Category: Reports
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1st XI finish runners-up in ESFA 2026
By Arun Crowe As the Hampton 1st XI walked out onto the pitch at the Bet 365 Stadium, they were greeted by 800 travelling fans; parents, classmates and alumni who had all seen Hampton lift one trophy that day already, and now were calling for a second, and for history to be made in Stoke. …
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Cricket U17s National Cup Final 2025
By Adhrit Pande Hampton School’s U17 side were crowned National Champions after a hard-fought and thrilling victory over Rugby School in the 2025 U17 Cricket Paper National Cup Final. The final, although played in the Summer holidays, was the culmination of a campaign that had begun in the previous academic year, where Hampton progressed through…
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Stellar second-half turnaround sends U12Bs to ESFA Semi-Final
By Jack Morris In the ESFA quarter-finals, Hampton U12Bs battled out a hard-fought game against Richard Hale school, that ended with a freezing-wet but cheery-faced Hampton side leaving the pitch after a historic win. The match started with Hampton dominating possession and chances, with Eric Mackasey causing all sorts of problems on the right wing.…
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U16s at Hale End : Arsenal Academy Invitational Tournament
By Tom Scrimshaw Whilst it would be an understatement to call the Hampton U16A team’s season anything short of brilliant, The Arsenal Academy Invitational Tournament provided the perfect opportunity for the team to begin to draw to a close their last season together before heading into the senior teams next season. On a mild but…
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Last minute winner sends Hampton into another ESFA final
By Arun Crowe A clear blue sky, a pristine 3G, and a crowded sideline was the setting that preceded the ESFA semi-final clash between Hampton and Maidstone Grammar school. The tensions around the school were high on the Wednesday afternoon, with both teams casting an eye towards the Bet 365 Stadium, where the final would…
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2nd XI progress into ESFA quarter-finals with two huge victories
By Alex Watson Two great performances from the Hampton U18Bs see them march into the National Schools’ Cup quarter final, an away fixture against Torquay Boys’ Grammar School. Round 3 – Hampton School vs Latymer Upper School Having begun their ESFA title defence with a convincing 4-0 victory over Glyn School, the 2nd XI had…
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U12Cs clinch classic victory over Dulwich
By Mahir Olcer On 17th of January 2026 the Hampton U12Cs played their first match of 2026, and it was one of the most difficult fixtures of the calendar. As the Hampton side prepared for the upcoming match, they missed Aditya Sharma, who was replaced by the D goalkeeper, as well as Henry Lawrie, who would usually be at the heart of the match putting in the effort. …
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Leverett hat-trick inspires Hampton U13A masterclass
By Arthur Hanna The Hampton rugby players woke up on the 17th of January knowing they were about to face Merchant Taylor’s school at home on the beautiful, mowed pitches outside Hampton School. These two sides had never met before this game so understandably, both team were unsure how the other would play. Hampton walked onto…
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Braces galore in second-half rampage vs Glyn
By Miguel Badimon Hampton faced Glyn at home in a friendly game on Saturday 15th of November. The match started and straight away the hosts scored, but their celebrations were soon cut short, as the goal scorer had mistimed his run and was marginally offside. A sense of disappointment spread through the crowd like wildfire. Both teams…
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Hampton and St John’s share points in thrilling contest
By Felix Payne On Saturday 6th December, the U12s rugby A team went up against a strong St John’s Leatherhead side at home. Hampton didn’t start the match with the intensity that would have liked, and St John’s nearly made some early breakthroughs. Thomas Fulford, under great pressure and on his own try-line, kicked a perfect…
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Autumn Term Social League Review: Underdogs Victorious
By Joshua Chapman It has been an intriguing first season for the Hampton Social League. An uneventful group stage saw PST (Paris Saint Taran) make it 5 wins from 5, a stark contrast to the misfortunes of This is Why We Ball, who failed to pick up a single win in the group stages. The…
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Peakman nets worldie as U12Bs continue winning streak
By Jack Morris On an impressive winning streak, the Hampton U12Bs were all up for the challenge of playing against a very well-matched side in Berkhamsted. But after losing a midfielder to the A team and missing one of their main strikers, Hampton had just one sub. Luckily it was a smaller pitch than usual,…
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Hampton U12s run rampant in Friday frenzy
By Felix Payne On Friday, Hampton U12s played a home game against Caterham school. The first five minutes was very close, and Caterham nearly scored before Hampton took the lead with a try from Benny Bradley in the corner. Hampton gained momentum, scoring three more tries in quick succession, before Lawrence Schmidt made a great run…
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Ravalia stars as Hampton U14Ds Beat Eton 2-1
By Francisco Conte-Ireland After a relatively brief and enjoyable coach ride, the U14D team arrived at Eton College. Once the team had gathered together, they realised that they were slightly low on numbers, with only one substitute. Despite this major hurdle, Hampton were eager to get revenge after suffering a defeat to this side prior…
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Finch soars as Hampton start season with win
By Felix Payne On Wednesday, the U12 basketball team faced a strong Southborough team. Hampton started the match brilliantly with a 3 pointer from Sebastian Finch, and this gave Hampton momentum, who after the first period were ahead. Both teams were great near the hoop and many of the points were scored by rebounds. For…
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Hampton 2nd XI Begin ESFA Campaign With Big Win Against Glyn
By Alex Watson Yesterday, the Hampton 2nd XI travelled to Glyn School to begin their ESFA Cup defence. After getting a bye through the first round, everyone knew this wouldn’t be an easy first fixture, especially the Lower Sixth part of the team, who were all playing two years ago when Glyn had knocked the…
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11-0 win sees First XI advance in Surrey Cup
By Alex Watson Today, a dominant home performance from Hampton’s 1st XI against The Hollyfield School saw them march into round 2 of the Surrey Cup. Looking to defend last year’s title, Hampton started the game sharply, scoring after barely a minute as, from an early corner, the ball fell to the feet of Alex…
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ESAA Cross Country Cup: A First Person Perspective
By Kaarthikan Mayouran On Thursday, the U13s had our first cross country race of the year at Harrow School. It wasn’t too cold that day and I was raring to go. The course was 2.5km in total for Year 8’s – last year, a couple of my friends did the exact same race and from…
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Hampton U12s Make Big Statement with Three Important Wins
By Lewie Green On the afternoon of Friday 10th October, three united Hampton teams disembarked from the coach with a mission to accomplish against local rivals Halliford, at the opposition’s home ground. U12As Match Report: Hampton, after winning the toss, chose to kick to Halliford to start the match, and this immediately proved effective as…
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Hampton 2nd XI Continue Strong Start to Season with Dramatic Win
By Alex Watson Looking for the first three points of their Elgin League campaign, Hampton’s 2nd XI travelled to Croydon last Wednesday for what promised to be a tough fixture against Royal Russell. Coming off the back of an impressive 3-2 win over Bradfield College, the boys were quietly confident for the match ahead, but…
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U12Bs Win High-Scoring Thriller to Progress in ESFA Cup
By Jack Morris Early on Saturday morning, the Hampton U12B team gathered as they faced their first real challenge of the year against Grey Court School in the ESFA Cup. With Mr Hawkins as their coach instead of Mr Worrall, Hampton quickly dominated the possession and attacking chances. Although passes weren’t quite flowing like usual,…
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Strong Start Continues For U12Bs With 13-1 Win
By Jack Morris Coming off the back of a great win against Kingston Gramar School on Friday, winning 9-0, confidence was running through every one of the Hampton U12B players going into their next fixture against Alleyn’s. The team started well with wingers and midfielders making great contributions to attacking plays, as Felix Koltai scored…
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Cricket Champions: U13s Win National Cup
by Ridhaan Gala It was early in the morning, during the summer break, when the Hampton team gathered, knowing that in just a few hours they would be playing the biggest game of their lives. After preparing everything, they made their way to Hampton, ready for the two-hour coach journey to Oakham School, where the…
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U12Bs Kick Off Hampton Career With Huge Win
By Mahir Olcer In the sweltering heat, the Hampton U12B’s started their Hampton football career on Friday afternoon. They had a very ill-starred start to the match, as their goalkeeper Al Haston was out with an illness. But thanks to Miguel Badimon stepping up last second, nobody dropped their heads as they knew this wouldn’t…
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Hampton U14A’s begin season with end-to-end draw against Bede’s
By Theo Payne The U14A’s made a promising start to their 2025/26 campaign with a hard-fought draw against a strong Bede’s side. Playing their first ever competitive league game for the school, they played free flowing, attacking football whilst displaying brilliant fight and determination. The match looked like it would be tight from the off,…
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U12A’s first fixture finishes in hard-fought loss
By Thomas Fulford The U12A’s first Hampton rugby fixture at home to St Paul’s was an extremely exciting game, going right down to the wire. Hampton’s skill in attack was strong, but St Paul’s displayed a worthy defence, and ultimately emerged on top with a 3-2 win in a well-fought game. However, Hampton never gave…
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Hampton 2nd XI Begin Elgin League Campaign With Thrilling Draw
By Alex Watson It was an early start on Saturday for the Hampton 2nd XI. Arriving at school just past 8am, they made the long trip up to Brighton for their first competitive fixture of the 2025-26 campaign, an away match against Bedes School in the Elgin League. A squad consisting almost entirely of new…
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J15 Achieve Opening Season Victory at Wallingford
By Patrick Moroney On Sunday 5th May, the J15 squad travelled down to Dorney Lake for our first side by side open summer regatta of the season to compete over 2000m in the Co-op Funeralcare Trophy for J15 eights. Being a smaller event though than what we had previously experienced at Dorney, there was no time…
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Season Review: U12B Football
By Harry Morris Hampton’s U12B team had an impressive season winning ten matches out of 17, drawing two and losing five. The goal difference was only fifteen, with Hampton scoring a mammoth 58, but conceding 43. The team was strong throughout, with only a slight dip in form in January, but with lots of highs…
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Leman’s 61 sees 3rd XI claim 3rd victory against Dulwich
By Harry McLusky The 3rd XI maintained an excellent start to their 2023/24 cricketing season, following up their victory over Tiffin with a win on the road over Dulwich – their third of the season. The away side initially set a modest total of 132-3, however an unexpected shortening of the overs to 20 per…
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U15Bs overcome Tiffin by seven wickets for opening win of season
By Alex Watson Hampton School won the toss and elected to bowl Tiffin School 137-5 (25 overs) T. Hughes 51* (38) J. Youster 2-24 K. Ratcliffe 16 (26) J. Ghotra 1-11 S. Nair 15 (15) A. Watson 1-23 Hampton School 138-3 (19.2 overs) A. Kirthivasan 55 (52) K. Ratcliffe 2-29 S. Hilmy 28* (23) R. Rana 1-19 C. Moffat 19…
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Hampton crowned Hale End champions in U14As season finale
By Tom Scrimshaw Whilst it would be an understatement to call the Hampton U14A team’s season anything short of brilliant, The Arsenal Academy Invitational Tournament provided the perfect opportunity for the team to bow out for the summer in style, whilst also picking up their first piece of silverware of the season. On a mild…
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Prescott Brann guides 3rd XI to narrow opening victory
By Ben Hawkins Electing to bat on a windy day against Merchant Taylor’s School, Hampton got off to a patient but slow start. Wicket-keeper, Oli Lacey was unlucky to get out first ball, but Kessan Konesakumar and Freddie Hunt built a solid partnership from there. After Hunt fell for 12, captain Ollie Prescott Brann scored…
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Surrey Cup success in superb season send-off for 1st XI
By Harry McLusky Hampton’s 1st XI have signed off an excellent footballing season with silverware, narrowly overcoming Epsom College with a 1-0 scoreline in the final of the Surrey Cup. In what would be his last game for the school, Jamie Wilson’s early goal was the difference between the two sides in a closely-fought encounter…
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1st XI achieve record Hudl League finish with 3-0 win over Shrewsbury
By Harry McLusky Hampton’s 1st XI have achieved their highest ever Hudl League position, finishing in an impressive second place out of nine schools up and down the country. The side fell just three points short of an incredibly strong Bradfield College, who claimed their second Hudl victory in three years to accompany their ISFA…
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Penalty Shootout Drama Sees 3rd XI progress to Trinity Cup Semi-Final
By Charlie Helm In a tense and electrifying 100 minutes of non-stop back and forth football, followed by an incredibly cooly taken set of penalties, we saw Hampton’s 3rd XI come out victorious in the quarter finals of the Trinity 2nd XI cup, against a strong Alleyn’s side. On Saturday, the third team geared up for their…
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U14As bounce back from ESFA exit with resurgent display over Epsom
By Tom Scrimshaw Hampton’s U14A team faced a tough test on Saturday as they looked to get their winning streak back underway against a strong Epsom College side. Hampton were looking to bounce back from an agonising last-minute defeat to Matthew Arnold School last week in the ESFA cup round of 16, in what was…
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1st VII begin season with plate victory at Hampton 7s tournament
By Harry McLusky Wednesday’s wet and windy weather set the perfect playing conditions for Hampton’s 1st VII’s opening fixtures of the 2023/24 season as the side hosted the annual Hampton Founders’ Day Sevens tournament. The hosts left it late but James Abrahart’s golden try secured silverware for the hosts, with the winger diving over the…
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Victory over Millfield sees 1st XI climb to top of Hudl League
By Harry McLusky Hampton’s 1st XI have reached the top of the Hudl League following their recent victory over Millfield School. Goals from Nicholas Avetoom, Dexter Boyle and Jamie Wilson earnt them a comfortable 3-0 victory to guide them to 1st place. Hudl Independent Schools League is comprised of nine of the best footballing schools…
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U12Fs record convincing 7-3 victory over Cardinal Vaughan
By Rayan Albayatti On Friday 2 February, Hampton U12F faced Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School. It was a hard battle for Hampton to get high up the pitch but after piling up the pressure on the opposition, Hampton managed to lead with an early goal from Rueben Nicholson to give Hampton the lead from a mistake…
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Knott screamer and Ellis heroics send 2nd XI to ESFA semi-final
By Harry McLusky Hampton’s 2nd XI have inched through to the ESFA semi-final following a tense penalty shootout win over Southend High School. Extra-time was not enough to separate the two sides, with Sam Ellis’ shootout heroics following up Ed Knott’s thunderstrike to guide the travelling Hampton side to victory. The team’s triumph exemplifies their…
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Second-half goals carry U12Ds to victory over Cardinal Vaughan
By Caesar Chen On Friday 2 February, Hampton U12D team prepared for what would be an exciting game against Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School. Cardinal started from kick-off with a few passes round the back which led to Yousuf Hussain pressing up to try and win the ball. Just a few minutes into the game, Justin…
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Doherty shines as 2nd XI reach ESFA quarter-final
By Harry McLusky Hampton’s 2nd XI continued their ESFA march with yet another convincing victory over Glyn School. A comprehensive 16-1 win (including five goals from Micheal Azoo) over Kew House School in the 2nd Round saw them through to their tie against Ravens Wood School. Jacques Huet’s brace helped them to a 5-0 victory,…
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U12Fs remain unbeaten with comprehensive 14-0 win over Dulwich
By Rayan Albayatti On Saturday last week, The U12F team faced Dulwich’s U12Es at home. It was a comprehensive victory for Hampton ending in a 14-0 win for the hosts. Many players had outperformed themselves such as Ruhaan Vinod, Vivaan Senapati and Rayan Albayatti, all ending up with 12 goals in total between them. Hampton’s…
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Hampton’s U12Cs put on dominant display in 6-2 victory over Dulwich
by Theo Payne On a biting afternoon out on the 3G, the U12 C’s recorded yet another win, keeping a stellar winning streak alive. The U12 C’s took to the pitch with their recent 4-2 win over Kings Wimbledon still fresh in their memories. The game began with another fast Hampton start, with continuous attacks…
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U15As set up ISFA semi-final after triumph over Eton
By Alex Watson The Hampton U15As had every right to feel confident coming into this ISFA quarter-final fixture against Eton. An impressive seven game winning streak stretching from October to January, including a 3-1 victory in the previous fixture against today’s opponents, put them in the perfect position for the fierce contest ahead. The early…
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Moffatt hat-trick guides U15As to resounding victory over KCS
By Alex Watson 25 minutes gone and already a win seemed a certainty for the U15As. An impressive first-half hat-trick from midfielder Charlie Moffatt, consisting of a penalty, a low drive to the bottom-left corner and a deflected finish which trickled over the line, put Hampton 3-0 up in no time. Moffatt repaid Rio Felonov-Tzanev,…
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U12Bs prevail against KCS in hard-fought 3-2 victory
By Harry Morris Hampton’s U12Bs defended well to hold on for a vital win against rivals King’s College School Wimbledon in a close game with an entertaining finish. The match didn’t start too well for Hampton, as even though there were chances at both ends, King’s were dominating with their relentless attacks. However, Hampton grabbed…
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Swindon Town complete Social League fairy tale with 2-1 victory
By Harry McLusky The Hampton Social League is undeniably the highlight of the Hampton sporting calendar. Every Wednesday afternoon, seven teams made up of Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth pupils take to the fields to compete with extreme levels of footballing flair and skill for the prestigious Social League trophy. To get more of a…
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Bercea brace sees U15Bs through to ESFA 3rd Round
By Arun Crowe With an injury-ridden squad and a potentially tough opponent in Windsor Boys, Hampton U15Bs had a real test in front of them, but had the 3rd round of ESFA waiting for them should they pass it. The game began tensely, with neither side creating much, but Hampton asserted their dominance through continued…