Overview Sporting Achievements
On a weekend that promised better weather, College was looking forward to facing DHS, in a full round of summer fixtures. Sadly for the cricketers, it was not to be, and midday thunderstorms with hail and lightening saw the bulk of the local matches end without a result. There were results for the Durban-based matches as well as for the basketball and most of the water polo teams.
Cricket
Only two of the cricket matches against DHS yielded a result, the 3rd and 4th games. Most of the planned matches had to be abandoned due to the stormy weather.
1st XI
College’s 1st XI opened the batting on the home ground, Goldstones, reaching 146 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. Johnathan van Zyl made 64, and has exceeded 1000 runs for the 2022 season so far with a total of 1063! Armstrong contributed an excellent 50 not out before the match was abandoned due to rain, lightning and hail.
Basketball
This weekend, College fielded 11 teams against DHS, winning 9 of their matches. There were victories for all the top teams, and a great winning score of 74-33 for the 1st team.
1st team Match Report
After successfully navigating past a stubborn Glenwood side last weekend Maritzburg College faced a challenging opponent in DHS. Played in front of a somewhat anxious crowd in the Alan Paton Memorial Hall, College started off sluggish and wary of what threat DHS posed.
The first quarter was a closely contested affair with both teams feeling their way into the game. Having learnt from past games, College took charge in second quarter and never looked back. The young and inexperienced DHS side had no answers to the College onslaught. Playing in their last home game the 1st team made sure they left everything on the floor. Backed by their faithful supporters College moved in cruise control seeing off the match 74 -33, boosted by the return of D Le Roux and T Crawford who added length and size to the team. Special mention must go to second former C Fynn for getting his first start for the 1st Team.
Summary of results:
14A won 34-25
15A won 34 – 31
16A won 51-33
1st won 74-33
Summary vs DHS:
Played 11, won 9, lost 2
Waterpolo
This weekend College’s water polo teams took on DHS, with all of the games due to be played on the College campus. Storms brought the 1st game to an early end, while there were some very close results for the other teams.
The 1st team match started as a good contest with DHS taking an early lead, and then extending their lead to 0-2. College came back and brought the game to 3-3 before lightning stopped play.
After waiting for the first storm to pass, play resumed with DHS scored first. College equalized a little while later, and the score was 4-4 when lightning again brought a halt to the game, which had to be abandoned.
Water Polo vs DHS
2nd lost 7-8
U15A lost 6-13
U15B lost 5-18
U14A won 8-7
U14B lost 8-9