20 May 2024
HOCKEY
Clifton College welcomed St Alban’s College to the Riverside Sports Club on Saturday for a showdown between two teams who had met at the Coastal Cup earlier in the season.
On that occasion, St Alban’s ran out convincing 3-0 winners. On Saturday, however, they required a late equaliser to rescue a draw against Calvin Price‘s boys.
A spectacular Zach Williamson penalty corner drag flick gave Clifton the lead midway through the third chukka, but the Pretoria side found a reply, also from a PC, to level matters with 10 minutes remaining in the game.
The open age group games were very evenly contested, with two of them, between the 1st XIs and 2nd XIs, ending in draws, while there was a win apiece in the remaining two matches.
The u16 results tilted in the visitors’ favour, which included a win for their A team, while the u14 games finished with both schools recording two wins. The A team victory went Clifton’s way.
Overall, Clifton won four matches, St Alban’s six, and two games were drawn.
RESULTS
1st: Clifton 1-1 St Alban’s
2nd: Clifton 1-1 St Alban’s
3rd: Clifton 2-1 St Alban’s
4th: Clifton 0-2 St Alban’s
16A: Clifton 0-1 St Alban’s
16B: Clifton 2-0 St Alban’s
16C: Clifton 0-4 St Alban’s
16D: Clifton 0-9 St Alban’s
14A: Clifton 3-1 St Alban’s
14B: Clifton 0-1 St Alban’s
14C: Clifton 0-3 St Alban’s
14D: Clifton 4-1 St Alban’s
RUGBY
The St Alban’s 1st XV claimed a convincing 29-point win over Clifton, but the Durban school’s 2nd XI, winners over St Charles College a week earlier, added another W to their record with a hard-fought victory over the Pretoria side.
There were very encouraging results for Clifton in the age group matches. They won all of the A team clashes, with the u16A side claiming a nail-biting two-point win, while the u15A and u14A sides powered their way to big wins.
St Alban’s picked up a win in the u16B game, but Clifton claimed victories in the u15B and u14B matches.
Nine matches were played, with Clifton scoring six wins and St Alban’s three.
RESULTS
1st: Clifton 10-39 St Alban’s
2nd: Clifton 12-8 St Alban’s
3rd: Clifton 0-47 St Alban’s
16A: Clifton 20-18 St Alban’s
16B: Clifton 19-38 St Alban’s
15A: Clifton 59-0 St Alban’s
15B: Clifton 33-15 St Alban’s
14A: Clifton 64-0 St Alban’s
14B: Clifton 50-0 St Alban’s
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