Named after Mr Herbet Wilkinson who, in 1904 was appointed Principal and Superintendent of the Boarding Hostel. For the next 25 tears Mr Wilkinson was to guide the destinies and lay the sure foundation of a school which became known as Queen's College.
The New principal was educated at Taunton School and London University and after some years of teaching in England came to Kingwood College in Grahamstown in 1898. The following year he took charge of the Grammar School in Queenstown.
In 1924 he school acquired the block of land across the street tot he north of the school grounds for playing fields, but this remained underdeveloped and unused for several years. In the year that Mr Wilkinson retired it was called the Wilkinson Field. By 1931 the field was in fair condition and placed in use for the first time. The official opening was in October and took the form of a cricket match between Past and Present. On either side of the cricket pitch were two rugby fields.
Named after Mr A. Parry Davies who was the first South African by birth to be appointed Principal of Queen's College. Moreover, he was an Eastern Cape man. He was born in Balfour in 1892 an educated at Dale College and Rhodes University where he took a prominent part in academic and sporting activities. he took an Honours degree and played in the first soccer and cricket teams.
Mr Parry Davies persuaded the Town Council to grant the school two blocks of land across the street to the north of the Wilkinson Field. Immediately Mt Parry Davies received permission to use this tract of land for school purposes, he had it forestalling a possible reversal of opinion. This was in 1934.
The following year the land was marked out into four rugby fields and four cricket pitches and referred to as the Commonage Fields. That is what they were, bare veld with holes filled in and the larger humps of grass removed.
Development was slow. Again the boys came in large numbers to plant grass. IN 1938 Commonage Fields 1 and 2 had fairly good surfaces for rugby and a cricket pitch. at a later date they were named the Parry Davies Fields. The block towards the West with the other two fields remained undeveloped for several years and afterwards Queen's College Junior School was built on that site.
Named after the new HeadmasterDrHoward QuailDavies who was born near King William's Town on 28 November 1906 and educated at Grahamstown, first at Kingswood College and then at Rhodes University. He taught at Seapoint High School and was Principal of Butterworth High School before being appointed to Queen's College.
Development and improvements tot he school grounds and playing fields continued. The Commonage West fields were levelled and grassed and called the Frrest Fields. at a later date this large stretch of ground was acquired by the Queen's College Junior School. As compensation for the ground handed to the future Q.C Junior school, the senior school acquired in 1956 about 6 hectares of veld north of the Parry Davies fields. They were referred to as the Long Hill Fields. in 1961 they were named the H.Q. Davies Fields, and at a later date, the T.W. Higgs Fields.
The field is named after Mr Michael Kelk Mager, who for many years was involved with the affairs of Queen's College, was a former head prefect, sportsman, member of the Governing Body, the Hostel Committee, the Queen's Trust, chairman of the Mother Branch of the QCOBA and its national president.
The field is named after Mr T.W. Higgs who was the third Headmaster from the Eastern cape. He was educated at Dale College and Rhodes University where he played a prominent part in student matters. He returned to his old school and after some years joined the Dale Junior staff. Two years later he was appointed Headmaster of Umtata High School, and then followed his appointment to Queen's College.
