A round of applause for Union High School u/13A cricketer ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น on scoring a magnificent 113 runs against Summerwood on Saturday, 1 March 2025.
Saturday, 22 February, saw Union High School’s junior cricketers face their St Andrew’s Preparatory School counterparts at home.
After winning the toss and opting to bat first, Union posted a total of 116 all out, with Josh Kingwill top-scoring with 36 and Nathaneal Phillips contributing 21.
In response, St Andrew’s were bowled out for 79, with Union’s bowlers dominating. Edwin Holmes and Nathaneal Phillips starred with the ball, each claiming 4 wickets.
๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ-๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ.
The ๐/๐ญ๐ญ๐ team’s encounter saw St Andrew’s winning the toss and choosing to bat, posting a competitive total of 180 runs after a solid middle-order performance, despite early pressure from Union’s bowlers.
In response, Union started well, reaching lunch without losing a wicket. However, after the break, St Andrew’s disciplined bowling restricted Union, who batted out their full 30 overs but fell short, ending 101 runs behind, giving St Andrew’s a comfortable victory.
Union’s ๐/๐ญ๐ญ๐ team won the toss and chose to bat first but struggled throughout, falling to pressure and being bowled out for just 32 runs.
St Andrew’s chased down the total in 8.2 overs, losing only 2 wickets.
Callan Strydom was the standout performer for Union, taking 2 wickets for just 5 runs in 3 overs.
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด, ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต-๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต.
Representing your school is always a major honour, but reaching the milestone of 50 first team caps is something that does not come around too often.
That being said, two members of the Union High School’s 1st cricket team had the honour this morning of taking the field in their 50th match for their school!
Prior to their encounter against Muir College Boys’ High School, Kariega on Saturday, 15 February, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ธ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ were presented with their official 50th cap by Headmaster, Mr William Pringle.
๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก.
As the sun shines brightly over Bloemfontein this week, our ๐จ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฆ are facing off against some of the top cricketing schools in the region: Grey College, Willem Postma and St Andrews’ School.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด 4-๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต.
The teams are participating in a series of matches that are sure to test their mettle and sportsmanship. With a mixture of T20, 30-over and 40-over formats on the schedule, our players will have the chance to demonstrate their versatility and adaptability on the field.
RESULTS
U11A vs Grey College
Union fought hard but lost to Grey College, gaining valuable experience for future matches.
U11A vs Willem Postma
Union fell short chasing 185, losing the match but showing determination.
Union vs St Andrews (Friday)
St Andrews set 153, and Union scored 117, despite good bowling from Mark Copeman (4-22).
Union vs St Andrews (Saturday)
Union posted 96 runs; despite strong bowling from Copeman (3-12) and McEwan (2-20), St Andrews chased it down to win by 4 wickets.
U/13A
Vs Grey Bloem
Union bowled first, conceding 174-3, with Grant Murray taking 2 wickets. In reply, Union managed 86-9, with Josh Kingwill top-scoring on 23.
Vs Willem Postma
Union won by 18 runs. Batting first, they posted 158 all out, with Dante Mills scoring 29. Grant Murray (4-31) led the bowling, and Willem Postma were bowled out for 140.
Vs St Andrews Bloem
Union won by 17 runs. Batting first, they scored 131, with Josh Kingwill making 25. St Andrews were restricted to 114, with Hendricks, Murray, and Kingwill each taking 2 wickets.
Vs St Andrews
St Andrews scored 102-6, with Cayden Thompson and Nathaneal Phillips taking 2 wickets each. Union were bowled out for 37, losing by 65 runs.
Summary
U/13A won 2 out of 4 games against tough competition.
While on tour in Bloemfontein, Union High School and Union Preparatory School’s young cricketers had the privilege of participating in a training session at St Andrew’s School’s ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ in Bloemfontein.
The boys were joined by rugby players from the ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐, athletes from the ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ soccer team and cricketers from the ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด, ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด!
Earlier this afternoon, Union High School’s u/15A cricket team faced their Volkskool counterparts on the Puttick Field.
๐ฉ๐ผ๐น๐ธ๐๐ธ๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐.
The Union batsmen struggled to find their rhythm, managing to score a modest total of 64 runs before being bowled out.
However, the tide turned dramatically as Union took to the field for their bowling innings. Unionโs bowlers put on an impressive display, dismissing Volkskool for just 33 runs.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ค๐ผ๐บ๐ณ๐ผ, whose exceptional bowling figures included 4 overs, only 12 runs conceded and 5 wickets.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด!
U/11A
Union won the toss and chose to bat first in challenging windy conditions. However, an early run-out disrupted their start. Mark Copeman and Liam Raath then steadied the innings, but once they were dismissed, the Union batting order collapsed, leaving them all out for 83.
Herbert Hurd comfortably chased down the target, with “Mr. Extras” contributing significantly to the run chase. They wrapped up the match with ease, winning by 8 wickets.
U/13A
Union batted first, posting a total of 229 runs, with Josh Kingwill scoring 70, Nathaneal Phillips 57, and Ryan Collet 31. Despite a strong bowling effort, with Nathaneal Phillips, Edwin Holmes, and Uthmaan Steele each taking 2 wickets, Herbert Hurd successfully chased down the target, losing 7 wickets in the process. Herbert Hurd won by 3 wickets.
This past Saturday, Union High School’s senior cricketers made the trip to Cradock for a set of matches against Cradock High School.
In the ๐ฎ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ โs match, Union won the toss and opted to bat first. The team delivered a solid all-round performance, setting a total of 103 runs before being all out. In the second innings, their bowling was sharp, and the fielding was impressive.
๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ 8 ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ 2 ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ 12 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ 3 ๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 1.50. This strong performance helped secure a victory for Union’s 2nd team by 29 runs.
In the ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ โs match, Union faced a challenging game against their Cradock counterparts. Captain Yaaseen Kazi won the toss and chose to bat first in overcast conditions. After a solid start, the openers lost an early wicket, but the team pressed on to set a competitive total. Yaaseen Kazi contributed significantly with 47 runs off 38 balls, while Xavier Barlow was the top scorer, accumulating 69 runs through determined batting. ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง 276 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ 50 ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
Cradock approached their innings positively, with one of their batsmen scoring an impressive 127 runs. However, Union’s bowling department remained disciplined and focused on their game plan. Yaaseen Kazi stood out again, bowling 10 overs, conceding 49 runs and taking 5 wickets.
๐๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ, ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐บ 38 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด.
This past Saturday, Union High School’s junior cricketers faced off against a visiting Laerskool Hangklip Primary at home.
In the ๐/๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต, Union won the toss and elected to bat first. Unfortunately, the team struggled early on, suffering a quick dismissal for just 48 runs, which included an early run-out. Hangklip seized the opportunity and chased down the target with relative ease, securing victory by 9 wickets.
The ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต saw Union again take the initiative by batting first, managing to post a total of 82 runs. Despite a commendable effort from their bowlers, Hangklip successfully chased the target, finishing with 8 wickets down. Notably, Edwin Holmes and Sintayu Kaitro shone with the ball for Union, each taking 3 wickets. However, in a tightly contested battle, Union ultimately fell short, losing by just 2 wickets.
Union High School hosted its annual Founders’ Weekend cricket matches today, Saturday, 24 January, featuring the school’s 1st, 2nd and u/15A teams against the Old Boys.
These matches are more than just a showcase of talent on the field; they also serve as ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐, both during the games and in the camaraderie that follows.
Following an exciting day of cricket, a prize-giving ceremony was held in the Tony Burrell Union, where several trophies were awarded to outstanding players:
โข Most valuable player of the day – 1st XI: ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ
โข Best Batsman – 1st XI: ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ
โข Best Bowler – 1st XI: ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป
โข Best Schoolboy Performer – 2nd XI: ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด
โข Best Schoolboy Performer – u/15: ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ
โข The Dave Stern Memorial Award for an up-and-coming cricketer: ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐
๐๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ’๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐บ๐ด’ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ 1๐ด๐ต ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ’๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
This past weekend, saw our u/13A cricketers deliver an outstanding performance at the ๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, remaining unbeaten across their three matches.
* ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ธ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ:Union scored 131/5, with Cayden Thompson (32) and Josh Kingwill (26) leading the charge. They restricted Hangklip to 44/8, winning by 87 runs, with Josh taking an incredible 4/4 in 4 overs.
* ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒโ๐: Union bowled out St Georgeโs for 33, with Nathaneal Phillips claiming 4 wickets. Union chased the target effortlessly, winning by 10 wickets, with Ryan Collett smashing 22 off 9 balls.
* ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: Union posted 157, thanks to Cayden Thompsonโs 40 off 23 balls and Josh Kingwillโs 32. They restricted Westering to 80/7, winning by 77 runs. Sintayu Kaitro (3 wickets for 2 runs) and Nathaneal Phillips (2 wickets) starred with the ball.
๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ 3 ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ!
