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The Eton v Harrow cricket match is an annual match between public school rivals Eton College and Harrow School. It is one of the longest-running annual sporting fixtures in the world and is the last annual school cricket match still to be played at Lord's .
One of the oldest fixtures recorded is a match played between Stoneleigh CC v Harrow School in 1847 at Harrow. A match was played against Rugby School in 1849 at Rugby School. This match is still annually played between Stoneleigh CC and Rugby School. Sons of William Henry Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh continue to play cricket through the 1860s and 1870s.
Harrow School (/ ˈ h ær oʊ /) [1] is a public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. [2] The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon , a local landowner and farmer, under a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth I .
All fixtures, results and match ... Harrow School: 29-27: Kirkham Grammar School: Results by School. School Winners Runners-up Years Won Years Runners-up Colston's ...
Fowler's match is the name given to the two-day Eton v Harrow cricket match held at Lord's on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 July 1910. The match is named after the captain of Eton College, Robert St Leger Fowler, whose outstanding all round batting and bowling performance allowed Eton to win the match by 9 runs after Harrow School asked Eton to follow on 165 runs in arrears after the teams' first ...
Fowler played for Eton against Harrow School in the 1908 and 1909 Eton v Harrow fixtures, with his bowling in the 1909 fixture almost leading Eton to victory with his accurate off breaks contributing to match figures of 11 for 79. [3] He was also active in college athletics and was president of the Eton Society in 1910. [2]
The oldest surviving rules for Harrow football were drawn up in 1858, [1] though it is likely to have been played exclusively at Harrow School earlier than this, both between teams of boys currently at the school and between boys at the school and old boys. The school now also play a small number of exhibition games against non-Harrow or Old ...
Harrow School: Harrow football, Rugby union, Association Football first mentioned in 1814 school diary. [13] 1815 Westminster School: Association Earliest reference in 1815 school documents. Played in the cloisters until the 1820s. [14] 1825 Winchester College: Winchester College Football, Association First known rules from 1825, 25 players a ...