The Team: Alex Kendrick, Jonathan Satchwell, Luke Draper , Adam Gibbons, Jamie Cockram, Carl Barney, Liam King, Ian Crowson, Darren Simms, Richard Hayes, Neil Bateman , Scott Harris, Gareth Heggs, And Ross Ward
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The school football team of the academic year 1990/1991 went through to the Rice Bowl County final. Their opponents were Countesthorpe Linden Primary School and the match was played in Countesthorpe.
The final score was 6-2 to Newbold Verdon with Alex Kendrick scoring two, Ian Crowson scoring two, Scott Harris scoring one and Jamie Cockram scoring one.
Also worth noting is that one of the goals scored by Countesthorpe Linden Primary was by Sergio Pizzorno. Sergio is now better known as the guitarist for rock band Kasabian.
"THE RICE BOWL”
The Rice Bowl, or to give it its full title “The Montague John Rice Trophy” was manufactured in Sheffield in 1919 and donated to Leicestershire Schools F.A. in March 1934. The presentation to the Association was made by the Rice family, owners of a local boot and shoe factory in Syston. Mr. M. J. Rice was a Director of Leicester Fosse and Leicester City FC. The trophy has been the pride of Leicestershire Schools F.A. ever since the first final in the 1934-35 season.
The first recorded final was in the spring of 1935 when the trophy was won by Clarendon Park School - now better known as St. John’s Primary School. In the first ten years the trophy only left the city once (despite the competition being open to primary schools in the city and county), when, in 1938 it was won by Kegworth Council School. Newry Junior School achieved the first-ever hat trick of victories in 1951/52/53 - Leicester City legend Graham Cross was in the latter team. The limelight then switched to the county with Newbold Verdon Primary School (coached by Benny Clinton) winning the trophy five years out of six in 1956/57/58/60/61 - they were beaten finalists in 1959! City schools dominated the sixties and seventies with wins by Overdale, Whitehall, Braunstone Frith, New Parks House and Scraptoft Valley Schools. The fiftieth anniversary of the Rice Bowl saw the final hosted by Leicester City FC, with Braunstone Frith beating Ravenhurst by two goals to one.
For the last thirteen years the competition has been sponsored by “Dominoes Toys” of High Street, Leicester. This has enabled the final to be held at Filbert Street and, latterly, The Walkers Stadium.
Newbold Verdon Primary School (coached by Mike Staunton) won the trophy again in 1991 to become the school who have won the tournament more times than any other school.
Winners Of The Rice Bowl 1956 - 1991
1956 Newbold Verdon
1957 Newbold Verdon
1958 Newbold Verdon
1959 New Parks House
1960 Newbold Verdon
1961 Newbold Verdon
1962 New Parks House
1963 Whitehall
1964 Holmfield
1965 Whitehall
1966 New Parks House
1967 Willowbrook
1968 New Parks House
1969 New Parks House + Willowbrook (shared)
1970 Humberstone
1971 Scraptoft Valley
1972 Braunstone Frith
1973 Braunstone Frith + Waterleys (shared)
1974 Grove
1975 Willowbrook
1976 Whitehall
1977 Humberstone + Riverside (shared)
1978 Stokes
1979 Alderam Richard Hallam
1980 Whitehall + Stokes
1981 Stokes
1982 Ald. Richard Hallam + New Parks House (shared)
1983 Sherrier
1984 All Saints
1985 Overdale + Fairfield (shared)
1986 Whitehall
1987 Kirby Muxloe
1988 Abington
1989 Danemill
1990 Braunstone Frith
1991 Newbold Verdon
Many thanks to Mike Staunton for providing this film and a detailed history of the cup.
