The history of cricket at Union High may not be as long as rugby's but it is equally illustrious. The game was introduced at Union in the late 1940's by headmaster Herby Arnott. Having been a superior player himself, and with his firm belief in the value of cricket as educational tool, Herby Arnott developed cricket at his school with vigor.
He established playing fields of exceptional quality by persuading local farmers to donate bales of wool to the school. These were sold and the money used to build the fields.
One of the founder members of the Cape School's Week, Union frequently won matches against more fancied city opponents.
Over the years, Union has supplied players for SA Schools, provincial and national teams.
Cricket Results
This past weekend, saw our u/13A cricketers deliver an outstanding performance at the 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝘂/𝟭𝟯 𝗧𝟮𝟬 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹, remaining unbeaten across their three matches. * 𝘃𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗸𝗹𝗶𝗽:Union scored 131/5, with Cayden Thompson (32) and Josh...
T20 Format The senior cricket festival began with Union High School playing a warm-up T20 match against Daniel Pienaar on Wednesday, 8th January 2025. Union High won the toss and decided to field first....
Congratulations to 1st team cricketer Yaaseen Kazi who received his 50th cap from Union High School's Headmaster, Mr William Pringle, on Saturday afternoon, 11 January, prior to the team's 50-over encounter against Cape Town's...
We are excited to announce that Standard Bank will continue its partnership as the official sponsor of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet's annual 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 for a second year! 𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡...
Congratulations to Union cricketers, 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝘂𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗿, 𝗬𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗮 and 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗿 𝗞𝗮𝘇𝗶 on being selected for the 2024 EP Rural Inlands u/17 Team. We wish them the best of luck when they compete in...
Union High School's 𝗨𝟭𝟯𝗔 cricketers enjoyed their last fixture of the year this past weekend, taking on a visiting Woodridge College & Preparatory School On Friday evening, after winning the toss, Union batted first...
Union High School is proud to announce that talented cricketer 𝗬𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝘇𝗶 has been selected to represent the Eastern Province (EP) u/16 cricket team. Yaseen will be competing in the u/16 National Boys’ Cricket...
Friday morning's assembly at Union High School saw two of our junior cricketers being 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 during their recent encounters on the cricket field. 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 took 5 wickets for...
This past weekend saw Union High School, Graaff-Reinet's senior cricket teams face their Marlow Agricultural High School counterparts. 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘭-𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘹𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥...