​Old Tauntonians & Romsey spin all-rounder Joe Vaughan has celebrated a second consecutive fifty for Bentleigh, his adopted Melbourne club in Victoria's Southern Bayside competition.
He is spending the winter in Australia and, having got his name in Bentleigh's honours board by scoring 57 in the previous week's defeat by Heatherton, produced a stunning man-of-the-match performance against Mentone.
Vaughan removed four of Mentone's top five batsmen to finish with figures of 4-15 off his eight overs as his opponents were dismissed for 146.
The OTs prospect then strapped on his pads and struck an eight-boundary 57 not out to lead Bentleigh to a nine-wicket win.

Hambledon spin all-rounder Justin Behrens took 4-54 to help bowl WPCC to a narrow 11-run win over Cape Town and maintain the club's unbeaten joint lead in the Western Province CA Premier League.
Behrens, leading wicket taker in Hambledon's Southern Premier Division 2 triumph this past summer, hit useful 24 before WPCC defended 189 all out.
Past Burridge cricketer Hilio D'Abreu top scored with 43 for Cape Town but, like Fareham & Crofton's Craig Jeffrey, was a first ball victim of Behrens.  Cape Town closed 176-8.
It was Jeffery's second first baller in three weeks, either side of an unbeaten half-century against Brackenfell.
Hambledon's Chris Pratt made 38* for WPCC's second team.
Across in Western Australia, Hampshire's Toby Albert made 75 of Joondalup's 285 against an unfamiliar looking  Melville outfit, now minus head coach Paul Terry and Portsmouth's Fraser Hay, who has switched to South Perth.  Wimborne teen talent Joe Kelly got a first baller for Melville, who have Lymington's hockey playing Kieron Moors aboard.
South Wilts' Jack Mynott took 3-60 and Sarisbury Athletic import Kaiden Cookson 4-69 as Fremantle toiled as Rockingham Mandurah made 311.  

Long-serving BBC presenter Garry Richardson has come out of retirement to speak to the Dorset Cricket Society at Hurn Bridge, Christchurch on Thursday afternoon, 1.45pm. 
He left the BBC on September 9 2025, marking exactly 50 years since he first joined the broadcaster as a junior researcher in 1974. He was part of the Today programme team since 1981 and also hosted the influential Sportsweek programme on Sunday mornings on BBC Radio 5 Live for two decades until its final edition in September 2019.
​Richardson is a highly rated speaker so why not come along to listen to him for a couple of hours before enjoying excellent cricket company and tea and biscuits ?  

Lymington's Mo Abbas struck a career-best 133 in his third appearance on Australian soil, cracking a maiden century for his adopted Melbourne club Ivanhoe Saints in the Victorian Sub-Districts championship North East Division 1.
It came in the 45-over match against Donvale, Abbas hitting five sixes and 13 fours and featuring strongly in an 186-run opening stand, which paved the way to Ivanhoe posting 288-6 and winning by 122 runs.   They had lost their two previous games.
Abbas, who came close to making his maiden century in English soil when he made 97 not out against Burridge last summer, didn't finish there, taking 2-36 as Donvale fell to 160 all out.
Bournemouth teenage spin all-rounder Connor Smith has returned to Melbourne, where he was named Cricketer of the Year last term, and made a quick fire 38 for Altona North in the derby win over Altona Roosters.
Another Bournemouth youngster, Ben Rogers has made the switch from the Sydney outback to Victorian Turf Cricket, but his East Keilor side were dismissed for 50 in the first innings before Keilor Park made 221-4 declared. They held on second time around on 116-3 with Rogers and Billinghurst’s Nick Cooper both making Boycott-esque 20s.
Bashley (Rydal) leg spin prospect Ethan Baker picked up 2-33 as his Mooroopna team fell to a 107 run defeat to Nagambie.
Left-armer James Trodd picked up 2-59 as his Berwick side fell to a 40 run defeat to Buckley Ridge
Old Tauntonians & Romsey spin all-rounder Joe Vaughan is also spending the winter in Melbourne and, having made his South Bayside League debut the previous week, found himself relegated to the seconds - but bounced back with a half-century against Heatherton. He featured in a century opening stand, but was run out on 57. Heatherton won by seven wickets.

​South African Matt De Villiers, whose runs scoring avalanche led Hambledon to the Southern Premier Division 2 title in 2022, narrowly missed out on scoring a century on his first class debut in Port Elizabeth today.
Making his Warriors bow, he hit a six and 17 fours as the Eastern Province based side totalled 298 against North West Dragons in the opening four-day provincial match at St George's Park. 
De Villiers, who made 94, switched from the Cape Cobras in the close season, and having made over 1,200 SPL runs for Hambledon, promptly made over 1,500-plus runs for the Preston-based Longridge in the Northern Premier League in 2023.

Two cricketing stalwarts have been rewarded by the cricket club they have served for decades. South Wilts' annual presentation dinner saw two of its stalwarts,  David Heather and Adrian James, awarded lifetime memberships.
They join Brian White and the late, much missed Peter Russell as the only recipients of this coveted honour, presented to them by Club President Trevor Hayward.
David has rendered over 60 years service to the club, serving as a player, captain of the 2nd and 3rd XIs and as chairman. He still follows the club religiously, both home and away and is seen at every 1st XI home fixture on the elevated and best view of the ground affectionately named Heather Hill.
Adrian has served the club for over 38 years, 36 of them as 1st XI scorer, scoring the best part of 600 1st XI Southern League matches. T20s, friendlies and regular junior commitments taking his total to around 1000. He has missed just 4 games in what the club calls a "fantastic achievement."

Bournemouth all-rounder Tom Robinson and Lymington vice-captain Josh Royan are celebrating outstanding off-field examination successes - Robinson by becoming a a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) and Royan having obtained a First Class honours degree at Oxford University.
Hard hitting middle-order batsman and medium bowler, Robinson follows in family footsteps into the chartered accountancy world, his late grandfather David having been a senior partner at Prince Croft & Ball  (whilst being a prominent Dorset & Poole batsman) and his father James (who captures the Chapel Gate action on camera each week) a partner at PK-Francis Clark.
Also an all-rounder, Royan (below) is pictured after collecting his First Class honours degree in Economics and Management at Balliol College, having combined his studies by earning a triple Blue in the process. He played on the hallowed turf of Lord's in three successive Varsity matches against Cambridge the last of which ended in an Oxford victory.   Educated at Priestlands and Peter Symonds' College, he joined Lymington in July 2018.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

For those wondering why the 'Crease' website has not been updated for a while, it was due to Mike Vimpany being readmitted to hospital with further complications from his leg infection. Septisis,  an infection of the blood stream, is not recommended !
Mike has now been released from 7 weeks of NHS care and plans a gradual return to the fray. Learning to walk again is a priority ..

​Tributes continue to be paid to Daniel Oliver, a well-known figure in local Sussex cricket circles who has died aged 50.
As previously reported, Daniel died in hospital shortly after collapsing at home. He had a blood clot on the brain and undiagnosed leukaemia.
Sean Heather, now of Middleton CC but a former team-mate of Dan’s at Stirlands, said: "Daniel and I first met when I was a young lad and he played as a teenager for Chichester Priory Park. 
"Chichester and Stirlands would regularly play against each other and I would always be there with a tennis ball and bat trying to get anyone to bowl at me on the outfield. Daniel (aka Ferret) would always make time to join in and have a game. His enthusiasm for cricket was obvious and I always looked forward to when I knew we were going to be playing Chichester.
“Since then, Daniel and I played against each other and on the same team many times both for Stirlands and Chichester. He was a very good opening batsman and niggly slow/medium bowler (who I never enjoyed facing!).
"I was lucky enough to be batting at the other end when he scored his first league century for Stirlands against a strong Pulborough side in 2009.  Since his playing days, Daniel had worked tirelessly to support and improve Sussex cricket, recreationally and professionally. He will be missed hugely by anyone that knew him but the legacy of what he gave to Sussex cricket will never be forgotten.”
Mark Bamford, of Chichester Priory Park, said Daniel was one of their most distinguished players of recent times.
Daniel opened the batting as vice captain in the team that won the Sussex Premier League in 2005, having already played in the golden 90s when Chichester took three league titles.
"Daniel led the team through a period of transition after 2005, taking us to the Division 1 title in 2007, ensuring our return to the top flight. We recall Daniel fondly as a cricketer, an enthusiast for the game, but most of all as a respected club captain, a valued team mate and as a thoroughly decent man.”
Hambledon posted on their website: "It is with great sadness that we share news of the sudden death of Daniel Oliver, Hambledon committee member and occasional player, and father to Jonty, at the age of 50.
"Daniel loved cricket, and was heavily involved with the sport in Sussex, serving on the board of the County Club for a number of years, more recently becoming vice-chairman. He also previously chaired the Sussex Premier Cricket League.
Our sincere condolences go out to Daniel’s family and friends at this difficult time."

​Hampshire Academy starlet Ben Mayes hit back-to-back half-centuries as England romped to handsome wins over Ireland and Scotland in the Under-19 Tri-Series internationals at Loughborough.
The 16-year old King Edward VI all-rounder hit an unbeaten 30 in the opening nine-wicket win over Ireland before making 66 and 69 against Scotland.  Winchester College's Sebastian Morgan made 52 against Scotland when England's batsmen piled up 409-6.
Ben Mayes and Eddie Jack are in the England U19 training squad for next month's three-week visit to Stellenbosch University.    ​Roy Honeybone picture.

​Losing on the toss of a coin after a mid-afternoon thunderstorm put paid to Hampshire Under-16 reaching ECB county age group final.
They had progressed to the semi-finals by virtue of finishing runners-up to Cricket Wales in the south-west group and then pulling off a splendid five-wicket win over Middlesex.
Ventnor's Sam Mills (42) anchored the Hampshire innings in semi-final against Surrey at Ashtead, Ned Brown's opening six-over spell having reduced the county to 23-3.
Seb Rowland (19), Ayanin Ramanan (22) and Jensen Mogridge (22) provided the support for Mills before Hampshire were dismissed for 134.
But any prospect Surrey had of chasing down the 35-over target or Hampshire making inroads into their batting line-up were dashed by a heavy rain storm which left the Ashsted ground flooded.
Surrey play Cheshire in the ECB Under-16 County final.

Lymington shook off the effects of three early losses to post 193 and beat already relegated ECB Southern Premier League visitors Havant by 49 runs at the Sports Ground.
Warren Turners's spell of 3-29 accounted for the Dhariwal brothers and Mo Abbas for a fifth ball duck to leave Lymington 23-3.
But a maiden and patient 50 by Robbie Hemmings began to turn the tide, Ryan Scott weighing in with a splendid 88 before Lymington's last five wckets fell for seven runs, spinner Chris Stone (3-22) profitting.
Havant guggled their batting order and were 71-7 when Stu Ransley added some beef to their final Premier total of 144, Peter Hopson bowing out with 25.  

​Free at last from the pressures of relegation, seventh placed Alton successfully defended 243-6 at Chapel Gate, where spin duo Ben Rolfs and Tom South combined to bowl Bournemouth out for 153.
Alton's tidy total owed much to Aarav Rajnikanth (41) and Rolfs (32), who took his season's tally on to 544 before he was one of three batters to fall in quick succession before teenagers Sam Ruffell (37) and Jude Wright added 52 runs.  A late spree by Tom South (31*) and Mark Heffernan (25*) aw the Brewers to 243-6.
Alton were without seasoned South African seamer Bash Walters, but once South African Aiden Meyer (38) and Ben Rogers (28) departed (81-1) within one run of each other, they were on their way. 
Rolfs, with 4-12 and an 18-wicket haul, and left-arm slow South (3-36) rolled them out for 153. It was Alton's fifth win.

Opener Freddie Gillett and batter/keeper Seb Rowland hit half-centuries as Hampshire chased down a Middlesex total of 245-9 to reach the ECB Under-16 Cup semi-final, in which they will play Surrey at Malden Wanderers on Wednesday. 
Gillett (68) and Ollie Webster (35) set up the successful run chase, which Rowland (50) and Abdullah Abid (41) completed with eight balls to spare.  

Basingstoke & North Hants will re-host the washed out Hampshire Under-17 and Under-19 T20 Cup finals at May's Bounty which were cancelled earlier today.
Next Sunday morning (15 September), Portsmouth play Yateley in U17 final before Hambledon and Rowledge lock horns in the U19 Kerry Cup final at 2.30pm.
Full bar and catering facilities will be open throughout the day.

Hambledon, Chichester Priory Park and Sussex cricket has been devastated by the sudden death highly respected administrator and former player Daniel Oliver, who collapsed whilst showering at his mother's home in Weybridge, Surrey last weekend.
Aged 50, Daniel, left, had been vice-chairman of the Sussex League for the past five years, prior to which he was a prominent player and captain of Chichester Priory Park and Stirlands.  He was  selected for several prestigious Club Cricket Conference tours to Australia.
Daniel died from a blood clot to his brain but also undiagnosed leukaemia. His family were with him when he died.
Priory Park's Mark Bamforth said: "As a club we have been left devastated by Dan's sudden passing. A fine player, teammate and friend of so many both at our club and across Sussex. Our love and thoughts go to his family and loved ones at this deeply sad time.
"Daniel Oliver opened the batting as vice captain in the undefeated team that won the Sussex Premier League in 2005, having already played in the golden nineties when Chichester took three league titles. Daniel led the team through a period of transition after 2005, taking us to the Division 1 title in 2007, ensuring our return to the top flight of Sussex cricket.
"We recall Daniel fondly as a cricketer, as an enthusiast for the game, but most of all he will be remembered at Chichester as a respected club captain, a valued team mate and as a thoroughly decent man. His loss will be felt more widely across Sussex as Daniel after 2007, when he left Chichester, became closely involved in the running of the Sussex League. But it is at Chichester PPCC that his loss will be felt most acutely.
In recent seasons, Dan became involved with Hambledon, where his son Jonty played as a spin all-rounder in the club's 2022 Premier Division 3 title winning side and again in 2023, before playing for Shepshed Charterhouse (near his studies at Loughborough University) this past summer.
He was a skilled hockey player too, playing for Havant in the National League but it was as an outstanding administrator that Daniel made his most important contributions to Sussex cricket in the county.

​St Cross Symondians finished the season with five straight wins, but the impressive finale came to little too late for them to make an impact on the ECB Southern Premier League championship.
They finished a disappointing fourth, well behind the Hampshire Academy, who lifted the title for the first time with a tense two-wicket victory over South Wilts in a winner-take-all final match.
Burridge, whose second from bottom 2024 finish was in complete contrast to the heady 'double' of a summer earlier, lost their first four wickets for 19 at the Green Jackets, two each to Matt Howarth and South African Kyle Pluke.
They needed all-rounder Oli Southon (35), Dan Stancliffe (30) and Inayat  Ullah (28) to bail them out of trouble but the visitors were eventually bowled out for 171 with Charlie Gwynn contributing a miserly 2-22 from his 9 overs.
As usual, Gregor McKenzie [pictured] went off like a train, smashing 58 off 38 balls, backed up by Jack Bransgrove with 53. The pair had posted an opening stand of 91 before the end of the 14th over. Ben Foster added 29 runs, but a mini-wobble meant that St Cross lost five wickets in pursuit, but had the game wrapped up in 33 overs.

Jacob Gordon and Jack Stearman hit unbeaten centuries as Bashley (Rydal) enjoyed a  286-run fest against ECB Southern Premier Division rivals Basingstoke & North Hants at the Fagan/BCG.
Will Tripcony (32) missed out before Gordon's 103 took his season's SPL run tally to 639, while Steadman's 109 was his first hundred in Bashley colours. His last hundred came in August 2022 for South Wilts against Havant.
Bashley, who finished second to champions Hampshire Academy, had Basingstoke toiling in the field before making 198. Ali Brown top scored with 41 after George Metzger and Matt Deadman had each made 35. James Trodd celebrate his return from injury with 4-23 while Michael Porter teased out 3-50.

​Australia legend Jeff Thomson, one of the greatest and most feared fast bowlers of all time, will be speaking at the Hampshire Cricket Society at the Romsey Golf Club on Wednesday afternoon, 2pm.
With an unusual slinging action, and an aggressive approach, he was a fearsome sight to batsmen. He will recount stories from his career and iconic partnership with Dennis Lillee that terrorised international batsmen in the 1970s.  At his height Thomson was regarded as the quickest bowler of his era and took 200 wickets in 51 Test matches.  Now 74, he will share memories from his time at the top of cricket with Hampshire cricket followers.
The event is open to the public at a cost of £10 per head. Lunches and full bar facilities will be available.  Please contact HCS secretary John Hooper -  [email protected] - to book your seat.

Standing (from left): Dom Kelly, Ethan Baker, Eddie Jack, Ben Mayes, Ethan Martin, Connor Lamsdale.  Front: Finn Gordon, Sam Ashman, Andrew MacEwen, Freddie Gillett, Sam Davis.

South Wilts put up a heroic bowling performance only to see their ECB Southern Premier League championship prospects dashed by an equally gallant late-order fightback by the Hampshire Academy.
The Bemerton bowlers defended a modest 110 to the hilt and, late on, were favourites in the 'winner take all' title showdown on the Utilita Bowl Nursery ground.
The Academy lurched to 86-8 - a sizeable 25 runs off the victory target - when England Under-19 all-rounder Eddie Jack joined spinner Sam Davis for an unbroken ninth-wicket partnership, which turned the match - and the title race - on its head.
Fingers gnawed to the bone, the Academy won a pulsating match by two wickets to win the Premier League championship for the first time.  Across the board, batting standards didn't match those with the ball.
South Wilts, nine-points ahead going into the final match, finished third behind Bashley (Rydal).

​South Wilts began comfortably enough with Jack Mynott (20) easing the score to 37-1 - only for Dom Kelly (3-14) and the impressive Ethan Martin (3-30) to strike a series of blows and reduce the visitors to 46-5.
Andrew MacEwen held on to four catches as James Degg (31) battled solo to keep South Wilts' heads above water - the opener eventually becoming a third victim of leggie Finn Gordon (3-10) having lost eight separate partners during his 60-ball stay the crease.
At 89-9, South Wilts looked set to be dismissed for less than 100, but last pair Henry Dunlop (16) and Ryan Freeman added a priceless 26 - and boost tea-time morale in the visitors' changing room.

​Low targets can often prove difficult to chase, though opener Sam Ashman and Kelly, each with 16, found the boundary rope six times as the Academy advanced to 56-3.
A double strike by the lanky Dunlop (2-35), followed by a four-wicket haul by left-armer Tom Grant (4-25), plunged the Academy into deep trouble at 86-8.
The match had swayed dramatically towards South Wilts, but was due one final twist courtesy of Canford School's Eddie Jack and Sam Davis, the teenage Teddington spinner, who got the Hampshire youngsters across the line.
Jack relieved the pressure by twice hitting Archie Fairfax-Ross for boundaries before Davis did likewise to Rob Pitman, his two fours sealed the win - and the Premier League championship for the Academy.

ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE
Results: Round 18- 31 August 2024
ECB Premier Division

Alton 243-6 (Rajnikahth 41, Ruffell 37, Rolfs 32, South 31*, M Heffernan 25*) Bournemouth 153 (Meyer 38, Rogers 28, Rolfs 4-12, South 3-36). Alton won by 90 runs.

Bashley (Rydal) 286-2 (Stearman 109*, Gordon 103*, Tripcony 32) Basingstoke & North Hants 198 (Brown 41, Deadman 35, Metzger 35, Trodd 4-23, Porter 3-50). Bashley (Rydal) won by  188 runs.

Burridge 171 (Southon 35, Stancliffe 30, Ullah 28, Chowdhury 28, Howarth 3-30) St Cross Symondians 172-5 (McKenzie 58, Bransgrove 53, Foster 29). St Cross Symondians won by five wickets.

Lymington 193 (Scott 88, Hemmings 50, Stone 3-22, Turner 3-29) Havant 144 (Ransley 42, Hopson 29). Lymington won by 49 runs.
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South Wilts 110 (Degg 31, Mynott 20, Gordon 3-10, Kelly 3-13, Martin 3-30) Hampshire Academy 111-8 (Jack 16*, Kelly 16, Lansdale 14, Grant 4-25). Hampshire Academy won by two wickets.

DIVISION 1

Andover 154 (Binns 62*, Treagus 26, Wood 5-26, Davies 3-27) Old Tauntonians & Romsey 158-6 (Wood 57, Tulk 36). Old Tauntonians & Romsey won by four wickets.

Calmore Sports 184-8 (Brewster 31, Lavelle 28, Taylor 28, Diston 26, Cookson 4-46) Sarisbury Athletic 185-9 (Cookson 61, Rawlins 37). Sarisbry Athletic won by one wicket.

Rowledge 186 (Felsch 80, Lloyd 47*, Kooner-Evans 3-32) Portsmouth 188-2 (Duggan 60, Ashraful 60*, Joy 36). Portsmouth won by eight wickets. 

Totton & Eling 223-8 (Blyghton 50, Mugochi 38*, Josh Taylor 31, Mutumbami 28, Thimodya 3-31). Ventnor 209 (Thimodya 49, Noyes 38*, Edwards 31, Chapangu 3-25, Lightfoot 3-34, Nyamariwata 3-34). Totton & Eling won by 14 runs.

Waterlooville 271-6 (McGregor 125, Robinson 33, Reynolds 26, Neville 4-47) Hook & Newham Basics 271 (Lockwood 68, Webster 45, M Buckingham 38, J Buckingham 36, Parker 3-45). Match tied.

DIVISION 2

Langley Manor 135 (Doubell 37, Campbell 32, Behrens 4-35, Pratt 3-35) Hambledon 137-2 (Pratt 71*, Behrens 29, Parvin 26). Hambledon won by eight wickets.

Liphook & Ripsley 343-6 (Nicklin 142, Zadowa 79) Gosport Borough 238 (Lunt 98, Kitchin 35, A Adams 34, Zadowa 3-36, O Amis 3-38). Liphook & Ripsley won by 95 runs.

New Milton 142 (Shrubsole 31, Adams 30, M McKenzie 3-26, Smith 3-27, Goodyear 3-27) Fair Oak 146-9 (McKenzie 28, Oxley 26, Bennett 3-18, Denham 3-19). Fair Oak won by one wicket.

Portsmouth & Southsea 215-8 (Davies 53, Rockett 27) St Cross Symondians II 217-4 (Trussler 127*, Overy 44). St Cross Symondians II won by six wickets.
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Sway 304-5 (Steadman 76, Bernard 73, Pickering 64, Bailey 47) Hartley Wintney 209 (Kirk 38, Philpott 29, Mulvey 25, Thomas 5-65). Sway won by 95 runs.

DIVISION 3

Fareham & Crofton 237-7 (Kent 89, Sahu 43, Bulled 34). Trojans 240-8 (Sureth 86, Bhome 36, Rowlands 30). Trojans won by two wickets.

Havant II 154 (M Hayward 32, Perkins 27, Matthews 26, Powell 4-33, Green 3-32) Parley 155-3 (Nippard 50*, Laird 38*, Savage 30). Parley won by seven wickets.

Hook & Newnham Basics II 109 (Watterson 28, Rizwan 24, McNamara 4-39, Bishops 3-19) Hursley Park 113-2 (McNamara 39, O'Brien 29, Spink 21). Hursley Park won by eight wickets.

Paultons 201-8 (Dawes 81, Ray 27, B Parratt 3-29) Fawley 193 (Munir 32, B Parratt 31, Gibson 28, Lamb 3-47). Paultons won by eight runs.
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Sparsholt 236 (Ley 61, M Robbins 58, Merlino 36, Pearce 4-31) South Wilts II 215 (Yeo 76, S Pittman 28*). Sparsholt won by 21 runs.

Mike Vimpany's popular recreational cricket website, www.vimpsathcrease, was forced 'off air' this past weekend when a leg infection and blood disorder led to the seasoned writer being admitted to and detained in Portsmouth's QA Hospital for seven days.  
Vimps has subsequently been discharged and is working slowly from home, but says updating the website will take far longer than usual. ​Cellulitis is NOT recommended.

Teenage Chichester Priory Park talent Freddie Gillett has been named this website's ECB Southern Premier League Cricketer of the Week after his match winning six-wicket bowling return for Hampshire Academy against Alton.
The 16-year old, who is coached by Chris Adams at Seaford College, took 6-59  including the wicket top scorer Sam Ruffell (82) as the Academy comfortably defended 309-8 to win by 45 runs.
Freddie's father Stuart previously played for Lymington, while the teenager, despite living and being schooled in West Sussex, has been on the Hampshire Pathway system since he was six years of age.
Gillett, left, who made a handy 25 before tea, had plenty of time to sit back and watch Finn Gordon (68), Andrew MacEwen (58), Connor Lamsdale (50), Sanjeet Garood (30) and Ethan Martin (26) rack up the bulk of the Academy's 300-plus score.
Bash Walters (3-41) bowled well for Alton, who slipped to 55-3 before Scott Myers (61) and Sam Ruffell (82) got them in the contest.
But the pair were dismissed within two runs of each other, leaving the door ajar for Gillett to carve out his six-wicket haul and leave Alton 264 all out.

Talk about snatching victory from the jaws of defeat !
With Lymington 141-2 chasing 206-9, there appeared little prospect of South Wilts' remaining top of the ECB Southern Premier League.
But in the final hour at the town sports ground, Lymington contrived to lose eight wickets for 64 runs and finish one-run losers.
The last two dismissals saw Lymington tailenders caught on the boundary rope with the vastly experienced Gareth Berg marooned on 39 not out at the non-striker's end.
The result enabled South Wilts to retain a nine-point lead over the Hampshire Academy, with everything pointing towards a head-to-head championship decider on the Nursery Ground on Saturday week.
South Wilts found themselves in early trouble at 20-3 - Berg striking twice with the new ball - but rallied in middle-order through Ben Draper (52), Harry Broderick (31) and Archie Fairfax-Ross (36).
But a four-wicket spell by Alvin Cameron (4-45) plunged South Wilts back into trouble at 160-9, leaving Australian Ryan Freeman to make an unbeaten 43.
Freeman added a crucial 46 with Henry Dunlop for the tenth wicket to lift South Wilts towards a competitive 206-9.
Jovan Dhariwal (55) and Mo Abbas (42) were instrumental in taking Lymington's reply to 141-2, when Tom Pearce (3-34) began to make inroads with his left-arm spin.
Lymington wobbled, but while Berg remained at the crease they appeared favourites.  Alas, some of his teammates decided to go for their own glory shots.
At 192-8 and with plenty of time to spare, Adelaide left-armer Liam Thompson picked out Fairfax-Ross on the boundary and, with Berg still there and now only two runs to win, Cameron repeated the shot and was caught by the same fielder.  Lymington 205 all out. Berg's thought unprintable ...