15 January 2024
The Peninsula Cricket Festival brought together some of South Africa’s leading cricket-playing schools between 9 and 13 January, with Bishops playing host to the event. KZN was represented by Hilton College and St Charles College.
There’s no way to sugarcoat it. Both Hilton and Saints disappointed, with neither 1st XI managing a win in five matches. Their under-15 sides fared much better, however.
What is surprising is that both schools’ 1st XIs are filled with familiar names. They are not inexperienced. But both were well off the pace. Both suffered massive losses on the opening day, and they failed to recover from there.
Bishops’ Adnaan Lagadien smashed 218* against Hilton as the home team put up 325/7 and Peyton Leigh then knocked over 7/44 as Hilton fell for only 138, leaving Bishops the winners by 187 runs. Ben Hockly, with 78, scored almost 57 percent of the Hilton runs.
St Charles, meanwhile, were sent packing for 126 by Pretoria Boys High, with the reliable Cian Fortmann contributing 47. PBHS, then, powered their way to a 10-wicket victory.
Hilton produced their best performance on the second day, with Hockly scoring 69 as they tallied 220/9 against Affies. It wasn’t enough, however, as Affies, led by 100 from Vian Pretorius, recorded a three-wicket win.
The best showing from Saints came the following day, when Marcell Wellman made 120 and Rico Honiball 52 to help them to a solid-looking 277/6 against St David’s Marist Inanda. Unfortunately for the Pietermaritzburg side, they didn’t enjoy nearly as much success with the ball and the Johannesburg school claimed a five-wicket win.
Both Bishops and Rondebosch Boys’ High recorded perfect records, and both were dominant in their five victories. They appear to be among the elite of 2024’s teams.
Under-15s
Strangely enough, one of the big positives for Hilton came in a loss for their under-15 team against Rondebosch. With Schalk Fourie striking a huge 189*, ‘Bosch put up a daunting 382/9. Despite this, Ryan Kellis excelled with a return of 5/45.
Where Hilton impressed was in their fight. They showed plenty of character when they batted, taking the game to Rondebosch. Ben Wilson made an unbeaten 122, Sean Burman weighed in with 86, and Obakeng Motsepa made 50 not out as Hilton mustered 302/5. That left them well beaten, but theirs was an honourable defeat.
Wilson scored another century for Hilton in their first game, which saw them crush Bishops by 84 runs. Hilton also convincingly beat Affies and saw off Wynberg, but they were beaten by Waterkloof.
The Saints u15s enjoyed a very good festival. After going down to a hard-fought 28-run defeat to Pretoria Boys High in their opener, they didn’t lose again. They drew with SACS, won by 5 wickets against St David’s, handed Wynberg a 16-run loss, and won by 14 runs against Rondebosch.
SCORES
1st XI
Bishops 325/7 (Adnaan Lagadien 218*, Calum Daniels 31, James Robb-Quinlan 25; Kyle Christie 2/35, Ethan van Heerden 2/64); Hilton College 138 (Ben Hockley 78; Peyton Leigh 7/44, Michael Kotze 2/55). Bishops won by 187 runs.
St Charles College 126 (Cian Fortmann 47; Adam Cannata 4/25, Aaeron Edwards 2/31); Pretoria Boys High 129/0 (Marc van der Merwe 71*, Luke Marshall 50*). Pretoria Boys’ High won by ten wickets.
Hilton College 220/9 (Ben Hockly 69, Robert Burman 35, Murray Loughor-Clarke 34, Charles Swart 26; Petrus Rautenbach 2/56); Affies 221/7 (Vihan Pretorius 100, Divan de Villiers 30, Extras 25, Xavier de Wet 24*, JP Botha 24; Ethan van Heerden 4/43, Didier Rey 2/37). Affies won by three wickets.
SACS 285/6 (Reza Salie 109, Rowen Taplin 71, Luke Whitehead 39, Keiron Bowers 24; Marcell Wellman 3/57, Daksesh Rajah 2/41); St Charles College 137 (Stefan Veldsman 43, Daksesh Rajah 29, Dresden Coetzee 21*; Josh van Staden 5/52, Nicholas Oscroft 2/8). SACS won by 149 runs.
Hilton College 133 (Robert Burman 55, Charles Swart 27; Ebrahim Fakir 3/20, Ethan Leibrandt 2/14, Luke Kleinsmith 2/25, Muhammad Ameen Schroeder 2/30); Wynberg Boys’ High 138/2 (Beni Hansen 55*, Paul James 24*, Shadley Allie 23; Murray Loughor-Clarke 1/11). Wynberg Boys’ High won by eight wickets.
St Charles College 277/6 (Marcell Wellmann 120, Rico Honiball 52, Extras 39, Cian Fortmann 38*; Oliver Botha 3/61); St David’s Marist Inanda 281/5 (Morteza Manack 87, Matthew West 54, Extras 43, Jason Rowles 41, Armaan Manack 28, Samrat Basu 21; Tinotenda Nzua 2/13, Kaiyuran Naidoo 2/47); St David’s Marist Inanda won by five wickets.
Rondebosch Boys’ High 281/8 (Noah Heath 70, Daniel Cooke 55, Joshua Neill 52, Nathan Ball 36, Extras 30, Declan Gillespie 21; David Hill 4/28, Kyle Christie 2/79); Hilton College 129 (Ben Hockly 30, Ethan van Heerden 29; James Kirstin 3/7, Daniel Bosman 2/8, Declan Gillespie 2/18). Rondebosch Boys’ High won by 152 runs.
St Charles College 112/10 (Extras 35, Tristan Montile 28; Ebrahim Fakir 3/20, Divan Linde 3/21, Michail Tarentaal 2/9, Shadley Allie 2/27); Wynberg Boys’ High 116/2 (Xavier Gars 73*, Storme van Rooyen 22; Cian Fortmann 1/6). Wynberg won by eight wickets.
Hilton College 122/6 (James Ogilby 29*; Luan Ferreira 2/15, Wian Ruthven 2/22); Waterkloof 124/2 (Marcus Bakker 61, Divan Behrens 40*; Luke Campbell 1/12). Waterkloof won by eight wickets.
Rondebosch Boys’ High 149/6 (Declan Gillespie 38, Noah Heath 26, Raeeq Daniels 20; Timothy Schoeman 2/17, Marcell Wellmann 2/39); St Charles College 110/7 (Cian Fortman 47; Daniel Powell 3/13). Rondebosch Boys’ High won by 39 runs.
Under-15
Hilton 184/4 (Ben Wilson 100*); Bishops 84/10. Hilton won by 100 runs.
PBHS U15A 143 all out; St Charles U15A 115 all out. PBHS won by 28 runs.
Hilton College u15 203 (Ben Wilson 53, Ryan Jellis 51; Schalk Coetzee 5/21); Affies u15 100. Hilton College won by 103 runs.
SACS u15 190/5 (Jordi Berry 91); St Charles u15 153/7. Match Drawn.
Hilton College u15 232; Wynberg Boys’ High u15 200 (Harbin Smith 87). Hilton College won by 32 runs.
St David’s u15 89; St Charles u15 90/5. St Charles won by five wickets.
Rondebosch u15 382/9 (Schalk Fourie 189*, Josh Kirby 73, Johnny Neill; Ryan Jellis 5/45); Hilton College u15 302/5 (Ben Wilson 122*, Sean Burman 86, Obakeng Motsepa 50*; Jack Bradshaw 3/61). Rondebosch Boys’ High won by 80 runs.
St Charles u15 225/7 (Prinsloo 65); Wynberg u15 209 (Bowles 69). St Charles won by 16 runs.
Hilton College u15 129; Waterkloof u15 131/2 (Benyael Morkel 72). Waterkloof won by eight wickets.
St Charles u15 151/4 (Caleb Sharp 77; Eli Augrichtig 3/24); Rondebosch Boys High 137. St Charles won by 14 runs.
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