Fareham & Crofton’s Bath Lane pitch topped the poll for the Hampshire Cricket League’s Most Improved Ground Award in 2017 – and promptly dedicated to Tony ‘Bomber’ Brown, the club’s long serving Octogenarian groundsman, who died shortly before the start of the season after a long illness.
Tony, who has been at Fareham for over 50 years as a player, administrator, groundsman and virtually everything else, had been hugely instrumental in the laying of the new and re-sited main square at Bath Lane. Tony had also been the HCL’s grounds advisor for many years. It was the first time a club which prepares and maintains two cricket squares on the same ground had won the award.
Back (from left) Tony Tucker, MIke Steele, Chris Green, and (front) Les Webb and John Tucker are pictured sitting on Fareham & Crofton’s heavy roller all smiles after picking up the award.
They were taking a break from preparing Bath Lane for Fareham's opening pre-season warm-up match against Purbrook on Saturday, 1pm.
Tony, who has been at Fareham for over 50 years as a player, administrator, groundsman and virtually everything else, had been hugely instrumental in the laying of the new and re-sited main square at Bath Lane. Tony had also been the HCL’s grounds advisor for many years. It was the first time a club which prepares and maintains two cricket squares on the same ground had won the award.
Back (from left) Tony Tucker, MIke Steele, Chris Green, and (front) Les Webb and John Tucker are pictured sitting on Fareham & Crofton’s heavy roller all smiles after picking up the award.
They were taking a break from preparing Bath Lane for Fareham's opening pre-season warm-up match against Purbrook on Saturday, 1pm.
