This past Saturday, Union High School hosted another mighty cricket clash between the Old Boys and the school’s young cricketers in honour of Union’s Founders’ Weekend. The day saw 40-over matches being contested between Union’s u/15 cricketers and their dads/Old Boys at the Botanics Sports Grounds, Union’s 3rd team and Old Boys at Hoër Volkskool and Union’s 2nd team and Old Boys on Union’s Puttick Field, with a 50-over match being played on Union’s Minnaar field between Union’s 1st team and the Old Boys.

The matches were played in buoyant spirit with a number of festive “20-somethings” bringing lots of banter and great fun. In the end, the four Old Boys’ teams managed to edge out their younger opponents in their respective encounters. As the matches are not only about what happens on the cricket pitch, but the fun had on the sidelines and afterwards, 𝙬𝙚’𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙡𝙙 𝘽𝙤𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙/𝙤𝙧 𝘿𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨. The annual prizegiving ceremony was held in the Tony Burrell Union that same evening, after the day’s play. We trust that the Old Boys are looking forward to a period of recovery until next year’s game. Hope to see you there!

Union High School’s 1st XI with their Founders’ Day Old Boys opponents.