The selection of Tristan Stubbs this year takes Grey High School’s tally of SA Schools caps to 24, writes THEO GARRUN.
When Eastern Province captain Tristan Stubbs was selected for the South African Schools cricket team at the end of the Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Week in Cape Town last week, he became the 24th SA Schools cap to come out of Port Elizabeth’s Grey High School since the unification of schools cricket in 1994. Thus extending their lead in the list of schools who have produced SA schools players over second-placed Grey College of Bloemfontein (16 representatives).
Grey College did have a national player this year, but King Edward’s Bryce Parsons, the player of the week, took his school’s tally to 15, one behind Grey College. The selection of St Stithians College’s Cameron Shekleton moved Saints up to 14, one place behind KES.
Glenwood of Durban was the only school with two players in the 2018 team – Thamsang Khumalo and Lifa Ntanzi – which puts them in the top 10 with eight representatives.
The top 10 schools for SA Schools caps
1. Grey High School – 24
2. Grey College – 16
3. King Edward VII – 15
4. St Stithians College – 14
5. Rondebosch BHS – 12
6. Affies – 11
St Andrew’s College – 11
8. Wynberg BHS – 10
9. DHS – 9
Hudson Park – 9
10. Maritzburg College – 8
St John’s College – 8
Glenwood – 8
2018 skipper Gerald Coetzee is St Andrew’s School’s (Bloemfontein) second SA Schools captain, following Keagan Rafferty in 2010.
Two schools – St Stithians and King Edward – have produced three captains each since 1994. Wandile Makwetu (2017), Wiaan Mulder (2016) and Phillip Hearle (1996) were from Saints, while Tony de Zorzi (2015), Yaseen Valli (2013) and Neil McKenzie (1994) came from KES.
SA Schools captains since 1994
2018 – Gerald Coetzee (St Andrew’s School)
2017 – Wandile Makwetu (St Stithians College)
2016 – Wiaan Mulder (St Stithians College)
2015 – Tony de Zorzi (King Edward VII)
2014 – Matthew Christensen (Rondebosch Boys’ High)
2013 – Yaseen Valli (King Edward VII)
2012 – Diego Rosier (Noord-Kaap)
2011 – Prenelan Subrayen (Glenwood)
2010 – Keagan Rafferty (St Andrew’s School)
2009 – Josh Richards (St Alban’s College)
2008 – Dale Deeb (Trinityhouse)
2007 – Wayne Parnell (Grey High)
2006 – Jonathan Vandiar (Durban High School)
2005 – Dean Elgar (St Dominic’s College)
2004 – Francois le Clus (Affies)
2003 – Divan van Wyk (Grey College)
2002 – Riël de Kock (Grey College)
2001 – Imraan Khan (Durban High School)
2000 – Johan Botha (Grey High School)
1999 – Jacques Rudolph (Affies)
1998 – Thami Tsolekile (Pinelands)
1997 – Brett Tucker (St John’s College)
1996 – Philip Hearle (St Stithian’s College)
1995 – Douglas Gain (Hilton College)
1994 – Neil McKenzie (King Edward VII)
Photo: Theo Garrun
