Back in the day, a teenage Paul Garlick opened the bowling for Cambridge University, shaping his right-arm medium pace deliveries at the likes of Graham Gooch, Javed Miandad, Alvin Kallicharran and Alex Stewart (his prize dismissal) before bowing out with a Blue in the 1984 Varsity Match defeat by Oxford at Lord’s.
Hundreds of overs later, close on 90 victims for Dorset in Minor Counties cricket and loads more for his home town club, Garlick skippers Bournemouth thirds in Hampshire League Division 4 West.
He may be in the twilight of his career of 56 years of age, but Garlick still knows how to bowl line and length – and take wickets, as Redlynch & Hale seconds found to their considerable cost.
Although they lost a wicket without a run on the board, Redlynch were going along quite nicely at 52-1 when Garlick brought himself into the attack.
His impact was sensational to say the least.
In the space of 34 deliveries (5.4 overs), Garlick ripped through the Redlynch middle-order, taking six wickets – without conceding a single run !
He clean bowled four batsmen and had two others caught as Redlynch capitulated to 61 all out – their last nine wickets crashing for just nine runs. Bournemouth went on to win by nine wickets.
“At the start of the game my main aim was to come through without getting injured and be sidelined for a few weeks, but I found a nice rhythm and hit a perfect length, with quite amazing effect,” he smiled.
“Earlier in my career I took 7-20 and another six wickets for three runs, but to not concede a single run off 34 balls was remarkable.”

One of the Division One’s unbeaten records will end on Saturday, when leaders Sway go head-to-head against Old Basing in the heart of the New Forest.
Sway have mirrored their their start to 2019 with five straight wins, while Old Basing have won all four of theirs.  Defending champions Parley, with three wins, visit winless Hursley Park.
An excellent 69 from the talismanic David Steadman and a four-wicket burst from Hugh Bernard helped Sway make it five wins from five with a win over Fareham & Crofton. 
Sway had to battle hard to their total of 217 with several batsmen getting starts before Steadman, with six fours and a six, took centre stage. His mixture of patience and the odd big shot paid off, helped by cameos from Neil Prince (14) and Bernard, before Steadman was finally caught.
Towards the end of the innings the visitors appeared a little frayed, with Jon Grasham (25*) and Sam Nailor adding vital runs and Fareham suffering a huge blow when their key opener Tom Kent dislocated his left ring finger and finished in A & E. He is out for five weeks. 
Fareham never got going, with a beauty from Steadman claiming a wicket and the visitors struggling against the disciplined and accurate Jon Waller, whose 2-13 off eight overs included the key wicket of pinch hitting Dan Wimble.  
When former England U19 seamer Bernard (4-27) entered the fray he did instant damage, his return including an incredible grab by Noble in the gully before Fareham subsided to 106 all out (James Headen 33). 
Grandad Rob Willcocks can take a lot of credit for the way his sons Richard (at Hook & Newnham Basics) and Nick have developed as batsmen; alas, in the latter’s case he’s clearly not taught Nick how to get through the nervous nineties and get to that jug buying 100.
For the second consecutive week Nick was dismissed in the 90s, though his 95 against Andover II (which took his run tally to 251) did played a key part in Old Basing’s 58-run win. They were 57-3 when Willcock joined Darren Turner (44) for a century stand which carried OB to 233-7.  Ben Ungaretti took 4-29 as Andover made 175-8.

Alton’s Ryan Hale and Hursley Park captain Tom Flynn (left) traded centuries in a drama packed affair at the Jubilee Ground, where a run out off the last ball decided it for the Brewers.
Hale smacked six maximums and 11 fours in his 118 (Alton made 221-9) while HP were in the box seat at 186-3 after a stand between Flynn (109) and Matt Branford (55).  It went down to the last ball, with Tommy Docherty run out with HP 220-8.
Andrew Galliers and Graham Burns were the heroes of Havant’s 95-run win over Lymington – the pair sharing a ninth wicket stand of 68 as the visitors recovered from 151-8 to make 233-9. Galliers was last man out for 73.
Teenager Axel Deem (64) propped up Lymington’s reply, but after Steve Matthews had taken 3-41, fellow left-arm spinner Graham Burns took five wickets in eight balls to send the hosts to 128 all out.
Five middle-order batsmen bagged ducks as Ollie Green and young Joe Huns rolled Compton & Chandler’s Ford out for 106. Parley won by six wickets.
An unbroken century-plus stand between Chris Blake (79) and James Hughes (52) eased a strengthened Burridge II past Portsmouth’s 170-9 (James Palmer-Goddard 72).
Callum Giles (82) underpinned a Longparish total of 197-8 which proved too many for visitors Winton, who made 157, teenager Zac Allen taking 3-40.

St Cross Symondians 300-8. Bournemouth 296-8 – one ball to go.  All three results are possible !
No pressure then on King Edward VI fifth former Hamish Croft, who has already been handed the responsibility of bowling a tense final over, at the start of which Bournemouth require 15 more runs to win a Hampshire League Division 1 thriller.
The ‘academy’ pitch at the Green Jackets Ground is idyllic and small – 13 sixes and 62 fours were hit in the game – and there’s a large crowd on the boundary edge, duly refreshed, so nothing really for young Crofty to get worried about.
Come the final ball of a match that sees close on 600 runs scored, Bournemouth need four to tie and a six to win.  Matt King (roughly the same age) has already hit a six and a four, so bowling a dot ball won’t be straightforward.
But the Croft family know all about pressure. His parents fly aeroplanes, so landing the ball in the right spot on the 22-yard ‘runway’ shouldn’t be that difficult.
Hamish does it with perfection – pitching a 'yorker' length delivery straight on King’s right boot and all Bournemouth can do is scamper a leg-bye.  They close 297-8, an agonizing three-run defeat for Lions skipper Jonny Coombs to swallow …
With St Cross three down for 30, Bournemouth held the early initiative – but 182 runs later after a handsome stand between young Ben Foster (51) and Ben Gould, the game has turned.
Gould played for Durham University before taking up an economics teaching appointment at Winchester College, as his 143, which contained 18 fours and five sixes, underlined.
Coombs (67) and Tom West (62) led Bournemouth’s huge response. Freddie Oldfield’s rapid 39 took the Lions to 265-6, but Croft’s final spell (he finished with 3-46)) produced two more wickets.
Lusty hitting from Connor Smith and Matt King took it to the last ball, but ice cool Croft had it all in hand ….  unlike the nerve racked crowd, who had to retreat to the bar to replenish their glasses !!

If Basingstoke & North Hants’ picturesque May’s Bounty wasn’t previously one of Kingsclere batsman Ed Lyle’s favourite grounds, it certainly is now !
Playing twice there in the space of 48 hours, he rattled up an astonishing tally of 425 runs in league and cup matches – without once getting out.
Basingstoke’s fourth team were the first to come under fire as Lyle led Kingsclere to a record massive 437-3 in a one-sided Hampshire League Division 4 North affair on the Castle Field.
Smacking boundaries to all parts of the ground, Lyle pillaged a career-best and unbeaten 263, striking 19 fours and 20 sixes - and having the inconvenience of running all bar 67 of his runs.
He shared a 194-run opening partnership with skipper Ross Andrews (78), but later took a relatively low profile role in the field, taking a solitary catch as Keith Harsham’s Basingstoke IVs, having been battered in the heat, were rushed out for 108 to give Kingsclere their fourth victory, by 329 runs.
Two days later Lyle was back at May’s Bounty – this time putting the Rotherwick ITW attack to the sword in an 18-over evening match for the Cyril Thompson Memorial Trophy.
Seeing the red cherry like the proverbial beach ball, Lyle smashed 11 sixes and 17 fours in an unbeaten 162 as Kingsclere ran up 224-3 in 18 overs before going on to win by 124 runs.
His century came off 34 deliveries, three of his six hits sailing out of the ground with the umpires signaling ‘lost ball’.
Anoraks corner: Kingsclere’s score in a new record for Division 4 cricket, surpassing Ventnor’s 366-4 in 1999, while Lyle’s 263 is a new individual high, beating Christian Pain’s 226 for Hyde two seasons ago.

Left-hand opener Tom Kent is set to miss Fareham & Crofton’s next five or six Hampshire League matches after suffering a painful hand injury in his side’s 111-run defeat by unbeaten Division 1 leaders Sway.
Sway were in the closing overs of their innings when wicketkeeper Kent went to take a leg-side wide, didn’t take the ball as cleanly as he would have liked – and ended up in hospital with the ring finger on his left-hand dislocated.
“Having the finger put back in place was very painful. Simultaneously, while I was in A & E Sway’s bowlers ripped through our top order,” he explained.
Kent, who made 97 in Fareham’s opening league win at Andover the previous week and had been in good nick in the pre-season games, added: “I’m so gutted about it. I put in a lot of effort in pre-season to get everything right, started the season well and then this happens.
“The doctor estimates it takes six weeks to heal, but hopefully will be a bit shorter. I have a follow-up appointment next week, when I should find out a bit more.
“I really can’t thank Sway enough. They were very supportive, offering ice packs and lifts to the hospital etc.” 
Fareham’s ten men were bowled out for a disappointing 106 (James Headen 33) – former Kent and England Under-19 seamer Hugh Bernard taking 4-27, 14 of which were wides.
Table topping Sway earlier recovered from 88-5 to make 217-8, Dave Steadman hitting 69.

​Captain James Turner arrived at the crease with his West Sussex Compton side rocking at 19-3 in the Hampshire League Division 5 South East match against Railway Triangle seconds – but went on to score 214 before being trapped leg before wicket !
Turner slapped sixes and fours all around Drayton Park as Compton’s score soared to 336-9, Railway Triangle using nine bowlers in a desperate bid to get him out.
He cleared the boundary rope ten times and hit 24 fours in a career-best knock, having never previously scored a league century.
Ben Jones (57), who eventually got Turner out, top scored in Triangle’s 113 all out before being run out - predictably by James Turner !

Stuart Ransley hit a century for Havant seconds but they lost a Hampshire League thriller off the last ball to Old Basing. Picture: Roy Honeybone. 
After posting 245-5 off their 40 overs, the hosts appeared favourites when Old Basing were reduced to 229-8.  But ninth wicket pair Joe Belcher (30 not out) and Max Elward (8 not out) kept their nerve to give their side a two-wicket victory.
Ransley, who added 106 for the second wicket with Andrew Galliers (49), 14 boundaries and a six before his 110-ball visit to the crease was only ended in the final over when he was caught at cover.
It was Ransley’s ninth league century for Havant and came 17 years after first one for the 2nds against Hambledon.
The innings was helped along with a timely 45 off 39 balls from young Olly Perkins, who helped Ransley add 99 for the fifth wicket as the hosts posted a challenging target.
Old Basing’s reply was measured and the game was in the balance early on as Havant looked to control the run rate.  Some very good middle overs from Steve Matthews (2-47) and the ever economical Pete Hayward (2-21 off eight overs) ensured the game was always going the distance.
Havant were really in the driving seat at 93-4 but Nick Willcock (91) and former Academy hopeful Ryan Murray (52) wrestled the initiative from them with a fifth wicket stand of 96.  When Willcock’s 84-ball innings was finally over, Old Basing were 206-6 and it was anyone’s match.
Some heavy blows from Belcher swung the game in the visitors’ favour and they started the final over needing five for victory. In the end, they scrambled the winning run off the final delivery.
Old Basing’s third straight win put them on the 60-point mark – 25 behind Sway, who are looking to make it five in a row when Fareham & Crofton visit the New Forest today.
Sway captain Tim Noble hit a battling 47 before some brutal late order hitting from Dan Bailey helped the visitors get over the line against Hursley Park (116) on what was a difficult surface.  
On a damp, green Quarters pitch, Sway were forced to work hard to overcome an accurate Hursley attack having got bogged down to the extent they were 23 off 21 overs and needing to up the rate. 
A 54-run partnership between Noble and Oscar Marshall (23) had the pair scampering between the wickets to up the ante, and gave Bailey licence to play freely when he came to the crease – as he smacked two crushing blows and Sway got over the line with more than four overs to spare. 
Noble hit four boundaries in his innings, which was ended just before the total was reached, enabling Dave Steadman to crack the winning runs.  
Sway produced a good all-round bowling performance setting up a modest chase.  
Hursley had ambled to 34 off 15 overs before Hugh Bernard produced a superb catch off Steadman (1-19) to get the first scalp, and in the next over Prince took a smart grab to get Jon Waller (1-15) a wicket. 
Jon Grasham (2-21) and Bernard (2-23), made inroads into the middle order, before Dan Bailey (2-12) and Josh Bailey (2-22), wrapped up proceedings, the brothers aided by two very smart slip catches by Grasham.  
Patience was rewarded for both Fareham & Crofton and promoted Winton, whose first three May matches had been washed out.
Fareham pulled off a 54-run at London Road, where Andover II slipped from a threatening 105-2 to 176 all out once Thanura Watts Waduge (57) and Max Souter had fallen to visitors’ gloveman and man-of-the-match Tom Kent.
The left-hand opener earlier hit 97 before being dismissed three short of buying the team drinks at 215-5.  Left-arm teenager Andrew Martin a strapping 16-year old, had a memorable debut with a 4-19 return.
Matt Clark’s partnerships with Sam Thomson (41) and Joe May (40) underpinned a competitive 232-5 by Winton against visiting St Cross Symondians III.  Clark made 79 not out.
Led by Blair Brown (66 not out) and Matt Swann (52), St Cross made a decent fist of their reply but, as happened against Old Basing a few weeks ago, they fell narrowly short with 220-8.
Defending champions Parley ran into early trouble at 24-3 against Ethan Brackstone (3-39) at Cockets Mead, but were revived by the promising Roshan Embalagama (55), Tom Saunders (35) and Sam Rook (33), the trio lifted the visiting score to 202-9.
Steve Poole hit a gallant 84 not out, but Easton & Martyr Worthy at 96-6 were always playing catch-up after Andy Cooke’s spell of 3-34.  EMW closed at 164-6.
Andy Gorty and Matt Storey shared six wickets as Alton were dismissed for 136 (Michael Heffernan 45), Alex Spearing’s 48 driving Compton & Chandler’s Ford to a comfortable win.
Openers Jamie Mitchell (60) and Nick Wyatt (45) set up Portsmouth’s 203, which proved too many for Lymington II, who made 165 after a bright start by Liam McCurdy (40) and Axel Deem (32), who earlier took three wickets.
Tom Robinson marked his comeback from injury with a match winning 82 as Bournemouth recovered from 44-4 to make 176-7 against Burridge at Chapel Gate.
Ebullient Lions captain Jonny Coombs made 25 before being caught by Srujith Wickramasinghe off the bowling of Sampath Prathapashinghe, the Sri Lanka duo being too good for him …
Burridge collapsed to 82-7 before rallying to make 136-8.

We are saddened to report that long serving New Forest CCA and Woodgreen CC stalwart Ray Mortimer passed away this week.  His enormous service to cricket in the Forest will be recognised in an upcoming tribute.

​Parley have made a positive start to their Hampshire League title defence – a staggering 630 days after clinching the Division 1 championship back in August 2019 !
Beating Longparish by 101 runs was the first time Parley had taken the field in a HCL match for almost 21 months, their opening game with promoted Winton being washed out and Bedhampton’s withdrawal meaning they were without a fixture on May 15.
Alex Nippard (left)(60) celebrated his Parley return after a short spell with Bournemouth by top scoring in his side’s 215-6, having gone in after skipper Shane Green (39) and teenager Marcus Braggington (29) had put 55 on the board.  Roshan Embalagama fired a quick 39 to put Parley firmly in control.
Parish were rushed out for 114 (Scott Sturt 41), with Ollie Green taking 4-11.
Hampshire Cricket Board Physical Disability officer Hugh Bernard, who played a County    Championship match for Kent  in 2016 and took three Glamorgan wickets on Canterbury debut, blew away Compton & Chandlers Ford and ensured Sway made it three wins from three. 
In a fiery four over burst spell, the Folkestone raised former England Under-19 international (who played against Australia YCs with Hampshire trio Mason Crane, Brad Taylor and Joe Weatherley), took 5-6 as the visitors crumbled on a challenging Station Road strip that tested batsmen from both sides. 
Bowling in tandem with quick John Grasham (2-18), Bernard bowled and bounced out Compton’s lower order, carrying on good work from openers Jon Waller (2-22) and David Steadman (1-16), while Sway were excellent in the field, with Waller, Steadman, Oscar Marshall and ‘keeper Alex Hall snaffling catches. 
Earlier in the day Sway had battled hard to post 148 against a decent Compton attack. Having lost two wickets early Hall (24) and Dan Bailey (39) steadied the ship – Bailey hammering 19 off one over – before the pair perished in quick succession. 
There were cameos from Josh Bailey and Adam Clark – who both got 11 – while the hosts owed a lot to Steadman. His excellent a patient and hard fought 29 steadied the innings and helped Sway post a total that proved far out of Compton’s reach. 
Old Basing have made an encouraging start, beating Portsmouth II by 45 runs to record a second win.
They were on top once Jaiden Hall (59) and Ben Ungaretti (46) put on 97 for the first wicket and went on to post 209-7 (Darren Turner 32), with sixth and seventh placed bowlers Billy Eades (4-46) and Ethan Randall (3-56) picking up the wickets.  Asked to get 166 in 27 overs, Portsmouth crumbled from 50-0 to 120 all out.
They were the only three matches that survived a second consecutive storm battered weekend, which has left seven clubs – Alton, Andover, Bournemouth, Burridge, Fareham & Crofton, Hursley Park and promoted Winton – still waiting to play their first games.
Fed up with waiting, potential Bournemouth run gun Jonny Coombs nicked a game for the Chapel Gate club's sixth team and plundered a chancy 43 not out in his side's victory over Division 6 South West rivals Ringwood thirds. Look out Burridge IIs this Saturday !
Performance of the day in a once again seriously curtailed HCL programme was by Steep all-rounder Gregg Turner, who smashed ten sixes and ten fours in an unbeaten 137 at Westhill - and then took 4-25 as Shanklin & Godshill (159-9) fell 60 runs short of the visitors' 219-8.

This afternoon's scheduled ECB Royal London national club championship and Venous Village Cup programmes have been hit by the weather.
The ECB tie between Burridge and St Cross Symondians is off, while Havant's match with Weybridge has been re-scheduled for Spring Bank Holiday Monday, May 31, again at Havant Park.
South Wilts and Bashley (Rydal) are planning a 1300 hours 'beat the rain' T20 tie at Bemerton.
Both Hampshire county Village Cup semi-final ties have been postponed until next Sunday (May 30), with Sarisbury Athletic now hosting Calmore Sports, and Bramshaw going to Sparsholt. 

HAMPSHIRE LEAGUE DIVISION 1

Old Basing 209-7 (Hall 59, Ungaretti 46, Turner 32, Eades 4-46, Randell 3-56) Portsmouth 120 (target score 166 off 27 overs)(Mitchell 27). Old Basing won by 46 runs.

Parley 215-6 (Nippard 60, S Green 39, Embalagama 39, Brannington 29,Clarke 3-41) Longparish 114 (Sturt 41, O Green 4-11). Parley won by 101 runs.

Sway 148 (D Bailey 39, Steadman 29, Hall 25, Rathod 3-12, Lovell 3-35) Compton & Chandler’s Ford 64 (A Spearing 21, Bernard 5-6). Sway won by 84 runs.

DIVISION 2
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Steep 219-8 (Turner 137*, Lambourne 4-47, Moore 3-23) Shanklin & Godshill 159-9 (Lucy 33, Egerton-Read 25, Turner 4-25) Steep won by 60 runs.

Sway have stolen a march on their rain ravaged Division 1 rivals by not only playing but also winning their opening two matches.
While seven of the 17 teams have yet to take the field, Sway have steamrollered Longparish and beaten Easton & Martyr Worthy by 107 runs.
Fifties from Alex Hall and David Steadman - aided by some brutal late order hitting - enabled Sway to set up what ultimately proved to be a commanding victory in Easton’s Cockets Mead mini-bowl.
However, there were a few jitters when Sway, having been put into bat, slipped to 72-4 at the halfway point. That was in spite of the visitors getting a terrific 55-run head start by Hall and fellow opener Tim Noble (26).
The game turned back in Sway's favour when Hall was joined by Steadman, who survived an early run out scare. The pair batted brilliantly, with Steadman circumspect at the start before crushing two maximums and Hall flailing one ball over extra cover for six in his 57.
When Hall departed Steadman carried on in his merry way to notch up his 50, laying the platform for an end of the innings run feast, with blows from Josh Bailey before Hugh Bernard smacked 22 off seven balls and Jon Grasham 13 off just four.
The reply began after a rain shower during the tea interval threatened to derail Sway's hopes, and left Easton needing a revised 195 off 34 overs. 
With the clouds darkening, Sway set to work among the hosts batting, opening pair Jon Waller and Dave Steadman making early inroads, and by the time good work by Tom Burton secured a run out to leave Easton 39-3 off 15 overs, the game was Sway's unless the rain came to Easton's rescue. 
The showers stayed away as Dan Bailey (3-26) ran through the hosts middle order, assisted by Grasham (2-12). Bernard (2-11) polished off the tail to leave EMW 88 all out (Joey Mitchell 29) and Sway two wins from two.
St Cross Symondians have also played twice – with mixed results, a narrow 12-run defeat at Old Basing being followed by a comprehensive seven-wicket win over a Lymington II side expected to be among the survival strugglers this term.
They took advantage of the micro-climate around Winchester – head groundsman Steve Oliphant doubtless sipping a satisfying pint late on for his hard work in getting the Green Jackets ground fit and being rewarded with two St Cross Symondians’ victories either side of the hedge.
Josh Merluk (3-13), Stephen Fryer (3-36) and Charlie Preston (2-26) cut through the Lymington batting to leave the New Forest visitors 139 all out (Ollie Elliott 34).
Ed Freeman removed Raj Naik for a duck but Kevin Neave and the promising Ben Foster soon reasserted Symondians’ grip, their century stand easing St Cross towards touching distance of victory.
The experienced Neave showed he’d lost none of his skills, hitting a six and 11 boundaries in a run-a-ball 69, enabling Foster, his apprentice, to enjoy a learning experience off the master from 22 yards distance.
The only other match to start was at Havant Park, where Hursley Park were purring nicely at 100-2 when the rains came. 
Experienced duo Paul Longland and Jody Brown set up OTs & Romsey seconds 46-run win at  Division 2 rivals IBM Hursley, the only game to finish in tier six
Longland carried his bat for an unbeaten 81 as OTR posted 220-6, while Rob Pfeiffer hit back with 89 in IBM’s 174 all out, Brown taking 4-23 and being involved in a run-out.
Two centuries were scored at Church Road, where Rowledge IIs chased down an abridged RAM total of 216 to win by six wickets off the last ball.  
Inayat Khan made 108 of RAM’S original 232-9 – unconfirmed rumours suggest he was spilled at an embryo stage by an unnamed Hampshire Seniors’ spinner – but Chris Yates (his namesake by any chance ?) made 106 for Rowledge, sharing a 150-plus stand with Max Martin (54).
In Division 4 South, Hambledon took a mere 14 balls to polish off the 48 runs they needed to get past Locks Heath’s rain cut 75-9 – old stagers Mark le Clerq (4-15) and Ian Turner (3-21) proving too good for the Ridge Meadow visitors.
With their planned SPL3 match against Hythe & Dibden washed out, Purbrook fielded four first teamers against Bishop’s Waltham seconds – Josh McCoy cashed in with 118, including 14 fours out of his side’s score of 193-6 made before the rains came.

Teenager Marcus Bragginton and Oli Green shared a century partnership as Parley successfully chased down Shrewton’s 150-7 to win by eight wickets and clinch a home draw against Goatacre in this Sunday’s (May 23) Voneus Village Cup county semi-final. 
Tom Mundy (40) top scored for the Shrews before Bragginton (55) and Tom Saunders (27) replied and gave Parley a sound base from which Green fired three sixes and five other boundaries in a lively 54 not out. 
Parley had previously beaten Beehive & Southwick by nine wickets, Tom Saunders hitting an unbeaten 101.
Redlynch & Hale comfortably polished off a rain reduced target to beat Witchampton by eight wickets and tee up a tough looking Dorset/Wiltshire visit to Burbage & Easton Royal.
George Hayes took 4-17 and Kevin Hopkins 2-7 as Witchampton were dismissed for 124. Rain reduced the Redlynch ask to 94, a score they passed inside 21 overs with the still promising Ian Tanner making 41 and Dave Webber 29 not out.
Emsworth ​got a walkover and host Ifield in the West Sussex group on Sunday.

Nathan Way and Sam Godfrey shared a century partnership as Cadnam rallied from a worrying 28-3 to post 210-7 before a Brad Jewer inspired bowling performance led to County 3 South rivals Langley Manor being dismissed for 65.
The batting pair have scored almost 13,000 Cadnam runs between them in their careers, Way (left) finishing with 85 not out and Godfrey (centre) 61, their stand being worth 108.
They handed the baton to Jewer after that, the 17-year old son of Cadnam legend Paul Jewer ripping through the Manor with a spell of 5-23 as the visitors were skittled for 65 in 17.4 overs.
Pictures by Roy Honeybone.

Havant seconds, Old Basing and Sway got off to winning starts on a day when five of the scheduled opening Division 1 fixtures were washed out.
With a healthy blend of youth and experience Havant trimmed promoted Compton & Chandler’s Ford by 32 runs, Old Basing got home by 12 runs against St Cross Symondians III, and Sway overwhelmed Longparish by nine wickets.
A second wicket stand of 93 between Charlie Whitfield (49) and Stu Ransley (23) eased Havant to 100-1, but led by Andy Gorty’s spell of 3-27 the hosts collapsed to 145-7 before Hampshire 50s aspirant Pete Hayward struck a breezy 28 off 17 balls to lift them to 193 all out.
Gorty, with eight fours in his 44, and Pranoy Rathod (40) took CCF to 141-5, but the tail fell away to 161 all out.
St Cross Symondians’ III play a weather reduced 32-over match and were beaten by 12 runs at promoted Old Basing, who successfully defended 170-9, Nick Willcock (60) top scoring and sharing a n important mid-innings stand with Joe Belcher (31).
OB have Ryan Murray back after spells with the Academy and South Wilts, but he didn’t manage a wicket as Guy Pearson-Gregory celebrated his St Cross debut with an unbeaten 55 as the Winchester visitors made 155-5 in reply.
A composed half century from skipper Tim Noble (pictured) saw Sway home and off to a terrific start in their – the victory over Longparish set up by a good all-round bowling display. 
The long-term union of David Steadman (4-12) and Jonathan Waller (1-18) had Longparish in all sorts of bother early on and 21-4 after 15 overs.  
Waller had the ball seaming around and Alex Hall took a brilliant catch stood up while Steadman was awesome – his wickets aided by two safe catches by Tom Burton as well as former Kent cricketer Hugh Bernard and Hall. 
Change bowlers Jon Grasham (2-27) and Bernard (2-25) injected a lot of pace into the attack and broke through some stubborn resistance from the visitors.  
Knowing they had a full 40 overs to get their total and against a sharp and pacey Longparish attack, openers Noble and Hall opted to be circumspect with the opening partnership worth 41. 
Oscar Marshall entered the fray and together with Noble they nullified the visitors’ threat and eased home in the 26th over. Noble hit five boundaries and crushed a huge six on his way to an unbeaten 56, while Marshall finished on 20. 
Parley are chasing a third successive County 1 title – accreditation issues continue to dog their bid for Southern Premier League status – and have Alex Nippard back after a spell with Bashley (Rydal) and Shane Green wearing the captain’s armband.
Despite their midweek London based Ollie Green and Jack Rowett are hoping to feature, while Tom Saunders, now at university in Cardiff, will add some firepower following the return to his youth roots from Bashley. He made a recent century in the Village Cup.
Evergreen wicketkeeper/batsman Roshan Embalagama is looking in good form, while Shane Green will also give youth their opportunity with at least three Under 17's set for regular appearances. 
This column will discuss the prospects of the other clubs once the season gets underway properly.

Twyford could be flying high in the Hampshire Cricket League this season if trainee pilot Cameron Park gets airborne with his trusty bat !
He was up, up and away in his first knock for the village club’s second team, cruising to an altitude of 110 not out in a May Day friendly with Burridge thirds.
Then, in his Division 6 Central debut, Park jetted to 153 not out against the Southampton Travellers II attack, helping Twyford win by 27 runs. 
Park’s individual score came out of a Twford total of 176-8 – his team-mates running into turbulence and mustering only 17 runs between them, with six others in extras.  No one else got double figures.
It was almost by accident that Park landed on the Twyford runway, as the club’s president John Paine explains.
“Cam has been playing for Bedworth in the Warwickshire League.  He’s in the area training to be a pilot, with his girlfriend at Southampton university.
“She asked to play with our W10 ladies and he came along and joined in one of our men’s net sessions when we asked him if he wanted to play, which he did – and to great effect !”
The sky could be the limit for Twyford this summer, if Cameron Park continues to fly high …

SWAY were edged out of a closely fought game in the second round of the Voneus Village Cup, after some late Josh Bailey heroics nearly got them over the line against New Forest rivals Bramshaw, whose one-wicket win was arguably the biggest local surprise. 
In a rain interrupted game, Bramshaw made a good start in pursuit of Sway’s 170, but when Tom Arnold was out for 41, the visitors slipped from 61-2 to 72-6 – the collapse being triggered by the impressive spin of Dan Bailey (4-18). 
However, the players were twice taken off for rain at 90-6, with Bramshaw behind the run rate needed to go through. When the heavens finally stopped and the ground dried out, Sway found the going with the wet ball difficult and Bramshaw got a foothold back in the game, the hosts conceding a significant number of wides among the 41 extras they gifted the visitors. 
But Zane DiMonte (29), was caught by keeper Alex Hall off Josh Bailey – and when the same bowler castled James Martin going for a big heave with one to win, Sway sensed a win. It was not to be as Jonty Loveless shovelled the winning runs over the field. 
Earlier, Sway chose to bat first but found the going difficult on a lively pitch and against a well-disciplined Bramshaw attack, falling to 31-4.  
But Tom Burton continued to look in excellent nick throughout his hard-hit 40 and after he was joined by Oscar Marshall – who batted nicely and made 50 – and big hitters Hugo Chandler (12) and Dave Steadman (34) got in, Sway posted a competitive score. 

Stalwart Chris Thomas has experienced it all during his stunning 54 years of service to Bedhampton Mariners. 
Transitioning from colts player to first teamer, holding down roles as 1st XI and 2nd XI captain before eventually calling time on his playing career just four years ago aged 63.
Oh, and he’s also currently in his second stint as chairman, is a former club president and a qualified umpire who dons the white jacket for Bedhampton's matches home and away.
Thomas' cricketing story, affection and dedication to the Bidbury Mead-based club he joined way back in 1967 as a 13-year-old is quite remarkable, writes Lewis Mason of The News, Portsmouth.
The 67-year-old Purbrook resident has had some involvement with Bedhampton Mariners in each of the 53 seasons which have passed since then.
And that is not about to change with Thomas ready to mix his role as chairman and club umpire for Bedhampton in the 2021 Hampshire League campaign starting this weekend.
Though the club were forced to withdraw its 1st XI from County 1 last month due to a lack of players, a Bedhampton 2nd XI and 3rd XI will play in regional divisions.
Thomas said: ‘I’m very proud and my blood runs Bedhampton. It’s something that I feel extremely proud of my association at the club.
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‘I’ve had the opportunity to play at a higher level but I always felt I didn’t really want the pressure of going to join a new club and leaving the players I’ve been associated with over a number of years.
‘I’ve probably seen something like three or four generations of players pass through. When I first started it was just friendly cricket, it was all local and around the southern and south east part of Hampshire.  I never felt that I wanted to leave.
‘Mainly the enjoyment (why he’s stayed on for so long). The camaraderie of the players who I play with, my children started to play cricket so there was the fact of seeing them grow within the club as well.'
As club chairman, next year is sure to be extra special for Thomas and one he is eagerly anticipating.
Bedhampton Mariners celebrate 150 years since forming in 2022 while Thomas will reach his 55th successive season of club association.
Already plans are in place over how to mark the special anniversary and, as the only serving member still involved from the centenary year, he hopes it proves to be as memorable as 1972.
He recalled: ‘I’m privileged that I played in our centenary year and we had a cricket week.
‘At that time, it was the start of the Hampshire League as it was but the league wasn’t played as a proper season in the first couple of years. I think the fixtures were June and July so you played either side of that time.
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'We had a cricket week and our special game for the centenary year was that we played England Women’s cricket team at the end of our year.
‘We’ve got some plans next year for a tournament for our centenary year.

Bedhampton 2004. Back (from left): Chris Thomas, John Beacham , Martyn Hovey, Gary Layman, Gary Phillips, Chris Grayson. Front: Gary Clark, Ben Silva, Chris Hovey, Dan Clark, John McCoy. Picture: The News.

​There might be some who recognise Thomas' name from a different sporting background.
That's because he would spend his summers turning out for Bedhampton while his winters were reserved for football.
Thomas played for Horndean Reserves, Hayling Island and Bedhampton before becoming a referee who officiated at Wessex League level.
Although his football commitments went on the backburner a few years ago, he remains determined to continue his Mariners affiliation for a few years yet.
Thomas said: 'I’ve tried to step back bit by bit and tried to get people to take on the reins and allow me to drift subtly behind the scenes a little bit.
'At the moment, what I do with my involvement with the club, it gives me a chance to keep being involved with the younger players, pass on my knowledge where appropriate, but mainly just being in the club itself.
‘I just enjoy being part of a social club.  I think you probably find you get into the routine and I was lucky enough that I had year round sporting activity.'   Reproduced by kind permission of The News.

With the Officer's Ground square having been re-laid, United Services will be nipping across to the other side of Burnaby Road to play their home matches in Hampshire League County Division 3 South this season.
In the process they'll create a bizarre piece of HL history because Saturday's match against Follands will not only be played on a non-turf 22-yard pitch, but also with an artificial 3/4G outfield !
The HMS Temeraire outfield doubles up for Royal Navy rugby and soccer, so fielders will need to be at their sharpest as the ball will doubtless rocket across the artificial surfaced outfield.
It promises to be a busy afternoon at Burnaby Road, with the giant killing US Portsmouth Wessex League soccer team hosting Binfield in the FA Vase semi-final barely a six-hit away in the Victory Stadium.

​Harry May was arguably Fair Oak’s best known sportsman (and character) for half a century or more, having lived his entire life in Victena Road, where he was born 80 years ago and died recently in the self-same house, after a brave battle against cancer.
He was passionate and lived for his football and cricket, playing lead roles on and off the field for many years in both sports, a player competitive in the extreme no matter what sized ball it was, but always happy to have a beer afterwards. 
He was an uncompromising centre-half in the winter months and a fiery, often scary opening bowler with ball in hand in the summer.   
And all for Fair Oak, where he was secretary and organizer, a meticulous recorder and book-keeper, with Hampshire cricket memorabilia dating back to the 1920s among his vast collection.
He ran Fair Oak’s successful village Southampton Football League club, carrying out a similar role with the cricket team, who were among the original founder members of the Hampshire League back in 1973.  Talk about being Fair Oak through and through …
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Alongside that, Harry played darts and dominoes for the Acorn and Bishopstoke Social Clubs and was chairman of the East River Dominoes League.
His competitive nature was probably reflected in his day-time job at Pirelli-General in Eastleigh, where he worked for over 25 years as a fitter/turner and was a typically forceful shop steward and convener.
‘Once met, never forgotten’ was one comment made about Harry May, a towering presence of a man both physically and in football terms for Fair Oak, who were a force in Junior League soccer in the mid to late fifties, winning Junior 4 with a 100 per cent record in their first season and lifting the Senior 2 crown in 1958/59.
The following season Fair Oak were beaten 2-1 by Old Edwardians in the Southampton Senior Cup final at The Dell.
Local derbies with Eastleigh Boy’s Club were often X-certificate ‘high-spots’ of the season !
Fair Oak enjoyed marvelous success during Harry’s time as secretary.  They won the Southampton Premier League three times on the trot between 1992 and 1994.
They lifted the Reg Mathieson Trophy in 1993, but lost that year’s Senior Cup final, 1-0 to Colden Common in a replay at Follands, after a 1-1 draw at The Dell.
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Once the cricket season arrived, Harry May switched to his whites and was at the forefront again – this time with a shiny red Dukes ball in his hand.
His long shoulder length hair draped down, he was economical in the extreme with his bowling run-up.  Two paces, often catching the batsman unawares. A two-foot shuffle, then over came the right-arm. Quicky.
It was probably just as well he didn’t run up too far because in those embryo days of 42-over Hampshire League cricket matches, there were no bowling restrictions – and Harry May, ‘supported’ by his father Alf as umpire, usually bowled 21 of them, in every match from early May to late August.
Let's allow Mike Brogan, Sarisbury Athletic’s captain and opening batsman in those days, to take up the story.
“Harry and Bill Cooper were a formidable bowling partnership and bowled in tandem for 42 overs, every other week at Bishopstoke. Often on a grassy green top.
“Harry was exceptionally quick and hostile, striking fear and terror into many a batsman, including yours truly. 
“Astonishingly, he bowled off just two paces and personally, I was paralysed by fear, such was his reputation. Harry was a tough, hard cricketer and he always gave me a severe examination. It should be remembered that I (and other batsmen) had just a cloth cap for protection! There were no helmets in those days.
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“I still remember a game on Sarisbury Green. I had the audacity to attempt to hook Harry. Big mistake! I got a top edge and the ball hit me under the chin, knocking me senseless. Indeed, the next thing I remembered were the blue lights of the ambulance coming up Sarisbury Hill ! 
“Team-mates say 'I went down like John Wayne'.”
Away from his cricket, football, darts and dominoes, Harry loved Country & Western music and was an audience regular at the Ponderosa Club at Boarhunt, near Wickham.
He battled cancer in the latter years of his life, but that didn’t stop him watching cricket with his life-long pal and past Fair Oak team-mate Dave Burgess at Hursley Park, Sparsholt and St Cross and often further afield.
A bachelor, he lived in the same house in Victena Road, Fair Oak, all his life – bar annual cricket tours to the west country – and how sad it was one morning in April, when a neighbour noticed the milk hadn’t been collected from his doorstep and he was found dead at the foot of his staircase.   
There will be a coroner’s inquest in October but, at Harry’s request, there is no funeral.

THERE is no such thing as a friendly when the two old rivals of Island cricket, Shanklin and Ventnor go toe to toe — and so it proved in a match that went right to the wire when the pair met in a pre-season warm-up, writes Jon Moreno, sports editor of the IOW County Press.
In marvellous cricket weather on a fabulous Westhill playing surface, Ventnor won the toss and decided to bat — setting a competitive target of 244-6 from their 40 overs. 
Ross Whyte opened, scoring 82 off 60 balls, with Charlie Turpin supporting him well in the middle order with a half century off 77 balls. 
Shanklin & Godshill’s wickets were shared, led by Matt Lambourne’s 2-35 from his eight overs.
Shanklin got off to a poor start at 30-3 off the first eight overs, but recovered for the fourth wicket thanks to a great 114-run stand from Sean Phillips (46) and skipper, Benji White. 
White struck 61 off just 58 balls, with a good lower order contribution from Lambourne (29), but Shanklin’s wickets were nibbled away to leave them needing five off the final four nervy deliveries, with three wickets in hand. 
All looked rosy for the home side, but Whyte took two vital wickets to see Ventnor home with an amazing two-run victory.
It is a match played with a superb competitive edge, which well prove to be great preparation for the club’s league seasons ahead.
Afterwards, White said: “It was a very close and competitive game, on a good wicket at Westhill. Credit to the new volunteers who have done an excellent job on the ground.
“Despite the result, it was a nice start to the season’s preparations as we look towards our first County 2 league game against Oakley, at Westhill, on May 8.
Ventnor’s Southern Premier League Division 2 programme starts with a visit from much fancied Fair Oak on Saturday, when batsman/keeper Ben Woodhouse will take charge for the first time.

2020 All Wight triple winners Ryde opened with a 31-run win over Shanklin & Godshill, after posting 211-8 (Ash Goldsmith 57). Shanklin made 180-9 in reply, with half-centuries from Billington (58) and Jack Powell (50). Asher took 3-2.

Dan Wimble has been on song for Fareham & Crofton, who have warmed up positively for the upcoming Hampshire League season with consecutive wins over promoted Southern Premier League Division 3 opposition.
He thumped an unbeaten boundary strewn century to set up a 59-run victory over 2019 County 1 runners-up Hook & Newnham Basics II and followed it up with 72 as Fareham chased down Gosport Borough’s 227-7 to win by four wickets.
Wimble [pictured above] struck six maximums along with 11 fours in his undefeated 103 against Hook, sharing a 179-run opening stand with Tom Kent (61) as Fareham piled up 254-4 before dismissing Hook for 195 (Rhodes Franklin 72), James Headen taking 4-49.
Fareham’s openers partied again against Gosport, Kent scoring 76 and Wimble 72 as a 151-run stand got the Bath Lane side on course to topple Borough’s 227-7 (Denzel James 92).
Fareham were cruising at 209-2, but lost four wickets for five runs before Sam Stoddart’s 35 not out got them across the line.

Shanklin & Godshill and Ventnor cricketers will be able to enjoy the comforts of the completely revamped and refurbished Westhill clubhouse and pavilion when they renew long standing island rivalries in a 40-over pre-season warm-up on Saturday, 1pm.
The clubhouse and team room, alongside the changing rooms, showers and toilets, have all been upgraded this winter.
Ben White will skipper Shanklin & Godshill, while Ben Woodhouse will wear the captain's armband for Ventnor, having taken over from Ross Whyte.
Shanklin & Godshill: B White, Mills, Phillips, A White, H Moore, Lambourne, Read, N Moore, Wright, Ringer, Denness.

Bedhampton Mariners have pulled their first team out of Hampshire League Division 1, leaving the top flight with 17 clubs.
They were due to have launched their programme against Alton seconds at the Jubilee ground on May 8.
The Bidbury Mead-based club will now have just two senior men's sides moving forward as opposed to the three which had previously operated under their banner.
Chairman Chris Thomas decided to pull the 1st XI because of a decline in the calibre of players at the club.
The first team squad has been decimated by a number of departures since the summer of 2019.
As a result, and in approval with the Hampshire League, Bedhampton's former 2nd XI will become the first team and continue to play in the Division 4 South of the county pyramid.
Thomas explained: 'Unfortunately, due to major changes to our players and everything else, our first team and our first team strength has declined.
‘We took the decision, with the support of the Hampshire Cricket League, to withdraw our first team from the county one league this year.
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‘Over the past two or three years we’ve probably lost nearly the whole of our first team for many reasons.
‘Some have left, some have retired, some have decided not to continue playing whilst things are going on as they are.
'What we couldn’t do was stretch our resources and move everybody up from our second and third team into the appropriate higher leagues, because it would cripple the club.
‘It was better to try to regroup and make the hard decision.
‘It was a very difficult decision to make, but we felt it was the right thing for the club and its survival to allow us to regroup.'
As part of the Hampshire League agreement, Bedhampton's new first team cannot be promoted no matter where they finish in Division 4 South in 2021.
Thomas added: 'Unfortunately, when you look at the structure of our club, we’re stretched in terms of from the first team - which was in Hampshire One - to our now first team in 4 South. That’s three leagues difference and our third team is three leagues below them.
'When you’ve got that gulf of competitive cricket, you need the calibre of players to actually compete in there.
‘By keeping our second team as it is - we have a very competitive second team.
‘The league have applied some limitations on what we can achieve this season - our first team is not allowed to be promoted - but we accepted that as a punishment for withdrawing our first team.'