OPM Cricket

Not a great deal of formal OPM cricket these days, but there has been plenty of past pupil engagement at Ford Park on the square. On Speech Day, this year and last , the School 1st XI played a side of recent leavers in what has always proved to be a keenly contested encounter, while Philanthropists CC, who now play their home matches here or at Delganey, probably have more OPMs in their ranks that either the current hockey or rugby sections. Indeed there has already been a suggestion that a rebrand might not go amiss to reflect the synergy and certainly any OPMs looking for a bit of social cricket are welcome to get in touch. George Wells, Charlie Watson, the Smith twins and George Atkinson have all turned out in the last couple of seasons, while historically dozens have turned out over the last few decades (including George Stephenson himself) with many ‒ Jon Hall, Adam Dabbs, Charles Martin among them ‒ playing well over 100 games for the club. One or two older stalwarts have made several hundred appearances. Anyone interested please contact Chris Robinson on 07954 193441.