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RGS? I went to a state school 15 miles up the road. Think we might have done cricket twice the whole time I was there. I got recruited into the town rowing club for being a big bugger. We lost more than we won against the fee paying schools but bloodied a few noses on occasion.
One of our guys went on to represent GB at U23 level, but rowing’s a sport that doesn’t need the same years of technical refinement that the ball sports do so if you’ve got a big engine you can come to it late. I saw a lot of kids who’d been hot housed through school leave the sport when they got to uni and tasted freedom but most of our lot had picked up a genuine love for it and kept going through uni and beyond.
Anyway, back to topic, it was definitely my fault England lost as I tuned in when it was about 50 for 8 and turned off realising the error of my ways far too late
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I went to an independent grammar school in Worcester
We had a head of cricket and my English teacher was one Timothy Curtis.
Both my kids are at state schools. Aged 7 and 12. Neither have had any cricket coaching or opportunities.