Repton Pilgrims Cricket Archive (1921-)

Opponents

Historic opponents, Pilgrim Week fixtures, and South Coast tour details.

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Opponent Lists and Tours

Extract from Bernard Thomas's book "Repton Cricket 1557 - 1957" (courtesy of Paul Stevens, School Archivist).

Bernard Thomas book extract page 2

Extract from Bernard Thomas's book "Repton Cricket 1557 - 1957" — Extract 2

Bernard Thomas book extract page 3

Extract from Bernard Thomas's book "Repton Cricket 1557 - 1957" — Extract 3

Speech Day and Pilgrim Week

Speech Day: vs Repton School (originally a 2-day game)

150th Anniversary Match (2015): vs Uppingham Rovers CC at Repton

Pilgrim Week at Repton

  • Abbots Bromley CC
  • Ashby Hastings CC
  • Blades CC
  • Burton CC (and at Burton CC)
  • Camberwell CC [Melbourne, AUS]
  • The Centurions [Melbourne, AUS]
  • Denstone Wanderers
  • Derbyshire Club and Ground
  • Derbyshire Colts
  • Derby Friars CC
  • F.W. Gilbert's XI
  • Leicestershire Gentlemen CC
  • Lincolnshire Gentlemen CC
  • Mr A.F.M. Wright's XI
  • Old Amplefordians
  • Old Malvernians
  • Oundle Rovers (and at Oundle School)
  • Shrewsbury Saracens (and at Shrewsbury School)
  • Staffordshire Gentlemen CC
  • Warwickshire Imps

South Coast (Sussex) Tour

  • Bluemantles CC — Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
  • Bognor Regis CC — Hawthorn Road, Bognor Regis
  • Brighton College — Brighton College
  • Broadwater Green CC — Broadwater Green, Worthing
  • Christ's Hospital — Christ's Hospital School, Horsham
  • The Commandant's XI — Russillon Barracks, Chichester
  • Ditchling CC — Lewes Road, Ditchling
  • The Dolphins — Cottesmore School, Hove
  • Eastbourne CC — The Saffrons, Eastbourne
  • Eastbourne Masters — St Andrews School, Eastbourne
  • Horsham CC — Cricket Field Road, Horsham
  • Junior Sussex Martlets — Middleton-on-Sea
  • Ken Lugg's XI — The Memorial Ground, Eastbourne
  • Lancing Old Boys/Lancing Rovers — Lancing College
  • Littlehampton CC — The Sportsfield, Littlehampton
  • Mayfield CC — Lynbridge Gardens, Mayfield
  • Middleton CC — Middleton-on-Sea
  • Old Brightonians — Brighton College
  • Old Eastbournians — Eastbourne College
  • Old Hurst Johnians — Hurstpierpoint College
  • Old Malvernians — Eastbourne/Hastings venues
  • Royal Army Service Corps — Buller Barracks, Aldershot
  • Sussex Club and Ground — Eaton Road, Hove
  • Sussex Martlets CC — multiple South Coast grounds
  • Worthing CC — The Manor Sports Ground, Worthing

Out Matches

  • Alderley Edge CC — Alderley Edge, Cheshire
  • Bakewell CC — Rutland Recreation Ground, Bakewell
  • Bank of England CC — Roehampton, Richmond
  • BBC — Motspur Park, New Malden
  • Beaconsfield CC — Wilton Park, Beaconsfield
  • Beckenham Wizards — Foxgrove Road, Beckenham
  • Burton CC — Meadow Road, Burton upon Trent
  • Byfleet CC — Parvis Road, Byfleet
  • Camberley Staff College — Owl's Ground, Sandhurst
  • Cheshire Gentlemen CC — Eaton Hall / Mere CC
  • Datchet CC — Riding Court Road, Datchet
  • East Horsley CC — Lynx Hill, East Horsley
  • Felsted School — Felsted School, Dunmow
  • Gentlemen of Worcestershire — County Ground, Worcester
  • Guy's Hospital — Honor Oak Park
  • Haileybury Hermits — Haileybury College / Repton School
  • Hampstead CC — West Hampstead
  • J.D. Eggar's XI — Shiplake Court, Oxfordshire
  • L. Gordon Joel's XI / N. Joel's XI — Chatsworth Park
  • London Old Malvernians — Hurlingham Club, Fulham
  • Meopham CC — The Boundary, Meopham Green
  • Metropolitan Police College — Hendon
  • Mill Hill School — Mill Hill School Ground
  • Old Cheltonians / Old Cholmelians / Old Merchant Taylor's CC / Old Milhillians
  • Radlett CC — Porter's Park and Cobden Hill
  • Romany CC — Hurlingham Club, Fulham
  • Sheffield Collegiate CC — Abbeydale Park, Sheffield
  • Staffordshire Gentlemen CC — Uttoxeter / Swynnerton Park
  • Sussex Martlets CC — Arundel Castle
  • Wimbledon CC — Wimbledon Park
  • Worksop Woodpeckers CC — Chatsworth Park
  • Worcestershire Gentlemen — Malvern College

South Coast Tour Accommodation (1922-1997)

  • Albion Hotel, Brighton (now Royal Albion Hotel)
  • Albany Hotel, Hastings (destroyed in air raid, 23 May 1943) - Air raid details
  • The Downs Hotel, Hassocks (1939 and 1947-49)
  • Findon Manor Hotel, Findon (1952-1971)
  • Brighton College and Lancing College houses (1972-1997)
  • Pilgrims attended a ball at The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne

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