5 March 2023
Thursday, 2 March
CRICKET
W100 Under-19 Final
Westville captured the title in the W100 Final, securing a victory that was, ultimately, comfortable. Since a setback against Saint Andrew’s (Bloemfontein) in the Independent Schools Cricket Festival, the talented Kearsney 1st XI has appeared a little to be a little off the boil. They’re not alone, however. Hilton College, too, saw their confidence dented after a couple of setbacks at the same festival.
1st XI
Westville Boys’ High 144 for 8
Kearsney College 123 for 8
Westville won by 21 runs
WATER POLO
1st: Kearsney College 10-4 Reddam Helderfontein
1st: Kearsney College 18-5 Grey College
15A: Kearsney College 7-4 Saint David’s Marist Inanda
Friday, 3 March
WATER POLO
1st: Kearsney College 28-3 Steyn City School
1st: Kearsney College 7-8 Saint Andrew’s College
15A: Kearsney College 4-3 Saint John’s College
15A: Kearsney College 8-3 Affies
15A: Kearsney College 9-0 Saint Benedict’s College
14A: Kearsney College 6-7 SACS
Saturday, 4 March
BASKETBALL
The Kearsney 1st team has enjoyed an excellent season. While they didn’t capture either the Jenny Orchard Invitational or Saint John’s basketball titles, they made the semis in both, having taken on some top opposition. They were expected to beat Clifton and they did.
The 2023 season has, nonetheless, been a good one for the Clifton 1st side, who were competitive throughout, and performed significantly better than their team of the previous season.
Kearsney almost recorded a clean sweep of games, but Clifton’s 3rd team stopped the Botha’s Hill boys to capture a rewarding victory.
1st: Kearsney College 51-36 Clifton School
2nd: Kearsney College 50-23 Clifton School
3rd: Kearsney College 15-19 Clifton School
4th: Kearsney College 44-7 Clifton School
16A: Kearsney College 30-25 Clifton School
16B: Kearsney College 33-16 Clifton School
16D: Kearsney College 46-19 Maritzburg College u16E
16E: Kearsney College 20-16 Maritzburg College u16F
15A: Kearsney College 63-6 Clifton School
15B: Kearsney College 58-11 Clifton School
15C: Kearsney College 73-3 Clifton School
15D: Kearsney College 28-24 Clifton School
15E: Kearsney College 25-23 Maritzburg College
15F: Kearsney College 12-22 Maritzburg College
14A: Kearsney College 30-8 Clifton School
14B: Kearsney College 60-9 Clifton School
14C: Kearsney College 39-2 Clifton School
14D: Kearsney College 31-9 Clifton School
14E: Kearsney College 18-12 Maritzburg College
14F: Kearsney College 6-20 Maritzburg College
CRICKET
While the Independent Cricket Festival set Kearsney College on their heels somewhat – they won two and lost two after being unbeaten until that point in the season – it rejuvenated Clifton’s season. The Durban school lost one match, but then won three in succession in emphatic fashion in Pretoria. Against Kearsney, they continued that momentum to pick up a convincing win.
Clifton came out on top of a close under-16A contest, but Kearsney romped to victory in the duel between the two under-15A sides.
1st XI
Clifton School 193 for 7
Kearsney College 146 all out
Clifton won by 47 runs
4th XI
Kearsney College 142 all out
Clifton School 55 all out
Kearsney won by 87 runs
u16A
Clifton School 175 for 8
Kearsney College 150 all out
Clifton won by 25 runs
u15A
Kearsney College 293 for 5
Clifton School 217 for 4
Kearsney won by 76 runs
WATER POLO
Clifton has forged a well-deserved sterling reputation as one of South Africa’s top water polo-playing schools, and it showed on Saturday as they kept Kearsney out of the win column.
2nd: Kearsney College 1-4 Clifton School
3rd: Kearsney College 4-17 Clifton School
4th: Kearsney College 3-7 Clifton School
15A: Kearsney College 4-6 Bishops
15B: Kearsney College 5-9 Clifton School
14A: Kearsney College 2-12 Bishops
14B: Kearsney College 3-8 Clifton School
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