The Cricket Club
Rev F K Hilton introduced cricket soon after the school opened in 1858. The ‘St Saviour’s Cricket Club’ was formed in 1871, when the first Old Boys match against the School XI was played. These matches were played intermittently until the formation of the Old Ardinians Society in 1906, and later the formation of the OA Cricket Club in 1927.
The activities of the cricket club were hugely popular, and in 1934 Cricket Week was established this continued until the 1980’s. A regular fixture against the School on OA’s Day is still an important event in the OA calendar – weather allowing! The OACC proudly claims to be the only regular public school old boys’ wandering club. Cricket proves to be a popular and well-supported sport with the OAs – long may it continue.