Olympians turned up by the truck-load as Cranleigh Prep School opened their new artificial Westcott Pitch on April 17. There were 10 in all – including Dave Faulkner, Richard Mantell and Richard Leman – plus six national players to form an invitational side to take on the school’s finest (past and present) in a special […]
Nearly 30 OCs, together with the headmaster and Mike Payne, gathered at Deal last week to support our Halford Hewitt team in our 70th appearance at this notable competition organised by the Public Schools Golf Association. Drawn against a young Old Etonian side, the team battled against a cold and strong northerly wind to lose […]
A group of 18 of us spent one March night in Ypres, either side of which we attended the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate and the Dedication of the Plaque in St George’s Memorial Church which commemorates the sacrifice of 11 Old Cranleighans in the Ypres Salient in World War One. The Dedication […]
We are delighted to announce that the £480,000 refurbishment of the Jubilee pavilion is now underway and expected to be completed in time for the start of the 2009 season. The work started at the beginning of November and involves a complete renovation and extension of the building. For the first time since the 1960s […]
A remarkable fortnight for Seren Waters who made his national debut for Kenya in the Intercontinental Cup match against Ireland in Nairobi and followed with his full ODI debut a week later. Against Ireland, Waters made 18 and 75 opening the innings, the latter described as being an innings of tremendous maturity which outshone efforts […]
Old Malvernians 178 (Nash 70, Watkinson 4-14, Meaker 2-35) beat Old Cranleighans 152 (Waters 68) by 26 runs The dream of winning the Cricketer Cup in only our second year in the competition ended in the final at Old Deer Park as we lost to Old Malvernians by 26 runs. Nevertheless, we played superbly for […]