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
Five Union High School, Graaff-Reinet boys spent part of their school holiday doing what they enjoy most - playing cricket. ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ represented the Centurions at the U14 EPL...
U15 Queens Festival โ T20 Union scored 77/20 overs and Queens won by 1 wicket. Curren Willemse was the standout bowler, taking 3/13 in 3 overs. U15 vs Hudson Park - 50 Overs Union...
The Union High School 1st XI cricketers attended the annual ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฆโ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐, hosted by Graeme College in Makhanda during the holidays. 1st Team vs Dale College (50 Overs) Union High School scored...
Union U/13A cricket teamโs participation in the Cretchley Tournament in Knysna. After missing three weeks of cricket due to persistent rain, it was great for the boys to get plenty of competitive cricket, playing...
Union High School's U13A cricket team will be setting off bright and early tomorrow morning for their tour to Knysna. Ahead of their departure, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ...
A big congratulations to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet 1st XI cricketer, ๐๐น๐ฒ๐
๐๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, on an outstanding bowling performance against Daniรซl Pienaar Technical High School! Alex finished with an impressive ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ...
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ There are some cricket weekends where you look back at the results and think, ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. This was certainly one...
Unionโs young cricketers are putting their own local spin on one of cricketโs best-loved formats with the launch of the Union Premier League - ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐13 ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ...
Union High Schoolโs 1st XI opened their season against Victoria Park High School with a convincing T20 victory on Friday. Union posted 157 runs before a disciplined bowling performance secured a 78-run win. ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป...