Ferndown Wayfarers - Southern Premier League bound.
Ferndown Wayfarers, Hampshire League champions twice in the past three seasons, have been promoted, along with Sarisbury Athletic II, into the fourth tier of Southern Premier League cricket next season.
They failed to meet the Premier League’s accreditation criteria when they won it in 2023, but improved ground markings at Dolman’s Farm and work carried to the pavilion and showers has given them the nod this time around.
Ferndown dominated the Hampshire League this summer, winning 14 of their 17 completed games. Opener James Stephenson led the batting charts with 535 runs, with skipper Eric Linge and Tom Mullings, who made 135 against Sarisbury, each scoring 453.
Miles Lewis (28 wickets), Daryl Baines (27) and Freddie Pittaway (26) all featured strongly in the HL bowling charts.
Ferndown will face Alton II, Fareham & Crofton, Hartley Wintney, Hook & Newnham Basics II, Hursley Park, Odiham & Greywell, Sarisbury Athletic II, St Cross Symondians II, and Trojans in SPL3 next summer.
They are all 50-over red ball matches.
They failed to meet the Premier League’s accreditation criteria when they won it in 2023, but improved ground markings at Dolman’s Farm and work carried to the pavilion and showers has given them the nod this time around.
Ferndown dominated the Hampshire League this summer, winning 14 of their 17 completed games. Opener James Stephenson led the batting charts with 535 runs, with skipper Eric Linge and Tom Mullings, who made 135 against Sarisbury, each scoring 453.
Miles Lewis (28 wickets), Daryl Baines (27) and Freddie Pittaway (26) all featured strongly in the HL bowling charts.
Ferndown will face Alton II, Fareham & Crofton, Hartley Wintney, Hook & Newnham Basics II, Hursley Park, Odiham & Greywell, Sarisbury Athletic II, St Cross Symondians II, and Trojans in SPL3 next summer.
They are all 50-over red ball matches.
