The Schools Cricket
The Schools Cricket in singapore resumed after the war in 1946.There was keen competetion between St josephs, St Andrews and raffles. From the late 1950's inter-school cricket was played on an inter-district basis. From 1960, the combined schools played in the SCA junior Division, where the competetion included RAF Tengah, Seletar and changi.
The first inter-school cricket competetion organised by the Ministry of Education was in 1965. Astonishingly, in 1971, inter-school cricket was removed from the list games organised by the Ministry of Education, at which point the SCA stepped in and continued to organaise inter-school matches untill 1977. No competetion were held from 1978 because only one school, St patricks could field a team.
In 1992 a development committee was formed under the chairmanship of Joe Grimbers to considert the future of cricket in singapore, with its primary goal being the re-introduction of cricket into the schools. In early 1993, Grant stanley, an Australian, was hired as the National coach. In 1994, the first major schoolboys League was introduced both at Under-15 and Under-18 level. This was followed by a local schools League, whilst in 1995 primary schools joined the Association.
By the end of that year, 40 schools were involved and a detailed presentation was made to the Extra Curricular Activities(ECA) Board for acceptance as a recognised ECA sport in schools. In January 1996, to the delight of all, recognition was granted and cricket was once again an ECA sport. This recognition grew further in January 1998 when a speech made by RAdm(NS) Teo Chee Hean, cricket became a full ECA sport.
Check out the following links for more information about Schools Cricket
The Schools Development Programme
Sixes and 8 a side tournaments
| Schools Development Programme |
The schools season is divided in to two
The first phase is purely league cricket and is part of the ECA curriclum. The second phase is more of a series of fun events incorporating konockouts, sixes and eight a side.
We currently have the following 5 full time coaches for these programme
| Schools Cricket in 2000 |
| UNIVERSITIES | JUNIOR COLLEGES | SECONDARY SCHOOLS | PRIMARY SCHOOLS |
| NUS | Hwa Chong | Raffles(2 teams) | ACS Junior |
| NTU | Raffles | Victoria(2 teams) | Montfort |
| Temasek Polytechnic | Victoria | Ping Yi (2 teams) | Chongfu |
| Singapore Polytechnic | National | St Andrews(2 teams) | Rosyth |
| Temasek | St Patricks(2 teams) | Swiss Cottage | |
| St Andrew | Greenridge | Temasek | |
| Anglo Chinese | St Joseph's Institution | Fowlie | |
| ACS Barker(2 teams) | Tao Nan | ||
| The Chinese High School | St Michael | ||
| Northview(2 teams) |
Expatriate
Unied World College
International secondary Schools
Australian International School
Overseas Families school
| First Phase |
The first phase continued to be played on a league basis, and took place between 8 January 1999 to 25 May 1999.
Second Phase:- This was played between 13 July 1999 to 24 September 1999
League Results
Placings
| Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Junior (colleges) |
Hwa Chong | National | Raffles Inst | St Andrew's |
| U-17 | Raffles Inst | St Andrew's | Victoria | St Patrick's |
| U-14 | St Andrew's | Raffles Inst | St Patrick's | Northview |
| U-13 | ACS Junior | Fowlie | Swiss Cottage | St Michael's |
The Sedond phase Results:This was a pilot knockout endeavour that produced not only aggressive but attractive cricket.
| Tournament | Winner | Runners Up |
| Junior Knockout(JKO) | Hwa Chong Junior College | Temasek Polytechnic |
| Open Knockout(OKO) | Ping Yi Secondary | St Andrew's School |
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| Tournament | Winner | Runners Up |
| Under-15 | St Andrews School | Raffles Institution |
| Under-18 | Temasek Polytechnic | UWC |
| 8-a side | St Andrews School | St Patrick's Secondary |
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