 |  Left, Alton's Jubilee Ground was voted top Southern Premier League ground for the second consecutive season, while above Bashley (Rydal), three time winners of the George Winkles Memorial Trophy in recent years, achieved the highest Premier Division marks in 2022. |
Bashley (Rydal), overall winners Alton, Fawley and newcomers Sway achieved the highest divisional ground marks (by visiting captains and panel umpires) in the Southern Premier League in 2022.
With marks of 53.96, Alton won the George Winkles Memorial Trophy for a second consecutive year – and celebrated it on the pitch by lifting the Division 1 title – while Bashley, overall trophy winners in 2016, 2017 and again in 2019, topped the Premier Division charts. Fawley’s Division 2 triumph would have come as wonderful news to the family of the late Alan Sturgess, who spent so many hours tending to the square at Holbury, which achieved the third highest marks (of 40 teams) overall.
Sway will be delighted to have topped the Division 3 markings in their maiden SPL season, while Paultons received the Paul Thompson Memorial Award for the most improved ground. That’s a prize Gosport Borough will be looking to win in 2023 having finished rock bottom of the overall ground marks.
Pitch marks are out of 40, outfield 20, total mark 60.
ECB Premier Division
Bashley (Rydal) 52.94 (33.75 pitch/19.19 outfield)
Hampshire Academy 52.44 (32.94/19.50)
Hook & Newnham Basics 52.00 (34.25/17.75)
St Cross Symondians 51.00 (32.88/18.13)
Havant 50.25 (33.94/16.31)
South Wilts 49.25 (31.56/17.69)
Burridge 48.44 (31.94/16.50)
Totton & Eling 45.88 (28.19/17.69)
Bournemouth 45.36 (30.57/14.79)
Lymington 43.19 (28.25/14.94)
Division 1
Alton 53.56 (34.81/18.75)
Ventnor 49.50 (32.94/16.56)
Sparsholt 49.00 (30.94/18.06)
Basingstoke & North Hants 47.88 (30.13/17.75)
Portsmouth 46.38 (29.81/15.56)
Liphook & Ripsley 45.94 (30.25/15.69)
Calmore Sports 45.81 (29.13/16.69)
Rowledge 45.81 (29.88/15.94)
Sarisbury Athletic 44.06 (28.81/15.25)
New Milton 43.94 (28.06/15.88)
Division 2
Fawley 52.75 (34.31/18.44)
Bashley (Rydal) 52.63 (33.00/19.63)
Hook & Newnham Basics 51.88 (33.50/18.38)
Andover 51.50 (34.29/17.31)
Hartley Wintney 49.00 (32.63/16.38)
St Cross Symondians 48.25 (30.00/18.25)
Fair Oak 47.00 (29.44/17.56)
Hambledon 45.62 (32.31/13.31)
Waterlooville 45.50 (29.21/16.29)
Old Tauntonians & Romsey 44.63 (29.25/15.38)
Division 3
Sway 51.31 (32.88/18.44)
Paultons 51.19 (33.31/17.88)
Basingstoke & North Hants 50.86 (38.50/18.36)
Havant 50.13 (33.63/16.50)
South Wilts 47.50 (28.50/19.00)
Portsmouth & Southsea 45.38/17.00)
Trojans 45.06 (28.88/16.19)
Langley Manor 44.81 (28.99/15.94)
Purbrook 43.13 (26.94/16.19)
Gosport Borough 41.19 (24.44/16.75)
With marks of 53.96, Alton won the George Winkles Memorial Trophy for a second consecutive year – and celebrated it on the pitch by lifting the Division 1 title – while Bashley, overall trophy winners in 2016, 2017 and again in 2019, topped the Premier Division charts. Fawley’s Division 2 triumph would have come as wonderful news to the family of the late Alan Sturgess, who spent so many hours tending to the square at Holbury, which achieved the third highest marks (of 40 teams) overall.
Sway will be delighted to have topped the Division 3 markings in their maiden SPL season, while Paultons received the Paul Thompson Memorial Award for the most improved ground. That’s a prize Gosport Borough will be looking to win in 2023 having finished rock bottom of the overall ground marks.
Pitch marks are out of 40, outfield 20, total mark 60.
ECB Premier Division
Bashley (Rydal) 52.94 (33.75 pitch/19.19 outfield)
Hampshire Academy 52.44 (32.94/19.50)
Hook & Newnham Basics 52.00 (34.25/17.75)
St Cross Symondians 51.00 (32.88/18.13)
Havant 50.25 (33.94/16.31)
South Wilts 49.25 (31.56/17.69)
Burridge 48.44 (31.94/16.50)
Totton & Eling 45.88 (28.19/17.69)
Bournemouth 45.36 (30.57/14.79)
Lymington 43.19 (28.25/14.94)
Division 1
Alton 53.56 (34.81/18.75)
Ventnor 49.50 (32.94/16.56)
Sparsholt 49.00 (30.94/18.06)
Basingstoke & North Hants 47.88 (30.13/17.75)
Portsmouth 46.38 (29.81/15.56)
Liphook & Ripsley 45.94 (30.25/15.69)
Calmore Sports 45.81 (29.13/16.69)
Rowledge 45.81 (29.88/15.94)
Sarisbury Athletic 44.06 (28.81/15.25)
New Milton 43.94 (28.06/15.88)
Division 2
Fawley 52.75 (34.31/18.44)
Bashley (Rydal) 52.63 (33.00/19.63)
Hook & Newnham Basics 51.88 (33.50/18.38)
Andover 51.50 (34.29/17.31)
Hartley Wintney 49.00 (32.63/16.38)
St Cross Symondians 48.25 (30.00/18.25)
Fair Oak 47.00 (29.44/17.56)
Hambledon 45.62 (32.31/13.31)
Waterlooville 45.50 (29.21/16.29)
Old Tauntonians & Romsey 44.63 (29.25/15.38)
Division 3
Sway 51.31 (32.88/18.44)
Paultons 51.19 (33.31/17.88)
Basingstoke & North Hants 50.86 (38.50/18.36)
Havant 50.13 (33.63/16.50)
South Wilts 47.50 (28.50/19.00)
Portsmouth & Southsea 45.38/17.00)
Trojans 45.06 (28.88/16.19)
Langley Manor 44.81 (28.99/15.94)
Purbrook 43.13 (26.94/16.19)
Gosport Borough 41.19 (24.44/16.75)
