Professional & Club Affiliations

Marlborough has strong links with local cricket clubs, and hosts training and matches for Wiltshire age groups and the Gloucs/Wilts Emerging Player Programme. Current pupils are involved in the Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Middlesex, Sussex, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire youth programmes.

Tours

The XI plays on one of the most beautiful school grounds in the country. The Pavilion was designed by Victorian architect Alfred Waterhouse and built in 1874. There are eight more cricket grounds, fourteen artificial nets and two cages on site.

The inaugural mixed Boys & Girls tour to South Africa in February 2020 saw the boys playing against the best of the Cape Town schools and the girls against representative sides from Western Province. Highlights included a two-wicket win against Wynberg Boys High School on the Jacques Kallis Oval and a victory against the Regional Performance Centre at Tygerberg CC, home club of Vernon Philander.

A successful tour to Barbados in 2017 saw the College win five out of seven matches. The tourists played a T20 under floodlights at the 3 Ws Oval and had the opportunity to meet West Indies legends Gordon Greenidge and Sir Garfield Sobers. Unfortunately, the Junior Colts Pre-Season tour to Desert Springs planned for April 2020 was cancelled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic

In addition to excellent outdoor facilities, there are five indoor nets within the Sports Hall complex and coaching is aided by the use of a TrueMan Bowling Machine. Plans are underway for a new 8 lane fully enclosed covered training hub facility.

Fixtures

17 Boys teams compete in block fixtures against major schools. Girls Cricket has been running for six seasons, and just under 50 Girls play. There are currently three XIs with a vibrant fixture schedule.

The XI compete in the John Harvey Cup and the National Schools T20 Competition. The College enters the National U17 Boys Cup and National Girls 100 Ball Cup. The Junior Colts take part in the ESCA Lord’s Taverners U15 Competition, the National U15 T20 and the prestigious Clark-Williams Trophy Festival. The Yearlings 1st XI play in the U14 Wiltshire County Cup.