Wanganui Collegiate emerged winners of a two-day schoolboy cricket match that embodied the very essence of the gentlemanly game.
The Collegiate first XI made an excellent start against the visiting Hutchins School from Tasmania after bowling the Australians out for 106 in their first innings on Monday.
Hutchins is on tour in the North Island and the two schools have met before on the cricket pitch, as both have a history of international touring. Both schools have a strong tie with current Collegiate headmaster Wayne Brown a former deputy principal of the Tasmanian college.
Collegiate were missing captain Sam Sherriff and spin bowler Joel Clark, who are away with the Central District Under 17s at the national tournament in Lincoln, but welcomed back Kashish Nauhria, who played against them for Watson's Tech on Saturday in the Bullocks Coastal Challenge.
Collegiate was also fortunate captain Hadleigh O'Leary was not needed in Lincoln as a non-travelling reserve for the CD under-17 X1.