Eton College term. Although the School has often been cited as 'Eton of India' by media outlets such as BBC, Channel 4, "The Guardian", "Financial Times", "The Economist", "The Daily Telegraph" and "Forbes", it strongly eschews the label. In September 2014 Eton College helped establish Holyport College, a state-funded free school with boarding facilities. The school is located in Holyport, Berkshire and Eton College acts as the main educational sponsor of the school. Eton Colleges holds historic relations to Canford School in Dorset due to the school's association with John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster whose legitimate heirs included Henry VI.
Eton v Harrow playing days, one was George Hirst, who coached at Eton for 18 years from 1921. Eton v Harrow The Eton v Harrow cricket match is an annual match between Eton College and Harrow School. It is one of the longest-running annual sporting fixtures in the world and the only annual school cricket match still to be played at Lord's. Cricket was being played by teams at English public schools by the time of the English Commonwealth. Horace Walpole entered Eton in 1726, and later wrote that playing cricket was a common occurrence at the school. Westminster School played matches against