Malvern College is an independent coeducational day and boarding school in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. It is a public school in the British sense of the term and is a member of the Rugby Group and of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Since its foundation in 1865, it has remained on the same grounds, which are located near the town centre of Great Malvern. The campus, now covering some 250 acres, is set against the backdrop of the Malvern Hills.
Reginald Erskine Foster, nicknamed Tip Foster, commonly designated R. E. Foster in sporting literature, was an English first-class cricketer and footballer. He is the only man to have captained England at both sports.
Clement Herbert Gibson twice won fleeting fame as a cricketer.
Frederick Henry Norman was an English merchant banker and a director of the merchant bank Brown, Shipley & Co.. He was also a first-class cricketer, appearing for Kent, Cambridge University, Cambridge Town Club and some amateur teams. He was born at Bromley Common, Kent and died in Mayfair, London.
Free Foresters Cricket Club is an English amateur cricket club, established in 1856 for players from the Midland counties of England. It is a 'wandering' club, having no home ground.
Ivan Nicholas Johnson is a former professional, all rounder, English first-class cricketer who played for Worcestershire County Cricket Club from 1972 to 1975. Johnson is the first and only Bahamian to have played professional cricket at the first-class and junior Test cricket level. Johnson is also the only Bahamian to have worked as a staff sub-editor and journalist on newspapers in Fleet Street. Johnson founded The Punch, a controversial Bahamian tabloid newspaper.
George Herbert Chesterton MBE was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1949 and 1966. The bulk of his appearances were for Worcestershire, whom he represented between 1950 and 1957. He was capped by the county in 1950. Very much a specialist bowler, he never reached 50 in over 100 first-class innings.
Guy Fife Earle, born at Newcastle upon Tyne on 24 August 1891 and died at Maperton, Wincanton, Somerset, on 30 December 1966, played first-class cricket for Surrey and Somerset for 20 years before and after the First World War. He also played in India, Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand as a member of official Marylebone Cricket Club touring teams, though he did not play Test cricket.
Robert Bagehot Porch played first-class cricket for Somerset from 1895 to 1910. He was born at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset and died at Great Malvern, Worcestershire.
Ian Raymond Lomax played cricket for more than 20 years for Wiltshire in the Minor Counties and latterly in List A cricket, and also played in first-class matches for a variety of amateur sides, including the Free Foresters and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). In 1962, he played in half a dozen first-class games for Somerset, but the life of a day-to-day county cricketer was not for him. He was born in Fulham, London and died at Deane, Hampshire.
The Arthur Dunn Cup is a football cup competition played between the Old Boys of public schools. It started in 1903 and is named in honour of Arthur Dunn who had proposed such a competition but died very suddenly shortly after. Dunn was a leading amateur player of his day and was in the winning Old Etonians side in the 1882 FA Cup Final. It was Dunn who passed the ball to Anderson who scored the only goal to defeat Blackburn Rovers at the Kennington Oval. The Arthur Dunn Cup is presented by Susannah Ross, Great-grand-daughter of Arthur Dunn.
Edward Samuel Evans Hartopp was an English first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Nottinghamshire and several amateur cricket teams between 1841 and 1857. He was born at Thurnby, Leicestershire and died at Pickenham Hall, near Swaffham, Norfolk.
Walter Kavanagh was an Irish cricketer who played in three first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University and the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1834. He was born at Borris, County Carlow, Ireland and died in England, though the precise location is not known.
Alfred Lubbock was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket for a variety of side including Kent County Cricket Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1863 and 1875. He was considered to be one of the best batsman of his era, comparable to WG Grace, and also played association football, playing for Old Etonians in the 1875 FA Cup Final.
Howard Charles Adie Gaunt was an English schoolmaster and clergyman who also played first-class cricket for Warwickshire in 11 matches between 1919 and 1922. He was born at Edgbaston, Birmingham and died at Winchester, Hampshire.
Sydney Ernest Day was an English amateur sportsman who played cricket for Kent County Cricket Club between 1922 and 1925 and football for Old Malvernians and Corinthian. He served in the First World War in the Royal Fusiliers and the Royal Engineers and was wounded during the Battle of the Somme.
Frederick Thackeray was an English clergyman and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and many other amateur teams between 1837 and 1854. He was born at Cambridge and died at Chappel, Essex.
George Hustler Tuck was an English lawyer and a cricketer who played in 18 first-class cricket matches between 1863 and 1876, most of them for Cambridge University and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He was born and died at Norwich, Norfolk.
Charles Allix Wilkinson was an English clergyman and a cricketer who played in eight first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University, Norfolk and the Gentlemen between 1833 and 1835. He was born at Swaffham Prior in Cambridgeshire and died at Boxworth, also in Cambridgeshire.
