Player/Coach

Old Rutlishians’ Cricket Club a.k.a ‘Old Ruts’ was founded in 1908 and has been the centre of cricket in the leafy suburb of Merton Park in Wimbledon for well over 100 years. We are one of Surrey’s larger cricket clubs with our senior players regularly fielding six teams on a Saturday, two on a Sunday, three women’s teams, and our junior section provides cricket for over 450 boys and girls starting with All Stars all the way through to U18s.

Our first team play in Division 1 of the Surrey Cricket Championship and were recently promoted.

Our club is inclusive, friendly and fun with a passion to inspire children to love cricket. Our coaches are enthusiastic in their approach providing a high quality of coaching with great facilities.

This role in the club works along side our Head Coach, Eranga Mendis, to grow the skills and success of Old Ruts players and our teams, drawing new people to be part of our club.

The candidate would be a minimum Level 2 coach and have proven experience of coaching groups of between 10-30 individuals. The individual must be a competent cricketer capable of batting and playing in the ORCC First Team.

The club will be flexible in 2026 in terms of time commitment to coaching prioritising adult coaching and playing. However, the opportunity to grow at Old Ruts is significant with the club having a full winter and summer coaching programme which includes school holiday camps and the opportunity for 1-2-1 coaching all year round, utilising club facilities.

Competitive coaching rates and weekly match fees.

Primary Responsibilities:

• To play in the First X1
• To lead all adult coaching
• To improve the quality of cricketers across the club
• To improve the quality of coaching delivered across the club

Opportunity to progress:

• To help transition from Juniors to Adult Cricket
• To coach for up to 5 days a week for 15 weeks summer coaching – all age groups
• To coach for up to 4 days a week for 18 weeks winter coaching – all age groups

This is a fantastic opportunity in a club with real ambition, improving performance at all levels and a wonderful community spirit.