
COL FREEMEN’S / ) / ) / )
) / ) / )
) southborough / ) / )
SOUTHBOROUGH / ) / ) / )
) SOUTHBOROUGH / ) / )
GREENSHAW HS / ) / )
) trinity
)
TRINITY / ) / )
) / )
) trinity / ) / )
RUTLISH / ) / ) / ) / )
)RUTLISH / ) / ) / )
STANLEY PARK HS / ) / ) / )
) trinity / )
COOMBE BOYS’ / ) / )
) WILSON’S / ) / )
WILSON’S / ) / ) / )
) wilson’s / )
)
GLYN / )
ESCA NATWEST COUNTY CUP (U15)
Holders: WHITGIFT
WILSON’S / )
)
) TRINITY / )
THE PRIORY CE / ) / ) / )
) TRINITY / ) / )
TRINITY / ) / )
) TRINITY / )
GLEBELANDS / ) / ) / )
) BISHOP D BROWN / ) / ) / )
BISHOP D BROWN / ) / ) / ) / )
) GLYN / ) / )
GLYN / ) / ) / )
) GLYN / ) / )
HOWARD OF EFF’HAM / ) / )
) TRINITY
)
TIFFIN BOYS’ / ) / )
) / )
) TIFFIN BOYS’ / ) / )
JOHN FISHER / ) / ) / ) / )
) JOHN FISHER / ) / ) / )
SOUTHBOROUGH / ) / ) / )
) COL FREEMEN’S / )
)
COL FREEMEN’S / ) / )
) / )
) COL FREEMEN’S / )
WIMBLEDON COLLEGE / ) / )
)ST JAMES’ BOYS’ / )
ST JAMES’ BOYS’ / )
Trophy shared: TRINITY SCHOOL & WHITGIFT SCHOOL
GREENSHAW HS / )) KCS WIMBLEDON / )
KCS WIMBLEDON / ) / )
) KCS WIMBLEDON / )
) / )
RIDDLESDOWN / ) / )
)
) KCS WIMBLEDON / )
) / )
NOTRE DAME / ) / ) / )
) / ) / )
) REIGATE GS / ) / )
REIGATE GS / ) / ) / )
) REIGATE GS / ) / )
STANLEY PARK HS / ) / )
) WHITGIFT
IBSTOCK PLACE / ) / )
) KINGSTON GS / ) / )
KINGSTON GS / ) / ) / )
) KINGSTON GS / ) / )
WALLINGTON CGS / ) / ) / ) / )
) WALLINGTON CGS / ) / ) / )
COOMBE BOYS’ / ) / ) / )
) WHITGIFT / )
)
WHITGIFT / ) / )
) / )
) WHITGIFT / )
ROYAL RUSSELL / ) / )
) RUTLISH / )
RUTLISH / )
ANDERSON CUP (U14)
Holders: CRANLEIGH SCHOOL