Simon Weale
Simon David Weale is a former English cricketer and current Director of His previous role was as Headmaster of Shebbear College in Devon.Early life
Weale was born in Knightsbridge, London. After attending Westminster City School in London he went up to Keble College, Oxford.A right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox, Weale made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Nottinghamshire in 1986. From 1986 to 1990, he represented the University in 20 first-class matches, the last of which came against Cambridge University. In his 20 first-class matches for the University, he scored 365 runs at a batting average of 17.38, with 2 half centuries and a high score of 76. In the field he took 3 catches. With the ball he took 15 wickets at a bowling average of 97.26, with best figures of 3/130. Weale also played a single first-class match during this time for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against the touring Pakistanis in 1987.
In 1999, he represented the Middlesex Cricket Board in a single List A match against Cumberland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. In his only List A match, he scored an unbeaten 9 runs and with the ball he took a single wicket at a cost of 24 runs.Teaching career
After teaching at Judd School in Tonbridge, Kent, Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, London, Reigate Grammar School in Surrey and Brentwood School, Essex, he took up the position of headmaster at Shebbear College in Devon in 2013. In 2019 he became Director of Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, India.
