​Hampshire Seniors were able to reflect on a successful season, ravaged by illness and injury but culminating in two prestigious national trophies - the 60s 1st X1 winning their Bowl competition and the 50s 2nd X1, the Plate.
The 60s avenged their 2022 Vase final defeat with a thrilling six-wicket win over Cornwall, a competition open to counties who failed to qualify for the main competition from their various country-wide regional groups. Skipper Andy Steggall reflected on a 2023 season beset by health issues and long term injuries. 
Hampshire's eight-team South qualifier was dubbed the 'Group of Death', emphasised by Surrey being crowned National champions and Sussex the Vase. 
Hampshire's season began with a win over Middlesex, ending on a high with a their thrilling victory over Cornwall.  
Ever present all rounder Pete Doust took the Sixties 1st X1 player of the season award, with special mention going to stand in skipper Neill Sutherland and team manager Nick Board.

The 60s 2nd X1 endured a season of struggle, with availability impacted severely by 1st X1 calls. Stalwart Paul Bailey took the team award.
The 50s 1st X1 won their ECB Group 3 but, ravaged by injuries, sent out a weakened side against Cheshire at Hook & Newnham Basics and were beaten at the opening knockout phase. 
Brenden Fourie, who played provincial cricket in South Africa in his younger days, won the player of the season award, and saw the team home in some tight games. 
Stu Shapland (22 wickets) - the winner of the prestigious Seniors Club Person of the Year - skippered the side in winning their Group and was third leading wicket taker in the competition - the only bowler in the entire competition with two separate five-wicket hauls including a hat trick v Devon.
Having former Hampshire batsman Jason Laney in their side proved invaluable to the 50s 2nd X1, the St Cross Symondians cricketer scoring two centuries, the first against Buckinghamshire at Sparsholt and the second in the National Plate final against Somerset at North Perrott. Enthusiastic bowler Rae Locker won the player of the season award.
The 50s 3rd X1 had an enjoyable season with Stewart Owen's overall contribution to the team ethos recognised. 
70s - A limited but committed group led by Pete Green saw an 8th place finish nationally and 'rewarded' by a trip to Cheshire where a weakened team fell short. New recruit Andy Jarvis (348 runs, 11 wickets), who travelled from Weymouth to play regularly was a worthy winner of the player of the season award. Run machine Ian Watson (626 runs) took the Geoff Owen batting award.
Chairman Pete Green, in his first year in the hot seat, has been working hard to raise the profile of Seniors’ cricket in Hampshire and establish stronger links with the Hampshire Cricket Board and the Hampshire Cricket League. Networking is key and positive progress is being made.
If you are eligible for any of the Seniors team in 2024, are still playing a decent level of club cricket and fancy joining, please contact Pete Green on peteggreen@yahoo.co.uk. It is not a closed shop. 

Former Essex & England all-rounder Derek Pringle was guest speaker and attracted a season's highest attendance at the Dorset Cricket Society's weekly meeting at the Hurn Bridge Sports Club (aka Christchurch FC).
Educated at Felsted and later Cambridge University, Pringle made 30 Test appearances for England, scoring just short of 700 runs and taking 70 wickets. He played 44 ODIs between 1982 and 1993, including the 1992 World Cup final in front of 87,000 souls at the MCG, taking 3-22 against Pakistan, the eventual cup winners.
At that time, Pringle was a key member of the dominant Essex side that pulled off six  County Championship wins.
Lymington all-rounder Gareth Berg is next Thursday's speaker and will talk about his career in the game and also his role as player/coach of Italy's national side..  Why not come along ?   

​Justin Behrens, who topped the Southern Premier League Division 1 bowling charts with Hambledon this past summer, has continued his wicket taking exploits in Cape Town.
The 20-year old leg spinner, who took 32 wickets alongside scoring 568 runs for the Dons, is currently top of the Western Province CA Premier Division averages in the Cape.
He followed up five-wicket hauls against UWC (University of the Western Cape) and Rylands with a 4-28 return in this past weekend's win over Primrose at the famous Vineyard Oval to take his victim haul to 20.
In contrast, fellow South African Matt Goles, who scored over 1,000 competitive runs in Burridge's Premier League and T20 Cup double this summer, is struggling for any sort of form for Cape Town CC.
In four knocks so far, Goles has scraped together only 11 runs, being dismissed for 4, 6, none and one.
                                          

Hambledon cricket legend Robert 'Topsy' Turner has been awarded the Southern Premier League's Tony Baker 'Unsung Hero' award in recognition of his staggering contribution to the historic village club.
A still youthful 82, 'Topsy' has spent his entire cricket career at Hambledon, over 50 years of which were as an opening batsman and miserly off-spin bowler - with statistics that simply boggle the mind.
Without doubt Hambledon's greatest all-rounder in the club's long history, he was among the Hampshire League's leading aggregate run scorers and wicket takers in the club's title strewn climb through the pyramid which began in 1980.
Turner scored over 30,000 runs and captured 3,500 or so wickets in all Hambledon cricket before a knee injury brought his illustrious career to an end in 2006.
In the Seventies and Eighties, Turner achieved the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in 12 out of 14 seasons, and in 11 years from 1972 had amassed 13,641 runs with the same trusty old GM bat, which must have been one of the most productive in the world !
His Hambledon clubmates once sent the bat off for repairs, only for it to be returned marked 'unrepairable'.  Topsy went on to get another 2,000 runs with it. For him, read 'irreplaceable.'
                                                                                  Well presented
He's been at the club for 68 years and since the 1980s has also served as groundsman, and can still be found first thing nearly every morning throughout the summer  preparing pitches or the outfield, supported by wife Sue, who keeps the clubhouse tidy and well-presented.
In the off-season, Topsy will often be found with a paintbrush, sprucing up the changing rooms or pavilion.
"In short, the club would be lost without him," reflected Hambledon secretary Seb Duggan.
"Many around the club probably do not appreciate how much hard work Topsy puts into the ground, and how much he will be missed when he finally retires from it.
"And nearly 70 years devoted to the same club is worthy of hero status in anyone's book and that's why he's an ideal recipient of the Tony Baker 'Unsung Hero' award."
Robert 'Topsy' Turner is the second recipient of the Tony Baker award, which is presented annually, in memory of the late Tony Baker, the former Hampshire Chief Executive and Old Tauntonians all-rounder, who died in 2017 having dedicated his life to cricket and was massively involved in club and county cricket in Hampshire.
Burridge stalwart Gerry Candy, also an Octogenarian, was the inaugural award winner in 2022.

Portsmouth await a pitch inspection by umpire supreme Denis Emery to decide whether any play will be possible after lunch !   Their St Helen's ground on Southsea seafront was waterlogged after Storm Ciaran hit in the early hours of Thursday morning.   Photo Rick Marston.

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​Bashley (Rydal) left-armer Brad Currie has signed a T20 Vitality Blast contract with Sussex for 2024, alongside playing for Scotland in the ICC T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and the USA.
Currie initially joined Sussex on a short-term deal in 2022, making an immediate impact on debut, taking 6-93 in the County Championship against Middlesex at Lord’s. He then went on to become a key member of the Sharks’ bowling attack, taking 12 wickets in eight appearances as he helped the side reach the semi-finals of the Royal London Cup.
In 2023 Brad’s skills with the white ball were on full display, culminating in one of the performances of the T20 Blast campaign, when he took 3-27 against the Hampshire Hawks before pulling off what many have called “the greatest catch of all time” when he caught an astonished Benny Howell one-handed, diving full strength  in front of the Hove scoreboard.
Speaking on his new contract, Brad Currie said: “I’m very happy to still be representing this great Club and I am thankful for the opportunities this new deal will hopefully present to me. I hope I can create and be a part of some more magical nights for the fans and the team in 2024.”
Currie, whose sibling Scott is spending the winter with Adelaide University, played only three ECB Southern Premier League matches for Bashley (Rydal) this past season, but in one of them routed Lymington with career-best figures of 9-28.

Parley and Bournemouth raised Gloucestershire left-arm pace bowler David Payne returned to his roots as guest of the Dorset Cricket Society.
David, who hails from Lytchett Minster, cut his teeth in Dorset cricket, initially as a 12-year old, representing the county at U13 and U15 level. He was a major player in Parley's magnificent ECB U15 national cup triumph in 2006 before joining Bournemouth, who won the Southern Premier League title and then the ECB Cockspur T20 Cup in successive years. He took almost 50 wickets for the Lions.
Payne joined Gloucestershire in 2009, played England in the 2010 ICC U19 World Cup, won an ECB 50-over Cup winners medal with the Bristol side before going on to debut for England against the Netherlands in an ODI during the Covid season.  Last winter he helped Perth Scorchers win the Big Bash in Australia and enthralled a sizeable Hurn Bridge audience of his experiences in playing in a thrilling final against Brisbane Heat in front of 50,000 screaming orange shirted Aussies at the Optus Stadium.
Guests are always welcome at the Thursday DCS meetings, with former Essex & England all-rounder Derek Pringle speaking on November 9.  Ample car parking is available at Christchurch FC.

Hampshire Academy starlet Wilfred La Fontaine Jackson struck an unbeaten 112 to lead Sydney University to a seven-wicket victory over Fairfield-Liverpool in the New South Wales Premiership Second Grade.
La Fontaine Jackson, who is spending a cricketing winter in Sydney before resuming his studies at Durham University, hit two sixes and 14 fours as his side chased down 290-9 to win with time to spare. 
Wilf has also made runs in the Poidevin-Gray 50-over competition, with scores of 45 and 80 in SU's two pool matches.
Hampshire teenager Joe Eckland made 32 on Port Adelaide debut in the West End South Australia Premier League win at East Torrens, but Scott Currie didn't get a bowl in Adelaide University's high scoring defeat by Tea Tree Gully.  He was trapped lbw for four. 

Teenage Bournemouth spin all-rounder Connor Smith struck a breezy 69 off 55 balls to halt a collapse by his adopted Australian side Altona North in the Victoria Turf Premier League earlier today.
Defending champions Altona had slipped from a promising 123-1 to 160-6 when Smith arrived at the crease to strike three sixes and five fours, his 69 helping post an eventual 276 against West Coburg St Andrews West, who were 14 without loss at the end of the first day's play.  The match resumes next Saturday when Smith should get a decent left-arm spin bowl.
Bashley (Rydal) all-rounder George Wilson scored runs and took wickets for South Tamworth, who had an emphatic win against Tamworth District CA rivals Old Boys in Northern New South Wales.
He hit 59 in South Tamworth's 303-9 and followed up a first innings return of 1-16 by taking three of the seven Old Boys poles lost in their second dig.  He finished with a pleasing 3-23.
Basingstoke & North Hants spin all-rounder Dubs Wood took 2-25 for Newcastle City but was run out for eight as his club chased down Cardiff-Boolaroo's 135-8 of the penultimate ball in a rain-cut affair. Havant's Richard Hindley played for Cardiff-Boolaroo in a previous life.
Lymington youngsters Dan Cox and Jude Tollerfield have caught the eye playing for Middle Park with runs and wickets in Melbourne's South Bayside League, based around the F1 race track.
Cox was man of the match with 59 and 3-18 in Park's win against Clayton District, while Tollerfield had made scored of 34* and 35* in the opening weeks of the season. ​

St Cross Symondians all-rounder Michael Booth has signed his first professional contract with Warwickshire, putting pen to paper on a three-year deal which will keep him in the West Midlands until 2026.
The Zimbabwe-born strong middle-order batsman and pace bowler made his Warwickshire debut in the MetroBank 2023 One-Day Cup, taking his maiden wicket against Worcestershire
He previously made his senior debut for the county against Glamorgan in August before taking his first wicket for Warwickshire – Worcestershire's Ben Cox - three days later.
A product of South Africa's Hilton College, where he played alongside exciting Hampshire bowling prospect John Turner, the Zimbabwean-born right-armer moved to England to study at Durham University in 2020 emerging with a firSt class honours degree in economics with management. 
He played 18 times for St Cross, making his last appearance in the ECB Royal London Cup defeat at Potterne.
Booth said: "I finished my university studies in June, but my biggest hope was always to get a contract. I'm so thankful to Warwickshire giving me an opportunity and I'm determined to prove my worth and keep improving.
"I've been working with bowling coach Stuart Barnes on seam position and bowling quick. Every day I'm working on getting that little bit faster. I think I've got that extra yard and can utilise that in short spells and do some damage.
"I want to break into all formats – red and white ball – and improve my batting to become a proper No.7. I'll be working hard all winter and want to make a big impression next season."
Head coach Mark Robinson added: "Michael has impressed everyone at the club in his short time with us.
"He is very conscientious as a person, can bowl a heavy ball, and has promise to become a true bowling allrounder if he continues to work hard.
"We are all excited about watching him develop over the next few years and start to make an impact in the first team."

​Fair Oak will have four adult teams, plus a host of juniors sides, playing at Lapstone Park in 2025, with Southern Premier League matches being played on a brand new square in front of 1998-built pavilion which will then become fully operational.
Work is already underway on a revamp of the ground, funded by Eastleigh Borough Council, with the full support of Fair Oak Parish Council and endorsed by the ECB Facilities Team.
The project, which has been in the development plan for the past five years or so, includes two cricket squares, a two-lane net practice facility, a new pitch-side pavilion for the second square, with associated landscaping to make the best use of the available space.
Both cricket squares have already been installed, complete with an irrigation system. Maintenance plans in are in place for the next 12 months. 
Each square has an artificial non-turf surface, with the two-lane practice net expected to be completed in the near future. 
To ensure disruption to football provision is minimised, one soccer pitch has moved west and another relocated to the adjoining Wyvern School.
The landscaping has been timed to ensure there is no clash to either sport and the ecological requirements in the area. This landscaping is planned for April/May 2024.
Fair Oak will continue to play Southern Premier Division 2 and Hampshire League Division 2 matches on the existing Lapstone Park pitch in 2024 whilst the new squares settle.
Former Hampshire county groundsman Nigel Gray and Hampshire's ECB pitch advisor Chris Westbrook have provided invaluable support during project development and construction which bodes well for the long-term future of Fair Oak cricket.

Hampshire's Fletcha Middleton scored his maiden century on Australian soil when he made 103 for his adopted Melbourne club Fitzroy-Doncaster's 50-run victory over Northcote in the Victoria Premier League at the Bill Lawry Oval.
The 21-year old made 103, including a six and 13 fours, as F-D made 207-5 off 50 overs. He later took a catch as Northhcote were dismissed for 157.
Portsmouth's Fraser Hay continued his fine early season form, following up a half-century with a five-wicket haul, but Melville were pipped by one wicket by WACA Premier Division rivals Joondalup in Perth.
Hay top scored in Melville's 224-6 and then took 5-56, but it wasn't quite enough ..
Teenage Bournemouth left-arm spinner Connor Smith (2-30) took two of the first three wickets as Antona North held Airport West St Christophers to 206-8 in their two-day Victoria Turf League match. He later made 11 with the bat as Antona were bowled out for 198, a first innings deficit of eight runs.

Celebrated BBC sports broadcaster Patrick Murphy is the guest speaker at the Hampshire  Cricket Society autumn meeting at the Romsey Golf Club on Wednesday at 2 o'clock. 
​A British sports writer and radio broadcaster who has covered cricket and football for BBC Radio Sport for over 25 years, he has also written over 40 books, including one on the late Brian Clough.
Following on from a superb afternoon with Mark Garaway and Hampshire's England U19 all-rounder Dom Kelly, the Dorset Cricket Society have Dilip Jajodia, Managing Director Dukes Cricket Balls, as their guest at Hurn Bridge, Christchurch, on Thursday, 1.45pm. 

If you fancy becoming a cricket umpire next summer, you'll be intrested to know the ECB is running the first of its ECB Umpiring courses at West Hill Park school, St Margaret's Lane, Titchfield, near Fareham, PO14 4BS, on Sunday 12 November .
This course is designed to give new umpires the key skills, knowledge and confidence to stand as an umpire in cricket. No prior experience of umpiring in cricket is required before attending the course. The cost is £70 and open to applicants over 14 years of age.
Whether you plan to support Junior Softball cricket through to adult cricket, this course will cover the following topics:
. Understanding the role of the umpire
. Gain a basic understanding of umpiring the game
. Answering appeals and the common methods of dismissal
. How to communicate effectively with all stakeholders in the game
. Judging whether or not it is safe to play
The course is split into classroom and practical learning, so we recommend learners to come dressed appropriately.
Learners will be asked to complete some e.learning prior to attending the course, which will take no more than 90 minutes to complete in total. Pre-learning can be completed via multiple visits or in one go.
People interested in joining this first step on the umpiring pathway can book a place, viz - 
www.ecb.co.uk/course.finder?startDate=2023.10.13&endDate=2023.11.13&calendars=Umpiring&dateRange=one.month

​Teenage South Wilts all-rounder Archie Fairfax-Ross has made an encouraging start to his winter season in Australia, shining with bat and ball for Mudgeeraba & Nerang District on Queensland's Gold Coast.
The 19-year old left-arm spinner and middle-order batter has already helped his adopted club reach the Gold Coast Cricket T20 Grand Final and make a winning start in the regional Premier League.
After taking two wickets and scoring a quick-fire 40 runs off 33 balls in the second round win over Palm Beach, Fairfax-Ross really starred in the crushing semi-final win over Southport, returning a personal T20 best five wickets for five runs.
Southport were skittled for 72 and beaten in six overs.
It didn't go so well in Grand Final, where despite his 2-18, cup winners Helensvale posted and successfully defended 152-7 to pull off a 17-run victory.
Fairfax-Ross continued his good form into the first grade Premier competition scoring 54 as his side made 216-5 before restricting Alberton to 141-9, Archie taking 2-21 off his seven overs.  
The Bemerton teen was nominated for the best Gold Coast 'team of the week' for his performance.
Mudgeeraba & Nerang, who won the 11-club Gold Coast Premier League last winter, boast one of the top grounds in Queensland, their side-by-side twin-oval facilities has floodlit ten-lane net practice facilities, alongside a thriving clubhouse and bar.

​Champion Basingstoke & North Hants pair Matt Deadman and Ash Neal are named in the Southern Premier Division One 'team of the year' announced at a glittering gala ceremony.
Left-hander Deadman was Basingstoke's leading scorer with 420 runs, which included a century against Hook & Newnham Basics, while off-spin all-rounder Neal took 20 wickets in addition to scoring 370 runs and bagging 13 catches.
Skipper Joe Oates, who played several key roles in Stoke's title winning season, just missed the cut, despite scoring 304 runs and taking 15 wickets.
The principal bowling slots went to Andover pair Aiden Jansen and skipper John Nyumbu and Liam Carty, the ever improving Calmore Sports off-spinner.
Southern Premier Division 1 'team of the year' -
1. Ben Johns (Calmore Sports) - 606 runs
2. Tom Morton (Sarisbury Athletic) - 420 runs 
3. Matt Deadman (Basingstoke & North Hants) - 420 runs + 13 catches
4. Chris Pratt (Hambledon) - 558 runs
5. Ash Neal (Basingstoke & North Hants) - 370 runs + 20 wickets + 13 catches
6. Nathan Feltham (Sarisbury Athletic) - 502 runs
7. Rupert Armstrong (Hook & Newnham Bascis) - 411 runs + 13 wickets
8. + Sujeek Daini (Portsmouth) - 25 dismissals
9. * John Nyumbu (Andover) - 27 wickets 
10. Liam Carty (Calmore Sports) - 26 wickets
11. Aiden Jansen (Andover) - 26 wickets

Ventnor raised Mark Garaway, now Director of Cricket at Millfield School, is the guest speaker at the Dorset Cricket Society, which meets at Hurn Bridge [Christchurch FC] on Thursday, 1.45pm.
Mark will talk about his long career in cricket which, since he ended his playing career in 1999, has included being coach at Somerset, then team analyst and assistant coach of Duncan Fletcher's Ashes winning England squad, and later  operations manager with Cricket Ireland. He took up his post at Millfield in 2012. 
Recognised as one of the lead cricket coaches in the country, Garaway is an accomplished speaker and certain to provide a thought provoking afternoon. 
Mark will be joined on the top table by Hampshire's England Under-19 all-rounder Dom Kelly, who is taking time out from his Millfield studies and preparing for his forthcoming tournament in India and next January's U19 CWC in Sri Lanka in January.  
The meeting is in the scout building immediately adjacent to Hurn Bridge, where ample car parking is on tap.  New members will be warmly welcomed.

Hambledon spin all-rounder Justin Behrens bowled his Cape Town club Western Province to an emphatic 98-run win over UWC (University of the Western Cape) in the weather delayed opening round of WPCA Premier Division matches.
Behrens, left, who topped the Southern Premier Division 1 bowling charts this past summer, took 5-41 as WPCC comfortably defended 259-9 by dismissing UWC for 161.
Burridge past and present pair Nathan Schoultz and Geoff Dods rallied Cape Town from 14-3 and later 45-5 (Fareham & Crofton's Craig Jeffery 21) with 73 and 55* respectively and enabled their side to post 220-7.  But Rondebosch blew the target away for the loss of only one wicket.
Basingstoke & North Hants opener Dubs Wood made an unbeaten 56 on debut for Newcastle City in the Northern New South Wales Premier League against Wests.
Rain hit the club cricket in Melbourne, but a few thousand miles away in Perth, Melville were resoundingly thrashed by Rockingham Mandurah.  Portsmouth's Fraser Hay, who made a century in the previous weekend's defeat by Bayswater Morley, has been ousted as captain, but still top scored with 34 in Melville's 137 all out. Rockingham made 304-5.

Winchester College cricketer Wilfred La Fontaine Jackson is this season's Walter Lawrence Schools Award winner after his scintillating, unbeaten innings of 183 scored against MCC.
The 17-year-old captain’s knock was scored off 158 balls and included seven sixes and 26 fours, spearheading his team to 105-run victory on May 25.
La Fontaine Jackson [pictured against MCC] went on to score three more centuries - against Bradfield and two against touring teams from Australia - and made seven more scores of fifty or more in a season that yielded a staggering 1036 runs in 17 innings.
According to publishers of the Wisden almanac, La Fontaine Jackson was the second highest run scorer in English schools cricket this past summer.
Paul Gover, Winchester's head coach, said ‘Despite playing for School, the Hampshire Academy and Hampshire Second XI all during term time, he also achieved excellent A-level results.
"As one of our first intake of sports scholars, Wilfred has been a shining example of what can be achieved both from an academic and sport perspective. This may not be relevant but it is an important aspect of what we are trying to achieve here.’
Wilf, who is spending a gap year winter playing cricket for Sydney University, is the twelfth winner of the Schools Award, which is for the highest score against MCC.   His prize is a special medallion and a Gray-Nicolls cricket bat.

​Hampshire Academy all-rounders Dom Kelly and Eddie Jack will be joined by an exciting Winchester College cricket prospect when England Young Lions fly to India for a Quadrangular Series to be played in Vijayawada next month.
Sebastian Morgan, a top order batsman and pace bowler from the College, has been selected for the England U19 squad for the first time to play against India A and B and Bangladesh U19s, starting on November 4.  
Academy pair Kelly and Jack played regularly against Australia in limited overs and four-day matches last month, with Kelly really catching the eye.
Morgan has enjoyed a fine season helping Winchester enjoy one of the best seasons in their long established history (the subject of a forthcoming article).
The series will provide the final competitive preparation for the Young Lions ahead of the 2024 ICC Under-19 Men’s World Cup, which will be staged in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 13 January - 4 February. Selection for the 2024 ICC Under-19s Men’s World Cup will be announced in December.
England Men Under-19’s Head Coach, Mike Yardy, said: “Touring India at any level is challenging, which why it is so valuable to be able to expose our best young players to these experiences at Under-19 level.
“We expect both the India and Bangladesh Under-19 teams to be very strong, as India showed when they beat us in the final of the most recent ICC Under-19 World Cup in Antigua last year.
“So this is a huge opportunity for the 17 players who have been selected, especially with the next U19 World Cup following this tour in January 2024.”

Four members of Old Tauntonians & Romsey's promotion winning side - but only one from champion club Waterlooville - have been named in the Southern Premier League Division 2 team of the season.
They are skipper Charlie King and left-hander Harry Tulk, spin all-rounder Rob Newman and left-armer Matt Bampton, who won the divisional bowling award for the second season running.
Seamer Joe Mitchell, who bagged 27 wickets in his debut season at Rowlands Avenue, is the only player chosen from title winners Waterlooville.
Sparsholt may have been relegated, but skipper Tom Berzins and teenager Will Berrill both made over 400 runs, with teen Langley Manor spinner Toby Green among four bowlers to finish on the 27-wicket mark.
Southern Premier League Division 2 'team of the year' -
1. Tom Berzins (Sparsholt) - 480 runs
2. * Charlie King (OTs & Romsey) - 434 runs
3. Will Berrill (Sparsholt) - 412 runs
4. Harry Tulk (OTs & Romsey) - 561 runs
5. Ryan Covey (Liphook & Ripsley) - 396 runs
6. Rob Newman (OTs & Romsey) - 387 runs + 18 wickets
7. George Neave (Liphook & Ripsley) - 300 runs + 27 wickets
8. Toby Green (Langley Manor) - 27 wickets
9. Dave Orchard (St Cross Symondians II) - 27 wickets
10. Joe Mitchell (Waterlooville) - 27 wickets
11. + Matt White (Fair Oak) - 17 dismissals
12. Matt Bampton (OTs & Romsey) - 29 wickets

The five wickets Luke Evans took to underpin St Patrick's victory on the opening day of the Australian club season will probably mean more to the former South Wilts paceman than any other bowling return he's achieved in the past or will at any other time in the future.
The 26- year old right-arm quick, who started his cricket career with Cadnam in the New Forest, has just begun his fifth season in the Cricket Albury-Wodonga competition, close to the New South Wales/Victoria state border, having emigrated to Australia in 2019, the season after he had been named Southern Premier League Young Cricketer of the Year.
It was the first time Evans had played since his life - and that of his partner Lucy - was cruelly turned upside down by the sudden death of the couple's one-year old daughter Rosie in August - a tragedy which rocked the St Patrick's club to its foundations.
How fitting then that Evans should produce a match winning performance with the ball on what was understandably an emotionally charged round one match against Baranduda.
Evans took 5-26, clean bowling three victims and having two more caught, as their newly promoted opponents were whipped out for 101 after St Patrick's had posted 194-4.
"I was really pleased for Evo to have a bit of a day with the ball. For him to take five wickets and essentially win the game for us with some of his UK family here was really fitting," said Liam Scammell, St Patrick's player/coach.
"We love him and are really pleased for him. He deserved his five wickets."
Both teams had observed a minute's silence before the start of the 50-over match, with the St Patrick's side wearing pink armbands in memory of Rosie.
Watching on were Luke's grandparents Roy and Bernadette, who have just returned to their Woolston home after spending six weeks in Australia. 
In a touchline comment, Roy Honeybone said: "Luke and Lucy are so grateful for the kindness, compassion and generosity shown by the cricket community, both in Albury and back in Hampshire.
"Their messages of condolence and thoughtful donations helped them through difficult times and enabled local family members, including myself and Dette, to travel out to Australia at such a difficult time."