His top score of 181 came against Portsmouth II at St Helen’s, Southsea in mid-July, while he also made 148 (v Old Basing), and other hundreds v Fareham & Crofton, Old Basing and relegated Tichborne Park.
Batting 31 times in all cricket this summer, Arnold made exactly 2,000 runs, six tons and 14 half-centuries. It was Bramshaw’s first season in the top flight of HL cricket.
Arnold sits third in the all-time list of run scorers in a season, his 1152 having been surpassed by Charles Forward, with 1264 runs for Romsey in 1995, and Peter Tugwell, who made one run less (1263) for Burridge that same season.
Leading Division 1 batsmen: Tom Arnold (Bramshaw) 1152, * Tinache Chimbambo (Compton & Chandler’s Ford) 851, * Keegan Fortune (Hythe & Dibden) 764, Jeremy Bulled (Fareham & Crofton) 755, * Tyler Sylvester (Old Basing) 719, Alex Nippard (Parley) 652, Matt Young (Hythe & Dibden) 649, Tom Kent (Fareham & Crofton) 628, Will Fisher (Compton & Chandler’s Ford) 606.
He took five wickets 9on three occasions, with a best 6-22 against relegated St Cross Symondians III.
Matt Scorey enjoyed 37 successes with the ball for champions Compton & Chandler’s Ford, with Stuart Downs taking 35 for Burridge II.
Hythe & Dibden’s South African import Keegan Fortune added 32 wickets to the 606 runs he made for the Waterside club.
Leading Division 1 bowlers: Oli Southon (Fareham & Crofton) 42, Matt Scorey (Compton & Chandler’s Ford) 37, Stuart Downs (Burridge II) 35, * Keegan Fortune (Hythe & Dibden) 32, Andy Gorty (Compton & Chandler’s Ford) 31, Nathan Vincent (Alton II) 31.