Cricket
First year pupils are introduced to cricket during the second half of the Lent half term, with an intensive series of indoor nets in games periods and also on Saturday mornings. The U12A team will play 11 fixtures during the summer term against mainly independent schools from around the North West and compete annually in the Lancashire Knock- out Cup. The U12Bs usually play eight competitive matches in a season and are also entered in the Lancaster Schools Local Cup Competition, where they compete against A teams from local schools.
This pattern of matches is repeated across the Under 13, U14 and U15 age groups. The A teams regularly reach the Lancashire Cup Finals and all age groups competed in the 2009 finals held around the county in late summer and early autumn.
We run four senior teams, with the First XI and Second XI playing ever- stronger opponents across the North of England. The fixture list has expanded, with new games outside the North West Region against RGS Newcastle, Woodhouse Grove and in 2010, the journey South to Shrewsbury School. The First XI are entered in the 2010 National 20/20 Cup, with the possible chance of playing the final at Lords Cricket Ground! The season ends with a week of intense competition playing five other Royal Grammar Schools in the annual RGS Festival.
Barbados tour 2008
Cricketing legend Sir Garfield Sobers (pictured above) visited the school in 2007 and passed on some cricket wisdom to the boys. Following this visit, the LRGS cricketers were officially invited to his three week tournament in Barbados.
In July 2008 LRGS made its fourth trip to the West Indies where the 1st XI competed in the Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools Tournament held in Barbados. Sixteen players from the Fourth year to Upper Sixth made up the squad for what was a demanding three-week tour.
LRGS has been invited to play in the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools Tournament in Barbados.
Daily Telegraph Twenty/20 National Finals
The U15 cricket team made it to the Daily Telegraph Twenty/20 National Finals in 2009 as the champions of the North.
After beating various local schools in the Lancashire heat, they went on to beat Cumbrian champions Dowdales, followed by a North of England final against Yorkshire champions Woodhouse Grove. Playing at Netherfield CC, LRGS scored 115 for 1 with nearly 4 overs to spare, to Woodhouse Grove’s 112 for 7.
The team were due to play in the National final at Headingley on September 5th, where they would face the Midlands Champions in the semi-final, the winner playing the winner of the South West and South East semi. Unfortunately the final was rained off.
The route to Headingley:
Hutton GS
Pendle Vale
Stonyhurst College
SS John Fisher and Thomas More RC School
Arnold School
Lancashire Cup Semi-Final - St Wilfreds HS
Lancashire Cup Final - West Hill HS
North Semi-Final - Dowdales School (Cumbrian Champions)
North Final - Woodhouse Grove (Yorkshire Champions)
