The Whitgift Festival is fast approaching offering you the Surrey fans the opportunity to see the Brown Cap stars playing up close.

This year, Surrey will take on the Sussex Sharks in the return Friends Provident Trophy match on the Wednesday of the Festival. With Whitgift’s batsman friendly pitch and rapid outfield, this One Day match will get the Festival off to a crashing start.

Chris Adams’ men will be seeking revenge after Surrey travelled to Hove to destroy the Sharks’ bowling attack to post an enormous first innings score of 346 in the first FP Trophy match. Usman Afzaal was the star for Surrey with his not out 126 and bowling figures of two for 42 and he will be hoping for more of the same at Whitgift.

In the LV County Championship starting on the Friday, Alan Butcher’s men will host a strong Somerset side boasting the likes of Marcus Trescothick and skipper, Justin Langer. Somerset were at Guildford in 2006 and will travel to Croydon in an attempt to defeat the inform Surrey side on their Festival patch.

Match and ticket details

Wednesday 28 May 2008
Surrey CCC v Sussex CCC
Friends Provident Trophy, 10.45am start
Tickets: Adults £12, Under 16s £6
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Fri 30 May – Mon 2 June 2008
Surrey CCC v Somerset CCC
Liverpool Victoria (LV) Championship, 11am start
Tickets: Adults £12, under 16s £6
No advance tickets, purchase on the day

Whitgift Festival travel

Whitgift School
Haling Park
South Croydon
Surrey, CR2 6YT

By public transport - nearest rail station South Croydon; Whitgift is a five minute walk.

By car - Whitgift School is on Nottingham Road off the A235. Multimap of the Whitgift

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