Another great Bishops-St Andrew's day

The two schools first met 120 years ago this year and the spirit between them has always been great – same sort of people playing the same sort of rugby, respecting each other and the game they are playing, watched by a happy crowd on the Piley Rees Field at Bishops, close to where the first match happened in 1896.

Despite a great fightback by St Andrew's Bishops came back to win this one 27-17.

Flyhalf James Macdonald opened the scoring with a try and fullback Brandon van der Westhuizen got the second to give Bishops a 12-0 lead at half time which they increased in the second half to 17-0 when left wing Seb Prentice scored.

Then came the great fightback by the boys from Grahamstown. Tom Stevens scored a try and fullback Ross Ferguson two tries and a conversion, and the score was 17-17.

That is how it was when scrumhalf Henry Makin took a tap kick at a penalty five metres from the St Andrew's line and scored.

Bishops led 22-17 when St Andrew's kicked off deep. They hammered at the Bishops line but the home side's defence held and a knock-on gave them a scrum five metres from the line. From that scrum, Rob Macdonald, the brother of the flyhalf,playing next to his brother, broke and raced nearly the length of the field to score. The final whistle went after the failed conversion attempt.

There were three other matches, all won by Bishops:

2nd XV: Bishops won 17-7

Under-16A: Bishops won 50-15

Under 15A: Bishops won 19-14

1st XV Scorers:

For Bishops:

Tries: James Macdonald, Brandon van der Westhuizen, Seb Prentice, Henry Makin, Rob Macdonald

Con: James Macdonald

For St Andrew's:

Tries: Thomas Stevens, Ross Ferguson 2

Con: Ross Ferguson

Teams:

Bishops: 15 Brandon van der Westhuizen, 14 Tristan Hermans, 13 Lubelo Scott, 12 Rob Macdonald, 11 Seb Prentice, 10 James Macdonald, 9 Henry Makin, 8 Jean Pienaar (captain), 7 Christian Stehlik, 6 Marcus Knight, 5 Luke Viljoen, 4 Alisdair Jewson, 3 Zico Oaker, Jason Hofmeyr, J-P Smith

Replacements: Clyde de Beer, Daniel van der Valke, Ghalieb Kenny, James Murray, Matt Norton, Mukisa Majukizi, Reece Meyer

St Andrew's: 15 Ross Ferguson, 14 Tim Bloem, 13 Angus Cook, 12 Matt More, 11 Timothy Bloem, 10 Thomas Stevens, 9 Rourke Broad, 8 Dougals Ramsden, 7 Daniel Tiffin, 6 Kelvin Boateng-Aidoo, 5 Jason Brown, 4 Tristan Cooke, 2 Sanzi Sandi (captain), 2 James Wilson, 1 Henry Turner

Replacements: Martin Kruger, Dylan Trudgeon, Ikhe  Nkhereanye, Robert Quarmby, Graham de Vos, Craig Stow, Chris Benjamin, Byron Sherwood

Referee: Kwesi Mqumbothi (Western Province Referees' Society)

Results Down the Years

1896: Bishops won 5-0

1898: Bishops won 9-0

1903: Bishops won 5-0

1921: St Andrew's won 15-0

1922: Bishops won 18-3

1923: Bishops won 3-0

1924: Draw 8-8

1925: Bishops won 3-0

1926: St Andrew's won 28-0

1927: Draw 3-3

1928: Bishops won 11-3

1929: Bishops won 20-9

1930: Bishops won 23-6

1931: Bishops won 16-0

1932: Bishops won 13-12

1933: St Andrew's won 9-8

1934: St Andrew's won 21-3

1935: St Andrew's won 6-5

1936: Bishops won 24-0

1937: Bishops won 8-6

1938: Draw 3-3

1939: St Andrew's won 16-0

1940-45: World War II

1946:: Draw 11-11

1947: Bishops won 8-6

1948: Bishops won 9-3

1949: Bishops won 6-3

1950: Bishops won 14-0

1951: St Andrew's won 5-3

1952: Bishops won 3-0

1953: St Andrew's won 28-0

1954: Bishops won 14-3

1955: Bishops won 8-3

1956: Draw 3-3

1957: St Andrew's won 9-6

1958: Bishops won 6-3

1959: St Andrew's won 16-3

1960: St Andrew's won 25-0

1961: Bishops won 11-5

1962: Bishops won 8-3

1963: St Andrew's won 11-3

1964: Bishops won 19-12

1965: Bishops won 3-0

1966: St Andrew's won 12-8

1967: St Andrew's won 6-0

1968: Bishops won 11-9

1969: St Andrew's won 17-3

1970: St Andrew's won 8-6

1971: St Andrew's won 6-3

1972: Bishops won 10-3

1973: Bishops won 12-11

1974: Bishops won 12-0

1975: St Andrew's won 15-0

1976: Bishops won 19-9

1977: Bishops won 41-3

1978: St Andrew's won 9-4

1979: Bishops won 49-3

1980: Bishops won 9-3

1981: Bishops won 18-6

1982: Bishops won 25-12

1983: Bishops won 23-12

1984: Bishops won 13-12

1985: No match

1986: Bishops won 30-3

1987: Bishops won 11-3

1988: Bishops won 50-6

1989: Bishops won19-9

1990: St Andrew's won 15-4

1991: Bishops won 19-16

1992: Bishops won 41-17

1993: Bishops won 21-18

1994: Bishops won 30-21

1995: No match

1996: Bishops won 18-12

1997: St Andrew's won 47-17

1998: St Andrew's won 20-19

1999: Bishops won 27-20

2000: St Andrew's won 18-17

2001: St Andrew's won 19-15

2002: Bishops won 27-8

2003: Draw 12-12

2004: St Andrew's won 10-8

2005: St Andrew's won 28-10

2006: Bishops won 41-6

2007: No match

2008: Bishops won 64-18

2009: Bishops won 17-12

2010: Bishops won 25-24

2011: Bishops won 26-22

2012: St Andrew's won 19-16

2013: St Andrew's won 28-21

2014: Bishops won 39-15

2015: Bishops won 35-33

2016: Bishops won 27-17

Played: 90

Bishops won 58

Drawn: 6

St Andrew's won 26