Page 13 - The Malvernian - Autumn Term 2020

THE MALVERNIAN
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Sport
Cricket
With Covid restrictions effectively halting many fixtures against other schools, it has been good that we have been able to play some very carefully managed cricket.
The boys 1st XI played against the Old Malvernians, who put out a young and talented team featuring all of last terms leavers, and as such provided very strong competition for our first game. The present Malvernians posted a competitive target, but our ‘early season’ bowling was a little too inconsistent, which allowed the OM’s to reach the target, only losing three wickets.
However, this was followed up the following week with a very good team performance against the MCC and a 4 wicket victory. After further wins against Shrewsbury and Worcestershire U18, the 1st XI were keen to showcase their talent against some former international players as the College continued to build
Cricketer Villager Cup at Lord’s
Oliver Cox (No.5) and Richard Howitt (Housemaster of No. 5), as well as Ben Cooke (OM No.5), Andy Robertson (Groundsman) and Ben Wheeler (Ex-estates), were all part of the Colwall village cricket team who won the Cricketer Villager Cup at Lord's this September. This competition has local communities at heart, taking players from all areas of life competing in knockout rounds across the country and a wonderful achievement for the local side with such a strong Malvern contingent.
on its relationship with the Lord’s Taverners. It was a wonderful experience for our boys to face the likes of Matthew Hoggard and Andy Caddick (England) and Steve Kirby (England A) and they enjoyed not only the game, but also picking the brains of these former players afterwards. We look forward to continuing our support of the Lord’s Taverners over the coming years.
The junior teams have had a very good season too with the Under 15s beating RGS Worcester by 80 runs, and then further wins for both the U14s and U15s who played matches against Clifton College in glorious sunshine over the following weekend. Both teams successfully chased down competitive targets, but more importantly some excellent cricket was enjoyed and opportunities were presented for the young Malvernians to work together as a team.