Almost 40 years have passed since Terry Morton won his first South Hampshire Indoor Cricket Sixes medal at Fleming Park.
Those were in his Waterlooville days when he was a prolific opening batsman in local cricket circles..
Nowadays and into his early Sixties, Morton plies his trade as a lower order batsman – but is a highly influential and effective leg spin bowler for his local club, Sarisbury Athletic, writes Mike Vimpany.
Bamboozling opposing batsmen with his high-bouncing leg-breaks and googlies, Morton was in imperious form as he helped Sarisbury win a league cup double at Fleming Park.
Playing alongside him on finals night was his son, former South Wilts run gun Tom, now the recently appointed Director of Cricket at Ealing.
Tom wasn’t even born when his father Terry won his first indoor medal back in the late Seventies.
The father and son combination helped Sarisbury beat OTs & Romsey and then Southampton University to lift the knockout cup.
The Wessex students scraped into the final with a dramatic one-wicket win over Peartree - the match decided by an overthrow off the penultimate ball ofa thrilling semi-final.
Results –
Under-14 Cup final
Old Netley 146-3 (South 70*, Wilkins 27, Harris 2-18) Burridge 65 (Baker 31, Fairless 2-17). Old Netley won by 81 runs.
Under-16 Cup
Semi-final
Langley Manor w/o v Locks Heath.
Compton & Chandler’s Ford 136-4(Read 32, Murray 21) OTs & Romsey 98 (Newman 32). Compton & Chandler’s Ford won by 38 runs.
Final
Langley Manor 112 (Hatton 30, Murray 20), Read 2-19, Trodd 2-22, Littlehales 2-30) Compton & Chandler’s Ford 113-3 (Read 31, McCarthy 27). Compton & Chandler’s Ford won by three wickets.
Ladies Cup
Semi-finals
Hursley Park A 166-1 (Timms 28) Locks Heath 80 (Bailey 26). Hursley Park A won by 86 runs.
Hursley Park B 178-2 (Windsor 52) Broadstone 109-5 (Brown 29, Windsor 2-6). Hursley Park B won by 69 runs.
Final
Hursley Park A 151-3 (Edwards 25, Heslam 25, Batchelor 24) Hursley Park B 46 (Taylor 2-12).
League Division 1
Sarisbury Athletic 108-5 (Tom Morton 32*) Southampton University B 76 (Hennessey 20, Mcleod 19, Terry Morton 2-20.). Sarisbury Athletic won by 32 runs.
Men’s Cup semi-finals
Sarisbury Athletic 120-4 (Tom Morton 31*, Journeaux 26*, Mitcheson 21) OTs & Romsey 47 (Terry Morton 2-1). Sarisbury Athletic won by 73 runs.
Peartree 90 (Agha 29, Wheeler 28) Southampton University 91-5 (Calcott 17, Wheeler 3-19, Sequeira 2-20). Southampton Univerdsity won by one wicket.
Final
Sarisbury Athletic 126-1 (Journeaux 29, Miller 27, Lovett 26, Tom Morton 25) Southampton University 95 (Patel 22, Fish 20). Sarisbury Athletic won by 31 runs.
Those were in his Waterlooville days when he was a prolific opening batsman in local cricket circles..
Nowadays and into his early Sixties, Morton plies his trade as a lower order batsman – but is a highly influential and effective leg spin bowler for his local club, Sarisbury Athletic, writes Mike Vimpany.
Bamboozling opposing batsmen with his high-bouncing leg-breaks and googlies, Morton was in imperious form as he helped Sarisbury win a league cup double at Fleming Park.
Playing alongside him on finals night was his son, former South Wilts run gun Tom, now the recently appointed Director of Cricket at Ealing.
Tom wasn’t even born when his father Terry won his first indoor medal back in the late Seventies.
The father and son combination helped Sarisbury beat OTs & Romsey and then Southampton University to lift the knockout cup.
The Wessex students scraped into the final with a dramatic one-wicket win over Peartree - the match decided by an overthrow off the penultimate ball ofa thrilling semi-final.
Results –
Under-14 Cup final
Old Netley 146-3 (South 70*, Wilkins 27, Harris 2-18) Burridge 65 (Baker 31, Fairless 2-17). Old Netley won by 81 runs.
Under-16 Cup
Semi-final
Langley Manor w/o v Locks Heath.
Compton & Chandler’s Ford 136-4(Read 32, Murray 21) OTs & Romsey 98 (Newman 32). Compton & Chandler’s Ford won by 38 runs.
Final
Langley Manor 112 (Hatton 30, Murray 20), Read 2-19, Trodd 2-22, Littlehales 2-30) Compton & Chandler’s Ford 113-3 (Read 31, McCarthy 27). Compton & Chandler’s Ford won by three wickets.
Ladies Cup
Semi-finals
Hursley Park A 166-1 (Timms 28) Locks Heath 80 (Bailey 26). Hursley Park A won by 86 runs.
Hursley Park B 178-2 (Windsor 52) Broadstone 109-5 (Brown 29, Windsor 2-6). Hursley Park B won by 69 runs.
Final
Hursley Park A 151-3 (Edwards 25, Heslam 25, Batchelor 24) Hursley Park B 46 (Taylor 2-12).
League Division 1
Sarisbury Athletic 108-5 (Tom Morton 32*) Southampton University B 76 (Hennessey 20, Mcleod 19, Terry Morton 2-20.). Sarisbury Athletic won by 32 runs.
Men’s Cup semi-finals
Sarisbury Athletic 120-4 (Tom Morton 31*, Journeaux 26*, Mitcheson 21) OTs & Romsey 47 (Terry Morton 2-1). Sarisbury Athletic won by 73 runs.
Peartree 90 (Agha 29, Wheeler 28) Southampton University 91-5 (Calcott 17, Wheeler 3-19, Sequeira 2-20). Southampton Univerdsity won by one wicket.
Final
Sarisbury Athletic 126-1 (Journeaux 29, Miller 27, Lovett 26, Tom Morton 25) Southampton University 95 (Patel 22, Fish 20). Sarisbury Athletic won by 31 runs.
