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HISTORIC CONTEXT OF THE CLUB
The Pretoria High School Old boys Club is one of the largest and oldest cricket clubs in Pretoria and has been
involved in the Provincial league system since inception. The “Old Boys Club” as it is fondly referred to, is
the premier privately owned club in Pretoria, enjoying a substantial membership base.
HOFMEYR PARK (PHSOB) CLUB HOUSE.
Hofmeyr Park, named after W H Hofmeyr a former principal of the Pretoria Boys High School, is located in Queens
Crescent, Lynnwood, Pretoria. Although it was initially established primarily for the old boys of the school,
the majority of the current members of the cricket club did not attend the school.
The Pretoria High School Old Boys Club provides the base for a variety of sporting codes including bowls, squash,
hockey, marathon running and cricket. The cricket club has a very long and proud tradition and is currently competing in its 88th season.
BACKGROUND OF THE CRICKET CLUB
Currently the club has five (5) senior teams in the in the Northern Cricket Union’s senior leagues. The club
also caters for ten (10) junior league sides. Excluding the some 150 junior members, the club has a membership of 117 senior players.
PHSOB Cricket Club is regarded as one of the most successful cricket clubs in Pretoria and our success continues
to this day. This fact is aptly illustrated by the following;
• Winners of Northern’s Premier League :
1934 , 1935, 1938, 1949, 1952, 1957, 1964, 1970, 1985, 2009
• Winners of the Sunday League ;
1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1978
• Winners of the 45 over Knockout Competition:
Finalists 2002
2005
Finalists 2006
2009
• Winners of the National Club Championships :
2004
2005
Finalists 2006
• Northern’s Premier League Winners 2009:
Club Champs 2009
From the above, it is evident that the club has won the Premier league 11 times, the Sunday league 10 times
and the 45 over Knockout Competition once. The club is particularly proud of the fact that it has won the
National Club Championships on two occasions and were finalists in 2006. The National Club Championships
are regarded as the pinnacle of South African club cricket and is a national tournament in which the premier
league champions of all the Provinces compete for the trophy and the winners as regarded the “best” cricket club in the country.
• Representative players
We at “The Old Boys Club” have enjoyed many individual successes in the cricket section with many of our
players achieving higher honours at both National and Provincial level:
South African and international representatives- :
Justin Kemp
Dennis Lindsay
Eddie Barlow
Jacky Botten
Glenn Hall
Geoff Boycott (England)
Allan Lamb (England)
Clayton Lambert (West Indies)
Roelof van Der Merwe
Heino Kuhn SA A
Charles Coventry (Scorer of second Highest ODI Int Score 194)
Provincial Representatives (Northern Transvaal / Northern’s Titans) :
Our provincial representatives include;
Trevor Quirk
Kevin Verdoorn
Chris van Noordwyk
Grant Morgan
Justin Kemp (2002)
Pierre De Bruyn (2003)
Heino Kuhn (2005-2009)
Maurice Aronstam (2006)
Farhaan Behardien (2007,2008,2009)
Roelf van der Merwe (2008-2009)
Northern’s B/Amateur side : In last 3 years
Maurice Aronstam
Nick Van Woerkom
Roelof Van De Merwe
Rassie van der Dussen
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