{"id":90078,"date":"2026-02-08T10:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90078"},"modified":"2026-02-08T10:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:41:02","slug":"jeppe-overpowers-waterkloof-kes-handles-pretoria-boys-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90078","title":{"rendered":"Jeppe overpowers Waterkloof, KES handles Pretoria Boys High"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Keegan Cockburn’s destructive second spell put the skids under Waterkloof and played a big part in powering Jeppe to a convincing win over the Pretoria school. Photo: Supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Keegan Cockburn<\/strong> ripped through the Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof<\/strong> middle order to set up Jeppe<\/strong> High School for Boys<\/strong> for an emphatic eight-wicket win over the visitors in their 50-over contest on the AH Childe Oval<\/strong>, in Kensington, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

It was a dominant outing from Jeppe, resulting in the entire contest lasting less than 50 overs.<\/p>\n

The toss, at least, went Waterkloof’s way and their captain, Franco Schmidt<\/strong>, elected to bat first. His batsmen failed to fire, though, and Klofies<\/strong><\/em> hobbled to 112 all out in 26.5 overs.<\/p>\n

The hosts were in no mood for a conservative run chase in the searing Johannesburg heat. They went hard at the Waterkloof bowlers and took only 13 overs to rocket to 115\/2 and victory.<\/p>\n

Cockburn, who shared the new ball with Ahmed Goolam<\/strong>, went wicketless in his first spell, conceding 20 runs from four overs.<\/p>\n

In his second spell, he targeted the top of off-stump and was rewarded with 4\/12 in only 2.5 overs to finish with an impactful 4\/32 from 6.2 overs. Add to that, Cockburn’s run out of Johan Liebenberg<\/strong>. The seamer’s victims included the prized wicket of Franco Schmidt, who looked solid before falling for a patient 27 from 41 balls.<\/p>\n

Only Wian du Plessis<\/strong> bettered his skipper’s total, making 30 from 40 balls. Rico van der Walt<\/strong>, meanwhile, chipped in with 21 from 32 deliveries.<\/p>\n

Reza Ayob<\/strong> supported Cockburn well, with 2\/13, while Ahmed Goolam and Ethan Ferguson<\/strong> grabbed a wicket each.<\/p>\n

Ethan van Dyk<\/strong> led Jeppe’s run pursuit with a brisk 31 from 28 deliveries and shared a 61-run opening partnership with Zizi Mkhize<\/strong>, who made 22.<\/p>\n

Lincoln Casais<\/strong> (14*) and Aiden Reyneke<\/strong> (20*), who replaced the openers, saw Jeppe home with an unbroken 37-run partnership.<\/p>\n

King Edward VII vs Pretoria Boys High<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the Hofmeyr Oval<\/strong>, at Pretoria Boys High (PBHS)<\/strong>, Tiago Dias<\/strong> struck a confident, unbeaten half-century to power King Edward VII (KES)<\/strong> to a nine-wicket win in a limited-overs contest.<\/p>\n

After Matthew Bromley<\/strong>, the KES captain, won the toss and elected to bat first, his bowlers did a splendid job and restricted the hosts to 200\/8. The KES top order then made light work of the run chase, cantering to 201\/1 in 28 overs.<\/p>\n

Timothy Gordon top-scored for Boys High, with a measured 46 from 70 balls, and he and Ethan Nel<\/strong>, who made 27, put together the home side’s highest partnership of 59 for the second wicket.<\/p>\n

Louis Kruyshaar<\/strong> (28), Tshepang Baloyi<\/strong> (26), and Victor Louw<\/strong> (20) helped to advance the PBHS total beyond 200. They barely made it there, though, as KES kept matters tight with the ball.<\/p>\n

Tyler Cloete<\/strong> admirably led the KES bowling attack, knocking over 3\/41 in seven overs, while Luke Clarke returned a tidy 2\/27 in nine. Connor Kuijers<\/strong>, Abdullah Mohammed<\/strong>, and Troy Gordon<\/strong> took a wicket each.<\/p>\n

Needing to bat at just over four runs per over to win, KES played positively.\u00a0Dias struck 12 fours and two sixes in his 75-ball 89 not out and gave the visitors a superb 108-run first-wicket start with Urav Mukhija<\/strong>, who weighed in with 49. Their stand spanned only 14.1 overs and inflicted significant damage on the PBHS bowling attack.<\/p>\n

After Mukhija exited, Dias joined forces with Troy Gordon<\/strong> for an unbroken 93-run second-wicket stand. When victory was achieved, Gordon was 35 not out.<\/p>\n

The victories by Jeppe and KES meant Johannesburg schools won three out of three high-profile traditional matches against Pretoria opposition on Saturday, with St John’s College defeating St Alban’s College by 51 runs<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Waterkloof 112\/10<\/strong> (Wian du Plessis 30, Franco Schmidt 27; Keegan Cockburn 4\/32, Reza Ayob 2\/13). Jeppe 115\/2<\/strong> (Ethan van Dyk 35, Zizi Mkhize 22; Rian Klopper 2\/34, Frank van der Westerhuizen 0\/31). Jeppe won by eight wickets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pretoria Boys 200\/8<\/strong> (Timothy Gordon 46, Louis Kruyshaar 28; Tyler Cloete 3\/41, Luke Clark 2\/37). King Edward VII 201\/1<\/strong> (Tiago Dias 89*, Urav Mukhija 49; Steyn Botha 1\/46, Ruan Coetzee 0\/25). King Edward VII won by nine wickets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keegan Cockburn ripped through the Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof middle order to set up Jeppe High School for Boys for an emphatic eight-wicket win over the visitors in their 50-over contest on the AH Childe Oval, in Kensington, on Saturday. It was a dominant outing from Jeppe, resulting in the entire contest lasting less than 50 overs. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":90135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90078","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\/90078","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}