A Very Different School by Peter Pollock

Graeme had two sons of his own, Anthony and Andrew, and all three boys embarked on careers together. The young Shaun shouldn’t have had a chance, especially with a shock of red hair making him stand out even further. His uncle Graeme was one of the greatest batsmen ever, and his father Peter was one of South Africa’s finest fast bowlers. Shaun’s family was already among cricket’s two or three richest gene pools. Father-son combinations at first-class and even Test level are not uncommon, but in most cases one or other is a fringe player. And all this consistency was sustained through the daunting business of succeeding Hansie Cronje as South Africa’s captain.įew players in history had as much to live up to as Shaun Maclean Pollock, born in Port Elizabeth on July 16, 1973. His bowling is as straight, tight and incisive as Glenn McGrath’s, and he is also an elegant, sometimes explosive batsman who averages 59 at No. Whatever happens in his thirties, he will go down as one of the game’s great all-rounders. Sport’s holy grail is consistency, and Pollock found it as soon as he entered international cricket.

Shaun Pollock has not had an outstanding year. Neil Manthorp wrote this tribute in 2003 after Pollock was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year. Fournier and Chamberlain scored for the Saints.Shaun Pollock, one of the greats of South African cricket, turns 46 today. In their last game the Saints lost to St. Reed Chamberlain fired six goals, Fournier scored twice and Hayden Addison chipped in with a single goal. The Saints then defeated Holy Trinity of Courtice by a score of 9-6. Hayden Addison and Brayden D’Innocenzo also scored. Scoring for the Saints were Nick Fournier with two goals. Peter lost their opening game to Brooklin 12-4.

Andrew’s College allows the teams to see what they need to work on and improve as we all work toward our Kawartha championships and then OFSAA.”

I think playing against such strong teams like Brooklin and St. “Our three local teams that participated are very well coached and have strong talented teams. Peter head coach Rod McGillis and tournament host. “It was a really outstanding day of high school field lacrosse,” said St. Stewart Griffins from Peterborough.Įach team played three games over the day and the winner was declared based on the results of those round-robin games. Peter Saints, the tournament also featured Brooklin High School from Whitby, Holy Trinity Secondary School from Courtice, the Holy Cross Hurricanes from Peterborough and the Thomas A. Andrew’s College Saints from Aurora won the 10th annual Saints Classic boys varsity high school field lacrosse tournament on Wednesday at Trent University’s Justin Chiu stadium in Peterborough.

A Very Different School by Peter Pollock