28 January 2025
Clifton College captain Tim Saulez produced the highest individual score of the match, 68, and Clifton’s Shiraz Perumal the best bowling figures of 5/37, but Westville Boys’ High won their limited overs match against Clifton at the Riverside Sports Club on Saturday by 50 runs.
The pitch offered turned from early on and runs didn’t flow freely, but Westville, batting first, cobbled together 162 all out, which was a decent return on a demanding track after they lost their openers cheaply.
Seth Simpson and Sean McGough put together the largest partnership of their innings, 59 for the third wicket, with Simpson going on to the innings’ highest score of 37, while McGough weighed in with 32. Kyle McGough played his part, scoring 25. Dalayan Boyce, with 19, batting at nine, made a difference, too.
Clifton ran into early trouble in their reply, with Westville’s opening bowlers, Lwandile Bulose and Dayalan Boyce, getting rid of Hayden Drieselmann and Byron Ward respectively, while Muhammed Malek was run out, which left the home side wobbling on 16/3.
Skipper Tim Saulez and Zach Williamson worked hard to compile a 34-run partnership, but Williamson then mistimed a shot over the top from Misbah Nair and was caught for 11.
After that, left-arm spinner Tristan Delvin took over for The Griffin. He was naggingly accurate and was rewarded with 4/22 from his 10 overs. Run scoring was painfully slow, but Tim Saulez stood firm.
Unfortunately for Clifton’s leader, the only other batsman to make it into double figures was Caleb Naicker, but his 14 runs were the host’s second-highest score, and that wasn’t going to cut it.
Saulez was head and shoulders above all other batsmen on the day, tallying 68 from 95 balls, which included five fours. But he was the last man out with Clifton having reached 112.
Dayalan Boyce, who dismissed Saulez, finished with 2/13 from 3.4 overs.
Scores
Westville Boys’ High 162/10 (Seth Simpson 37, Sean McGough 32, Kyle McGough 25, Shiraz Perumal 5/37, Caleb Naicker 2/22); Clifton College 112/10 (Tim Saulez 68, Tristan Delvin 4/22, Dayalan Boyce 2/23). Westville Boys’ High won by 50 runs.
The majority of results went the way of Westville, with their strength in depth coming to the fore. They scored some big wins, although the u16A clash was a nail-biting affair.
Clifton’s 2nd XI bucked the trend with a hard-fought win, while the hosts scraped a heart-stopping one-wicket win in the u15A game.
RESULTS
2nd XI
Clifton 110/10
Westville 82/10
Clifton won by 28 runs
3rd XI
Clifton 50/10
Westville 54/0
Westville won by 10 wickets
4th XI
Clifton 51/10
Westville 52/6
Westville won by 4 wickets
u16A
Clifton 154/10
Westville 155/8
Westville won by 2 wickets
u15A
Westville 135/10
Clifton 136/9
Clifton won by one wicket
u15B
Westville 125/4
Clifton 19/10
Westville won by 106 runs
u14A
Clifton 119/10
Westville 120/2
Westville won by 8 wickets
u14B
Clifton 90/10
Westville 91/0
Westville won by 10 wickets
u14C
Clifton 68/10
Westville 71/0
Westville won by 10 wickets
BASKETBALL
Westville Boys’ High showed why they are, in the eyes of many, the number one schoolboy team in South Africa when they met Clifton at the Riverside Sports Club on Saturday. There were a couple of clear differences between the sides.
The first of those was how Westville was able to exit their half comfortably and penetrate the Clifton defences, while Clifton found it tougher going to move the ball up the court and break down the visitor’s defences.
Primarily, though, the difference was about finishing. Clifton created opportunities, but they started the contest cold, missing plenty of buckets, which left them in a hole very quickly. The Griffin, meanwhile, were efficient on offence. It’s what has set them apart from others.
RESULTS
1st: Clifton 27-77 Westville
2nd: Clifton 22-35 Westville
3rd: Clifton 18-26 Westville
4th: Clifton 0-42 Westville
16A: Clifton 14-26 Westville
16B: Clifton 13-62 Westville
16C: Clifton 5-71 Westville
15A: Clifton 11-14 Westville
15B: Clifton 16-41 Westville
15C: Clifton 6-44 Westville
15D: Clifton 5-55 Westville
14A: Clifton 23-43 Westville
14B: Clifton 4-25 Westville
14C: Clifton 0-35 Westville
14D: Clifton 0-12 Westville
WATER POLO
The Clifton and Westville 1st teams met on Tuesday before they left for the St Andrew’s College (SAC) Shield in Makhanda. In a tight contest, Clifton won 9-8. They also scored an 8-5 win over Wesville at the SAC Shield.
Westville showed they have some depth by winning the games between the third and fourth teams. Clifton comfortably win the u15 matches, while the u14 contests were shared 1-1, with Clifton victorious in the meeting of the A teams.
RESULTS
1st: Clifton 9-8 Westville
2nd: Clifton 8-6 Westville
3rd: Clifton 3-4 Westville
4th: Clifton 1-9 Westville
15A: Clifton 11-4 Westville
15B: Clifton 10-4 Westville
14A: Clifton 7-3 Westville
14B: Clifton 4-6 Westville
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