HYDE RAMBLERS' players and officials celebrate more Winchester & District CA Tichborne Trophy success, circa 1979/80.
Back (from left): John Davis, Bob Drinkwater, Richard Edwards, Roger Gouldstone, Bob Laishley, Pete Foster, John Tufnell, Neil Moseley, (a youthful) Pete Green.  Front: Mike Burchett, Bill Sedgwick, Ian Kerr, Bill Riquier, Doug Wren, Dave Stratton.

... PETERSVILLE do !  A combined team of players from Petersfield and Waterlooville took the old County Ground Trophy out of Southampton in the early Seventies, beating perennial cup winners Old Tauntonians in the limited overs final at Northlands Road.
Petersville (standing)(from left): John Hull, Brian Robbins, Keith Dyke, Derek Heims, Ricky Travis, Ian Megarry. Seated: Alan Bloxham, Bob Pullin, Peter Faulkner, Codge Greetham, Dave Cassell.

HYDE RAMBLERS, late 1970s 
Back (from left): Sefton Hewitt, Pete Green, John Boniface (record signing from South Wilts, fee remains undisclosed), John Tufnell, Bob Laishley, Pete Foster.  Front: Mike Burchett, Dave Stratton, Ian Kerr, Richard Edwards, Clive Street.

Lymington accumulated a phenomenal 271 points out of a possible 280 in winning the championship to become the first club since the Southern League's restructure to lift the title with an unblemished record.
Lymington's success wasn't surprising bearing the line-up they boasted. Captained by Hampshire left-hander Jon Hardy, they had two outstanding overseas cricketers in New Zealand's Andy Jones (now 61) - who made 536 runs at an average of 107.20 before going on to play on 122 occasions for the Black Caps, hitting seven hundreds and 36 half-centuries - and the late Peter Williams, a superbly talented all-rounder from the Eastern Province and Natal.  Hardy and Peter Tapper also featured strongly with the bat, while Dick Page, Jeff Hose, spinner Alan Wright and Williams featured prominently in the 1983 bowling averages.
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​PORTSMOUTH & SOUTHSEA, mid-1970s, pose for the camera prior to a Hampshire League County Division 1 match at St Helen's, Southsea.
Back (from left): Tony Weld, Paul Baines, Steve Field, Mike O’Donnell, John Farnhill, Mike Jenkins, Brian Keeling, Tony Dindar. Front: Derek Hellier, Paul Windsor, John Elliott, Steve Munday, Robin Jones

​WATERLOOVILLE 2nd XI 1979
Back (from left): David Tusler, Gerry Corrigan, Colin Uwins, Graham Cox, Paul Rowson, Steve Wilson, Eddie Stillwell (umpire).  Seated: Geoff Richardson, Dave Cassell, Ray MacIntyre, Alan Bloxham, Keith Richardson, Max O’Connell.

HAVANT, Southern League champions 1975
Standing (from left): Stan Rudder, Tom Thompson, Ken Gerrard, Bob Drake, Roger Gilliatt, Mike Rowlett, Gordon Downham. Seated: Nic Holliday, Barrie Jones, John Thackeray, Geoff Owen, Roger Sainsbury, Robin Sykes, Dick Funnell.