A 13-run defeat by Fawley has all but mathematically sentenced Hursley Park to an immediate period of life in the Hampshire League.
They go into their last three games cast 39 points adrift at the bottom of Southern League Division 3 and with little hope of survival.
A century by New Zealander Matt Brown, whose 101 contained a six and ten fours, underpinned Fawley’s 213-8 at Holbury.
Nick Turner, with 3-54 and top score of 64, made a brave effort to stave off the inevitable for Hursley, who dropped to 99-5 before being bowled out for 200, Adam Freeman taking 6-24.
Leaders Basingstoke & North Hants and Bashley (Rydal) II both lost, leaving second placed Waterlooville six points behind the Bountymen, who lost to strugglers Alton II.
They finished 25 runs adrift chasing down Alton’s 212 and now face a daunting trip to Bashley (Rydal) on Saturday – the New Forest club needing to win to keep their own promotion hopes alive.
The Ville defended 167-8 (Max Goddard 54) and bowled Bashley out for 117 to win by 50 runs.
Gosport Borough bounced back from the previous week’s debacle at Fair Oak (where they lost by nine wickets) to trim Havant by 14 runs.
Scores -
Alton II 212 (Green 40, T Salmon 39, Perera 4-30)
Basingstoke & North Hants II 187 (Deadman 39, Dyer 31, T Salmon 3-25, Eggleston 3-41, Sampson 3-54)
Alton II won by 25 runs.
Fawley 213-8 (Brown 101, Nason 35, Solanki 3-36, Turner 3-54)
Hursley Park 200 (Turner 64, Branford 39, Flynn 30, Freeman 6-24)
Fawley won by 13 runs.
Gosport Borough 182 (Pennicott 62, Kitchen 34, Hopson 3-17, Davies 3-26)
Havant II 168 (Clark 29, McCoy 28, Pennicott 3-25)
Gosport Borough won by 14 runs.
Waterlooville 167-8 (Goddard 54, Hortle 46, Vaughan 4-37)
Bashley (Rydal) II 117 (Van Wyk 39*, Hillman 3-23)
Waterlooville won by 50 runs.
Purbrook's scheduled home game with Fair Oak was cancelled due to an unfit Purbrook Heath pitch.
They go into their last three games cast 39 points adrift at the bottom of Southern League Division 3 and with little hope of survival.
A century by New Zealander Matt Brown, whose 101 contained a six and ten fours, underpinned Fawley’s 213-8 at Holbury.
Nick Turner, with 3-54 and top score of 64, made a brave effort to stave off the inevitable for Hursley, who dropped to 99-5 before being bowled out for 200, Adam Freeman taking 6-24.
Leaders Basingstoke & North Hants and Bashley (Rydal) II both lost, leaving second placed Waterlooville six points behind the Bountymen, who lost to strugglers Alton II.
They finished 25 runs adrift chasing down Alton’s 212 and now face a daunting trip to Bashley (Rydal) on Saturday – the New Forest club needing to win to keep their own promotion hopes alive.
The Ville defended 167-8 (Max Goddard 54) and bowled Bashley out for 117 to win by 50 runs.
Gosport Borough bounced back from the previous week’s debacle at Fair Oak (where they lost by nine wickets) to trim Havant by 14 runs.
Scores -
Alton II 212 (Green 40, T Salmon 39, Perera 4-30)
Basingstoke & North Hants II 187 (Deadman 39, Dyer 31, T Salmon 3-25, Eggleston 3-41, Sampson 3-54)
Alton II won by 25 runs.
Fawley 213-8 (Brown 101, Nason 35, Solanki 3-36, Turner 3-54)
Hursley Park 200 (Turner 64, Branford 39, Flynn 30, Freeman 6-24)
Fawley won by 13 runs.
Gosport Borough 182 (Pennicott 62, Kitchen 34, Hopson 3-17, Davies 3-26)
Havant II 168 (Clark 29, McCoy 28, Pennicott 3-25)
Gosport Borough won by 14 runs.
Waterlooville 167-8 (Goddard 54, Hortle 46, Vaughan 4-37)
Bashley (Rydal) II 117 (Van Wyk 39*, Hillman 3-23)
Waterlooville won by 50 runs.
Purbrook's scheduled home game with Fair Oak was cancelled due to an unfit Purbrook Heath pitch.
