Old Tauntonians & Romsey and Waterlooville go for the respective Southern Premier League Division 2 and 3 championships tomorrow/Saturday.
Already certain of promotion, OTs must though emerge victorious from their ‘winner take all’ showdown at Hartley Wintney, otherwise the second placed North Hampshire club could snatch the SPL2 title silverware.
Hartley Wintney go into the match seven points adrift of OTs – with derailed Totton & Eling needing a big win over Hambledon to keep their fading promotion hopes alive.
OTs certainly won’t be short on support in Hartley’s historic Cricket Green.
“We’ve hired a coach for the occasion,” says skipper Rob Newman, who welcomes back Danny Mogg (left) to the seam attack – just two weeks after having back surgery.
Hartley Wintney’s major threat will come from New Zealander Henry Collier, whose 809-run tally makes him the highest individual scoring batsman in the entire Premier League.
He smashed an unbeaten 151 against Langley Manor last week when HW polished off a 254-run target to win by seven wickets with 11 overs to spare.
Hartley Wintney: Danny Plume, Henry Collier, Will Kerr, Danny Flanders, Jamie Teale, Scott Baldwin, James Beckwith, Rhys Batcup, Dan Reynaldo, Ollie Waddington, Seb Waddington.
OTs: R Newman, Trodd, King, De Stephano, Smith, P Newman, Woodhall, Vaughan, Mogg, Bampton, Brown.
Promotion fall-outs Totton & Eling are without James Taylor (broken thumb) and the unavailable Oli Perrin against relegated Hambledon at Southern Gardens.
Totton & Eling: Mbofana, Geyle, Taylor E, Clouting, Gee, Bound, Bungay, Beresford-Power, Darney, Collier, Sharma.
At the bottom, Trojans must win at Langley Manor, otherwise South Wilts II (five points behind) could climb above them with a victory over unchanged St Cross Symondians II at Bemerton.
Eddie Abel has been pencilled in for a possible South Wilts comeback, replacing Joe Cranch, whose century against Sparsholt last week has merited a first team return at the Green Jackets Ground.
South Wilts II: R Pittman, Phillips, Abel, Berzins, Riddle, Pearce, Booth, S Pittman, Kidd, Matt Burton, Marc Burton.
St Cross Symondians II: Mitchell, Laney, Hawkins, Hadfield, Young, Foyle, Haworth, Orchard, Trussler, Woolvine, Aldridge.
Sparsholt skipper Jeremy Frith has a double reason for wanting to finish the season on a personally successful front. He tops both the Division 2 eligible batting and bowling charts, with 544 runs and 36 wickets.
Fourth placed Sparsholt end with Paultons coming to the Norman Edwards Ground.
Sparsholt:Frith, Haworth, Skeoch, Banks, Kennett, Mitchell, Foster, Mitchell, Whiting, Weir, Phagami.
Paultons: Richman, Ennew, Grierson, Metcalfe, Pike, Bills, Smart, Holgate, Murrell, Lamb, Denney.
Already certain of promotion, OTs must though emerge victorious from their ‘winner take all’ showdown at Hartley Wintney, otherwise the second placed North Hampshire club could snatch the SPL2 title silverware.
Hartley Wintney go into the match seven points adrift of OTs – with derailed Totton & Eling needing a big win over Hambledon to keep their fading promotion hopes alive.
OTs certainly won’t be short on support in Hartley’s historic Cricket Green.
“We’ve hired a coach for the occasion,” says skipper Rob Newman, who welcomes back Danny Mogg (left) to the seam attack – just two weeks after having back surgery.
Hartley Wintney’s major threat will come from New Zealander Henry Collier, whose 809-run tally makes him the highest individual scoring batsman in the entire Premier League.
He smashed an unbeaten 151 against Langley Manor last week when HW polished off a 254-run target to win by seven wickets with 11 overs to spare.
Hartley Wintney: Danny Plume, Henry Collier, Will Kerr, Danny Flanders, Jamie Teale, Scott Baldwin, James Beckwith, Rhys Batcup, Dan Reynaldo, Ollie Waddington, Seb Waddington.
OTs: R Newman, Trodd, King, De Stephano, Smith, P Newman, Woodhall, Vaughan, Mogg, Bampton, Brown.
Promotion fall-outs Totton & Eling are without James Taylor (broken thumb) and the unavailable Oli Perrin against relegated Hambledon at Southern Gardens.
Totton & Eling: Mbofana, Geyle, Taylor E, Clouting, Gee, Bound, Bungay, Beresford-Power, Darney, Collier, Sharma.
At the bottom, Trojans must win at Langley Manor, otherwise South Wilts II (five points behind) could climb above them with a victory over unchanged St Cross Symondians II at Bemerton.
Eddie Abel has been pencilled in for a possible South Wilts comeback, replacing Joe Cranch, whose century against Sparsholt last week has merited a first team return at the Green Jackets Ground.
South Wilts II: R Pittman, Phillips, Abel, Berzins, Riddle, Pearce, Booth, S Pittman, Kidd, Matt Burton, Marc Burton.
St Cross Symondians II: Mitchell, Laney, Hawkins, Hadfield, Young, Foyle, Haworth, Orchard, Trussler, Woolvine, Aldridge.
Sparsholt skipper Jeremy Frith has a double reason for wanting to finish the season on a personally successful front. He tops both the Division 2 eligible batting and bowling charts, with 544 runs and 36 wickets.
Fourth placed Sparsholt end with Paultons coming to the Norman Edwards Ground.
Sparsholt:Frith, Haworth, Skeoch, Banks, Kennett, Mitchell, Foster, Mitchell, Whiting, Weir, Phagami.
Paultons: Richman, Ennew, Grierson, Metcalfe, Pike, Bills, Smart, Holgate, Murrell, Lamb, Denney.
