Dennis Breakwell - Cricket Professional and Head Groundsman,
King’s College Taunton
Coaches all age groups at King’s and King’s Hall
Full name: Dennis Breakwell Nickname: Breakley, The Severed Nerve
Current age: 65 years Height: 5 ft 9 in
Major teams: Northamptonshire, Somerset
Batting style: Left-hand bat Bowling style: Slow left-arm orthodox
Dennis has been at King’s for well over 25 School up to our 1st XI. He made his debut
years and is a King’s legend. When people for Northamptonshire in 1969 and soon
think of King’s cricket they immediately established himself in the first team, but
mention Dennis for his wonderful sense of he moved to Somerset in 1973 and was a
humour, his awesome cricket pitches and key part of the side for the remainder of the
the fact that he can still bamboozle our top decade, appearing in two winning Lord’s
players in the nets at the age of 65. He had finals. He is the Head professional coach and
a wonderful cricket career which he still groundsman at King’s and we are hoping he
uses to this day to help coach, advise and will be for at least another 10 years!
enthuse all of our players from our Prep
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
First-class 231 306 64 4792 100* 19.80 1 16 80 0
List A 186 133 35 1386 44* 14.14 0 0 40 0
Bowling averages
Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
First-class 231 30220 13015 422 8/39 30.84 2.58 71.6 12 1
List A 186 3875 2595 86 4/10 4/10 30.17 4.01 45.0 3 0 0
Rob Woodman - Cricket Professional, King’s College Taunton
ECB Level II Coach (Currently coaches all age groups at King’s, Kings Hall
and Somerset County Teams)
Full name: Robert James Woodman Nickname: Woody
Current age: 26 years Height: 5 ft 11 in
Major teams: Devon, England Under-19s, Gloucestershire, Marylebone Cricket
Club, Marylebone Cricket Club Young Cricketers, Somerset, Somerset 2nd XI
Batting style: Left-hand bat Bowling style: Left-arm fast-medium
Rob (or Woody) has been at King’s for two from our Prep school (King’s Hall) to our 1st
years now and has thrown himself into all XI players. He currently assists Phil Lewis
aspects of King’s life. His cricket coaching with the King’s College EPP. Rob played for
and his ground work with Dennis Breakwell both Gloucestershire and Somerset CCC
have already made a huge impact on the as a professional and still currently plays for
school. He is a hugely enthusiastic coach Devon CCC.
who coaches all across our age groups
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
First-class 10 16 2 213 46* 15.21 636 33.49 0 0 3 0
List A 5 1 0 14 14 14.00 12 116.66 0 0 0 1 2 0
Twenty20 2 2 2 1 1* - 1 100.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
First-class 10 495 341 7 4/65 48.71 4.13 70.7 1 0 0
List A 5 150 163 1 1/38 1/38 163.00 6.52 150.0 0 0 0
Twenty20 2 2 42 63 2 2/37 2/37 31.50 9.00 21.0 0 0 0
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