ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE
RESULTS - ROUND 4 - 28 MAY 2022
ECB PREMIER DIVISION

South Wilts 154 (Rowe 54, Stearman 23, Hurley 4-34) Bournemouth 155-7 (Pack 46*, Willoughby 27, C Park 21, Smith 21*, Croom 6-16). Bournemoth won by three wickets. 

Hampshire Academy 278-7 (Ruffell 53, Eckland 51, Cheater 37, Wright 34, Wilson 3-63) Bashley (Rydal) 195 (Porter 70, Gordon 32, Kelly 3-33, Baker 3-37, Jack 3-39). Hampshire Academy won by 83 runs.

Hook & Newnham Basics 278-7 (Thane 92, Warner 60*, M Buckingham 31, Varney 3-58 Totton & Eling 219 (Stephens 101, Richardson 30, Griffiths 28, M Buckingham 5-36, Simpson 3-38). Hook & Newnham Basics won by 59 runs.

Havant 237-9 (Gadd 57, Hopson 42, Stone 37, Ransley 26, Hartshorne 5-39) Lymington 115 (Hartshorne 48). Havant won by 122 runs.

St Cross Symondians 267-9 (Gwynn 46, Hawkesworth 44* Fontaine-Jackson 38, H Foyle 33*, Foster 32, Organ 27) Burridge 212 (Chowdhury 49, Stancliffe 40, Schultz 33, Gwynn 4-18, H Foyle 3-35). St Cross Symondians won by 55 runs.

DIVISION 1
Calmore Sports 150-9 (Brewster 43) Sparsholt 145 (Frith 37, Berrill 27, Berzins 23, Carty 4-25m Perry 3-44). Calmore Sports won by five runs. 

Liphook & Ripsley 197 (Covey 81, Munt 31, Harvey 24, Adams 4-34) New Milton 200-6 (Edwards 61*, L Beck 54, Griffiths 30). New Milton won by four wickets.

Alton 209 (Gadsby 57, Salmon 50, Myers 41, Woolf 3-47) Portsmouth 210-3 (Duggan 112, Christian 35, J Marston 29). Portsmouth won by seven wickets.

Rowledge 188 (O Ryman 33, J Wish 29, Chilcott 28, Harris 3-42, DeGrussa 3-36, S Hill 3-35) Sarisbury Athletic 174 (J Hill 41, Grierson 39, Franklin 23, Lloyd 4-30). Rowledge won by 14 runs.

Basingstoke & North Hants 65 (A Neal 29, Mew 5-7) Ventnor 69-1 (Thimodya 40*). Ventnor won by nine wickets.

DIVISION 2

Bashley (Rydal) II 175 (P Morris 43, Parsons 30, Gordon 39, Asmat 4-29) Hartley Wintney 176-4 (Hammond 73, J Kerr 44). Hartley Wintney won by six wickets.

Hook & Newnham Basics II 210 (R Willcock 90, Franklin 36, Doran 45, Smith 3-19, Oxley 3-45) Fair Oak 97 (Doubell 32, Balcombe 3-19, O May 3-19, Moore 3-32). Hook & Newnham Basics won by 113 runs.

Hambledon 269-9 (Marhsll 66, De Villiers 100, Oliver 30) Fawley 203 (B Parratt 77, K Earl 32, Oliver 4-18). Hambledon won by 66 runs.

St Cross Symondians II 208-8 (Clark 36, Hirst 34, Harden 33, Vaughan 3-25) OTs & Romsey 209-1 (Vaughan 110*, King 79). OTs & Romsey won by nine wickets.

Waterlooville 103 (Shephard 20, Nyumbu 3-16, Ayers 3-23) Andover 107-2 (Ashman 59*). Andover won by eight wickets.

DIVISION 3

Purbrook 152 (Harradine 70, Chandler 3-21) Basingstoke & North Hants II 153-4 (Coombs 56*, Froud 53). Basingstoke & North Hants won by six wickets.

Langley Manor 284 (Budd 123, Browne 31, Purnell 68, Jones 4-36) Havant 246-5 (Wilkinson 71, Jones 45, Loat 39, Turk 34). Langley Manor won by 38 runs. 

Paultons 215-8 (Longland 50, Rogers 26, Dawes 50, Chicot 3-69) Gosport Borough 218-5 (Karippai 58, Taylor 47). Gosport Borough won by five wickets.

Portsmouth & Southsea 170 (Goddard 30, M Benfield 26, Briggs 25, Lee 25*, Blomfield 3-30) South Wilts II 102 (Brown 23, Saunders 4-25) Portsmouth & Southsea won by 68 runs.
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Trojans 168 (Perera 43, Agha 29, How 3-41) Sway 171-4 (Grasham 43, Noble 38, Hall 32). Sway won by six wickets.

Hampshire Seniors beat their Wiltshire counterparts by six wickets at Avebury to start to set the pace in their ECB 50-plus County Championship south-west group.
In a match restricted to 30 overs per side due to the weather, Wiltshire made 149-8, a target Hampshire polished off with opener Paul Burrows making an unbeaten 48 and sharing key stands with Andy Parratt (30) and Stu Shapland (35).  It was Hampshire's second win ahead of an eagerly anticipated trip to the Channel Islands on June 8.

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All eyes will be on Bournemouth’s home match against Premier Division champions South Wilts – the first time Chapel Gate will have hosted an ECB Southern Premier League match since the abandonment of the Hook & Newnham Basics curtain raiser on May 7.
That game lasted 14.2 overs before the umpires declared the surface “unsafe” for the players and called the match off.
Since then there’s been a flurry of activity with the ECB’s Southern Regional Pitch Inspector called in and his findings relayed to Bournemouth University - who, as land owners, are responsible for ground and pitch preparation – and the Southern Premier League.
Recently, Dorset’s County Pitch Advisor, Stuart Antell has been on-site working part-time and advising the University’s groundstaff.  The proof of the pudding comes after 12.30 tomorrow !
Neither Bournemouth captain Chris Park or Ben Draper, his South Wilts counterpart, will relish winning the mid-day toss.
Significantly, Bournemouth are without main strike bowler Dan Conway – teenage quick Matt King comes in – and injured opening batsman Oli Shrubsole.  Matt Robinson comes in to a youthful looking side.
South Wilts also have injury problems, with James Hayward (hamstring) and Ben Huntley (shoulder) sidelined.  But the potentially influential Jack Mynott is back and will sharpen up the fielding.
Bournemouth: C Park, Robinson, Willoughby, Webb, Woodruff, Freak, Hurley, Pack, Smith, Breckon, King.
South Wilts: Morton, Spearman, Mynott, Rowe, Draper, Falconer, Grant, Croom, Godsal, Sen, Burton.
Table topping Hampshire Academy, the only unbeaten team, are boosted by the return of Millfield pair Jo Eckland and Dom Kelly against Bashley (Rydal) on the Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground.
Academy: Cheater, Wright, Kelly, Eckland, Ruffell, Wood, Fairfax-Ross, Martin, Jack, Baker, Pritchard.
Bashley (Rydal): Digby, Francis, Tripcony, Porter, Broderick, Gordon, Jacques, Saif. Goodey, Wilson  Crisp.
Felix Organ was quick to call St Cross Symondians skipper Ed Ellis when he found he wasn’t required for tonight’s T20 Bash, so the Hampshire opener plays for his club against unchanged Burridge at the Green Jackets Ground.
Winchester College batsman Wilfred Le Fontaine-Jackson debuts for St Cross, but Harry Foyle is missing.
St Cross Symondians: Ellis, Organ, Foyle, Haworth, Farooq, Gwynn, Trussler, Foster, La Fontaine Jackson, Beer, Hawkesworth 
Burridge: De Abreu, Chowdhury, Hughes, Collings-Wells, Schultz, Blake, Donald, Stancliffe, O Creal, Abbas, White.
Fit again Ben Thane returns for Hook & Newnham Basics, who are desperate for a win over visiting Totton & Eling after starting the season with three straight losses.
Totton delay selection due to injuries and a potential suspension.
Hook & Newnham Basics: Thane, Lockwood, Love, Robson, Buckingham M, Warner, Buckingham J, Murrell, Simpson, Gardner, Divechi.
Ben Rogers is getting married so misses Lymington's home match with Havant, who have twice suffered one wicket defeats ither side of winning at Burridge
Havant are boosted by the return of Richard Hindley and Folkestone's Nick Ward, who injured his foot two weeks ago.
Havant: Walker, Ransley, Hopson, H Gadd, Stone, Metzger, Hindley, Reynolds, Ward, Jerry, F Gadd. 
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Division 1 leaders Ventnor host Basingstoke & North Hants, who face a breakfast time leave to catch the car ferry.
Portsmouth's match with Alton is an eye catcher, both sides having lost once. 
The seasiders include Sri Lankan Jalil, while Alton, minus Michael Heffernan, give a debut to left-arm spinner Nathan Vincent.
Portsmouth: Duggan, Marston, Jalil, Christian, Wimble, Daini, S Warner, Woolf, Silva, McArdle, Rao.
Alton: Gonella, Harris, Heffernan, Myers, Hale, South, Gadsby, Walters, Salmon, Appavoo, Vincent.
​Ben Fisher, who took five Sarisbury Athletic wickets last week, misses Calmore Sports' game against struggling Sparsholt, who have lost all three SPL1 matches and were last weekend knocked out of the Village Cup.
Calmore Sports: Bailey, Bound, Brewster, Carty, Croft, Johns, Johnson, Lavelle, Manning, Perry, Wright.
New Milton are without wedding bound skipper George Watts for Liphook & Ripsley's visit to Fernhill.
New Milton:  R Beck, Griffiths, L Beck, Hall, Freeman, Bartlett, Humphrey, Wooster, Tomkins, Adams, Edwards.
Rowledge welcome Exeter University student Jonty Seeborn back for the visit of Sarisbury Athletic to Church Road, where Richard Forbes returns from injury.   Sam Floyd is out for the visitors.
Rowledge: Ben Wish, Jake Wish, Richard Forbes, Ricky Yates, Ollie Baker, David Lloyd, Olly Ryman, Ryan Littlewood, Jonty Seeborn, Ash-Lee Harvey, Bertie Chilcott, 
Sarisbury Athletic: J Hill, Mills, Grierson, Floyd, Rawlins, Feltham, Franklin, Harris, Wright, Degrussa, S Hill. 

Waterlooville defend the only unblemished Southern Premier Division 2 record when Andover visit Rowlands Avenue.
Successive wins over St Cross Symondians II, Fawley and Hook & Newnham Basics II have provided the Ville with a 12-point lead over Fair Oat at the top, whereas Andover – with two wins from three outings – lie fourth.   Waterlooville are without Josh McCoy (pictured), but Sam Robinson returns.
Waterlooville: Birch D, Broadhurst G, Hillman S, Hudson J, Jackson C, Jackson T, McGregor J, Parker C, Reynolds A, Robinson S , Shephard.
Fair Oak receive Hook & Newnham Basics, who have lost all three games since their promotion as SPL3 runners up in 2021.
With Lewis Watts and Charlie Neville unavailable it’s deserved Hook call ups for Billy Wyatt and Ollie James both off tons and wickets for the 3’s in the last couple of weeks. 
Hook & Newnham Basics II: Bruin, Willcock, Light, Franklin, James, Doran, May T, Moore, Wyatt, May O, Balcombe 
Hambledon name the same team against Fawley in SPL2 as they do against Sarisbury Athletic in the T20 at Allotment Road on Sunday, 3pm.
Hambledon: George Marshall, Dan McGovern, Henry Glanfield, Matt De Villiers, Chris Pratt, Spencer Leclercq, Mark Butcher, Jonty, Oliver, Ben Reilly, James Restall, George Harding
The other SPL2 games feature Bashley (Rydal) II hosting Hartley Wintney (who will need a breakfast-time departure to get to the New Forest in time) and OTs & Romsey against St Cross Symondians II.
Two points separate the lead pair in Division 3, Paultons and Portsmouth & Southsea, who have each won their opening three matches.
Paultons (64 points) host Gosport Borough in round 4, while Portsmouth & Southsea (62) face a potentially grueling trip through the inbound Salisbury city traffic before facing South Wilts II, who have won their last two games.
Skipper Simon Ennew misses Paultons’ match, but in-form Scott Hills comes in after a bright start in second team cricket.
Paultons: Pike, P Longland, Barton, Hills, Collins, Rogers, Dawes, L Longland, Dunn, Chandhoke, Denney.
Langley Manor (53) travel to Havant II, while fourth placed Sway (50 points) are without influential all-rounder Huw Bernard when they host Trojans at the Jubilee Field.
Sway: Noble, Prince, Crossley, Hall, Marshall, Steadman, Jones, Grasham, Ramwell, How, Waller.
Either Basingstoke & North Hants II or Purbrook will pick up their first win points as the winless pair go head-to-head at May’s Bounty.

Taking wickets at crucial times proved key for Paultons, who clung on to their three-match unbeaten start to the Premier Division 3 season with a too close for comfort nine-run win over Langley Manor at Knellers Lane.
Paultons posted a healthy 242-9, but at 180-4 (Jack Budd 47) and James Purnell (50) and Steve Harris (27) at the crease the Manor probably fancied their chances.   But all that changed when they were both dismissed in quick succession and 180-6 did not look quite so promising.
But when Simon Peters is still about, anything can happen. He hit a brisk 37 and threatened to take the game away from Paultons. To the visitors’ relief Simon Ennew stumped him off left-armer Andrew Denny and Langley Manor lost their last three wickets for seven runs. They were 233 all out.
Earlier, Paul Longland (50) and Robbie Pike (30) steered Paultons to 87-1, a position Andrew Collins (55) and Ennew (20) improved. Peters returned 3-40.

​Jack Davies is now averaging a Bradmanesque 463 in 2022 after another superb innings maintained Portsmouth & Southsea’s winning start to the Southern Premier League season.
The batsman compiled an unbeaten 91 as P & S defeated Sway by one wicket to record their third successive league win at St James’ Park. They are second in the embryonic Division 3 table, just one point behind Paultons, who beat Langley Manor by nine runs.
Davies has not been dismissed in his last five innings, which have seen him score two hundreds and three other 50-plus scores, writes Simon Carter of The News, Portsmouth.
After hitting 36 in a friendly against Pagham in his first knock of the year, Davies has struck 112* (v Purbrook, friendly), 101* (v Locks Heath, midweek league), 50* (v Havant II, SPL3), 73* (v Trojans, SPL3) and now 91 not out.
Asked to chase 198 for victory, P & S were 23-2 when Davies arrived in the middle. Before another run had been scored, Chris Bollom was dismissed.  Alex Davidson (39) helped Davies overcome that dismal start, the pair putting on 103 for the fourth wicket.
Among the last six in the P & S order, only Tom Benfield (13) managed double figures.
But Davies couldn’t be budged at one end, hitting seven fours and three sixes to raise his seasonal average to eye-popping levels with the 29th league half-century of his P & S career.
The winning run came when he hit the second ball of the 45th over to the boundary off the 112th delivery he had faced.
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Earlier, spinner Max Goddard (3-34) and Keiron Dunstan (3-40) had pegged Sway - who had also won their opening two fixtures - back to 197-8 after they had reached 109-2, skipper Tim Noble top scoring with 56.
New signings Jubin Karippai and West Indian Tyrel Chicot shared seven wickets as Gosport Borough claimed their first win of the Southern Premier League season.  Winless Basingstoke & North Hants II were dismissed for 129 at Privett Park.
Chicot (3-40) dismissed the visitors’ top three while Karippai - who played in the Hampshire League for Portsmouth-based Kerala last year - bagged 4-20 off 10 overs at second change.
With Hampshire Seniors prospect Mathew Thankachan taking 4-18, Gosport didn’t have it all their way when they replied, losing six wickets in all.
They were given a good start with opener Denzel James - like Chicot, an Antguan - top scoring with a 51-ball 44. Viv Richards (not Sir Viv !) was next highest with 27 as Gosport clinched victory off the last ball of the 38th over.
Portsmouth Grammar School’s Ben Feeney top scored as Havant 2nds claimed their first success since returning to the SPL.  
The wicket-keeper - who has played for Hampshire under-16s this year - struck a league best 70 as Havant posted 207-6 against Trojans at Stoneham Lane.
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Feeney held the innings together after Havant had dipped to 23-3, receiving good support from Harrison Barnard (32 not out), Oliver Jones (31) and Ben Turk (27).
With opener Syed Agha (49) top scoring, the hosts progressed to 78-1 in reply.  But Agha’s removal - one of three victims for teen Matty Hayward (3-32) - started a collapse which left Trojans 122-6. 
Evergreen wicket-keeper Nigel Le Bas hit an unbeaten 42 but the six batters after him in the order only managed 23 between them. And when left-arm spinner Steven Matthews (2-31) dismissed last man Tim Felstead, Trojans were all out for 185 (extras 35, including 25 wides) to leave Havant 22-run winners.
Purbrook suffered a third successive defeat, failing to capitalise on a great start against South Wilts II.
Jahanzeb Habib (3-33) helped reduce Wilts to 65-5 after they had been inserted by Purbrook skipper Sean Figgins.
Captain Robert Pittman (51) and Tom Bolam (26) added 66 for the sixth wicket as Wilts eventually reached 176 (extras 33, including 26 wides).
That was too high a chase for Purbrook, who fell 28 runs short. Figgins top scored with 35 - he was dismissed by young spinner William Langdown (3-11 off seven overs) - with Aaron Dean (30) the  next best.

Sparsholt are rock bottom of Southern Premier Division 1 after a five-wicket defeat by New Milton – their third loss in a row.
To compound the misery, Sparsholt are of the Voneus national Village Cup – beaten by 43 runs in the county semi-final by Hampshire League side Bramshaw, who play three tiers lower in the pyramid (see separate article).
Jerry Frith (59) held Sparsholt’s top order together against some impressive seam bowling by Milton’s George Watts (2-19), whose economical ten-over helped reduce the hosts to 115-5.
Teenager Oli Williams (32), aided by Tom Ley (39) and Dave Banks (24), got Sparsholt up to 208-8 – but it wasn’t enough.
James Adams (69) and Ben Griffiths (28) put New Milton firmly in the driving seat at 124-2 before Toby Edwards blasted an unbeaten 59 - 46 of his runs coming in boundaries – and Joe Hall a more sedate 24 not out as the Green & Golds made 220-5 with time to spare.

Liphook & Ripsley seem to have the Indian sign over Southern Premier Division 1 leaders Ventnor, whom they beat by three wickets with eight balls to spare in a Ripsley Park thriller.
They were the only team to beat Ventnor on the Isle of Wight last season – a result which later became significant when the Division 2 silverware was handed out.
The afternoon couldn’t have begun much better for Liphook, with Joe Randall having Sri Lankan Dineth Thimodya caught at mid-wicket for a third-ball duck.  The ex-Rowledge seamer then had former Waterlooville man Namish Verma removed to leave Ventnor 20-2.
But experienced third wicket pair Rob Snell (69) and Martin Blackman frustrated the Liphook bowlers and saw off the new ball very well, producing some fine strokes as they both passed their half centuries. 
The introduction of Liphook off break bowler Jamie Hall paid dividends as a telling delivery lured the left-handed Snell out of his crease and some fine glove work from Harry Munt did the rest.  Hall picked up his second wicket with a catch in the deep but by now Ventnor had raced onto 196-4. 
Some big hitting at the end from Blackman, who went on to score his maiden SPL century, and Ross Whyte got Ventnor to 259-4.  Whyte smashed 35 off just 22 balls, while Blackman, who has been in good nick this season, finished with a splendid 118 not out, his first hundred in 20 years of Premier League cricket.
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Liphook also got off to the worst possible start as Rob Nicklin was bowled by Snell in the first over. Harry Munt joined Ryan Covey at the crease and these two saw off the new ball and then continued to score freely as the change bowlers came on. They got the score up to 85 before Munt (45) was trapped leg before by Charlie Calloway. 
Covey and George Neave continued to rotate the strike and put away the bad ball, both players passing fifty and the game looked very much in the balance. Covey was eventually dismissed for 65 (157-3), but Hall and Neave got the score up to 200 and it looked like Liphook’s game to lose, but 201-3. It very quickly became 210-6 as Neave also fell for 65 and the batting collapse Liphook witnessed at Portsmouth the previous week looked like happening again. 
Hall and Andy Barnes got the score to within 30 of the target but with only three overs left it looked like the game had gone for Liphook. Barnes thumped Thimodya for two big sixes in a 21-run 48th over, leaving the hosts only five runs to win off the remaining two overs.
The winning runs came from skipper Sean Burton, but the applause was for Barnes, whose  dazzling knock of 36 from just 16 balls won the match. 

Ben Fisher took a well earned afternoon off from his Biochemistry degree course at Oxford University’s Magdalen College to take five Sarisbury Athletic wickets and set up a comfortable victory for Calmore Sports, who move into joint second place in Southern Premier Division 1 one point behind beaten leaders Ventnor.
Fisher, who is in the third year of a four-year Degree and Masters course, wrecked Sarisbury’s top order with the new ball, leaving the hosts 26-4 before running out Ricky Rawlins.
Nathan Feltham decided attack was the best form of defence and swatted five sixes in a quick fire 69 which, with subsequent support from Rob Franklin (37) and Jacob Harris (44 not out), saw Sarisbury Athletic to 212-8.
Calmore lurched to 14-2, but left-hander Ben Johns is in such good form this season and his 78 in a century stand with Shawn Johnson (41) put the visitors back on top.  Max Bailey and James Manning completed the formalities.

The Hampshire Academy chased down a Burridge total of 262 to win by four wickets with five balls to spare and preserve the ECB Southern Premier Division’s only unbeaten record.
Third-wicket pair Tom Cheater (79) and Sam Ruffell (66) shared a lively century partnership, which Archie Fairfax-Ross, with 45 not out, later improved to sweep the Academy to a third successive win.
“This was a very young Academy side, but the lads were so calm and composed under pressure and to score at the rate they did was superb,” said Hampshire Pathways manager Charlie Freeston.
“Tom and Sam, who put on 125, went at a rate of a run a ball to keep us in the game and to make sure that the guys coming in after them weren’t under pressure to score at eight or nine an over. In fact, it rarely got above six.”
“They rotated the strike well too. Only 58 of that 125-run stand came in boundaries, so there was a lot of excellent running between the wickets.”
The Academy lost Jude Wright and Dubs Wood cheaply, but  were firmly in the driving seat while the Totton & Eling raised Cheater and Lord Wandsworth College student Ruffell were together.
But there was a hiccup when Ruffell was caught (166-3) and Cheater needlessly ran himself out one run later !
It meant Fairfax-Ross and Ethan Martin (24) having to reboot the innings, but their 36-run flurry pushed the Academy past the physiological 200 mark.
Burridge threw down some unwanted sundries to lessen the load, though Fairfax-Ross didn’t hang about, hitting several boundaries in his 45 not out.  Louis Pritchard (12 not out) provided timely support.
Joe Collings-Wells (68) and Azimunnoor Chowdhury (36) had earlier put on 111 for the first  Burridge wicket after skipper Hilio De Abreu had elected to bat.
De Abreu followed up by top scoring with 70 at No 4, and Dan Stancliffe added 30 off 20 balls late on.
But Burridge’s last three wickets all fell with the score on 262 with Rowledge teenager Ethan Martin and Prichard both taking 3-50.
* Hampshire Academy play Dorset U19s in a t20 Challenge at Bashley (Rydal) on Thursday evening, 5.30pm.

Tom Arnold maintained his status at the leading run scorer in the Voneus Village Cup with a match winning 74 in Bramshaw’s county semi-final victory over Sparsholt at the Norman Edwards Ground.
He’s made 266 runs in the first three rounds, his 74 following 82 against Paultons and an unbeaten 111 in the victory over Easton & Martyr Worthy.
Arnold (pictured above) hit two sixes and ten fours, sharing a useful opening stand with James Booth (29) before Charlie Anderson weighed in with a handy 27 not out to push Bramshaw’s tea time score to 180-6.
Dan Sumner took a belated 5-30 for Sparsholt, whose batting failed to fire and, after a three-wicket blast by Michael Kingston (3-14), they were lagging behind at 98-7.
Oli Williams (37) and Josh May (31) gave them hope, but Hampshire 50s prospect Zane De Monte took 3-38 to leave them 137 all out.
Bramshaw host 2021 Village Cup winners Calmore Sports in the Hampshire final on Sunday week, June 5, following the cup holders’ emphatic eight-wicket win over Ventnor in the Steephill bowl.
It looked as though Calmore might have a hard job on their hands when Ventnor posted 190, but the Lord’s winners simply blew the target away – Ben Johns racking up an unbeaten century as they won with almost 12 overs to spare !
Left-hander Johns hit a six and 12 fours and, with Shaun Johnson hitting 46 not out, swept Calmore to victory in good time for the car ferry.
Johnson earlier took 4-48 and Dan Croft 3-19, while Souvak Sanyal (47) and Mark Fletcher (46) top scored for the islanders.
Liphook & Ripsley and Rowledge were both knocked out, only Ryan Covey (40) making an impact as the beaten 2019 Lord’s finalists were rushed out for 96 at Findon, who won by five wickets.
Blackheath’s 233-5 at Church Road was centred around a splendid 126 by Pete Melhuish, whose second wicket stand with Harry Bardon (66) effectively batted Rowledge out of the game.
Talented Oli Ryman took 3-45 and later scored 44, his sixth-wicket stand of 68 with Oli Baker (45) lifting Rowledge to a respectable 204-8.
Chalke Valley, situated a few miles outside of Salisbury saw their cup dreams ended in a 69-run defeat by WEPL Division 1 side Winsley, who made 264-5.  Joe Weld hit a brave 84 as Chalke Valley made 195-9 in reply.

​​Any prospect Totton & Eling had of recording a third successive win since their promotion to the ECB Southern Premier Division were effectively hashed when they lost half their wickets with only 34 runs on the Southern Gardens electronic scoreboard.
They were eventually dismissed for 145 by Lymington, who successfully defended a modest 167 and notch their first win.
New Zealander James Hartshorn (3-42) nipped out Hampshire prospect Fletcha Middleton and former Berkshire batsman Harry Stephens with consecutive deliveries, while the tall, imposing Guy Layman (3-18) removed Bothwell Chapungu, Conor Griffiths and Ethan Taylor as Totton lurched to 34-5.
Solent University student Jaidel Richardson (32) revived Totton’s fortunes and with Sam Bracey (27) lifted the side to a challenging 122-7. Off-spinner Dan Cox (4-37) had both players caught, but Brighton Mugochi remained a massive threat as all the time he remained at the crease, Totton could have won. He smacked five fours and two sixes in a rapid 41 not out but, fortunately for Lymington, he ran out of partners !
Earlier, Lymington began brightly but after reaching 31-0 (Ben Rogers 21) but after Richardson (3-17) had dismissed both openers, the middle-order gave way to the left-arm spin of Mugochi (4-32). Lymington lurched to 91-6 before Oxford University’s Josh Royan (46) added a crucial 49 with shoulder injured Ben Attrill (21) to guide Lymington towards their eventual 167 all out (Tom Varney 2-47). 

Mark Nicholas, Chris Tremlett & Sean Irvine are featuring in a Hampshire All Star XI in a charity match at Broadhalfpenny Down on Friday 24 June, at 1.30 pm, to celebrate the 250th Anniversay of the first ever 1st class match played there in 1772.
Tickets are £10 for the Friday which includes an admission to another Ladies game on the Saturday.
​Tickets are available from Hampshire from this link: https://www.ageasbowl.com/cricket/news/mark-nicholas,-chris-tremlett-and-sean-ervine-to-feature-in-hampshire-all-star-xi-for-charity-match-%E2%80%93-tickets-on-sale-now/

This is the scene from the famous old Bat & Ball ground pavilion at Gravesend, which was hit by a Biblical Storm on Tuesday afternoon causing the Kent-Hampshire National Sixties Championship match to be called off.   The storm caused damage to the pavilion roof, flooded the clubhouse and outfield. No one was injured.  Picture Geoff Beale.

Bournemouth’s lower order batsmen had to keep calm to ensure that an eventual two-wicket win over ECB Southern Premier Division neighbours Bashley (Rydal) didn’t elude them.
They got home with four balls of Mitch Wilson’s final over to spare, having been 132-8 chasing down Bashley’s modest 154 and the outcome in the balance.
But while nerves jangled in the visitors’ BCG dressing room, Robbie Pak and man-of-the-match Oli Breckon eked out the 23 runs Bournemouth required for victory.
Fortunes fluctuated throughout with Bashley wobbling at 31-3 after an impressive new-ball spell by Breckon (4-27) and sinking deeper into trouble at 62-5 after Michael Porter and Harry Broderick had perished to the left-arm spin of Pack, who finished with 3-27.
Five of Bashley’s middle order made starts, but none of the batsmen reached 20 until Dan Goodey emerged from the pavilion at 119-8 to clout an unbeaten 34 and lift the score to 154.
It appeared as it might be a stroll in the park for Bournemouth when Tasmanian left-hander Tom Willoughby (36) and Oli Shrubsole (19) eased the Lions to 64-0.
But then four wickets fell for ten runs – two each to Broderick (3-15) and Goodey (2-26) – and Bashley were back in it.
Simon Woodruff (36) and Jake Hurley rallied, but at 121-4 Josh Digby (3-23) triggered another collapse and Bournemouth slipped to 132-8.
But Pack, with a patient yet crucial 17 not out, and Breckon, unbeaten with nine, denied Bashley any further breakthroughs and earned Bournemouth their first league win.

South Wilts are the sole remaining Southern Premier League in the ECB Royal London national club championship after the first round exits of Havant, Hook & Newnham Basics and St Cross Symondians.
Havant were knocked out by High Wycombe, Hook & Newnham exited after a brave fight at Richmond, while St Cross Symondians gave powerful Bridgwater a massive scare at the Green Jackets.   South Wilts host WEPL giants Potterne in the second round at Bemerton this Sunday, 1pm.
Openers Teddie Casteton (97) and Eliot Callis, with four sixes and ten fours in his no nonsense 75, set the tone for High Wycombe with a century start. They closed 267-6 before reducing Havant to 113-8. Richard Jerry (46) and Freddie Gadd (21) rallied as Havant finished 201 all out.
Josh Buckingham (57) hit a battling half-century at the top of the innings as Hook made 134 - recent Middlesex Premier Division champions Richmond losing seven wickets before they got home.
Bridgwater piled up 227-7 (Charlie Gwynn 3-20) but got a nasty shock as teen duo Wilf Fontaine-Jackson (74) and Ben Foster (67) sent the ​St Cross response racing to 142-1. Alas, the last nine St Cross wickets fell for 57 and the side to 199 all out.

​Ash Neal (pictured) began his role as interim captain with an impressive all-round performance as Basingstoke & North Hants shattered Portsmouth’s 100 per cent start to the new Southern Premier League Division 1 season with a 78-run win at May’s Bounty.
The Bournemouth University business studies student will captain Basingstoke until late June, when he goes off travelling.
He has taken over from Dan Belcher who, relieved of the pressure captaincy can often bring, top scored as Basingstoke racked up a match winning 236-9.
Neal, who played in Basingstoke’s woeful early season defeats by Sarisbury Athletic and Rowledge, hit 37 and later took 4-26 as Portsmouth were bowled out for 158.
His performance won the Stoke stand-in captain this website's prestigious Cricketer of the Week award.
“After those two early losses, this was a great win for us against a strong Portsmouth outfit we fully expect to be right up there come the end of the season,” he smiled.
“So it was a good way to get our season up and running. It was a real team performance with both bat and ball.
“We were confident we had enough (236-9) on the board at tea, but on what was a good May’s Bounty deck we knew it could go either way, so we had to be disciplined with the ball. Bowling was supported by good fielding.”
With the top five batsmen all making runs, Basingstoke were guaranteed a competitive total.
Openers Belcher (42) and the evergreen Richard Vinn (21) began with a 73-run start which Ash Neal (37) and Joe Oates (25) near enough doubled.
Dan Wimble (4-52) created some inroads, but with Brad Neal making a quick fire 36 and Matt Donaldson (21) and Laurence Benge (20) making handy contributions, Basingstoke closed with a competitive 236-9.
Two early blows by Jake Fincken (2-41), aided by a tight seven-over spell by Brad Neal, kept the pressure firmly on Portsmouth, who lost wickets bat regular intervals, four of them to Ash Neal, who finished with 4-26.  Three wickets fell for nine runs at one point.
Portsmouth were effectively out of the contest at 107-7 (Ben Duggan 28) by the time Sujeeth Daini (34) and Ashan Silva (34) came together to lift the final score to 158 all out.
Alton were far too strong for a weakened Rowledge at the Jubilee Ground and cruised to an eight-wicket win after dismissing the visitors for a modest 146.
Rowledge, who had five regular first teams away at university, had their top order rearranged by former Maidenhead & Bray seamer Arul Appavoo (4-31) and needed a resolute 46 by teenager Ryan Littlewood (aided by the promising David Lloyd, 19 runs (not years)) to get them to 146.
Alton completed the win in the 27th over, with Dan Harris blasting 83 (two sixes and 11 fours) and Abhay Gonella scoring 57 not out.

​Joe Vaughan produced a stunning individual performance as Old Tauntonians & Romsey pulled off a remarkable ten-wicket win over previously unbeaten Southern Premier Division 2 pacemakers Hartley Wintney.
He took 5-58 as Hartley were dismissed for 155 – a total OTs polished off without loss, Vaughan hitting 85 not out.
Farooq Quereshi, an all-rounder who normally plies his trade in the Calgary & District League in Canada, hit a half-century on debut for Hartley Wintney. 
He arrived at the Cricket Field crease with Hartley 77-3 (Ryan Bone 28) and, after skipper Will Ross had gone for 30, smacked eight fours and two sixes in a rapid 50.
His demise – one of five victims for spinner Joe Vaughan (5-58), who ripped through the middle order -  saw Hartley Wintney collapse from 148-4 to 155 all out, six wickets falling for seven runs.
Vaughan (pictured) continued his domination with the bat, hitting 85 not out, including two sixes and 12 fours. Skipper Charlie King made an unbeaten 58 as OTs cruised home inside 28 overs.
Hook & Newnham Basics’ promoted second team are finding life tough in the Southern Premier Division 2, suffering a third successive defeat when visiting Waterlooville beat them by seven wickets at the KGV.
Rhodes Franklin struck a battling 50, but Hook had little prospect of defending 123 – a total the Ville eased past despite a three-wicket blast by Richard Willcock (3-22).
Kiwi Josh McGregor (3-16) ripped through the HNB tail before in-form Archie Reynolds hit an unbeaten 52 and continue his fine early season form. 
Fair Oak chalked up their second SPL2 victory, beating winless Fawley by six wickets at Holbury.
Fresh from his previous week's five-wicket haul against St Cross Symondians II, Ben Smith (3-33) was again in good form with the ball reducing the hosts to an early 48-3.
Sufian Munir (52) held the Fawley top order together, while late runs came from Brendan Streather (33) and Callum Earl (19). Freddie Eley did well with the ball, taking 3 for 51, and Phil Smith 2 for 12, to restrict the home side to a below-par total of 165 all out.
A typical whirlwind start from Gregor McKenzie – 28, including 3 sixes, in 13 balls – put Oaks in good shape. Opening partner Harry Reed was, by contrast, in more restrained mood. He carried his bat for 53, his maiden SPL fifty, in spite of the best efforts of Sean Williams (2 for 45). A rapid unbeaten 42 from Nick Doubell at better than a-run-a-ball took Fair Oak to a six-wicket victory at 168-4.

 

South Wilts climbed into second place in the ECB Southern Premier League with a comprehensive victory over basement side Hook & Newnham Basics – but their eight-wicket win came at a cost !
Playing-wise, the influential James Hayward faces a spell on the side-lines after he pulled a hamstring trying to turn sharply in the field.
The club has also been hit in the pocket as Jack Stearman and Peter Rowe, who shared a decisive second-wicket stand, each hoofed a six on to the roof of the terraced houses standing back from the Bemerton leg-side boundary, breaking several tiles.
South Wilts have to foot the repair bill which could run up to as much as £250 !
South Wilts chased down Hook’s modest 143 to win with 22 overs to spare and move within 15 points of the Hampshire Academy, who boast the only unbeaten record after winning all three matches.
Once he got his radar right Matt Burton (2-25), running down the Wilton Road slope, proved a handful and nipped out Hook openers Sam Lockwood and Matt Love (both for eight) in quick succession.
Matt Buckingham (20) and Harry Robson steadied the ship by easing Hook to 61-2, but once again the visitors lost two wickets in quick succession and slipped to 63-4.
Josh Buckingham (25) hit two on-side sixes before falling to a sprawling one-handed return catch by Indian leg spinner Aaryan Sen, who finished with 3-24.
                                                                                     Verdict
Robson (28) showed the value of occupying the crease and got stuck in - but he lost four partners before Josh Croom (4-42) got a leg-side caught behind verdict against him at 125-5 to leave Hook’s lower order exposed.
Jack Murrell (21) staged a late comeback of sorts, but Hook’s last five wickets fell for 18 runs, the final three adding just two runs to the total before the innings closed at 143 in the 35th over. 
Sen, the Mumbai left-arm spinner, took two of the last three wickets to fall – he now has eight victims in two SPL appearances – and will clearly be a handful for opposing batsmen when the all-day ‘time’ cricket begins on Saturday week.
Tom Morton (18) promptly pumped two fours to get South Wilts away to a flier as Max Simpson bore the brunt of the batting assault, conceding 44 runs off 27 deliveries.
The more economical Murrell had Morton caught by Sam Lockwood, but that was the only joy Hook had as Stearman and Rowe picked off the bowling and added 98, hitting 19 boundaries between them.
Stearman, with 12 fours in an unbeaten 67, chalked up his second 60-plus score in three knocks and is looking more positive the longer he stays at the crease.
Rowe was disappointed to have lost his wicket with 50 under his belt, especially with South Wilts within touching distance of victory.
It was Hook’s second consecutive defeat in what has been a demanding start for the 2019 Division 1 champions.

First Harry Foyle, then later Australian Sam Beer were the influential players as St Cross Symondians pulled off a dramatic one-wicket win over eight-time ECB Southern Premier League champions Havant at The Park.
Set to overhaul Havant’s 203-9, St Cross had half their batsmen back in the pavilion at 106-5 and still had work to do at 156-7 when Harry Foyle (47) became a second spin victim for Chris Stone.
But Beer, who hails from Melbourne and joined St Cross on the recommendation of Hampshire all-rounder Ian Holland, galvanized the tail, adding a precious 30 with Aidan Hawkesworth and then another 15 with Matt Howarth before the ninth wicket fell at 201.
Rookie St Cross fifth teamer Zac Farooq had to defend two balls before Beer regained the strike to make an unbeaten 28 and get the Winchester side across the line with ten balls to spare.
Earlier, Beer had a hand in the dismissal of Havant openers Ben Walker and Charlie Whitfield before Stone (74) and Harry Gadd (54) featured in the 75-run stand which lifted the hosts from 49-3.
But from 129-4, it was unlikely Havant would bat St Cross out of the game – though their 203-9 was almost enough !
Richard Jerry (3-42) and Sony Reynolds reduced St Cross to 45-4 before Jack Bransgrove (24) and Foyle put on 61 to take their reply to 106-5.
It ebbed and flowed after that, with Foyle reigning in his normal attacking instincts and batting a patient 89 balls for 47, an innings which proved so decisive.

Hampshire IIs have been involved in some thrilling Second XI Championship T20 South Group affairs in recent days, losing by four runs after a stunning run chase against Essex and off the penultimate ball to the full Sussex county side. They then beat Essex in a return match.
Results -
Essex 232-7 (Pepper 117) Hampshire 228-6 (Albert 63, Prest 51, Mumford 39, Kelly 32, Whiteley 29).
Hampshire 179-6 (Prest 80, Albert 36, Middleton 30) Sussex 180-5 (Rizwan 60, Bopara 35, Ward 24)
Hampshire 168 (Whiteley 73, Wood 36, Kelly 22) Essex 151 (Richards 43, Das 35, Kelly 3-31)
Hampshire host Middlesex on the Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground on Monday and play Sussex at Horsham on Tuesday, both 1400 starts.

Seven  local clubs are involved in Voneus national Village Cup county semi-final ties this Sunday afternoon (1300), as follows -
Chalke Valley v Winsley
Findon v Liphook & Ripsley​
​Rowledge v Blackheath
Sparsholt v Bramshaw
Ventnor v Calmore Sports

HAMPSHIRE ACADEMY boast the only unbeaten ECB Southern Premier Division unbeaten record after chasing down a Burridge total of 266 to win by four wickets with five balls to spare at Botley Road.  
This is arguably the youngest Academy side Hampshire have fielded and only three of the unchanged team - Tom Cheater, Jude Wright and Ethan Baker - that has recorded back-to-back wins over Bournemouth and Burridge are permanent Academy scholars. 
Back (from left): Tom Cheater, Sam Ruffell, Jude Wright, Ethan Martin, Dubs Wood, Ethan Baker. Kneeling: James Tomlinson, Louis Pritchard, Archie Fairfax-Ross, Oli Cordery, Oli Spink.