WILLIAM Murtagh, aged 16, of Malvern College, has been selected for the England Under 19 Independent Schools (South) football team to play the North team on Sunday (November 25).

The match will take place at Wellingborough, Northamptonshire and will act as a trial for the National Independent Schools side.

Sport is in William's blood as his father, Andy, a house-master at the College, was a Hampshire County cricketer.