25 February 2024
CRICKET
After a slow start to 2024, the St Charles College 1st XI appears to have rounded into form. On Saturday, facing Maritzburg College on Goldstone’s, Saints recorded an emphatic 54-run victory.
A decision to bat first by Saints’ skipper Marcell Wellmann was turned into an excellent choice as the visitors’ top three all fired.
Cian Fortmann and Kwanele Nqayi gave their team a solid start, sharing an opening stand of 81 before Fortmann was caught by College captain, Chad Mason, off the bowling of Ryan McKean for 48 from 41 deliveries, which included six fours. Only three runs later, Nqayi followed, but he, too, had done a fine job, weighing in with 30.
Wellmann, batting at three, showed some aggression, striking three sixes and three fours, as he tallied 55 from 76 balls. He also played the anchor role for Saints, sticking around until late in their innings, when he became the eighth wicket to go down, with the score on 176.
In the end, St Charles totalled 195 all out in 46.2 overs.
Mason was the pick of the home team’s attack, with his tidy off-spinners delivering him figures of 3/29 from 10 overs. McKean was effective, too, snagging 2/15 in five, while Oliver Da Costa tied down the Saints’ batsmen, conceding only 20 runs in his nine overs, five of which were maidens, and removing Rico Honiball.
Opener Daniel Nadasan batted well for the home side, but behind him, three top order batsmen – Llewelyn Sutherland, Chad Mason and Michael Gibson – were kept to single figures.
Nadasan and Oliver Da Costa advanced the College total to 97, but Nadasan was then run out by Fortmann and Nqayi after a patient innings, which was worth 39 runs. Da Costa joined Nadasan on the side of the field three runs later as College slipped to 100/5.
They needed another batsman to settle in, but that never happened. St Charles kept taking wickets and soon College found themselves on the brink of defeat, on 122/9.
A defiant last wicket partnership produced 19 runs, but the Red, Black and White were all out for 141.
Saints’ captain Marcel Wellmann led from the front, snaring 3/35 with his left-arm spin, while Tristan Montile did his damage up front, removing Sutherland and Mason, which had left College on 30/2 and minus two of their best batsmen.
The visitors were also boosted by a strong effort in the field, which resulted in two run outs.
SCORES
St Charles College 195/10 (Marcell Wellman 55, Cian Fortmann 48, Kwanele Nqayi 30; Chad Mason 3/29, Ryan McKean 2/15); Maritzburg College 141/10 (Daniel Nadasan 39, Oliver Da Costa 28; Marcell Wellman 3/35, Tristan Montile 2/17) St Charles College won by 54 runs.
In the remaining contests, St Charles also recorded wins in the 2nd XI and u15A matches, but College took the u16A and u14A wins.
2nd XI
Maritzburg College 155/10
St Charles 158/6
Saints won by 4 wickets
3rd XI
Maritzburg College 89/10
Howick High 24/2
Match abandoned
4th XI
St Charles 3rd 122/10
Maritzburg College 124/4
Maritzburg College won by 6 wickets
5th XI
St Charles 119/10
Maritzburg College 120/7
Maritzburg College won by 3 wickets
u16A
St Charles 101/10
Maritzburg College 104/3
Maritzburg College won by 7 wickets
u16B
St Charles 80/10
Maritzburg College 81/7
Maritzburg College won by 3 wicktes
u16C
Maritzburg College 137/8
St Charles 138/7
St Charles won by 3 wickets
u15A
St Charles 152/8
Maritzburg College 137/10
St Charles won by 15 runs
u15B
Maritzburg College 192/7
St Charles 185/10
Maritzburg College won by 7 runs
u15C
Northdale Hub 74/10
Maritzburg College 75/6
Maritzburg College won by 4 wickets
u15D
Maritzburg College 135/7
St Charles 123/10
Maritzburg College won by 12 runs
u15E
Howick Junior 173/4
Maritzburg College 92/10
Howick won by 81 runs
u14A
Maritzburg College 169/10
St Charles 121/10
Maritzburg College won by 48 runs
u14B
Maritzburg College 200/7
St Charles 125/10
Maritzburg College won by 75 runs
u14C
St Charles 126/10
Maritzburg College 127/4
Maritzburg College won by 6 wickets
u14E
St Charles u14D 64/8
Maritzburg College 64/2
Maritzburg College won by 8 wickets
u14G
Maritzburg College 129/9
Cordwalles 30/10
Maritzburg College won by 99 runs
BASKETBALL
While the St Charles and Maritzburg College 1st and u15A teams were gunning for glory in Johannesburg, at the St John’s College Basketball Tournament, Saints and College engaged in 19 games in Pietermaritzburg. College enjoyed a very good go of it, winning all but two of the contests, which included wins at u16A and u14A level.
Results
7th: Maritzburg College 16-36 St Charles
WATER POLO
College was expected to dominate the open age group water polo games, and they didn’t disappoint, cruising to comfortable wins.
St Charles managed a win when their junior A team got the better of the Maritzburg College u15B side.
Results
1st: Maritzburg College 27-1 St Charles
3rd: Maritzburg College 17-3 St Charles 2nd
15B: Maritzburg College 5-11 St Charles junior A
14A: Maritzburg College 15-4 St Charles junior B
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