Clifton College v Sherborne School, 150th Anniversary Match Saturday 20th June 2015, 11am The Close, Clifton College OldCLIF CliftonianTON Society Cricket Week 2015 COLLEGE ESTA BLISHED 1862 The Close Contacts for the OC Cricket Society: Clifton College Jeremy Brooks - President [email protected] Monday 6th July 07966 264405 Old Cliftonians v Clifton Badgers Rupert Swetman - Captain Tuesday 7th July [email protected] Old Cliftonians v Flaming Sambucas 07773 786004 Wednesday 8th July John Davies - Treasurer Old Cliftonians v Old Bristolians [email protected] Thursday 9th July 07866 440958 Old Cliftonians v Gloucester Gypsies Charlotte Graveney - Secretary Friday 10th July [email protected] Old Cliftonians v Free Foresters 07971 638880 Old Cliftonian cricketers with current Clifton College 1st XI at Commem, May 2015 Published by CLIFTON Clifton College 32 College Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3JH COLLEGE 0117 315 7000 ESTA BLISHED 1862 www.cliftoncollege.com Find us on [email protected] The teams, 2015 Clifton College 1st XI Joel Barber Louie Shaw Finlay Trenouth Thomas Costley (Captain) Alexander Binnington Savage Charlie Spink Daniel Lewis Thomas Probert Vir Lakhani Thomas Griffith Gareth Jones Sherborne School 1st XI Will Cochrane Dyet (Captain) Will Caldwell George Pope Fergus Hughes-Onslow Tom Mason James Caldwell Alex Rydon Conrad Fish Bradley Weatherhead Charles Carr-Smith Charlie Smith Alex Kwaitkowski Clifton College v Sherborne School | 3 CLIFTON COLLEGE ESTA BLISHED 1862 A very warm welcome to Clifton. Today’s match marks the 150th anniversary of the Clifton v. Sherborne match. Clifton’s cricket pitch stands proudly in the middle of the Close whose ‘breathless hush’ was made famous by Old Cliftonian Sir Henry Newbolt. On a lighter note it is also the place where another famous Old Cliftonian, John Cleese, first entertained the spectators with his ‘silly walks’ to and around the boundary. Cleese was, incidentally, a fine cricketer. Although mindful of those who have gone before, today’s game will be contested by pupils whose minds will be focused on the present: let us hope for a great game played in the right spirit. Enjoy the day: enjoy reminiscing about the games you played in and enjoy one another’s company. Mr M. J. Moore MA Head of College and Head Master of The Upper School 4 Every schoolboy cricketer who steps on to the Close at Clifton can count himself fortunate and Sherborne is particularly honoured to be invited to play in this historic 150th anniversary match to celebrate the first-ever fixture between our two schools. Our team will doubtless be thankful that the 5 am departure from Sherborne that was necessary in the 19th century no longer applies today! These early starts for the away sides, however, were fully justified with a series of closely fought fixtures beginning with a tie in the inaugural match itself. Sherborne’s own ground, the Upper, has allowed us to nurture the talents of many fine players over the last 150 years. We are lucky to number two England captains among them, Arthur Carr and David Sheppard. It is an irony that neither captained the Sherborne XI in their time at school. David Sheppard (later Bishop of Liverpool) will surely forever retain the unique record of scoring a match-winning test century against Australia at the MCG on a Thursday and preaching to a packed Melbourne Cathedral on the Sunday. In modern times, another Shirburnian, Jimmy Adams of Hampshire has proved himself one of the most consistent batsman and finest captains on the county circuit. I am sure that those playing today will continue the traditions of excellent cricket and true sportsmanship of those who have gone before them. I wish the very best of luck to both teams. Ralph Barlow Headmaster, Sherborne School Clifton College v Sherborne School | 5 CliftonCLIF v TONSherborne 1865-2015 COLLEGE ESTA BLISHED 1862 Discrepancies between Clifton and Sherborne records flagged [C] and [S] 1865 Match tied 1866 Sherborne won by 20 runs 1867 Match drawn 1868 Clifton won by 10 wickets 1869 Sherborne won by 7 wickets 1870 Sherborne won by 11 runs 1871 Match drawn 1872 [not played] 1873 Clifton won by 56 runs 1874 Clifton won by an innings & 83 runs 1875 Clifton won by an innings & 35 runs 1876 Clifton won by an innings & 120 runs 1877 Clifton won by an innings & 284 runs 1878 Clifton won by 23 runs 1879 Clifton won by an innings & 187 runs 1880 Sherborne won by 66 runs 1881 Clifton won by 6 wickets 1882 Clifton won by an innings & 197 runs 1883 Clifton won by an innings & 119 runs 1884 Match drawn 1885 Clifton won by an innings & 34 runs 1886 Clifton won by an innings & 56 runs 1887 Clifton won by an innings & 365 runs not played for 50 years 1938 Match drawn 1939 Match abandoned 1940 Match drawn 1941 Match abandoned 1942 [not played] 1943 Match abandoned 1944 [not played] 1945 Clifton won by 43 runs [C] / 42 runs [S] 1946 Sherborne won by 5 wickets 6 Clifton v Sherborne 1865-2015 (cont) 1947 Sherborne won by 9 wickets 1948 [not played] 1949 Clifton won by 4 wickets 1950 Clifton won by 58 runs 1951 Match drawn 1952 Sherborne won by 2 wickets 1953 Clifton won by 19 runs 1954 Match abandoned 1955 Match drawn 1956 Clifton won by 108 runs 1957 Sherborne won by 1 wicket 1958 Match abandoned 1959 Clifton won by 2 wickets 1960 Match drawn 1961 Clifton won by 7 wickets 1962 Match drawn 1963 Clifton won by 2 wickets 1964 Match abandoned (rain) 1965 Sherborne won by 4 wickets 1966 Match tied 1967 Match abandoned 1968 Match drawn 1969 March abandoned 1970 Match drawn 1971 Match abandoned 1972 Match drawn 1973 Sherborne won by 2 wickets 1974 Sherborne won by 100 runs 1975 Match drawn 1976 Sherborne won by 1 wicket 1977 Match drawn 1978 Match drawn 1979 Sherborne won by 4 wickets 1980 Match drawn 1981 Match cancelled 1982 Sherborne won by 5 wickets 1983 Match abandoned Clifton College v Sherborne School | 7 CliftonCLIF v SherborneTON 1865-2015 (cont) COLLEGE ESTA BLISHED 1862 1984 Sherborne won by 123 runs 1985 Match drawn 1986 Sherborne won by 9 wickets 1987 Match cancelled 1988 Sherborne won by 106 runs 1989 Match drawn 1990 Sherborne won by 105 runs 1991 Match drawn 1992 Sherborne won by 5 wickets 1993 Match cancelled 1994 Sherborne won by 8 wickets 1995 Clifton won by 60 runs Limited overs matches 1996 Sherborne won by 8 wickets 1997 Sherborne won by 146 runs 1998 Match drawn [C] / Sherborne won by 29 runs [S]* 1999 Clifton won by 6 wickets 2000 Sherborne won by 74 runs 2001 Clifton won by 1 run 2002 Sherborne won by 43 runs 2003 Match cancelled not played for 6 years 2010 Clifton won by 39 runs 2011 Clifton won by 27 runs 2012 Match cancelled 2013 Clifton won by 97 runs 2014 Clifton won by 2 wickets [C] / 4 wickets [S] 2015 TBD * Draw claimed under ‘West Country’ rules (since Clifton were not bowled out) 8 Clifton v Sherborne 1865-2015 (cont) Centuries 209* H.S. Schwann later Bagehot Swann (Clifton) in 1887 199* T.F. Smith (Clifton) in 2013 137 H.B. Mapleton (Clifton) in 1882 133* F. Taylor (Clifton) in 1873 [discounted second innings] 130 R.L. Knight (Clifton) in 1877 129* W. Fairbanks (Clifton) in 1871 124 D.P.T. Deshon (Sherborne) in 1940 123* T.D.W. Edwards (Sherborne) in 1974 120* A.H. Heath (Clifton) in 1874 111 R.E. Bush (Clifton) in 1875 109 J.R. Head (Clifton) in 1886 102 G.H.J. Rees (Clifton) in 1991 10+ wickets in match (two innings) 15 for 72 E.W. Bastard (Sherborne) in 1880 12 for 36 T.W. Stubbs (Clifton) in 1874 11 for 41 E. Smith (Clifton) in 1887 11 for 52 W.C. Johnston (Clifton) in 1879 11 for 62 G. Fowler (Clifton) in 1885 11 for 103 R.N. Exton (Clifton) in 1946 10 for 83 L.E.G. Abney (Clifton) in 1886 10 for 86 F.E. Lacey (Sherborne) in 1878 10 wickets in match (single innings) 10 for 34 A.J. Smith (Clifton) in 1950 Clifton College v Sherborne School | 9 CliftonCLIF & TONSherborne: 300* Partnership COLLEGE ESTA BLISHED 1862 During a property dispute in 1598, a Guildford man John Derrick recalled that fifty years earlier he and his schoolmates had used the land in question for a game they called ‘creckett’. That is the first sure use of the term, and it takes us back to the reign of the boy king, Edward VI. It is unlikely that Edward knew about ‘creckett’ let alone played it, but from his regality descends the contest we celebrate and renew today. For on 13 May 1550, while Derrick was perfecting his reverse sweep on a Surrey field, the Great Seal of Edward VI was affixed to the foundation charter of Sherborne School. Because Dorset was then in the Diocese of Bristol, the making of statutes was entrusted to Bishop Bush of Bristol, who held the land at Abbots Leigh where Cliftonians now play a game they call ‘cricket’. First image of Sherborne cricketers: Bell Court c. 1845 (detail) Playing on The first schools cricket match was between Westminster and Eton in July 1796. The Etonians received a metaphorical thrashing on the field, and an actual one next day from their Head Master, who had prohibited the event. Eton and Harrow began their famous encounters in 1805, on Thomas Lord’s original ground. This also was arranged by the boys, and only possible because of the relatively short distances involved.