The history of cricket at Union High may not be as long as rugby's but it is equally illustrious. The game was introduced at Union in the late 1940's by headmaster Herby Arnott. Having been a superior player himself, and with his firm belief in the value of cricket as educational tool, Herby Arnott developed cricket at his school with vigor.
He established playing fields of exceptional quality by persuading local farmers to donate bales of wool to the school. These were sold and the money used to build the fields.
One of the founder members of the Cape School's Week, Union frequently won matches against more fancied city opponents.
Over the years, Union has supplied players for SA Schools, provincial and national teams.
Cricket Results
This past Saturday, 19 February, three Union High School cricket teams travelled to Uitenhage to compete against their Muir College counterparts. Unionโs ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ won the toss and elected to bat. The team was...
Union High Schoolโs 15th annual Senior Cricket Festival was a huge success with eight schools taking part. The schools, including Daniรซl Pienaar Technical High School, Marlow Agricultural High School, Queen's College Boys' High School,...
We'd like to give a special ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐จ๐ง to Union cricketer Skaakir Kaziย who took 6/56 in 21 overs during Unionโs declaration match against Edgemead High School.
Union High School is excited to announce that we will be hosting our ๐ญ๐ฑ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น at the start of 2022, from 12 to 15 January! We look forward to welcoming Daniรซl...
โ๐๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด? ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ.โ - Mike Singletary More than a year after Covid-19 brought schools cricket to a halt, Unionโs cricketers were excited...
Maintaining the pristine finish of Union High Schoolโs high-end cricket grounds, or any schoolโs for that matter, isnโt an easy task, especially with pitches in use for long periods of the spring and summer...
On Wednesday afternoon, 4 March, Union's u/11B and u/13B cricket teams played exciting mid-week fixtures against Kroonvale Primaryโs A teams. Although both Union teams recorded a loss, the games were played in fantastic spirit...
Union High School is exceptionally proud of its rich tradition and reputation for sporting excellence on the cricket field. The history of Union High School credits Mr Herby Arnott, a legendary headmaster at Union...
Union High School hosted another successful edition of their annual Senior Cricket Festival from Thursday, 9 January to Saturday, 11 January. Ten teams, including Edgemead High School, Queenโs College Boysโ High School, Milnerton High...