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Cricket was the first sport ever played at Framlingham College. Our pupils have had the privilege of playing cricket in the shadow of the castle since the opening of the College in 1865, when a team of Masters and Boys took on a Town and Neighbourhood XI. From those humble beginnings, the College never looked back and has pursued a progressive and ambitious cricket programme ever since.
We are rightly extremely proud of our long cricketing heritage at Framlingham College going back to 1865, with many pupils going on to play for county cricket, such as David Larter (England & Northants C.C.C.), Ashley Cowan (Essex C.C.C.), Rob Newton (Northants C.C.C.) and Freddie Heldreich (Northants C.C.C.), as well as Hollie Dring-Richardson (Essex C.C.C.) and Sophie Singer (Kent C.C.C.).
Future Proofing Cricket
Maintaining our position at the forefront of schools' cricket in the region will only happen if we are able to attract high class coaches, recruit pupils with an ambition in the sport and crucially maintain a high standard of cricketing facilities.
As part of our efforts to modernise our cricketing programme at Framlingham, we are launching a new initiative aimed at raising circa £135,000 to support, as a priority, the redevelopment of our outdoor nets at the Senior School, whilst also funding a new pavilion at the Prep School.
With additional funding we would also seek to update the outdoor nets at the prep school.
The Cycling Centurians - Sunday 12th October 2025
As part of our campaign a small group of parents, OF’s and staff will be cycling 100 miles from Lords cricket ground back to the College on Sunday 12th October, in addition to which our Prep School Headmaster, Simon Roche, will be taking on the extraordinary feat of running the 100 miles non-stop in 24 hours!!
We invite the entire Framlingham community to celebrate both of these extremely challenging endeavours by joining us at the Senior School to welcome back the cyclists and Simon as they arrive on 'The Back' for a cricket style afternoon tea.
We realise that with recent changes to VAT on school fees and the subsequent economic pressures this has created that not everyone within our community will be in a position to support, however, if you are able to at any level, not only will your support go towards providing wonderful new cricketing facilities, it will without a doubt contribute to generating lifelong memories for our current pupils as well as those for years to come at both the prep and senior schools.
If you would like to take part in the cycling event then please do let me know by emailing acook@framlinghamcollege.co.uk.
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Crucial Facilities: Outdoor Nets Senior School
The proposed outdoor nets facility at the Senior school will be strategically located near the existing cricket nets and will feature a high-quality, 40m x 30m cricket surface. The dynamic base structure design will enable bowlers to utilise full-length run-ups and wear spikes, ensuring a realistic and professional training environment.
The surface will be equipped with six retractable lanes, allowing the area to function as a single open space for multisport training or be configured into a maximum of six individual lanes. This adaptable design will provide exceptional flexibility, supporting a wide range of training activities, including advanced fielding drills, square-style cricket practice as well as training for additional sports. This whole system can be taken down and stored across the winter period or at any time to suit the school. At the end of the season, we can ensure the middle nets are set into their boxes, leaving the two outer nets along with the back nets in place, to create a U shape of netting so the artificial area could be used for recreational activities/hockey drills etc.
Crucial Facilities: Prep School Pavilion
There has been a requirement, for a few years now, to renovate our pavilion at the Prep School. Having researched various options, we have received a design which we believe will provide pupils and parents with a wonderful space to entertain whilst hosting visiting schools / teams.
The structure of the pavilion will consist of a 6m x 2m treated timber wall framing alongside:
Hand cut treated 4m x 2m roof • Painted timber feather edge exterior wall cladding • Plastisol coated corrugated roof sheeting • Green oak front framing • Timber painted front balustrade or black metal estate fence • Galvanised guttering and down pipe • Oak topped low walls • Open fronted slatted bench seating around the entire interior walls.
We're aiming to raise £135,000.00. So far we've raised £60,141.30
