On Saturday, 11 February, Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s 𝗨/𝟵𝗔 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 team traveled to Gqeberha for their first competitive fixture of the year – a 20-over encounter against Herbert Hurd Primary School.
Herbert Hurd won the toss and elected to bat. The home side batted well and managed to record 101 runs.
𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝘾𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 2 𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙨.
Well done also to the following boys, who took 1 wicket each: Lihan van Jaarsveld, Matthew Bosch, Richter De Wet, Leandro Norman, Trenn Naude and Michael Maritz.
The little Union gents then went in to bat and did very well.
Although they put forth a stellar effort, they only managed to put 76 runs on the board, thus loosing the match by 25 runs.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙚𝙡 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙯, 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙖 𝙩𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 24 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙨.
Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴.
