21 October 2025
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Rain put a damper on many of the matches between Maritzburg College and Hilton College, including the clash of the 1st XI’s on Goldstone’s.
However, College’s Stayers’ 1st XI took on St Charles in a Schools SA20 clash at the St Charles Oval in midweek, and the day belonged to the visitors who claimed a hard-fought 16-run win.
The toss went the way of St Charles, who opted to field first, but College openers, Kyle de Bruyn and Akhil Bharath put up 33 runs in the power play. De Bruyn was then bowled by Caleb Sharp for a run a ball 20.
His exit brought Luka Puddu to the middle, and he and Bharath proceeded to take charge, adding 105 off only 76 balls, which helped College to 148/3 after their 20 overs.
Bharath struck eight fours and a six in his 61 from 52 balls, while Puddu, who was not out at the end, finished with 55 from 48, including four fours and two sixes.
Connor Vogt, with 2/18 in four, was the pick of the Saints‘ bowlers.
The home side had too many short-lived partnerships when they tried to chase down College’s 148 runs. Matthew Weightmann and Caleb Sharp added 37 from 49 deliveries for the second wicket, and Ryan Clarke and L. Mokwena supercharged the innings with a sixth-wicket stand that produced 63 runs from 44 balls, but seven partnerships delivered seven or less runs.
Clark top-scored with 44 from only 28 balls, while Weightmann made 23 and Mokwena 22.
Greg Hosking picked up 2/24 in four overs, while Dom du Toit kept Saints in check, nabbing 1/16 in his four as the home team finished on 132/8.
RESULTS
1st XI
Maritzburg College 200/10; Hilton 43/2
Match abandoned
2nd XI
Maritzburg College 216/9; Hilton 53/1
Match abandoned
3rd XI
Maritzburg College 191/10; Hilton 91/4
Match abandoned
4th XI
Howick 1st XI 142/10; Maritzburg College 89/10
Howick won by 53 runs
5th XI
Hilton 4th XI 58/10; Maritzburg College 59/2
Maritzburg College won by eight wickets
u15A
Hilton 194/7; Maritzburg College 60/1
Match abandoned
u15B
Hilton 63/10; Maritzburg College 65/1
Maritzburg College won by nine wickets
u15C
Maritzburg College 78/10; Howick u15A 79/0
Howick won by 10 wickets
u14A
Hilton 128/10; Maritzburg College 59/1
Match abandoned
u14B
Maritzburg College 147/4; Hilton 146/8
Maritzburg College won by one run
u14C
Howick u14A 166/10; Maritzburg College 142/10
Howick won by 24 runs
u14D
Hilton u14C 192/3; Maritzburg College 155/5
Hilton College won by 38 runs
BASKETBALL
Hilton’s 1st and u15A basketball teams visited Johannesburg for the Inanda Hoops Basketball Tournament and gave a good account of themselves. The 1st team finished second in their pool and then pushed the eventual champions, King Edward VII (KES), hard in their quarterfinal clash, going down by only five points.
The 1st team picked up four wins and two losses, while the u15A side won four and lost two, also. Their defeats were by only three points against St John’s and by one point against The King’s School Linbro Park.
RESULTS
1st: Hilton College 41-37 St Alban’s
1st: Hilton College 34-42 The King’s School Linbro Park
1st: Hilton College 41-9 St Peter’s College
1st: Hilton College 31-16 Inanda Invitational
1st: Hilton College 42-37 KES
1st: Hilton College 27-24 Pretoria Boys High
15A: Hilton College 45-48 St John’s
15A: Hilton College 36-31 KES
15A: Hilton College 48-49 The King’s School Linbro Park
15A: Hilton College 54-34 Redhill School
15A: Hilton College 34-16 St Alban’s
15A: Hilton College 27-19 Pretoria Boys High
Twenty matches were played between College and Hilton, with College scoring 13 wins and Hilton seven. Competition was keen, with neither school able to sweep any of the age groups.
2nd: Maritzburg College 41-47 Hilton College
3rd: Maritzburg College 30-14 Hilton College
4th: Maritzburg College 52-28 Hilton College
5th: Maritzburg College 22-14 Hilton College
6th: Maritzburg College 28-3 Hilton College
16A: Maritzburg College 40-36 Hilton College
16B: Maritzburg College 42-45 Hilton College
16C: Maritzburg College 22-35 Hilton College
16D: Maritzburg College 24-25 Hilton College
16E: Maritzburg College 41-12 Hilton College
15B: Maritzburg College 39-22 Hilton College
15C: Maritzburg College 23-18 Hilton College
15D: Maritzburg College 6-12 Hilton College
15E: Maritzburg College 24-20 Hilton College
14A: Maritzburg College 48-21 Hilton College
14B: Maritzburg College 28-15 Hilton College
14C: Maritzburg College 16-21 Hilton College
14D: Maritzburg College 30-11 Hilton College
14E: Maritzburg College 23-10 Hilton College
14F: Maritzburg College 14-16 Hilton College
WATER POLO
While the Hilton College 1st water polo side took on the challenge of the St Stithians Water Polo Invitational in Johannesburg, Hilton and Maritzburg College met in six matches, with Hilton winning all but one of them.
In Johannesburg, Hilton finished tenth, suffering a 4-5 loss to Michaelhouse in the ninth-place playoff.
1st team
Hilton 13-5 Pretoria Boys High
Hilton 8-6 Reddam House Constantia
Hilton 10-1 Woodridge
Hilton 7-11 St David’s Marist Inanda
Hilton 5-9 Kearsney
Hilton 4-5 Michaelhouse
RESULTS
2nd: Maritzburg College 10-9 Hilton College 3rd
3rd: Maritzburg College 4-8 Hilton College
4th: Maritzburg College 14-5 Hilton College
15B: Maritzburg College 7-8 Hilton College
14A: Maritzburg College 2-8 Hilton College
14B: Maritzburg College 8-9 Hilton College
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