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. 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. NEW MILTON thrashed Old Tauntonians by seven wickets to win the 1983 Southern League 'Echo Trophy' at Northlands Road, having restricted the Southampton club to 91-6 (23 overs), with a miserly 1-8 teenage Neil Taylor spell. Pete Wakefield (30), Simon Massey (23*) and Iain Britton (21) knocked off the runs with 23 balls to spare.
New Milton: Standing (from left) Gavin Fletcher, John Dodd, Mark Rushworth, Peter Wakefield, Mike Yell, Shaun Lilley. Umpires Walt Drodge (left) and Alan Bundy (right) at either end. Kneeling: John Wolfe, Simon Massey, Peter Cummings, Nil Taylor, Iain Britton. DEANERY celebrated a Town & Country Southern League and Echo Trophy double in 1979, but the title race could hardly have been tighter with the Southampton club pipping 1978 winners Havant by 0.04 of a point on the season's average.
The season was badly affected by the weather with a whole host of matches being washed out. Rained off four times, Deanery won nine of their 11 matches, having only managed to take the field twice by mid-June. Disappointingly, the final round of matches was washed out, culminating in an anti-climatic finish to the summer. The overall lack of matches played was reflected in the 1979 season's averages, with Ian Watson (335) the only Deanery batsman to exceed 300 runs. Havant opening pair Roger Gilliatt (390) and Trevor Hicks (386) were the leading SL run scorers, with Waterlooville's Ian Farley (379) two boundaries behind. Hyde Ramblers' Bob Laishley bowled and bowled, taking 46 wickets, with Derek Tulk and Don Whitlock taking 36 each. Bowling restrictions came next ! HYTHE & DIBDEN thrashed Lymington by eight wickets with 15 balls to spare to win the 1976 New Forest CA Sydney Wyatt Cup at Lyndhurst’s Bolton’s Bench.
With schoolteacher Roger Moyle and Terry Rawlins taking two wickets each, they restricted Lymington to 80-6 and polished off the target with plenty of time to spare, Brian Buck (25), George Knights (21*) and Hedley Wooldridge (20) leading the way. The victorious Hythe team (not in order above) was Brian Sexton (captain), Phil Wastell, Brian Buck, Terry Rawlins, George Knights, Hedley Wooldridge, Mike Swanton, Roger Moyle, Mike Pick, Phil Pick, Steve House. |
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