Sean Read will hope to emulate his father’s bowling feats when he takes charge of the successful Bashley (Rydal) second team in the Southern Premier League this coming season.
Read’s father Don was a prominent wicket taker in Bashley’s Hampshire League County Division 1 and 2 championship winning sides in the late Eighties.
Both father (now retired) and son are seam bowlers, Sean taking 22 wickets in Bashley IIs Premier Division 3 title triumph in 2019.
Reed (25), who has been at Bashley for ten years and emerged from the club’s flourishing youth set up, takes over the captain’s armband from batsman/wicketkeeper Patrick Lewis, who will be away at Nottingham University until mid-June.
“Patrick is going to be a difficult act to follow, having led the seconds to the Division 3 championship two summers ago and the League Cup last year,” Reed said.
“But there’s an exciting crop of young cricketers at Bashley and I’m really looking forward to hopefully getting a full season in. Aren’t we all ?”
Read was due to have skippered Chichester University in last summer's abandoned BUCS Championships, but emerged with an Honours degree, again ready to follow father Don ... into teaching !
Read’s father Don was a prominent wicket taker in Bashley’s Hampshire League County Division 1 and 2 championship winning sides in the late Eighties.
Both father (now retired) and son are seam bowlers, Sean taking 22 wickets in Bashley IIs Premier Division 3 title triumph in 2019.
Reed (25), who has been at Bashley for ten years and emerged from the club’s flourishing youth set up, takes over the captain’s armband from batsman/wicketkeeper Patrick Lewis, who will be away at Nottingham University until mid-June.
“Patrick is going to be a difficult act to follow, having led the seconds to the Division 3 championship two summers ago and the League Cup last year,” Reed said.
“But there’s an exciting crop of young cricketers at Bashley and I’m really looking forward to hopefully getting a full season in. Aren’t we all ?”
Read was due to have skippered Chichester University in last summer's abandoned BUCS Championships, but emerged with an Honours degree, again ready to follow father Don ... into teaching !
