Maritzburg College Sports report for the weekend saw the return to summer sport with basketball, cricket and water polo fixtures against Northwood. College’s 1st XI cricket team competed in a T20 tournament in Harare.
Cricket
1st XI tour to Harare
The Maritzburg College 1st XI travelled to Zimbabwe for a T20 tournament. In the opening pool matches they were up against Prince Edward, Christian Brothers College (CBC) and St John’s College.
Maritzburg College won their first match against Prince Edward by 75 runs. Batting first, they scored 185/3 with da Costa top scoring at 75, and Chad Mason making 68 not out. College bowled Prince Edward out for 110, with Mason taking 5/21 and Pembridge 3/20. The match was also marked by two of the players receiving caps for their first match at 1st team level; Joseph Currie and Reece Willson.
College also won their pool match against CBC by nine wickets. They contained their opponents to 116/9, Mason taking 4 for 36 and da Costa 2 for 15. College’s batsmen quickly raced to 117/1 with Daniel Nadasan not out on 32 and Mason not out on 30. The 3rd pool match was against hosts St John’s College and saw College lose by 26 runs.
College was up against Falcon College in the quarter finals eliminator playoff and secured an excellent win, scoring 200/4 with Gibson producing a superb 97. Falcon reached 172/5 in their 20 overs giving College the win by 28 runs. Up against Kearsney in the semi-final College unfortunately lost and finished 4th overall. Congratulations to Mason, who was awarded Most Valuable Player of the tournament, with excellent batting and bowling performances.
Cricket vs Northwood
It was a disappointing start to summer sport for the other cricket teams, who took on Northwood
over the weekend, securing only two wins and one draw, and losing their other matches.
Summary of scores
| Team | Result |
| 2nd | College 113 all out; Bharath 41 NWD 114/4; Goslett 3-23 College lost by 6 wickets |
| 3rd | NWD 231-9; Wiggill 3-39 College 116 all out; Schirge 31 College lost by 115 runs |
| 4th | College 156/5; Jursa 89 NWD 160/2, College lost by 8 wickets |
| 5th | College 124/9; Leonard 28, Maharaj 39, NWD 128/4, College lost by 6 wickets |
| 15A | NWD 192 all out; van Rooyen 4-44, Venter 3-34 College 192-9; Killick 50, Puddu 45 Match was drawn |
| 15B | College 224 all out NWD 158 all out College won by 67 runs |
| 15C | NWD 162/4, College 140/3, College lost by 23 runs |
| 15D | College 114/7, NWD 80 all out; Powell 3-4 College won by 34 runs |
| 14A | NWD 197 all out; Bishop 4-25 College 125 all out, College lost by 72 runs |
| 14B | NWD 203/8; Fitz 2/29, Wichmann 3/23 College 88 all out ; Linde 19, Fitz 16 College lost by 115 Runs |
| 14C | NW 125 all out; Riley 3/15 College 105 all out; Fourie 20 College lost by 20 runs |
| 14D | NA |
| 14E | College 140/9, NWD 77-4 after 14.3 overs Game stopped due to rain |
| 14F | College 83 all out ; Mostert 29, NWD 87-4. College lost by 7 wickets |
Basketball
College had the upper hand in the basketball against Northwood, winning 12 of their games, although the 1st team match had to be abandoned due to the weather. Well done to our U14 teams who produced an exceptional set of results winning all their games.
Summary of results
| Team | Opposition | Result |
| 1st | Northwood | NR |
| 2nd | Northwood | W 39-27 |
| 3rd | Northwood | W 45-32 |
| 4th | Northwood | L 32-36 |
| 16A | Northwood | L 15-23 |
| 16B | Northwood | L 20-32 |
| 16C | Northwood | L 26-37 |
| 16D | Northwood | W 36-24 |
| 16E | Northwood | W 41-30 |
| 15A | Northwood | W 49-21 |
| 15B | Northwood | L 26-32 |
| 15C | Northwood | W 27-25 |
| 15D | Northwood | L 22-24 |
| 15E | Northwood | L 17-19 |
| 15F | Northwood | L 24-46 |
| 14A | Northwood | W 36-10 |
| 14B | Northwood | W 27-13 |
| 14C | Northwood | W 43-14 |
| 14D | Northwood | W 18-12 |
| 14E | Northwood | W 35-14 |
| 14F | Northwood | W 16-10 |
Water polo
Northwood proved the stronger in the pool with College only winning one water polo game and drawing one. A big shout out to the U14B team who had an excellent game winning 8-4.
1st team report (Mr Darren Sherriff, Director Aquatics)
On the weekend College travelled to Northwood for the first fixture on the summer season. It was a tough encounter with the 1st team missing three regular players. The game started off well and scores were tight in the 1st chukka. Unfortunately for College, the remainder of the game was a dominant display from the Northwood team, and they won convincingly 6-16.
Ian Melliar Cup
College’s U15A team travelled down to Wynberg to take part in the Ian Melliar Cup. Up against strong competition, the event was a good learning experience for the boys, who won one match, but unfortunately lost the other seven.
Summary of scores:
Vs St John’s 3-13 Vs Paul Roos 3 – 10
Vs Jeppe 5-6
Vs SACs 0-11
Vs Grey High 2 – 11
Vs Paarl Boys 4 – 11
Vs Wynberg squad 10 – 3
Vs Jeppe 3 – 8
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