On Friday, June 8, 1866 the School played its first proper competitive match when the Village doctor, Albert Napper, raised an XI to take on the Surrey County School on the Common. Three days later, on June 11, the first inter-school game was held when a team from Hurstpierpoint came to play […]
Ninety years ago this month the country was paralysed for nine days by a General Strike, when almost two million worker, mainly in transport and heavy industries, stopped work in support of more than a million coal miners who were facing wage reductions and deteriorating working conditions […]
The Old Cranleighans ran in eight tries to beat Buxton 50-0 in the final of the RFU Junior Vase at a sun-baked Twickenham in front of a large and vocal OC crowd. It was a game as one sided as has been seen at headquarters for some time […]
The 122nd Old Cranleighan Dinner, which had been sold out for months, proved to be a huge success. The 70-odd OCs who had got in early made the most of being able to stay in West (ladies) and Loveday (gentlemen). It was the first time in more than five decades that OCs had been allowed to stay at the School and the night passed off without incident […]
Following on from last year’s run to the quarter-finals the OCGS squad went into the 2016 campaign in an optimistic mood. We reached the third round, losing to Shrewsbury after good wins over Merchiston and Canford. […]
The OCRFC secured a place in the final of the Junior Vase Cup with a hard-fought 22-12 win over Widden Old Boys at the Memorial Ground, Gloucester. The win means that we will face Buxton in the final at Twickenham on May 7 […]
John Bowler (West 1949) won the Military Cross in the Korean War and was in London for the unveiling of a memorial to those who served in the conflict […]
The Old Cranleighan 1st XV turned in an outstanding performance to beat London Welsh 31-3 at Old Deer Park, winning the RFU Junior Vase London title and setting up a semi-final away at Widden Old Boys in Gloucester on April 9. The prize for the winners of that tie is a game at Twickenham on May 7. […]
Current and former Cranleighans continue to make an impression in the rugby world with several playing in the Premiership as well as pressing for international recognition. We look at who’s making an impression at the moment […]
There were a few raised eyebrows when Jolyon Palmer (North 2009) was named as Lotus’ replacement for Roman Grosjean at the end of the 2016 Formula One season. But as he prepares for his F1 debut, he says he is “looking forward to going toe-to-toe with the best drivers in the world” […]