Scott Myers Alton match winner [Howard Gadsby]
Scott Myers fired a defiant “we will be back” message with an unbeaten and season’s best 82 as already relegated Alton powered to a six-wicket victory and inflicted a sixth successive defeat on Lymington, who finished second from bottom and only ten points shy of the drop.
He thrived on the 97-run platform second wicket pair Fletcha Middleton (61) and skipper Dan Harris (57) built to drive Alton past Lymington’s 237-8 and to victory with almost five overs to spare.
Terry Crabb (29) and Ryde schoolteacher Henry Edwards (36) earlier got Lymington off to a 72-run flier, 46 of their opening partnership coming in boundaries. Both fell at 72, leaving Ximus du Plooy (36) and Oxford University bound Josh Ryan (59) to effectively restart the innings.
Royan’s 59 was his second fifty-plus in three knocks, while South African du Plooy took his season’s run tally to 513. Dan Cox (23) and Bournemouth hockey hitman Kieran Moors (17) added useful runs before Michael Salmon (3-48) created inroads. Tom South (2-28) earlier removed Crabb and du Plooy during a tidy ten overs spell.
Lymington, who closed with 237-8, collected maximum batting points for only the third time this season and, much to the refrained satisfaction of bookkeeper Tony Wharton, used up all their 50-over allocation – that for only a second time this summer !
Lymington fielded only six first team regulars and were noticeably weak in the bowling department, so the odds were heavily on Alton knocking off the runs.
Royan removed LSE student Abhay Gonella, but that 97-run stand between Middleton (who hit 82 against Lymington earlier in the season) and Harris set the Brewers up nicely. Adie Hunt, described as a ‘pub bowler’ back in 2018 when he took five wickets in a Kings of the Forest derby win over Bashley (Rydal), now has Hampshire prospect Fletcha Middleton on his growing list scalps, achieved a second breakthrough, but that only led to the arrival at the crease of Scott Myers, who pillaged 14 fours on his way to an unbeaten 82 which secured only Alton’s fourth win of the season.
He thrived on the 97-run platform second wicket pair Fletcha Middleton (61) and skipper Dan Harris (57) built to drive Alton past Lymington’s 237-8 and to victory with almost five overs to spare.
Terry Crabb (29) and Ryde schoolteacher Henry Edwards (36) earlier got Lymington off to a 72-run flier, 46 of their opening partnership coming in boundaries. Both fell at 72, leaving Ximus du Plooy (36) and Oxford University bound Josh Ryan (59) to effectively restart the innings.
Royan’s 59 was his second fifty-plus in three knocks, while South African du Plooy took his season’s run tally to 513. Dan Cox (23) and Bournemouth hockey hitman Kieran Moors (17) added useful runs before Michael Salmon (3-48) created inroads. Tom South (2-28) earlier removed Crabb and du Plooy during a tidy ten overs spell.
Lymington, who closed with 237-8, collected maximum batting points for only the third time this season and, much to the refrained satisfaction of bookkeeper Tony Wharton, used up all their 50-over allocation – that for only a second time this summer !
Lymington fielded only six first team regulars and were noticeably weak in the bowling department, so the odds were heavily on Alton knocking off the runs.
Royan removed LSE student Abhay Gonella, but that 97-run stand between Middleton (who hit 82 against Lymington earlier in the season) and Harris set the Brewers up nicely. Adie Hunt, described as a ‘pub bowler’ back in 2018 when he took five wickets in a Kings of the Forest derby win over Bashley (Rydal), now has Hampshire prospect Fletcha Middleton on his growing list scalps, achieved a second breakthrough, but that only led to the arrival at the crease of Scott Myers, who pillaged 14 fours on his way to an unbeaten 82 which secured only Alton’s fourth win of the season.
Fletcha Middleton hit his second 50-plus score of the SPL season against Lymington. Howard Gadsby photo.
