{"id":57669,"date":"2024-09-24T09:28:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T07:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=57669"},"modified":"2024-09-24T09:28:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T07:28:59","slug":"battle-of-the-swarts-lights-up-hilton-vs-paul-roos-st-albans-stuns-michaelhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=57669","title":{"rendered":"Battle of the Swarts lights up Hilton vs Paul Roos, St Alban’s stuns Michaelhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hilton College’s Charles Swart celebrates a superb century against Paul Roos Gimnasium on the Hart-Davis Oval, 23 September 2024. Photo: Justin Waldman Sports Photography<\/a><\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hilton College<\/strong>‘s Hart-Davis Oval saw superb batting performances from the Swarts – Charles, of Hilton, and Cornel, of Paul Roos Gimnasium (PRG) <\/strong>– on Monday. When it was over, PRG<\/strong> had scored a win over the home side on the second last day of the 64th Oppenheimer Michaelmas Cricket Week<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Relive all the action on SuperSport Schools<\/strong> – (www.supersportschools.com)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Although he fell nine runs short of what would have been a well-deserved century, Cornel Swart<\/strong>, of Paul Roos, would have possibly derived a little more pleasure than Hilton’s Charles Swart<\/strong>, because his side won. Taking nothing away from the class and the importance of the Hiltons top-order batsman’s fine knock of 101, but the innings from the Stellenbosch middle-order batsman played a massive role in his team’s victory.<\/p>\n

He spent 124 balls at the crease and struck eight fours and one six. Liam Basson<\/strong>, who contributed 42, and Matthew Seymore,<\/strong> who chipped in with 41, both played pivotal roles as PRG posted a respectable 253 all out.<\/p>\n

Hilton’s experienced spearheads with the new ball, captain Ethan van Heerden<\/strong> and Natenzi Denenga<\/strong>, both enjoyed good outings. They were at their most dangerous when they returned for second spells. Van Heerden led the way with his return of 4\/51, while Denega delivered a healthy return of 3\/32.<\/p>\n

Charles Swart’s innings lasted 117 deliveries, 14 of which he despatched to the boundary. He contributed almost half of his side’s runs to give the hosts a glimmer of hope. The prospect of a win began to shine more brightly when Van Heerden joined him in the middle and backed up his strong bowling performance with a vital 35.<\/p>\n

However, Dion Slabber<\/strong> and Keauno Williams <\/strong>had other plans and they ripped the heart from the Hilton batting lineup. Both claimed three wickets and those returns, combined with a two-wicket haul from Dian Winkel<\/strong>, stopped the home side 35 runs short of their required target.<\/p>\n

In Balgowan, a man-of-the-match performance by Boago Motlhabedi<\/strong> saw St Alban’s College<\/strong> upset Michaelhouse<\/strong> by two wickets on the Roy Gathorne Oval.<\/p>\n

Motlhabedi played a key role with both the bat and ball, claiming 2\/41 before contributing a match-winning innings of 59 runs to help the side from Pretoria successfully chase down 163.<\/p>\n

Liam Basch <\/strong>also delivered a strong all-round performance, knocking over 3\/23, which he followed with an important 30. Tim Hewett<\/strong> will also get a special mention in the team meeting for his contribution of 2\/29 with the ball.<\/p>\n

Michaelhouse captain Cameron Strudwick<\/strong> was the standout for the home side with the willow in hand, keeping the ship afloat towards the end of his side’s innings, with 38 runs.<\/p>\n

The seamers, Ross Moller<\/strong> and Harry Vickery<\/strong>\u00a0did well for Michaelhouse, bagging two scalps each to keep their side in the hunt and very nearly seeing them to victory. The day, though, belonged to St Alban’s.<\/p>\n

Summarised scorecards<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Roos Gimansium 253<\/strong> (Cornel Swart 91, Liam Basson 42, Matthew Seymore 41, Extras 39; Ethan van Heerden 4\/51, Natenzi Denenga 3\/32, Kyle Christie 2\/31); Hilton College 218<\/strong> (Charles Swart 101, Ethan van Heerden 35; Dion Slabber 3\/45, Keauno Williams 3\/50, Dian Winkel 2\/24). Paul Roos Gimnasium won by 35 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Michaelhouse 162<\/strong> (Cameron Strudwick 38, Extras 32, Sebastian Hofmeyer 23, Ethan Muir 21; Liam Basch 3\/23, Tim Hewitt 2\/29, Boago Motlhabedi 2\/41); St Alban’s College 163\/8<\/strong> (Boago Motlhabedi 59, Liam Basch 30, Extras 21; Ross Moller 2\/29, Harry Vickery 2\/31). St Alban’s won by two wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hilton College‘s Hart-Davis Oval saw superb batting performances from the Swarts – Charles, of Hilton, and Cornel, of Paul Roos Gimnasium (PRG) – on Monday. When it was over, PRG had scored a win over the home side on the second last day of the 64th Oppenheimer Michaelmas Cricket Week. Relive all the action on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":57769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}