{"id":84070,"date":"2025-10-01T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T08:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=84070"},"modified":"2025-10-01T10:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T08:14:00","slug":"top-teams-set-for-cape-schools-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=84070","title":{"rendered":"Top teams set for Cape Schools Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: St Andrew’s School on Instagram.<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2025 Cape Schools Festival<\/strong> begins on Saturday, 4 October and ends on Tuesday, 7 October, with 12 schools from the Western Cape, Eastern Cape<\/strong>, and Free State<\/strong> set to play four games each.<\/p>\n

The first two days will be played under a one-day, two-innings format, in which 120 overs are played over the whole day. Days three and four will be standard 50-over fixtures.<\/p>\n

With the Oppenheimer Michaelmas Week<\/strong> taking place over the same four-day period at Maritzburg College<\/strong>, many of the top sides are also using the festivals to prepare for the Wildeklawer T20<\/strong><\/a>, which takes place in Pretoria from 16 to 19 October, and brings together many of the top teams from throughout South Africa.<\/p>\n

The Cape Schools Festival matches will be hosted in the southern suburbs by the national Schools SA20 champions, Bishops Diocesan College<\/a>, Rondebosch Boys’ High, Wynberg Boys’ High<\/strong>, and SACS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Those are four very tough teams, and playing at home will only make them a tougher challenger for visiting sides.<\/p>\n

There are seven representatives from the Eastern Cape, made up of Grey High, Union High, Queen’s College, St Andrew’s College, Selborne College, Dale College<\/strong> and Graeme College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Back in January, Grey High made it through to the final of the Eastern Province-Border<\/strong> regional Schools SA20<\/strong>\u00a0but lost out to Pearson High <\/strong><\/a>for the title. With a rich cricket history, they are always a team on which to keep an eye.<\/p>\n

Watch out, too, for St Andrew’s College, they’ve been on song and comfortably beat their Makhanda rivals, Kingswood College<\/strong><\/a> last weekend.<\/p>\n

The Free State, Northern Cape, and North West SA20 champions, St. Andrew’s School<\/strong><\/a>, who have been in good early season form, is the lone Free State side competing at the festival.<\/p>\n

FIXTURES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, 4 October (One-day, two-innings – 120 overs of play)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bishops vs Grey High – Frank Reid Oval, SACS
\nRondebosch vs Queen’s College – Cricket A Oval, Rondebosch
\nWynberg vs St. Andrew’s College – Jacques Kallis Oval, Wynberg
\nUnion High vs Selborne College – Silverhurst A, Wynberg
\nSACS vs St. Andrew’s School – De Villiers Oval, SACS
\nGraeme College vs Dale College – Meadow A Oval, Rondebosch<\/p>\n

Day 2 – Sunday, 5 October (One-day, two- innings – 120 overs of play)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bishops vs Dale College – Frank Reid Oval, Bishops
\nRondebosch vs St. Andrew’s College – Cricket A Oval, Rondebosch
\nWynberg vs Graeme College – Jacques Kallis Oval, Wynberg
\nGrey High vs Queen’s College – Silverhurst A Oval, Wynberg
\nSACS vs Union High – De Villiers Oval, SACS
\nSt. Andrew’s School vs Selborne College – Meadow A Oval, Rondebosch<\/p>\n

Day 3 – Monday, 6 October (50 overs)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bishops vs St. Andrew’s College – Frank Reid Oval, Bishops
\nRondebosch vs Grey High – Cricket A Oval, Rondebosch
\nWynberg vs Union High – Jacques Kallis Oval, Wynberg
\nSt. Andrew’s School vs Dale College – Silverhurst A, Wynberg
\nSACS vs Selborne College – De Villiers Oval, SACS
\nGraeme College vs Queen’s College –\u00a0Meadow A Oval, Rondebosch<\/p>\n

Day 4 – Tuesday, 7 October (50 overs)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bishops vs Graeme College – Frank Reid Oval, Bishops
\nRondebosch vs Selborne College – Cricket A Oval, Rondebosch
\nWynberg vs St. Andrew’s School – Jacques Kallis Oval, Wynberg
\nUnion High vs St. Andrew’s College – Silverhurst A, Wynberg
\nSACS vs Grey High – De Villiers Oval, SACS
\nDale College vs Queen’s College – Meadow A Oval, Rondebosch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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