{"id":90125,"date":"2026-02-08T17:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90125"},"modified":"2026-02-08T17:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:36:20","slug":"tidbury-steers-graeme-college-to-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90125","title":{"rendered":"Tidbury steers Graeme College to victory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Corbin Tidbury starred with both bat and ball to help Graeme College secure a win over Selborne. Photo: Supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Corbin Tidbury<\/strong> produced a classy all-round performance to help Graeme College<\/strong> secure a 32-run win over Selborne College<\/strong> in a declaration match at Selborne on Saturday.<\/p>\n

It was the second clash between the sides in two days. They also met on Friday evening in a thrilling T20 match.<\/p>\n

Graeme batted first and totalled 155\/5 in their 20 overs. Selborne replied with 155\/7, which sent the contest into a Super Over, from where Graeme College secured a win.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the hosts won the toss and elected to bowl first. Graeme College responded with 209 all out in 64.2 overs. The visitors then produced a strong bowling performance to dismiss Selborne for 177 in 45 overs.<\/p>\n

Tidbury, batting at four, made an early appearance at the crease after Graeme lost two early wickets, which left them on 7\/2 after 5.3 overs. He and Sibabalwe Deliwe<\/strong> (18) stitched together a useful 66-run third-wicket partnership to provide the Makhanda school with a platform from which to build.<\/p>\n

Tidbury’s contribution was 41 runs from 50 balls, which was bettered only by Kits McConnachie<\/strong>, who weighed in with 49 from 80 deliveries. He carried on from where Tidbury left off and shared in three partnerships worth 99 runs.<\/p>\n

McConnachie built a 31-run fifth-wicket stand with Luphelo Mdyesha<\/strong> (13), added another 22 runs with Jordan Damons<\/strong> (11) for the sixth wicket, and then tacked on a further 44 runs with Andrew Muir<\/strong> (24) for the seventh wicket.<\/p>\n

After having played a pivotal innings, Tidbury excelled with the ball. He claimed 3\/35 in 13 overs to help his side to a battling win. Jordan Damons, though, was the visitors’ best bowler, knocking over 4\/27 in seven overs, while Andrew Muir, Luphelo Mdyesha, and Lisekho Zinyane<\/strong> took a wicket each.<\/p>\n

Josh Wilkie<\/strong> was Selborne’s top scorer with 48 runs from 45 balls. It was the latest impactful innings from the opener, who enjoyed an outstanding week. He had struck a match-winning 57 not out in a T20 win over Hudson Park mid-week, then followed that with a fiery 51 off 36 balls in Friday’s T20 against Graeme.<\/p>\n

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

Declaration match: Graeme College 209\/10<\/strong> (Kits McConnachie 49, Corbin Tidbury 41; Titus Sweetnam 3\/18, Matthew Hendry 2\/40). Selborne 174\/10<\/strong> (Josh Wilkie 48, Afika Xuba 26; Jordan Damons 4\/27, Corbin Tidbury 3\/35). Graeme won by 32 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

T20 match: Graeme College 155\/5<\/strong> (Luphelo Mdyesha 51, Corbin Tidbury 41; Mathew Hendry 2\/22, Rosh Els 2\/27). Selborne 155\/7<\/strong> (Josh Wilkie 51, Mathew Hendry 28; Andrew Muir 2\/27, Jordan Damons 1\/17). Graeme College\u00a0won in the Super Over.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Corbin Tidbury produced a classy all-round performance to help Graeme College secure a 32-run win over Selborne College in a declaration match at Selborne on Saturday. It was the second clash between the sides in two days. They also met on Friday evening in a thrilling T20 match. Graeme batted first and totalled 155\/5 in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":90129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90125","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\/90125","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=90125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}