{"id":91259,"date":"2026-02-25T21:07:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=91259"},"modified":"2026-02-25T21:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:07:54","slug":"gordon-and-clark-power-king-edward-vii-to-johnny-waite-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=91259","title":{"rendered":"Gordon and Clark power King Edward VII to Johnny Waite title"},"content":{"rendered":"
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King Edward put on a dominant show to claim the Johnny Waite Trophy at the University of Johannesburg. Photo: Supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Troy Gordon<\/strong> and Luke Clark<\/strong> recorded half-centuries, then Ryan Erasmus<\/strong> and Steele Grooteman<\/strong> pilfered three powerplay wickets to set King Edward VII (KES)<\/strong> up for a 33-run win over St Stithians College<\/strong> in the final of the\u00a0 Johnny Waite Trophy,<\/strong> on the Main Oval, <\/strong>at the University of Johannesburg<\/strong> on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Last year, the Red Caps<\/em><\/strong> went down to<\/strong> Helpmekaar Kollege<\/strong><\/a> in the final. With their win on Wednesday, they won the T20 competition for a second time in the last five years.<\/p>\n

“The Johnny Waite is a special tournament. We’re really excited for today, obviously, playing St Stithians in the final, and it was good to see us get over the line,” Matthew Bromley<\/strong>, the victorious captain, said after the contest.<\/p>\n

KES, who were put in to bat first after losing the toss, totalled 160\/6 in their 20 overs. Their bowlers then banded together to restrict St Stithians to 127\/8 in reply.<\/p>\n

The Red Caps’ innings started poorly when they lost two of their most dependable batsmen, Urav Mukhija<\/strong> and Matthew Bromley, in the first two overs. Their early dismissals, though, brought Gordon and Clark together, and they set KES on course for a challenging total with an inspired 127-run third-wicket partnership that spanned only 14 overs.<\/p>\n

Clark, who scored a brisk 54 from just 39 balls, striking two fours and three sixes, was the first to be dismissed, losing his wicket to Zaakir Hanslo<\/strong> at the close of the 16th over. When he exited, KES was on 138\/3. Gordon hung around for 14 more balls, pushing KES to 155\/4 before he fell to Tendai Kadyamadare<\/strong>‘s bowling for the innings’ top score of 72 runs from 57 deliveries.<\/p>\n

When St Stithians began their reply,\u00a0Ryan Erasmus<\/strong> and Steele Grooteman<\/strong> struck early, dismissing Ombesa Matsha<\/strong>, Thomas Collins<\/strong>, and Nicholas Bayly<\/strong> to leave Saints on 36\/3 after 5.5 overs, which put the Red Caps on the front foot.<\/p>\n

Saints rebuilt their innings with a 33-run fourth-wicket partnership between Matthew Katzenstein<\/strong> (17) and Matthew Anderson<\/strong> (25). Connor Kuijers<\/strong> broke that partnership in the 11th over with Katzenstein\u2019s dismissal.<\/p>\n

Then KES strengthened their position with two wickets in the next over, with Luke Clark, the Player of the Match,<\/strong> accounting for Akhil Challa<\/strong> and Didier Le Roux<\/strong> in consecutive deliveries.<\/p>\n

Tendai Kadyamadare (27) and Zaakir Hanslo (21) gave St Stithians a boost at the backend. It was, however, too little too late.<\/p>\n

Clark was the pick of the KES bowlers, capturing 2\/13 from three overs, while Ryan Erasmus and Connor Kuijers also claimed a brace of wickets each, and Tyler Cloete <\/strong>and Steele Grooteman<\/strong> chipped in with a wicket apiece.<\/p>\n

“The boys showed a hell of a good fight after the disappointment of the SA20, where we lost to Jeppe,” Pieter van Rooyen<\/strong>, the KES coach, told SuperSport Schools Plus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“To come back to show that discipline and fight to win the Johnny Waite trophy is unbelievable. So yeah, I’m very proud of my boys.”<\/p>\n

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

King Edward VII 160\/6<\/strong> (Troy Gordon 72, Luke Clark 54; Tendai Kadyamadare 3\/22, Zaakir Hanslo 2\/20). St Stithians 127\/8<\/strong> (Tendai Kadyamadare 27, Matthew Anderson 25; Luke Clark 2\/13, Ryan Erasmus 2\/19, Connor Kuijers 2\/22). King Edward VII won by 33 runs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Troy Gordon and Luke Clark recorded half-centuries, then Ryan Erasmus and Steele Grooteman pilfered three powerplay wickets to set King Edward VII (KES) up for a 33-run win over St Stithians College in the final of the\u00a0 Johnny Waite Trophy, on the Main Oval, at the University of Johannesburg on Wednesday afternoon. Last year, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":91260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91259","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\/91259","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=91259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}