A brief history
Wynberg is proud of its reputation as an icon of South African, if not world, schoolboy cricket.

The History of a School (1961) by DH Thompson credits Mr Lloyd, a popular master at Wynberg during the 1880s, for establishing cricket as an institution. He used to hold lunchtime coaching sessions which would conclude with him having a knock against the schoolboys. Legend has it that the boys went to great lengths to avoid getting him out so as to prolong the ringing of the end-of-break bell. Mr Lloyd’s coaching sessions must have worked for his era coincided with Wynberg’s first two international representatives: Robert Reid Dower and Robert Graham were awarded international colours when they represented South Africa against Lord Hawke’s English team in 1898. 10 Wynberg boys have since played international cricket including former England captain, Allan Lamb, and arguably the world’s greatest ever all-rounder, Jacques Kallis.

Wynberg has produced 55 first-class cricketers and the current domestic scene includes Wynberg Old Boy representation in the form of Richard Levi (Cobras and SA Emerging Squad), Shadley Van Schalkwyk (Chevrolet Knights) and Chad Fortune (Dolphins). The Cape Town premier division club circuit is dominated by Old Boy representation too.
We are particularly proud of the brothers-in-an-endless-chain values that our club promotes: our Old Boys do not forget their roots and regularly return to play in our Old Boys’ games in March. Jacques Kallis, too, has not forgotten his roots, giving his name to the prestigious Jacques Kallis Scholarship that is awarded annually to one deserving cricketer to attend Wynberg for the duration of his high school education.

Wynberg prides itself on ‘firsts’ and these include becoming the first South African side to win the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools Cricket Tournament in Barbados in 1994; entering uncharted waters as the first schoolboy cricket side from outside of the subcontinent to tour Pakistan in 2006 and representing the Cobras franchise at the Standard Bank Schools Pro20 Challenge in 2010 and 2011.

Cricket remains one of the school’s premier sports and Wynberg cricketers are known and respected around the world. There is no doubt that the success of Wynberg cricket throughout the last two centuries can be attributed to the legions of passionate players and coaches who have ensured that the greatest of games continues to flourish within the confines of Wynberg’s magnificent grounds.

Mission Statement:
To remain the cricketers’ high school of choice by developing and nurturing cricket talent, whilst instilling and upholding the traditions and values of this great game, by combining like-minded, passionate players and coaches within the picturesque surrounds of Wynberg Boys’ High School.

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SA Schools Representatives:
K. Brown [1948]
J. Burt [1960]
A. Lamb [1972]
G. Bricknell [1974]
B. Clark [1995]
S. Hofmeyr [1995]
D. Henry [1996]
A. Nkomo [1999]
R. Levi [2004]
M. Siboto [2005]
S. Van Schalkwyk [2006]
C. Fortune [2010]
G. Edmeades [2010]

International Representation:
RR Dower [1898]
R. Graham [1898]
R Schwartz [1904]
GA Faulkner [1905]
SD Snooke [1907]
GA Hearne [1919]
JB Robertson [1935]
G. Le Roux [1982]
A Lamb [1982] {England}
A. Martyn [1994]
JH Kallis [1995]
C. Willoughby [2000]
R. Levi [2012]

Tours:
Wynberg embarks on four major annual cricket tours in which our players compete against the very best schoolboy cricket talent in the country. Our 1st XI travels to Bloemfontein for the Grey College Festival in January and then attends the Cape Schools’ Week in September. Our u15A squad travels to Port Elizabeth in September to participate in and compete against high-calibre opposition at the Grey High School u15 Cricket Festival.

The u14A team attends the Hilton College Cricket Festival in the KZN Midlands during September. This is arguably the most prestigious u14 cricket festival in the country.

Cricket Superskills:
Wynberg is the proud host of the Cricket Superskills initiative, brainchild of the late Bob Woolmer and held every February. The day strives to test young cricketers’ abilities with bat, ball and in the field, care of specific, fun-filled drills. Sporting Chance sponsors the event and Supersport sends its cameras.

Cricket Superskills 2011 saw hundreds of enthusiastic young cricketers from as far a field as Hermanus descend upon the Jacques Kallis Oval for a hugely successful day. Interest in the 2012 event has already been expressed from as far away as Namibia.

Practice days:
u14s: Mondays (15:00 – 17:00) & Wednesdays (13:00 – 15:00)
u15s: Mondays (15:00 – 17:00) & Wednesdays (15:00 – 17:00)
u17s & u19s: Tuesdays (15:00 – 17:00) & Thursdays (15:00 – 17:00)

Friday nets:
The professional coach’s all-comers nets are held every Friday afternoon during cricket season at the Jacques Kallis Oval. Sessions begin at 14:45. Any Wynberg cricketer from any Wynberg team is encouraged to attend what has become an institution of the Wynberg Boys’ High School Cricket Club.

Match days:
Five Wynberg sides (1st, 2nd and 3rd XI, 15A and 14A) play all-day, declaration cricket on a Saturday. Wynberg is a custodian of this purest form of the game and is a firm believer that it is within the cauldron of declaration cricket that one’s skills are truly tested.

Wynberg’s B, C and D teams generally play limited-overs matches on a Saturday morning, with the School’s E and F sides playing midweek, limited-overs games.

A schedule of the week’s fixtures is generally available a week in advance.

General appearance:
Match days are seen as an extension of the school week and therefore appearance-related general school rules apply. Long / untidy hair and ‘weekend stubble’ will not be tolerated.

Arrival at the ground:
Members of the team are to be dressed the same: either in matching warm-up kit or their cricket whites. Shirts are to be tucked in. A Wynberg cricketer must arrive at the ground wearing cricket shoes or predominantly white, sports-related trainers. Arrival in slip-slops, slip-on shoes or slippers is not permitted.

The toss:
A Wynberg captain is to wear a blazer and a Wynberg cricket cap at the toss.

Lunch interval:
Members of the team are to be dressed the same. They must be wearing cricket shoes or predominantly white, sports-related trainers. Players are expected to wear their blazers if lunch is served, sit-down style, away from the field / ground at tables or in a school’s hostel or canteen. All caps / hats should be removed by players if lunch is served indoors. In essence, Wynberg cricketers should bring their blazers with them to every game.

During play:
Players are to wear their playing kit / whites or their Wynberg warm-up kit (i.e. Wynberg navy shorts and the Wynberg golf shirt or relevant tour shirt). Slip-slops may be worn while not directly involved in play provided shorts are being worn at the time. However, no Wynberg cricketer is to wear slippers or walk around the ground barefoot at any stage of the game.

Miscellaneous:
Wynberg cricketers may wear two forms of headgear: the white, wide-brimmed Wynberg hat or the navy Wynberg cricket cap. White ‘second skins’ are permitted to be worn underneath a Wynberg cricketer’s playing kit. Colours other than white are forbidden. Players may wear a black, navy or white sweatband / wristband. Jewellery, other than a watch, is not permitted.

Recent Cricket News

• Founders’ Day Address by WBHS Headboy 2011
• Wynberg 170 Founders’ Week Kicks off in Style
• Term 3 Newsletter – September 2011
• Wynberg Sports awards 2011
• Weekly Cricket Report – 29 September 2011
• Richard Levi – Proteas Cricketer
• Prefects 2012
• Adrian Holdstock Cricket Umpire
• The Allan Lamb Cricket Scholarship 2012
• The Great Denys Hobson visits Wynberg
• Wynberg cricket set to defend its CTCC Sixes Crown
• Richard Levi
• Wynberg U15s are K/O Cricket Champions!