Hilton College vs Clifton College, reports, results, 1 Feb 2025

4 February 2025

WATER POLO

On Saturday, at Hilton College, Hilton coach Paul Martin got one over his former school by guiding his charges to an 11-7 win. He joined the Midlands’ school at the beginning of 2025 after spending the past decade at Clifton.

Clifton is still transitioning to Pierre le Roux‘s leadership after the former Kearsney College coach arrived in South Africa from New Zealand in early January, but they gave a good account of themselves, and they’re clearly making progress under his leadership.

It was 7-7 late in the contest when Hilton turned to some of their big guns, including KZN Schools’ players Mitch Garreau, captain Thomas Taylor (feature photo), and SA Schools’ star Tristan Uys to see them through.

Overall, the visitors enjoyed a good day, winning four matches to Hilton’s three, with one game, surprisingly, finishing in a goalless stalemate.

Clifton claimed the u15A win and Hilton was victorious in the u14A game.

RESULTS  

1st: Hilton 11-7 Clifton
3rd: Hilton 3-6 Clifton
4th: Hilton 5-6 Clifton
5th: Hilton 0-0 Clifton 15B/4ths

15A: Hilton 4-8 Clifton
15B: Hilton 9-4 Clifton

14A: Hilton 11-3 Clifton
14B: Hilton 6-7 Clifton

Unfortunately, not many cricket matches were played on Saturday, with those games scheduled for Hilton being called off because of overnight rain, which made the fields unplayable.

Hilton picked up wins in the fourth matches that were finished, but none of those games included A teams.

RESULTS

2nd XI
Hilton College 254/9
Clifton College 146/10

Hilton won by 108 runs

3rd XI
Clifton College 37/10
Hilton College 41/1

Hilton won by 9 wickets

u15B
Hilton College won by 66 runs

u14C
Clifton College 80/10
Hilton College 84/3

Hilton College won by 7 wickets

BASKETBALL

On the basketball court, the Hilton College 1^st team ran out comfortable winners over the Clifton 1^st side.

Hilton dominated the open age group. However, the Clifton u16A team claimed a notable scalp by scoring a six-point win over their Midland’s opposition. That was a lone but impressive basketball victory for the Durban school on the day.

RESULTS

1st: Hilton 64-33 Clifton
2nd: Hilton 81-22 Clifton
3rd: Hilton 31-9 Clifton
4th: Hilton 48-8 Clifton

16A: Hilton 27-33 Clifton
16B: Hilton 13-38 Clifton
16C: Hilton 72-0 Clifton
16D: Hilton 24-11 Clifton u15E

15A: Hilton 51-12 Clifton
15B: Hilton 67-0 Clifton
15C: Hilton 38-2 Clifton
15D: Hilton 36-0 Clifton