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GOLF FOR A CAUSE: The Kleinemonde Golf Day at the Royal Port Alfred Golf Club raised money for Sunshine Coast Hospice, Kleinemonde Inter-Denominational Church, the Mashie Golf Course, the
Kleinemonde Ratepayers Association, the Kleinemonde Sports Club and the SPCA. From left are organiser Nowell Barnes-Webb, Russel Gardner who was a member of the winning four ball,
co-organiser Rory Gailey and Lynette Harbrecht, who won the ladies’ longest drive and was also part of the winning four ball. Absent for the photo were the two other members of the four ball – Anton
Emslie and Mike Harris
Exciting games at
scho ols’ cricket festival
MOUNTING RUNS: James Mullins of St Andrew’s College 1st XI at bat,
during the Grahamstown Schools’ Cricket Festival match between St
Andrew’s College and St Andrew’s School (Bloemfontein) at Lower Field
in Makhanda (Grahamstown) last Thursday
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The St Andrew’s
College first XI
cricket team
started their year
off with declaration
fixtures versus Hoërskool
Menlopark, St Andrew’s
School (Bloemfontein)
and St Alban’s College in
the Grahamstown
Schools’ Cricket Festival
hosted by Kingswood
College.
The longer match day
format, starting at 9am
and finishing after 6pm
with no enforced
declarations, again
provided a real “Te st ”
cricket environment for
the cricketers to
experience. The second
new ball option after 50
overs also played its part
in declarations and
injected energy into the
final overs of each
innings.
Menlopark were 48/2
after 19 overs on the
morning of day one.
They then stepped on
the pedal in the next
session and were in a
commanding position on
130/2 at morning tea.
St Andrew’s struggled
to claw their way back
as Menlopark’s Z Stoop
compiled a superb 114 in
their innings of 248 all
out. St Andrew’s
debutant Tom Vermaak
bowled superbly in his
spell of 3/39.
St Andrew’s started
their run chase positively
and were well placed on
80/2 after 14 overs and
with James Mullins
scoring freely on 44* off
42 balls. However,
Menlopark were not
going to allow St
Andrew’s back into the
game. James Mullins
was involved in an
unnecessary run out and
then Menlopark’s left
arm spinner S Strydom
destroyed St Andrew’s
run chase with a
magnificent spell of
6/38 including a
hat-t rick.
Menlopark closed out
the game in the final
hour as well deserved
winners with St
Andrew’s limping to 142
all out.
St Andrew’s College
elected to bat first
against their namesakes
St Andrew’s School
(Bloemfontein) and were
bowled out for 244
leaving 58 overs for the
afternoon session.
James Mullins’ 62 and
Guy Rushmere’s 69
provided quality runs for
St Andrew’s. Leg spinner
R Cronje worked hard
throughout the St
Andrew’s College
innings and finished
FULL TILT: Chris Poole of St Andrew’s College first XI bowling during the
Grahamstown Schools’ Cricket Festival match between St Andrew’s
College and St Andrew’s School (Bloemfontein)
with sound figures of setting up the
4/83.
declaration. St Andrew’s
St Andrew’s College attacked for most of the
picked up wickets at innings, but J Barwick’s
regular intervals but it 102* off 152 balls held
was again R Cronje who the St Alban’s innings
performed with a together as St Andrew’s
disciplined 90 runs off struggle to open up both
142 balls. Ryan Ford ends. The second new
(4/18) and Miles ball and Barwick’s
Danckwerts (3/59) search for his hundred
bowled beautifully with provided much
the new ball, but St excitement and drama
Andrew’s College were on Lower field as St
not quite creative and Alban’s lost a flurry of
disciplined enough in wickets. Barwick in the
the afternoon as St end finished the day off
Andrew’s School closed in fine style with 2 runs
out a draw on 180/9. off the penultimate
On day three St delivery of the day. He
Andrew’s College set up knocked one through an
an exciting run chase open mid-wicket region
versus St Alban’s and raised his bat for a
College. St Andrew’s well-deserved ton. Ryan
declared on 235/7. Ford (2/35) and Miles
Nicholas Barlow (60*) Danckwerts (3/22) were
and Miles Danckwerts again among the wickets
(48) batting superbly in but it was not enough to
force a victory. St
Alban’s closed out the
day on 190/8.
St Andrew’s played
Stanley Cricket Club in a
50 over match to round
off their term’s
“pre-season”
preparations. St
Andrew’s batted in a
mature fashion
compiling 249/6 in their
50 overs. Callum Francis
made a quality 101 and
was well supported by
Matthew Schaefer with
his 52 runs. Stanley
Cricket Club batted
fluently in the true
batting conditions and
St Andrew’s throughout
the afternoon struggled
to stem the flow of runs.
Brent Emslie’s 53 and
Chris van de Meulen’s 41
was enough for Stanley
to secure a comfortable
four-wicket win.