OLD NETLEY & HIGHFIELD won 13 of their 15 matches to secure a first HCL title – the most significant victory coming on the penultimate week of the season when they beat Southampton Community by 96 runs.
Twice, against Ryde Cavaliers and Trojans, they posted 300-plus totals, with Dan Czaicki hitting an unbeaten 138 among his 495 runs.  John Powell clocked up 389 runs, Adam Comber complemented his 470-run tally with 18 wickets.  Luke Cherrett’s 35-wicket haul included a spell of 7-17 against Trojans.
Old Netley are reaping the benefits of their investments.
Some years back they completely re-laid their square at Portsmouth Road and generally enhanced the facilities they share with Sholing FC.   There is a very healthy junior section at the club, providing cricket for teams from nine years of age upwards.

The Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal received a £100 boost from the Hampshire Cricket League following the first of this winter’s presentation awards dinners.
“All the award winners who came to the Southampton Novotel without wearing a poppy in their lapel was ‘fined’ a pound. It created a lot of fun,” explained HCL chairman Denis Emery.
“This is the third year we have supported the Royal British Legion and we’re delighted to back such a wonderful cause.”

Redlynch & Hale, County Division 3 North champions
Back (from left): Alan George (Umpire), Andy Soutar, Ben Brown, James Taylor, Ian Tanner, Kevin Hopkins, Russ Church, Lin Church (Scorer). Front: Will Hewlett, Ben Vincent, Glenn Willoughby, George Hayes, Dave Webber.  Picture Jim Hewlett.

Redlynch & Hale probably thought they had blown their County Division 3 North title hopes when RAM beat them so convincingly three weeks from the end of the season. 
But the championship race took another dramatic twist seven days later when RAM themselves were beaten by Michelmersh & Timsbury – a result which opened the door for Redlynch to eventually claim the title by six points.
Redlynch batted themselves into winning positions with seven separate totals in excess of 260, Glenn Willoughby (568) and the promising Ian Tanner (533) each scoring over 500 runs.
Lead all-rounder Kevin Hopkins complemented his 454 runs with 25 wickets, while Dave Webber (381) and Andy Soutar (301) made their respective marks.  Russ Church weighed in with 19 wickets, including 5-27 v Steeple Langford.

Parley, runners-up to Hythe & Dibden in County Division 1.

Parley’s aspirations of a successful debut season in HCL County 1 were fairly high. However losing four out of the first five games (having lost only six in the previous four seasons) was not the way it had been planned. Subsequently, winning 11 out of the remaining 12 matches showed the ability and resolve within the side which, remarkably, finished runners-up, only one point behind champions Hythe & Dibden.
By the time those first five games had been completed, finger and hand injuries to captain and Dorset Minor Counties opening batsman Sam Collins and opening bowler Tom Blackley meant they would miss the next 17 games between them. What a season it might have been if they had not played in the first five !
A total of 25 players were used during the season with their ages ranging between 14 and 63. Individual honours are easy to identify with Alex Nippard winning the County 1 batting award, with 758 runs and Ollie Green finishing as top bowler, with 35 wickets. Other notable achievers were Shane Green (502) and Roshan Embalagama (500). With the ball, Harry Beardsley took 25 wickets and Dave Elrick rolled back the years taking 18 wickets.
After such a poor start, to finish as runners up in County 1 ranks as a pretty good effort. However, Parley have been denied promotion to the Southern Premier League due to various accreditation issues.

Harry Hovey led the way as Bedhampton Mariners strolled to the Hampshire League, County Division 2 title, winning all bar one of their 15 matches.
A Southern Premier Division winner with Havant in 2016, Hovey returned to the area after scoring over 500 runs to help fuel Bickley Park’s promotion into the Kent Premier League last year.
Included in his 828 runs tally for Bedhampton this summer were four separate centuries – Portsmouth II (130), New Milton II (129), Old Basing (106) and Hayling Island (119) – on top of which Hovey took 21 wickets.  In support, Scott Chilton made 426 runs, while Sam Robinson (32) and Ali Gardner (30) were the most successful bowlers.
Bedhampton are joined in County 1 next season by runners-up Sway and Old Basing.

Parley pair Alex Nippard and Ollie Green have won the Hampshire League County Division One batting and bowling awards, respectively.
Nippard cracked 758 runs for the Dorset club, who finished runners-up, a solitary point behind champions Hythe & Dibden, while Green’s 35-wicket haul included a CD1 best 9-15 against Fareham & Crofton in June.
The pair will receive their awards at the Hampshire League’s first presentation evening at the Southampton Novotel on November 9.
County Division award winners -
County 1:
Batting: Alex Nippard (Parley) 758 runs. Bowling: Ollie Green (Parley) 35 wickets. 
County 2:
Batting: Nick Willcock (Old Basing) 857 runs. Bowling: Josh Bailey (Sway) 34 wickets
County 3 North:
Batting: Paul Longland (OTs & Romsey) 742 runs. Bowling: Inayat Khan (RAM) 39 wickets.
County 3 South:
Batting: James Swaine (Emsworth) 526 Runs. Bowling: Ant Norris (Emsworth) 33 wickets.
County 4 North:
Batting: Sam Miller (Overton) 757 runs. Bowling: Shay Bradley (Silchester) 30 wickets.
County 4 South:
Batting: Sayeed Shahid (Portsmouth & Southsea) 503 runs. Bowling: Warren Turner (Railway Triangle) 36 wickets.
County 4 West:
Batting: Kieron Hudson (Burley) 883 runs. Bowling: Shiv Choudhury (Southampton Travellers) 35 wickets.

Teenage Sway spin all-rounder Josh Bailey has won the Hampshire League County Division 2 bowling award - at just 15 years of age !
With five separate four-wicket returns under his belt, Bailey took 34 wickets and helped Sway finish runners-up behind champions Bedhampton .
Bailey (alongside his twin brother Dan) was also a member of the Hampshire Under-15 side which reached the quarter-finals of the ECB 50-over Cup.

Ben Coombes blasted 1,011 runs at an average of 101.10 as Dinton carried off the Hampshire League Regional 2 North West title, winning all but one of their 15 matches.
His highest of 148 was among five hundreds and six scores of 50 or more he made in 12 knocks. He shared a club record double-century partnership against Ashford Hill, batting partner Rich Pearce (483) hitting an unbeaten 108. Ironically, when Coombes made a ton v Damerham on the first day of the season, it was in his first HCL century in eight years !
Rob Middlecote (22 victims) was leading wicket taker for Dinton, whose hopes of finishing the season with an unblemished record were shattered when Totton & Eling III beat them by four wickets in their penultimate game.  Coombes brought up his 1,000 runs for the season that mid-August day.

Dinton title winners
Back (from left): Sean Howell, Richard Pearce, Simon Rawlins, Nick Gale, Ben Coombes, Andy Nuttall.
Front: Rob Middlecote, Tom Patrick, Richard Cridge, Alfie Cridge, James Nuttall.

The Hampshire League imposed suspensions on the under-mentioned nine players during the past season, three of which overlap into 2019 –
Jason Ford, Fawley - 17 completed matches wef 14th July 2018
Josh Romer, Hursley Park - 3 completed matches wef 28th July 2018
Jon Burton, Farley - 1 completed match wef August 4th 2018
Biju Bahanan, Solent Rangers  - 2 completed matches wef August 4th 2018
James Holgate, Pautons - 2 completed matches wef August 11th 2018
Scott Sturt, Longparish - 2 completed matches wef August 11th 2018
Dan Millward, Folland (Hamble) - 2 completed matches wef August 11th 2018
Jasmine Rampton, Cove - 2 completed matches wef August 25th 2018
Richard Blake, Mottisfont , 2 completed matches wef start of 2019 season
* Information downloaded from Hampshire League website.

Laverstock and Ford, winners of Hampshire League Regional North West One.
Back (from left): John Shears, Shaun Hartley, Gary Shears (Captain), Shaun Little, Jamie Key, Mike Fiddy.
Front: Paul Hemming, Jack Vincent, Dave Vincent, Brad Rouse, Andy Budgell.
 
Laverstock & Ford stormed to the Hampshire League Regional North West 1 championship, winning all bar one of their 16 matches and rattling up a cool 360 points in the bargain.
The finished comfortably ahead of runners-up Shrewton II, whom they beat by 95 runs in mid-season.
It meant a second consecutive promotion for Laverstock, who finished second to Wellow & Plaitford in RNW2 in 2017.
Shaun Little led the way, his 713 run tally including a double-century against Langley Manor.
He also took 24 wickets, while Rae Hughes (373) and Andy Budgell (347) batted consistently, Hughes hitting a 147 maximum against Shrewton.
Shaun Hartley (34) and John Shears (33) took 67 wickets between them, Shears wrecking Andover with one spell of seven wickets for five runs.
 

Alex Nippard (112) scored his second century of the season as Parley, the eventual County Division One runners-up, chalked up 260-7 against Ryde at Hardings Shute.
His 758-run tally for the season makes the former Poole Grammar academic favourite to win the County 1 batting prize.
Parley went on to bowl Ryde out for 203 and secure a comfortable 57-run win.
Promotion to the Southern Premier League’s third division isn’t automatic for either champions Hythe & Dibden or Parley, whose respective grounds and youth set ups have to meet the SPL’s accreditation requirements.
The pair both face an anxious autumn wait as a decision is unlikely to be made until November.
Hursley Park bungled their chances of finishing third when lowly Alton II beat them by 12 runs at the Jubilee Ground.
Fareham & Crofton nipped into their place by beating relegated Rowledge (188-9) by seven wickets – Steve Berryman (74) and Tom Kent (44) sharing a century stand.
Andover’s four-wicket win at the Albany means that Bishops Waltham are relegated alongside Rowledge and United Services.
Runaway CD2 winners Bedhampton, Sway and Old Basing will replace them.
County Division 3 winners are Redlynch & Hale and in CD3 South Winton, who beat Emsworth (136) by six wickets in the final day shoot-out for the crown.

Hythe & Dibden are Hampshire League County Division 1 champions – but only by a solitary point from Parley !
They only needed three points from their last match against St Cross Symondians’ thirds to secure their first title in 42 years – and almost blew it.
Quickly reduced to 19-4 at the Green Jackets Ground, they recovered to post 128 (Richie Froggett 37), collecting two batting points in the process.
But it wasn’t until St Cross fell to 24-4 themselves that Hythe secured the points they needed to win the league.
That was as good as it got for the Watersiders as Brad Aldridge hit 54 not out and Graham Barrett a sturdy 36 to guide St Cross to a six-wicket victory over the new CD1 champions.

Hythe & Dibden stand on the brink of a memorable Hampshire League County Division championship double.
The Watersiders are within three points of the County Division One title - which they will surely clinch at St Cross Symondians on Saturday - while Hythe seconds go into their final match with Southampton Travellers top of County 4 West.
A 93-run win over Burridge II put Hythe within touching distance of the CD1 crown - Tom Gates (114) underpinning his side's 240-7 before the hosts were dismissed for 147.
With George Wilson taking 4-25, probable runners-up Parley were able to defend 179-8 against Hook & Nenham Basics II, who fell 20 runs short.
Fareham & Crofton's prospects of a top two finish disappeared with an untimely collapse, which saw them crash from 106-1 (Sam Stoddart 54) against Ryde, for whom Cam Mitchell took 5-21.
Ryde lost three early wickets, but skipper Stuart Robertson cracked a 17-four 89 not out to get them home without further loss.
Hursley Park leapt above Fareham into third place with a successful 250-run chase against St Cross Symondians III at The Quarters.
Charlie Harden hit an undefeated 111 for St Cross (248-4), who lost all four wickets to Rory Tennant (4-42), who dropped a belated reminder to past Hampshire junior rep team selectors.
Paul Marks (77) and Scott Hills (61) provided a launch pad for Lee Wateridge (37) and Tom Flynn (33) to finish the job.
Bedhampton are all but home and dry in County 2, but Sway are celebrating promotion after an 82-run win over Portsmouth II - Alex Hall cracking a superb 144.
RAM's hopes of the C3 North title all but disappeared with an untimely 37-run defeat at Michelmersh & Timsbury - a result which allowed Redlynch & Hale to take over top spot with one game left.
Whoever wins Saturday's Winton-Emsworth will be CD3 West champions.
Old Netley & Highfield have a firm grip on the County 3 South title after defeating Southampton Community, the overnight leaders, by 84 runs at Wide Lane.

Hythe & Dibden have tightened their grip on the Hampshire League County Division One title race – without actually playing !
Their scheduled home match with OTs & Romsey II at Jones Lane was cancelled due to heavy overnight rain.
But leading challengers Parley played – and lost by 34 runs to Easton & Martyr Worthy !
The result caused a shuffle of the pack at the top, with Hythe taking a handy 13-point lead  into the last two games at Burridge (on Saturday) and St Cross Symondians III, both of which they should win.
Fareham & Crofton, seven-wicket winners at Bishops Waltham, are now second.
Parley’s defeat in the Cockets Mead rain brought an angry reaction from their coach/manager Keith Clarke.
He described it as “one of our worst fielding performances of the season, with vital and timely dropped catches and 45 extras conceded.
“There was disappointment throughout the side, but we came second because much of the damage was self-inflicted.
Only skipper Alex Nippard (55), who made almost half Parley’s 126, chasing an abridged 160 off 39 overs.  Easton earlier made 204-8.
Asked to make a weather trimmed 186 off 31 overs, Fareham found themselves in a spot of bother at 48-3, but Steve Berryman (72) and hockey star Luke Cornish (68) shared an unbroken and match winning stand of 139.
Former leaders Ropley crashed by nine wickets to Alton II, regular first team opener Michael Heffernan hitting an unbeaten 72.
Andover’s first five batsmen all bagged ducks as the Lions’ seconds unsuccessfully chased a Longparish total of 235-9 in the Test Valley derby.
Andover II are in the relegation bottom three with Rowledge II and United Services, who won a second consecutive match, beating the Surrey county border side by seven wickets.
Bedhampton Mariners will be crowned County 2 champions if they beat South Wilts III at Bemerton on Saturday.
Progressive New Forest village side Sway are eyeing second place after a five-wicket haul by teenager Dan Bailey (5-23) and Alex Hall’s 68 not out secured a comfortable win at Fair Oak.

Nerves appear to be getting the better of the clubs chasing the Hampshire Cricket League silverware.
Heading into the four-match home straight, leaders Hythe & Dibden and second placed Fareham & Crofton crashed to shock defeats against teams in the relegation zone.
Fast rising Parley lost six wickets for six runs before their last pair got them across the line against Alton.
As a consequence, Hythe’s lead is down to nine points over Parley, with Fareham now lagging 17 off top place.
Hursley Park and Ropley are now back in the promotion frame, albeit as outsiders.
Hythe were bundled out for 146 by Andover (171-9) while Fareham & Crofton were unable to defend 271-4 against United Services, who had lost all 11 previous games.
Steve Berryman (61), Tom Kent (51) and Luke Cornish, with a quick fire 57, looked to have batted Fareham into a winning position, especially when US dropped to 126-4.
But Josh Collighan smashed an unbeaten 87 and Sameen Mahboob 49 not out to take US home.
The match ended in controversy with Fareham unsuccessfully appealing for a late run-out – a player/umpire was standing at square-leg – and bowler Angus Southon storming off the field in protest, leaving his ten team-mates out on the pitch !
Ropley ran up 308-7 against St Cross Symondians III (185), while Hursley Park’s 218-6 proved too many for OTs & Romsey (186).
Parley appeared in comfort zone with fit-again Sam Collins (34) and Rosh Embalagama (27) taking them  to 108-3 and in sight of Alton’s 127 all out.
But spinner Lee Partner (5-30) sparked a remarkable collapse, which saw Parley lose six wickets for only six runs – and creep over the line at 131-9 with their last pair at the crease.
Earlier, Jack Rowatt (5-32) had reduced Alton to 65-7 before the Brewers’ tail almost doubled the total.

Sixes and fours flew all over Hartley Wintney’s historic Cricket Green as the local County Division 3 North side pulled off what is to be believed to be the highest run chase in Hampshire League history by chasing down Steeple Langford’s 364-5 – to win by two wickets with ten balls to spare !  
Tom Kirkpatrick, left, was HW’s hero with a boundary laden 167.
Another teenager hitting a sizeable treble was Fareham & Crofton’s Ryan Fitsell, who smashed the Purbrook III attack for an unbeaten 195 (believed to be the club’s highest individual score) in a one-sided Regional 2 South East affair on the St John’s College playing fields at Farlington.
Purbrook thought they were on a good thing when they snared the prize scalp of XL Club run gun Steve Dean, but spent the remainder of the afternoon fletching the ball from the boundary as Fitsell and hockey starlet Will Raymond (73) cashed in.  Fareham made 342-2 before dismissing a field-jaded Purbrook for 58.

Hursley Park and Ropley will both be without their overseas recruits for the remaining four weeks of the Hampshire League season.
Hursley are believed to have parted company with Queenslander Josh Romer, who is returning to his Brisbane haunts. He contributed a modest 124 runs in ten County Division 1 knocks.
Ropley's Tim Neimand, left, dislocated his shoulder in a recent defeat at Andover and is returning to his native South Africa, having made 551 runs, including a top score of 168.
Both Hursley Park and Ropley have slipped out of the CD1 promotion race in recent weeks.

With four weeks of the season remaining, it’s developing into a three-horse race for the Hampshire League, County Division 1 title – with Hythe & Dibden looking favourites as they turn into the home straight.
The Waterside club enjoys a 20-point lead over fast rising Parley and 21 over Fareham & Crofton, whom they beat by five wickets a fortnight ago.
All three won their round 13 matches, with individual centuries dominating each of the victories.
Tom Gates led the way with an unbeaten 187 as Hythe ran up a massive 332-3 against relegation threatened Rowledge II at Jones Lane.
The former Fawley and Bashley (Rydal) opener struck 20 fours and nine sixes in a career-best knock and shared a 156-run stand with Matt Howe (53).
Wayne Royan (4-47) and Andy Wakely (3-34) combined to dismiss Rowledge for 191. 

When Parley lost four of their opening five matches, a battle to avoid relegation looked more probable than a title push.
But putting that poor start firmly behind them, Parley have swept to eight successive victories – the latest win at the Green Jackets Ground, where a third wicket stand of 195 between Alex Nippard, pictured left, (133) and Roshan Embalagama (77) pointed them to 316 all out against St Cross Symondians III.
Ollie Green’s 5-32 return sent St Cross tumbling to 125 all out.

Queenslander James Heiniger (pictured above by Chris de Cani) was the hero of Fareham & Crofton’s hefty run chase at Longparish, where the hosts’ 262 all out was trimmed to a manageable 244 by rain.
Fareham’s bowling went around the park as Michael Taplin (64), Dan Bearpark 49) and Ben Gardner (68) put 202-2 on the electronic scoreboard before the innings collapsed.
Longparish had no answer to Fareham’s Australian Heiniger, who oozed class as he hit 18 fours in his match winning 130 not out.
Ropley (119) appear in freefall after a ten-wicket thrashing by Burridge, for whom Chris Blake made 89 not out.
Despite only managing a modest 162 (Paul Marks 46), Hursley Park looked likely winners against Andover II – until Ali Hooper emerged from The Quarters pavilion to turn the game on its head with a key 60.  Andover won by one wicket to boost their prospects of survival.
OTs & Romsey II are just off the pace after a 112-run win over Shrewton, who sit uneasily on the lip of the three-down drop zone.
Australian Matt Giumelli hit an unbeaten 117 as Easton & Martyr Worthy racked up 342-3 at Ryde, who came back with 186, Stuart Robertson making 71. Adam Kite, with 53 and 3-21, was Easton’s key man.
Ben Allnutt (60) top scored as Hook & Newnham Basics II totalled 205-9 to out-score Alton II (149), the promising Kevin Light taking three Brewers' wickets.
Winless United Services are down after a 60-run defeat by Bishops Waltham, who won their fourth successive game.

Hythe & Dibden have taken a firm grip on the Hampshire League, County Division One leadership race.
A comfortable five-wicket win at Fareham & Crofton coincided with Hursley Park, Longparish and Ropley all losing – and the Watersiders opening up a 21-point gap at the top.
Despite an unbeaten 53 by Luke Cornish and a resolute knock from skipper Tom Kent (46), Fareham were unable to recover from early setbacks and could not defend a modest 175-9 at Bath lane.  Andy Wakely’s unbeaten 72 carried Hythe to victory.
Hursley Park stumbled to an unexpected defeat at relegation threatened Rowledge II, while Longparish found themselves on the receiving end of a 270-run grilling at Bishops Waltham.
Openers Ian Budd (64) and Haider Khan (54) provided the platform for Simon Culmer (45) to hit out.   Sam Trinder (64) responded in LP’s 148 all out.
Ropley, whose South African’s run gun Tim Niemand is sidelined with a dislocated shoulder, crashed to a third defeat in four weeks when OTs & Romsey (182) beat them by 18 runs.
Those losses have enabled Parley, last season CD2 winners, to leapfrog into second spot and become Hythe’s chief championship challengers during the run-in.
Parley hammered Burridge II by 159 runs after Ollie Green (85) [pictured left by John Beasley] and Alex Nippard (77) had shared a 141-run stand to guide the Dorset side to 280.
St Cross Symondians III made round 12’s highest total, 290-5 off the Hook & Newnham Basics II attack at the KGV, where Tom Fay (74), the promising Graham Barrett (63) and Harry Trussler (42) led the way.  Ben Allnutt (52) and Harry Robson (45) helped Basics to 174 all out.
Ryde made hay at Burnaby Road, where Cam Mitchell (84) and Julion Jayerjah (81) led the islanders’ to 277-7 before Sam Mallinson (70) top scored in United Services’ 221 reply. Ben Wadmore took 4-40.
Andover II boosted their survival hopes with a Harry Blackburn (80) inspired four-wicket win over visiting Shrewton (215), while Alton II’s 204-9 proved enough as hosts Easton & Martyr Worthy fell 17 runs short on 187.

Seventeen points separate the top five teams in Hampshire League County Division 1 after an amazing sequence of results which saw the leading three sides crash to defeat.
The race for the title and potential promotion into the Southern Premier League for the top two took a significant twist as –

• overnight leaders Fareham & Crofton were shot out for 138 and beaten by eight wickets by Hursley Park;
• lowly Bishop’s Waltham upset the apple cart by beating second placed Hythe & Dibden; and
• Ropley were smashed for a massive 305-5 and resoundingly beaten by Andover seconds, who had lost eight of their previous ten games.

Fareham & Crofton paraded transfer deadline day signing Steve Berryman (St Cross Symondians) at The Quarters.
He was among five top-order batsmen to make double figures before Fareham collapsed to 138 all out, losing their last six wickets for 33 runs, Scott Hills taking 3-13.
Paul Marks hit an accomplished 60 to see Hursley Park home and into a threatening fourth place.
To add to Fareham’s woe, Australian James Heiniger injured his forearm sliding into a sightscreen and was unable to field. He expects to be fit for the Hythe & Dibden showdown on Saturday.
Sam Medhurst was the star of Bishop’s Waltham’s surprise 25-run win on Waterside, top scoring with 75 before taking 3-47.
Medhurst and Phil Baldock (51) guided Bishop’s to 268 all out – a total Hythe & Dibden were unable to match, despite Tom Gates (63), Matt Howe (46) and Tom Richards (41).
Andover’s crushing 192-run win over Ropley was unquestionably the shock result of the season, so far.
Cardiff University economics student Harri Williams, pictured, went on a number crunching spree, hitting three sixes and 19 fours in a stunning 152 not out at London Road.
Babu Veetil (88) gave support as Andover piled up 305-5 before shooting Ropley out for 113.
Longparish and Parley are in the top six after wins – Michael Taplin (57) and Dan Bearpark (39) putting on 116 for the first wicket before Jack Levy (40) saw them to 262-7 against winless US Portsmouth.
John Brazier (55) dug in for US, but Sam Trinder (6-27), pictured above, and Chris Clarke (3-31) took wickets as the other end as the visitors subsided to 117 all out and a 145-run defeat.
Alex Nippard and Sam Ayres each made 44 as Parley posted 234 (Stu Shapland 5-38) at OTs & Romsey before bowling their hosts out for 168 (Ian Woodall 78). Dave Elrick and Spencer Savage shared six of the wickets.
Easton & Martyr Worthy and Ryde both posted 300-plus totals, while Archie Ayling, teenager son of former Hampshire all-rounder Jon Ayling, took 5-22 for Burridge II against Hook & Newnham Basics, who were shot out for 98.
Suman Shreshtra (101) and Matt Giumelli (96) got two-thirds of EMW’s runs. Hosts St Cross Symondians were dismissed for 112, Brad Hole taking 3-14.
Julian Jayerajah (66), Cam Mitchell (60) and Ben Gregory (43) led Ryde to 303-9 against visiting Alton II, who came back with 257-5, Dave Evans (75) and Alex Hughes (59) both unbeaten.

County Division 1 leaders Fareham & Crofton have swooped to sign St Cross Symondians’ batsman Steve Berryman, who will make his debut against Hursley Park at the Quarters today.
Berryman, left, has scored over 2,000 runs for St Cross in the past five seasons and won the CD1 batting prize with 709 runs in 2016.
Fareham captain Tom Kent explained: “Steve phoned me last weekend to say he’d left St Cross and enquired about coming to Fareham.
“Conveniently, we had a space in the top order for a batsman. With holidays coming up player availability is certain to be affected, so having a player of Steve’s experience join in mid-season is an enormous boost.”
His new team-mates at Bath Lane were busy completing car insurance damage claim forms after Chris Davey ended the CD1 win over Shrewton with a volley of sixes.
Three times he launched the ball high over the long-on boundary rope – and each time he picked out a parked car.
“I managed to take out a car windscreen, break a wing mirror and also dented another car,” the Fareham hockey and cricketer admitted.
“I’m not sure who the cars belonged to, but they were all people involved in cricket at the ground.”
Luke Cornish, one of Davey’s Fareham hockey  playing team-mates, watched on from the non-striker’s end, content with his 56 not out which helped the County 1 leaders to a six-wicket win.
Shrewton collapsed to 225 all out after Rich Barnett (56) and Stu Cruse (42) had put the visitors in a promising position.
Four points separate the top three clubs in Hampshire League, County Division 1 after ten rounds of matches.
Fareham & Crofton (186) take a narrow lead over Ropley (183) into today's testing visit to Hursley Park, while Hythe & Dibden are lurking only just behind.
Beaten by Fareham a week earlier, Ropley ran up 255 before beating Rowledge II (196) by 59 runs.
Matt Young (62) and Tom Gates (53) pointed Hythe & Dibden to a six-wicket win over United Services, who made 200-9 at Burnaby Road.
Paul Marks (61) and Lee Wateridge (41) combined to guide improving Hursley Park to victory over lowly Bishops Waltham (194), where Jan Solanki and Tom Burns each took four wickets.
Longparish went down by three wickets on the Isle of Wight, where teenager Will Samways (60) and Martin Bearpark (58) shared a century opening partnership.
But with Cam Mitchell (71) at the helm, Ryde calmed the wicket-taking influence of Harry Martin (4-34) to win the game.
Easton & Martyr Worthy’s 294-6 against Burridge II (150) was the highest total of the day, while Harry Trussler was able to celebrate a maiden 116 as St Cross Symondians III ran up 261-5 at Alton.
Steve Fryer was influential with bat and ball scoring 61 before taking 4-27 with his left-arm swing.
Teen Jack Robson fired 80 as Hook & Newnham Basics posted 281-8 before Kevin Light’s 5-40 return saw Alton II dismissed for 194.

It may be Wimbledon fortnight and sweltering hot, but the forward thinking Winchester & District CA is already planning for the winter months ahead by organising the popular River Park Sunday evening indoor six-a-side indoor league, which runs from early October to March 2019. 
If you (or more specifically your club) is interested in participating, then Steve Vear (steve@vear.co.uk) is the chap to contact - but don't leave it too long because places are being snapped up already ...

Hythe & Dibden’s stay at the top of Hampshire League County Division 1 ended almost as quickly as it began.
Seven days after leapfrogging to the CD1 summit for the first time in 42 years, they were rushed out for 95 and roundly beaten by 135 runs at fourth-placed Longparish.
Harry Martin, pictured, returned from a school teaching assignment in China to wreck the Watersiders with a spell of 6-17 – Jack Levy (91) and Barry Blackmore (55) having earlier helped Longparish to 230-5.
Hythe’s first defeat of the summer enabled Fareham & Crofton to take over the leader’s yellow jersey.
A week after being bowled out for an all-time low 40 at Parley, Fareham bounced back to post 308-9, a total which proved 21 runs too many for visiting Ropley.
Australian James Heiniger (83), Dan Wimble (75) and Tom Kent (47) led the way for Fareham, who were in danger of being beaten while South African Tim Niemand (81) and Robert Smith (64) were together.
Later it was the run out of Chris Rait (39) that tipped the scales, Fareham’s Ben White (pictured) finishing their innings at 287 with a hat-trick.
Hursley Park snatched a thrilling one-wicket win at United Services (193-7), while teenage duo Josh Balcombe (5-17) and Jack Robson, with an unbeaten 57, led Hook & Newnham Basics II to a nine-wicket win over Andover II.
Parley’s rise continued with a five-wicket win at Rowledge (203-9), where Sam Ayres (67) and Alex Nippard (47) saw the long distance travellers home.  The inspirational Sam Collins (broken finger) remains sidelined for Parley.
Morgan Smith (69), Steve Fryer (50) and Steve Berryman (49) paved the way as St Cross Symondians III posted 273-9 before seeing off Ryde for 273-9, Cameron Mitchell scoring 84.
Shrewton were architects of their own demise at Bishops Waltham, gifting their hosts a staggering 74 extras, 38 wides and 24 byes !
Gratefully received, Bishops piled up 285-8 (Suhaib Ahmad 61) and then bowled Shrewton out for 214, Will Harries top scoring with 62.
Alton II’s 256-6 (Tommy Green 65, Howard Gadsby 62) proved to many for Burridge 180 (Dam Damley-Jones 50, Andy Field 40), while Easton & Martyr Worthy (175) bowled OTs & Romsey out for 129 (Matt Easton 47*) to win by 46 runs.  

The historic Bemerton village churchyard and the adjoining Salisbury Golf Centre driving range came under fire as Adam Prescott, pictured, rained a non-stop bombardment of sixes and fours off the Sarisbury Athletic bowlers from South Wilts’ academy ground.
He hit six maximums and 17 fours on his way to a career-best 177 as South Wilts’ undefeated third team piled up a massive 350-7 before winning their County Division 2 match by 114 runs.
Birthday boy Edward Wade (31) and Ben Richards (60) joined in the run fun, while a sullen faced Darren Sargant sat and watched having been bowled for a second ball duck !
Sarisbury Athletic made 236-9 (Toby Mitcheson 60) before South Wilts celebrated an eighth successive win.
Leaders Bedhampton, meanwhile, remain three points ahead after a tight nine-run win over Ferndown Wayfarers, who made 214 in pursuit of 223-9.
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Opener Inayat Khan smashed an unbeaten 269 as unbeaten County Division 3 North leaders RAM ran up a colossal 443-5 against ten-man Chawton at Winchester’s North Walls.
Khan carried his bat, sharing a double-century third-wicket partnership with Liaquat Hussain (107) as RAM sped to an eventual 286-run victory.
But Khan’s day wasn’t finished.  He took up the ball and in five overs took 5-35 as Chawton were dismissed for 157.

Hythe & Dibden sit proudly at the top of Hampshire League, County Division One – for the first time in 42 years !
They swept to the top with a comfortable six-wicket win over Ryde – a result which coincided with Fareham & Crofton’s calamitous 270-run defeat by Parley.
It left the Watersiders boasting the only unbeaten CD1 record and a nine-point lead over second placed Ropley, who scraped a two-wicket win over Bishops Waltham.
Spinner Wayne Royan (4-60) and Hakim Peruzi (3-12) did the damage as Ryde were dismissed for 165 (Sam Rockley 31).
Opener Matt Young, whose egg sandwich spread is the pride of Jones lane, led Hythe home with an unbeaten 72.
Former King Edward VI batsman Harry McGhee hit 114 as Bishops Waltham posted 248-9 (Ross Bullard 66) at Ropley, whose narrow victory was based around a hefty 154-run stand between South African Tim Neimand (73) and Robert Smith (64).
St Cross Symondians’ III were put to the sword as Burridge II rattled up 296-5 (Chris Blake 53), with Duncan Field (80) and Jeremy Wright (70) sharing an unbroken 120 stand before tea.  St Cross were skittled for 67.
Longparish were bowled out for 101 (Tom Burns 4-21) and thrashed by eight-wickets at Hursley Park, while Shrewton heightened US Portsmouth’s misery by rushing the ten-man visitors out for 86 before easing to an eight wicket win.
County Division 2 pacesetters Bedhampton and South Wilts III each had centurions in their match winning sides.
Harry Hovey, who has played Premier League cricket for Havant and Kent’s Bickley Park for the past two seasons, hit 111 in Bedhampton’s six-wicket win at East Woodhay.
Joe Weld hit all bar 13 of his unbeaten 117 for South Wilts against Portsmouth in boundaries – six sixes and 17 fours !