Solent made a promising enough start through James Degg (46) and Harry Broderick (47), but lost the impetus with four quick wickets before Harry Warner (31) and Josh May (20) rekindled their hopes. Cardiff chased the target down to win with 13 overs to spare.
Southampton Solent University suffered a fourth successive defeat in the BUCS Championship, Cardiff chasing down a modest 192 target to beat them by eight wickets at Totton & Eling's Southern Gardens.
Solent made a promising enough start through James Degg (46) and Harry Broderick (47), but lost the impetus with four quick wickets before Harry Warner (31) and Josh May (20) rekindled their hopes. Cardiff chased the target down to win with 13 overs to spare.
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Promoted Parley are off to a flier in Southern Premier League Division 3, skittling Havant seconds for a meagre 41 to win their curtain raising match in the competition by 97 runs. Oli Green (3-6) proved too hot to handle for Havant’s top order and Jack Nicholls happily mopped up the lower end in 20 deliveries, finishing with 4-4. It didn’t help Havant’s cause that left-arm spinner Steve Matthews (2-22) pulled out of the fray with a back spasm one ball into his fifth over, by which time he had already accounted for Sam Collins and Marcus Braggington. Graham Burns (4-36) assumed wicket taking responsibility, while Parley were indebted to teenager Kieran Laird for his unbeaten 30 and Tom Barber (not the left-arm quick) for a watchful 24 at the top of their 138 all out. Trojans opened with a nine-wicket win over Bashley (Rydal) II at Stoneham Lane, where the promising Tim Felstead (3-28) created early inroads. Alex Turner’s unbeaten 68 held Bashley together, sharing useful stands with the returning George Pardoe and Saif Achakzai before the last five wickets fell for 35 runs and the visitors to 126 all out (Luke Dimmick 3-9). Bashley skipper Phil Morris was left tearing his hair out as his side tossed down 39 wides, making life a doddle for Syed Agha (39) and the emerging Nigel le Bas, 37 not out. South Wilts seconds fought hard, taking eight Sway wickets before conceding a narrow defeat against the New Forest club, who just missed promotion last season. Albeit a well-prepared post rain strip, the slow conditions meant that scores at the Jubilee Fields would be low – only opener Will Langdon (38) and skipper Rob Pitman (46) being able to make much headway after South Wilts had been put into bat. A late flurry of wkts, with seamer Richard Thomas taking 5-24 and running through the late order, nose-dived the South Wilts total from 108-4 to 159 all out with 5 overs unused. Dave Steadman (2-27) and Jon Waller (2-24) also shared in the spoils. Sway found progress equally difficult at 53-4 until a match turning 5th wicket partnership of 84 between Will Crossley (55) and Tom Burton (34) steered Sway to 137-5. Losing three wickets in quick succession – teenage spinner James Brewer took 4-33 - left to Steve Howe and a confident Rich Thomas to edge Sway over the line in the final over at 163-8. Eighteen wickets fell for 211 runs at Holbury – bizarrely, 35 of them were principally leg-side wides – where Paultons scrambled rather unconvincingly past Fawley’s 105 all out. Fawley found themselves in deep trouble against Tony Richman (3-26) and lurched to 12-5 before Raminder Singh (30), with support from the lower order, raised the score to 105. Paultons were 41-0, but lost wickets all down the order – Trishawn Francis taking 4-15 – before crossing the line. Scott Taylor ripped through a fragile Fareham & Crofton lower-order to take six wickets in 25 deliveries as Gosport Borough launched their Southern Premier Division 3 challenge with a crushing victory over their promoted neighbours on a demanding Privett Park surface.
He finished with 6-9 as Fareham, promoted as the third placed club in Hampshire League Division 1 last season when champions Compton & Chandler's Ford were unable to meet SPL ground accreditation requirements, lost their last five wickets for seven runs and were dismissed for 99 having been put into bat. It began to go wrong for Fareham when London Scottish second row Angus Southon had his stumps rearranged first ball by Jacob Harris (2-12), who then picked up fellow left-hander Tom Kent, above. Conor Regan (1-8 off eight) was enjoying excessive movement off the damp track and bagged the key wicket of former Havant batsman/keeper Jez Bulled. It left Craig Jeffery (46), one of a clutch of Cape Town cricketers playing locally this season, to show the technique required, the Wynberg-raised prospect adding important runs with Ben Kissane before Taylor appeared on the scene and sent both batsmen back for an early tea. 92-5 soon became 99 all out and Taylor was sizing up a maiden Borough first team jug. He was at the Doug Scorey bar inside 20 overs as teenage Queenslander Oli Lunt, who hails from the Northern Districts grade club in Brisbane, struck two sixes and six fours in an unbeaten 52 which swept the Borough home. He shared a half-century start with Gavin King (27). It was a rude awakening for Fareham who, to their credit, had a full turn out for a midweek training session as they prepared for a round three visit of Fawley to Bath Lane. Burridge opener Mat Goles is this season's first Cricketer of the Week award winner, sponsored and promoted by www.vimpsatthecrease.com website.
The Cape Town based batsman plundered 147 against the Hampshire Academy on the Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground to set up a convincing Burridge victory. There was no Round 1 winner as the entire Coronation Day programme was washed out. Southampton University student Ewan Mansford [above] produced a quite remarkable debut performance for promoted Portsmouth & Southsea, opening the batting and hitting 74 and later taking six wickets.
It was all too much for Liphook & Ripsley, who were beaten by 69 runs at St James’ Park on their return to Southern Premier Division 2 following last season’s relegation. Mansford plays his domestic cricket for Preston-based Fulton & Broughton in the ECB Northern Premier League - the same competition 2022 Hambledon ace Matt de Villers now plays in for Longridge – and P & S, last year’s runaway SPL3 winners, are hoping he stays in Hampshire all summer. The left-hander struck a six and seven fours in his knock and shared an 80-run partnership with Toby Hernandez (20) before Tom Benfield (32) belted three sixes as P & S reached 204-5. Rob Nicklin (30) and Ryan Covey (23) provided Liphook with a 56-run start before Kieron Dunstan (2-23) prompted a mini-collapse, three wickets falling for four runs before Oscar Amis (27) lifted the score to 92. It was then Mansford resumed centre stage, taking 6-23 as Liphook sank to 135 all out. James Mulvey hit an unbeaten half-century and shared a key stand with Will Ross as Hartley Wintney beat promoted Langley Manor by four wickets to get their Southern Premier Division 2 programme off to a positive start.
Chasing Manor’s 229-9, Hartley found their reply at a potential crossroads at 139-5 when Australian import Lachlan Roughey (49) was caught and bowled by Kaine Stanton, having hit three sixes over the Cricket Green boundary rope. But Ross (27) and Mulvey, who scored 51 not out, eased any dressing room worries with a timely 62-run partnership. Earlier skipper Huge Hammond and Roy Cockram also made 27. Conor Browne (57) and Hampshire’s Jack Campbell (35) top scored for Langley Manor, with seamer Anthony Parson taking 4-48 for Hartley Wintney. Teenager Ben Foster took the man of the match accolades after steering St Cross Symondians II to a five-wicket win over Sparsholt in the Winchester derby at the Green Jackets Ground. The pair were both relegated to Southern Premier Division 2 last season. Foster ensured St Cross would enjoy the local bragging rights after following up a two-wicket spell with an unbeaten 64 which eased his side past Sparsholt’s 222-9 with three overs to spare. Former South Winchester batsman Matt Robins (61) and Usman Akram (41) built on a solid start, but Sparsholt stumbled from a threatening 151-2, losing seven wickets for 71 runs, with Dave Orchard (3-38) and Foster (2-50) making inroads. Foster then took responsibility with the bat, knuckling down for 101 balls to make his best yet SPL score. Jason Laney (26) and latterly Stephen Hirst (26) and the promising Graham Barrett, with an unbeaten 26, provided the youngster with back up. Harry Tulk, whose 91 changed the shape of the game, and Hakim Peruzi, with a five-wicket haul, set up a crushing 160-run win for Old Tauntonians & Romsey over Southern Premier Division 2 rivals Hook & Newnham Basics II at the Romsey Sports Centre.
It was certainly a powerful start to the season by OTs, who missed promotion by a mere two points last summer. But such an outcome seemed improbable as, Tulk apart, the OTs top order was blown away after Hook had won the toss and put their Romsey hosts into bat in typically damp conditions. Oli May (4-34), who whipped out Joe Vaughan and debutant Richie Blake in the space of three deliveries, and Will Wyatt (3-34) combined to have OTs wobbling at 55-5. Tulk, however, showed the technique to deal with the situation and, in a 50-run stand with Liam Poolman (17) and later Peruzi began to turn things around. OTs recovered to 137-6 and then took charge, with Tulk – hitting a six and 11 fours in his 91 – and Vikram Dawson (44) adding 62 and taking the game away from Hook. OTs eventual 227-9 proved far beyond Hook, who folded to 67 all out, five batsmen failing to score. Peruzi ran amok, taking 5-30, and with left-arm spinner Matt Bampton (2-10) sending down a miserly spell Hook sank to 22-6. Only Wyatt and Dan Moore mustered double figures as Hook lurched to 67 all out, Vaughan taking 2-15. * Fair Oak's match against Waterlooville was called off due to an unfit Lapstone Park outfield. Babu Veetil belted 40 runs off just eight balls in a whirlwind end to Andover’s innings against Southern Premier Division 1 rivals Sarisbury Athletic at London Road.
He hit Jordan Wright for four successive sixes before being run out with Andover 254-7 – a total sufficient to secure a 53-run win. Sarisbury Athletic, having been rocked by a three-wicket new ball blast by Oli Williams, were dismissed for 201. Glyn Treagus (68) was the lynchpin at the top of the Andover order, steering the lions to 140-3 before being trapped leg before wicket. Oli Williams (26) and Charlie Ayres (31) partnered the opener in useful stands. Past Zimbabwe international Richmond ‘Richie’ Mutambami rode his luck to make 55 not out and Matt Hooper made a handy contribution as Andover reached 211-6 with three overs to go. Enter Veetil and a six-strewn run blast – mainly over mid-on and mid-off – which saw Andover’s total rocket to 254-7. Teenager Oli Williams, who finished with 4-24, had Sarisbury reeling at 11-3 and later 30-4 before Nathan Feltham (39) and Hook & Newnham Basics raised Jack Robson (49) calmed things down. Sarisbury’s lower middle-order chipped in to get some batting bonus points on the board as the visitors closed 201 all out. Ben Johns had the weight of captaincy – and run scoring – on his shoulders as he led Calmore Sports to a 43-run victory over Southern Premier Division 1 visitors New Milton at Loperwood Park. Johns, who has taken the armband from the long serving Mark Lavelle, batted almost the entire Calmore innings, making 82 of his team’s 159-8, losing partners regularly along the way. George Watts (3-32) & Co had Calmore reeling at 67-6 (by the 31st over) on a predictably damp surface, but Johns navigated his way through all bar four balls of the 50 overs, holding the innings together and sharing a crucial seventh-wicket stand of 87 with Ben Perry (25), which more than doubled the score. Johns struck four sixes and five fours before being caught and giving Ed Bartlett (1-21) a deserved success. New Milton wobbled at 19-2, but James Adams (61) and Lee Beck (32) eased the Green & Golds to 93 before the response fell to pieces in quite dramatic fashion.
Beck’s dismissal by Lavelle triggered a mass collapse as New Milton lost their last eight wickets for 19 runs – Perry claiming four wickets for just three runs – and were all out for 116. The last five wickets fell for just one run, young Aussie spinner Liam O'Connor grabbing the last two scalps. Photographs supplied by Martin Fisher. Oli James hit a competitive best 59 not out and shared a crucial late innings half-century stand with Jack Murrell as Hook & Newnham Basics edged a significant win over Southern Premier Division 1 rivals Portsmouth at the King George V Ground.
Hook were 102-4 in response to Portsmouth 219-9 when 19-year old James walked to the crease for what was to be the crucial knock of the day. Hook were creaking at 165-7 after fellow youngsters Rupert Armstrong and Charlie Neville had each nicked a catch behind to wicket-keeper Sujeeth Daini off Reuben McArdle (2-22). But James, playing only his sixth SPL game, and Murrell (22) turned the tide with a vital stand of 51 which took Hook to the brink of a two-wicket win, achieved with 13 balls to spare. “It was an innings of real maturity from Oli and always pleasing when its made by a home grown player,” praised Hook chairman Keith Lovelock. Earlier, Hook’s top order had all made starts, with Harry Warner (38), Josh Buckingham (25) and Harry Robson (20) making runs before Matt Buckingham made an important 37 in the middle-order. Portsmouth got a decent launch from Fraser Hay (35) and Ben Duggan (30), while Dan Wimble (40) and Daini (37) made useful contributions alongside Joe Kooner-Evans (25). Murrell took 3-51 for Hook before emerging from the shadows to play a crucial role with the bat. Rowledge got off to the best possible start and gave promoted Hambledon a rude awakening about life in Southern Premier Division 1 with a comfortable seven-wicket win at Ridge Meadow.
Hambledon, buoyant after back to back SPL2 and 3 title triumphs, probably reflected on the wisdom of their decision to bat first on a damp, used track and were rolled out for a meagre 54 inside 28 overs. Rowledge won inside 16 overs. The medium/spin attack of Richard Forbes and Max Martin was perfect, both bowlers producing tight spells and containing the hosts with control and movement with the new ball. Hambledon found it difficult against superb fielding to ascertain any sort of dominance with the bat. Openers Spencer LeClercq and James Marshall, then South African Justin Behrens soon after fell to Forbes, who finished with figures of 3-4 off his six overs. When Henry Glanfield was bowled through the gate by the Australian teen Connor Cook, from the NSW Premier League club Gordon, Hambledon were in deep trouble at 30-4. Ollie Baker (4-22) and Cook (2-16) ripped through Hambledon batting line up. Baker, with his left arm spin, and off-spinner Cook controlled everything the batters could throw at them and with a stunning run out by Oli Ryman and a couple of great catches by Ben Davidson and Richard Forbes the visitors were on a high. Rowledge coach Chris Yates beamed: “It was a spectacular display in the field by our boys, who had no previous match practice and little grass wicket training. They fielded with enthusiasm and quality that would take some beating any where in the league.” But Rowledge lost Ricky Yates and Martin cheaply and were 23-2 with runs equally had to come by. But Jonty Seeborn (23) looked in no trouble and dispatched the bowling to all parts of the ground. Cook completed formalities with a huge six over the Ridge Meadow pavilion. Basingstoke & North Hants are off to a winning start in Southern Premier Division 1 – their 78-run victory over Ventnor owing much to eighth-wicket pair Neil Shelar and Matt Donaldson, who hauled the Bountymen out of a batting mire. Basingstoke were struggling at 104-7 when they came together, but 85 runs later the side had a match winning 221-8 on the May’s Bounty scoreboard. Aarav Garg and skipper Joe Oates later shared seven wickets to bowl Ventnor out for 147. “This was a perfect start for us, but so much was down to Neil and Matt, who batted responsibly at a crucial stage of the game,” Oates said. “It’s always important to win your first match. This is going to be a very competitive league with arguably six sides capable of winning it – and beating each other along the way. “I’d like to think Basingstoke will be in the mix, but we need to win at Hambledon this Saturday to maintain momentum.” Although Ash Neal (30) and Oates (25) made decent starts, Basingstoke found the going tough after being put into bat and lost wickets all along the way. But teenager Shelar, pictured, with an SPL best 59 not out, and Donaldson (40) turned the tide dramatically with what proved a match changing partnership. Two early blows by Oates (4-25) immediately put Ventnor on the back foot, but Sri Lankan Dineth Thimodya (31) and Martin Blackman (25) remained a massive threat – until Dubs Wood (2-27) removed them both. Equally important was the dismissal of Tom Friend (13), who has re-joined Ventnor from Bashley (Rydal), as Ventnor lost four wickets for 15 runs, debutant Aarav Garg (3-25) breaking through. Ben Attrill (25) rallied but the damage was done and Ventnor, despite a late recovery, were dismissed for 147. Alton marked their return to the top level of Hampshire recreational cricket with a close-fought win against Havant in the ECB Southern Premier League – Mark Heffernan using his experience to get the Brewers across the line as they successfully chased down their hosts 148 all out. It was a good all-round performance from the Brewers, who featured four newcomers, as they won by two wickets to start their comeback season in very positive fashion. Alton’s Scott Myers won the toss and chose to bowl after the recent rainy weather, but the Havant Park pitch looked even paced if understandably more bowler friendly. A patient start from Havant's two left handed openers Ben Walker and the evergreen Richard Hindley saw them progress to 30 without loss before South African seamer Bash Walters (2-46) - returning for his third stint in Alton colours - tempted Ben Walker to feather a catch through to Mark Heffernan behind the stumps. Tom Andrews (2-30), making his debut on arrival from Binfield, then got in on the act as he removed Hindley in identical fashion before Myers took a smart slip catch to remove Harry Gadd off the same bowler. Fellow debutant Tom Varney, late of Aldershot and more recently Totton & Eling, then took the important wicket of Chris Stone without scoring to leave Havant struggling on 58-4 George Metzger (47) looked assured for the home side and was the most free-scoring batter of the whole day as he moved Havant towards three figures, but he pulled a short ball down to teenager Sam Ruffell to restore Alton’s control. Sonny Reynolds arrived at the crease and immediately struck the ball well, but Walters was recalled into the attack and removed him for a breezy 21. Tom South (2-13) was introduced into the attack with his left-arm spin and bowled beautifully to pick up two quick wickets and fellow spinner and ex-Oakley and Sparsholt debutant Dan Sumner (2-10) took two in a controlled spell as Havant subsided to 148 all out. Pressure Alton responded positively with South and Dan Harris taking the attack to the Havant seamers, approaching a fifty stand to give the Brewers a solid base to work from Both hit the ball cleanly, but the ball was still moving about off the pitch and Harris (15) was the first to go as a delivery from Richard Jerry nipped back. Alton then lost another four wickets for 22 runs, leaving them 73-5 as seamers Reynolds (0-19) and Kai Zeimkendorf (3-26) put pressure on Alton’s batters. Howard Gadsby and Mark Heffernan advanced Alton past the hundred mark by being patient against the seamers - despite a few play and misses - and working runs when available against the spinners. They brought the winning line into closer view, before Zimbabwean student Zeimkendorf dismissed Gadsby (22) with a leading edge to mid-off. Andrews provided some support to Heffernan as they edged closer with a partnership of 25, before he was removed by Freddie Gadd, and when Sumner was dismissed without scoring it left Alton needing 11 with two wickets left. Bash Walters used his experience and helped Heffernan, with a very calm and assured 37*, to see Alton over the line for a two wicket win. South African Matt De Villiers, whose record breaking 1,234 run haul and 25 wickets, drove Hambledon's Southern Premier Division 2 championship triumph last season, is plying his trade in the ECB Northern Premier League this summer.
He has joined Preston-based Longridge following an equally successful season in Cape Town, where his runs and wickets helped Claremont win the Western Province Premier League title. De Villiers was named in the WP 'Team of the Year' alongside WPCC's Justin Behrens, who has succeeded him at Hambledon. After a quiet start to the 2023 season up north, De Villiers burst into form, scoring 108 against Northern in the ECB Royal London Cup last weekend, but his side lost by eight wickets. South African Mathew Goles announced himself on the ECB Southern Premier League stage with a blistering and boundary strewn 147 which swept Burridge to an eight-wicket win over the Hampshire Academy on the Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground.
The 27-year old Cape Town batsman peppered the boundary with four sixes and 18 fours, his 147 coming off 111 balls. He was eventually dismissed with Burridge 202-1 and within touching distance of the Academy’s 222-9. Goles, who played six times for Western Province in 2018, was Cape Town CC’s leading run scorer in the powerful WPCA Premier League this past winter. He is Burridge’s overseas player this summer and joins English-born Nathan Schoultz and CTCC team-mates Hilio De Abreu at the SO31 club. Goles totally dominated from the crease and had 82 runs flashing from the electronic scoreboard when spinner Louis Prichard (teenage son of former Essex captain Paul Prichard) trapped fellow opener Jack Paskins for 32 at 127-1. Joe Collings-Wells, the Burridge skipper, completed the formalities with an unbeaten 33 after Goles had been caught (by Prichard) off the spin bowling of Tom Prest, three runs short of his 150. Burridge, reliant on some fine drying days this week to have their Botley Road ground fit for Alton’s scheduled visit on Saturday (12.30), sealed an eight-wicket win with 13 overs to spare. With ‘prestige’ school fixtures clashing, Academy director Charlie Freeston had to juggle his resources, with England U19 all-rounders Dom Kelly and Eddie Jack, and the in-form Wilf La Fontaine Jackson notable absentees. The Academy were going nicely at 111-2 (Sam Ashman 30), but when Prest (43) picked out Paskins on the boundary, things took a distinct turn for the worst. Five wickets fell for 18 runs, including Joseph Eckland run out for 31, as the Academy dropped to 129-7, Will Donald (2-33) taking two of the wickets. Prichard (49) and Havant raised gloveman Ben Feeney (21) rallied with an eye catching stand of 71, but the eighth-wicket pair fell to Inayat Ullah (3-39) in quick succession. Last pair Oli Cordery and Zach Basey did at least bat the 50 overs out, but with Goles in such blistering form the Academy’s 222-9 was simply blown away. St Cross Symondians are off to a flier with an ECB Royal London Cup seven-wicket win over Bedminster following hard on the heels of a successful opening defence of the Southern Premier League title at Lymington. Their reward for an impressive victory over Bristol-based Bedminster is a home tie against Taunton Deane in the west group semi-finals of the ECB national club championship at the Green Jackets Ground on Sunday week, May 28. They dismissed the West of England Premier League club for 188 and polished off the target with nine overs to spare, Wilf La Fontaine Jackson hitting 70 and Charlie Mumford an unbeaten 57. Mumford also hit a half-century – as did Hampshire’s Felix Organ – in the 78-run SPL win at Lymington, which launched the Premier championship defence in perfect style. The league and cup double success has put St Cross in a confident mood ahead of Saturday’s Premier Division meet-up with South Wilts – frequently a high quality affair – at the Green Jackets, 12.30pm. Appearing well set at 83-1, Bedminster lost four wickets for 21 runs (to 104-5) before rallying to 151 but then collapsing again, the last five wickets falling for 37 runs. Jack Bransgrove, Felix Organ, Charlie Gwynn and Simon Woodruff took two wickets each. St Cross lost Organ cheaply, but La Fontaine Jackson soon took control, the teenager – fresh from scoring a match winning 92 not out against Corsham the previous week – clearing the boundary rope on three separate occasions. Bransgrove (18) departed at 73-1, but Mumford kept the scoreboard ticking and by drinks St Cross were well ahead of the game at 121-2. Mumford took 15 runs off the 23rd over before La Fontaine Jackson departed (at 140-2) for a splendidly struck 70, which contained eight fours in addition to his three sixes. St Cross were almost home and dry by then, leaving Charlie Gwynn (22 not out) to take 12 runs off the 29th over before Mumford brought up his half-century with two match clinching boundaries. It was an impressive performance by the Winchester side. Apart from when they lost Jack Bransgrove in the second over, St Cross largely called the tune against Lymington at the Sports Ground Joe Lewis made 35 and both Organ (50) and Mumford (59), left, before Gwynn (23) and Simon Woodruff (31) chipped in to take St Cross to 238-9, veteran Asad Abbas taking 3-31 on Lymington debut. Ben Rogers (21) and Mo Abbas (20) provided Lymington with a 48-run launch pad before Durham University all-rounder Michael Booth (3-11) accounted for both openers and then removed Dan Cox. His six-over spell left Lymington 61-4 and Terry Crabb make 61 not out and provide the innings with some stability. Organ weighed in with 3-31 as Lymington, minus influential Northants seamer Gareth Berg, stumbled to 160 all out and an 80-run defeat. Harry Broderick and later James Degg starred as a new look South Wilts retrieved an uneasy situation to open their ECB Southern Premier League challenge with a 14-run win over Bournemouth at Bemerton. Defending 204, South Wilts were looking second best when Tasmanian Tom Willoughby guided Bournemouth’s reply to 160-2 with seven of the 50 overs remaining. But when the left-hander fell for an attractive 91, Bournemouth lost their way – and six more wickets - scoring only 31 more runs, finishing 191-8 and reflecting ruefully on the 34 extras (26 of them wides) they gifted their hosts. Skipper Ben Draper was delighted with the result. “It’s so important to win your first match, especially in our case with so many new players. I’m really looking forward to working with them this summer.” Tom Morton and James Hayward are now in semi-retirement – although both plan to play in this Saturday’s second team match against Gosport Borough at Wilton Road – Arthur Godsal is playing in Middlesex and Josh Croom in the Birmingham League. South Wilts lost their top three relatively cheaply - Oli Beckon (3-32) dismissing Degg and Peter Rowe with the new ball – but without lead bowler Dan Conway, Bournemouth’s bowling lacked accuracy, Cole Rushworth (3-54) struggling with his line. It took the pressure off and allowed South Wilts to build from 61-3 – Broderick, one of four newcomers in the Bemerton ranks, underlining his talent in a stand of 72 with Ben Draper (30) which more than doubled the total. Broderick, who suffered a back stress fracture last season and is currently unable to bowl, struck ten boundaries in an elegant 66 but, when he fell at 160-5, South Wilts lost four quick wickets – Willoughby (3-26) cashing in with his left-arm spin. South Wilts were indebted to last pair Matt Burton and Tom Lewis, who squeezed out 19 precious runs to lift the final score to 204, five overs being left unused. Luke Webb (26) and Willoughby got Bournemouth off to a comfortable 77-run start, the Tasmanian then enjoying another fruitful partnership with Nick Park (23), whose batting movements were restricted by an on-going hip problem.
Willoughby ended the 2022 season with Bournemouth in a rich vein of form, scoring over 260 in his last three knocks, and whilst he remained at the crease, an away win looked probable. He struck one booming six over extra-cover – unquestionably the shot of the day – but at 160 offered a return catch to leg spinner Mo Rizvi, who has arrived at Wilton Road from Welwyn Garden City. It was a game changer. Six wickets fell for 31 runs as Bournemouth struggled to keep pace, Solent University’s James Degg weighing in with a 4-28 return which won the game for South Wilts. ECB SOUTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE
RESULTS: ROUND 2 – 13 MAY 2023 ECB PREMIER DIVISION Hampshire Academy 222-9 (Prichard 49, Prest 43, Eckland 31, Ashman 30, Ullah 3-39) Burridge (Goles 147, Collings-Wells 33*, Paskins 32). Burridge win by eight wickets. Havant 148 (Metzger 47) Alton 149-8 (Mark Heffernan 37*, South 33, Ziemkendorf 3-26). Alton won by two wickets. South Wilts 205 (Broderick 66, Extras 34, Draper 30, Willoughby 3-20, Breckon 3-32, Rushforth 3-54) Bournemouth 191-8 (Willoughby 91, Webb 26, N Park 23, Degg 4-26). South Wilts won by 14 runs. St Cross Symondians 238-9 (Mumford 59, Organ 50, Lewis 35, Woodruff 31, A Abbas 3-31) Lymington 160 (Crabb 61*, Booth 3-11, Organ 3-31). St Cross Symondians won by 78 runs. Cancelled: Bashley (Rydal) v Totton & Eling DIVISION 1 Andover 254-7 (Treagus 68, Mutumbami 55*, Veetil 40, Ayres 31, O Williams 26) Sarisbury Athletic 201 (Robson 48, Feltham 39, O Williams 4-24). Andover won by 53 runs. Basingstoke & North Hants 221-8 (Shelar 59, Neal 30, Oates 25) Ventnor 147 (Thimosya 31, Blackman 25, Garg 3-24, Oates 3-27). Basingstoke & North Hants won by 74 runs. Calmore Sports 159-8 (Johns 82, Perry 25, Watts 3-32) New Milton 116-9 (Adams 61, L Beck 32, Perry 4-3). Calmore Sports won by 43 runs. Hambledon 54 (Baker 4-22, Forbes 3-14) Rowledge 56-3 (Sebborn 23). Rowledge won by seven wickets. Portsmouth 219-9 (Wimble 40, Daini 37, Hay 31, Duggan 30, Murrell 3-51) Hook & Newnham Basics 220-8 (James 56*, Warner 38, M Buckingham 37, J Buckingham 25). Hook & Newnham Basics won by two wickets. DIVISION 2 Langley Manor 229-9 (Browne 57, Campbell 35, Parson 4-48) Hartley Wintney 230-6 (Mulvey 51*, Roughey 49, Hammond 27, Cockram 27, Ross 27). Hartley Wintney won by four wickets. Old Tauntonians & Romsey 227-9 (H Tulk 91, Dawson 44, May 4-34, Wyatt 3-34) Hook & Newnham Basics II 67 (Perusi 5-30). Old Tauntonians & Romsey won by 160 runs. Portsmouth & Southsea 204-5 (Mansford 75, T Benfield 32) Liphook & Ripsley 135 (Nicklin 30, Amos 27, Mansford 6-23). Portsmouth & Southsea won by 69 runs. Sparsholt 222-9 (Robins 61, Akram 41, Berzins 33, Orchard 3-38) St Cross Symondians II 223-5 (Foster 61*, Laney 27, Hirst 26, Barrett 26*). St Cross Symondians II won by five wickets. Cancelled: Fair Oak v Waterlooville DIVISION 3 Bashley (Rydal) II 125 (A Turner 68*, Dimmick 3-9, Felstead 3-28) Trojans 126-1 (Agha 39, Le Bas 37*). Trojans won by nine wickets. Fawley 105 (Singh 30, Richman 3-26, Barton 3-31) Paultons 106-8 (Extras 26, Francis 4-15). Paultons won by two wickets. Fareham & Crofton 99 (Jeffery 46, Taylor 6-9) Gosport Borough 100-1 (Lunt 52*, King 27). Gosport Borough won by nine wickets. Parley 138 (Laird 30, Barber 24, Burns 4-30) Havant II 47 (Nicholls 4-4, Green 3-6). Parley won by 91 runs. South Wilts II 159 (Langdown 38, Pittman 46, Thomas 5-24) Sway 163-8 (Crossley 55, Burton 34, Brewer 4-33). Sway won by two wickets. Tom Morton's self-imposed 'retirement' hasn't lasted long - the South Wilts run gun is set to play in this (Sunday) afternoon's ECB Royal London Cup first round tie against Lansdown at Bemerton, 1pm.
He steps in behind the stumps and in the top batting order for skipper Ben Draper, who has work commitments. Rowledge are out if the Village Cup on the toss of a coin. Their Surrey group tie against Valley End has been called off for the second Sunday running. Valley End correctly called 'heads' and won through to play Blackheath in round three. Today's matches - ECB Royal London Cup (1pm) Bedminster v St Cross Symondians Havant v Weybridge Sunbury v Portsmouth South Wilts v Lansdown National Village Cup (1pm) Overton v Sarisbury Athletic St Cross Symondians have Hampshire’s Felix Organ in their side for the delayed opening defence of the ECB Southern Premier Division championship against Lymington at the town’s Sports Ground, 12.30pm.
They were due to defend their crown against the Hampshire Academy last weekend but that match, like the entire Coronation Day SPL programme, was washed out. Durham University all-rounder Michael Booth is also named, but skipper Ed Ellis is unavailable due to school coaching commitments in Oxford, leaving Charlie Gwynn to captain and Charlie Mumford to keep wicket. Lymington skipper Ben Rogers has a busy afternoon in prospect. Not only will be captain, but also opening the batting and keep wicket for a side weakened by the absence of Gareth Berg, who is playing for Northants. Lymington: Ben Rogers, Terry Crabb, Monam Abbas, Dan Cox, Ryan Scott, Josh Royan, Jude Tollerfield, Lewis Martin, Ed Freeman, Asad Abass, Guy Layman. St Cross Symondians: Gwynn, Mumford, Booth, Bransgrove, Foyle, Haworth, Beer, Lewis, Trussler, Organ, Woodruff Ben Draper leads a much changed South Wilts against Bournemouth at Bemerton, where four players are set for club SPL debuts. With Tom Morton and James Hayward in semi-retirement, Arthur Godsal gone to play in Middlesex and 48-wicket Josh Croom to the Birmingham League, its a very different South Wilts side. Harry Broderick (back) and Ben Huntley (shoulder) are both nursing injuries and will be confined to batting roles. South Wilts: Degg, Stearman, Rowe, Broderick, Draper, Rivzi, Fairfax- Ross, Huntley, Grant, Burton, Lewis. Burridge have problems too, with lead wicket-taker Dan Stancliffe and Sully White missing the testing visit to the Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground to play the Academy. The side, captained by Joe Collings-Wells, has a distinct South African look with three Cape Town cricketers Matt Goles, Hilio de Abreu and Nathan Schoultz in the line-up. Burridge: Jack Paskins, Matthew Goles, Joe Collings-Wells, Hilio de Abreu, Nathan Schoultz, Shu Chowdhury, Inayat Ullah, Ollie Southon, Will Donald, Ben White, Ollie Creal. Dan Harris, who was due to miss Alton’s opener against Bashley (Rydal) last week, will open against Havant at The Park, which also hosts an ECB Royal London Cup tie against Weybridge on Sunday. Alton: Harris, South, Ruffell, Myers, MP Heffernan, MJ Heffernan, Gadsby, Andrews, Sumner, Walters, Varney. The other match between Bashley (Rydal) and Totton & Eling has been called off as the Fagan Fields are unfit (also Bashley's Hants League match). Tom Friend has returned to his Ventnor roots and will make his comeback for the island club against Southern Premier Division 1 rivals Basingstoke & North Hants at May’s Bounty.
It will be Friend’s first appearance for Ventnor since 2014, having played all his youth cricket at Steephill. He has not played regularly since winning the Premier Division batting award in 2019 when Bashley (Rydal) carried off the championship, although he turned out twice last season and scored fifties both times ! Henry Bartlett has also returned to the Ventnor fold having last played for them in 2015. Ventnor: Woodhouse, Attrill, Bartlett, Blackman, C Calloway, H Calloway, Friend, Morgan, Snell, Thimodya, Whyte. Sam Lockwood wears the Hook & Newnham Basics captain’s armband for the first time when Portsmouth visit the KGV. Hook & Newnham Basis: Lockwood, Warner, J Buckingham, Robson, Willcock, James, Armstrong, Murrell, Gardner, Brewer. Calmore Sports’ volunteer groundstaff are battling the elements to get the low lying Loperwood Park ground playable for New Milton’s visit. Calmore Sports: Brewster, Carty, Dey, Fisher, Johns, Lavelle, Lee, Metcalfe, O'Connor, Perry, Wright. Andover are in the same boat ahead of Sarisbury Athletic’s scheduled arrival at London Road. Andover: Nyumbu, Adams, Jansen, Veettil, Ayers, O Banks-Williams, J Banks-Williams, S Williams, Treagus, Hooper, Mutumbami. Teenage Australian Conor Cook has been in the UK for three weeks or more and has yet to step foot on a cricket ground, due to the wet weather. But the spinner, who plays for Gordon in the powerful New South Wales Premier competition, should get his first chance for Rowledge against Hambledon, who have already played and won three national Village Cup matches. Hambledon: Spencer Leclercq, James Marshall, Henry Glanfield, Justin Behrens, Jonty Oliver, Darryn Stares, Dan Mugford, Joel Eastment, Mark Butcher, Curtis Dixon, Ollie Bembridge Rowledge: Ben Wish, Angus Watson, Richard Forbes, Ricky Yates, Ollie Baker, Olly Ryman, Connor Cook, Ben Davidson, David Lloyd, Jonty Seeborn, Max Martin. Division 2 new boys Portsmouth & Southsea receive Liphook & Ripsley in their opener, with 2022 SPL3 runners-up Langley Manor at Hartley Wintney. Other matches: OTs & Romsey v Hook & Newnham Basics II, St Cross Symondians II v Sparsholt. Waterlooville were due to be without Dave Birch, Josh McCoy and Alex Shephard for the trip to Fair Oak, but Lapstone Park is unfit. Waterlooville: Reynolds, Brodhurst, Hudson, McGregor, Jackson, Mitchell, Jackson, Verma, Robinson, Parker, Hillman. Alex Nippard, Parley’s leading run scorer in the Hampshire League last season, will miss the club’s Southern Premier Division 3 bow against Havant II at West Parley, 12.30. His 652-run tally was key to Parley finishing runners-up in County 1 and gaining a long awaited promotion. Owen Morris, who has rejoined the club from Totton & Eling, is also missing. Parley: Jacques, Collins, Bragginton, Barber, Laird, Embalagama, Green, Powell, Savage, Nicholls, Parkin. Sway, who have conceded Sunday’s Village Cup second round tie visit to Ventnor, are without key all-rounder Hugh Bernard against South Wilts II at the Jubilee Fields. Sway: Tim Noble, Alex Hall, Will Crossley, Dave Steadman, Tom Burton, Oscar Marshall, Richard Thomas, Toby Ramwell, Sam Nailor, Steve Howe, Jon Waller. Gosport Borough, tipped as promotion outsiders, unveil teenage Queenslander Ollie Lunt against near neighbours Fareham & Crofton at Privett Park. The left-hand opener, who hails from Brisbane’s Northern Suburbs grade club, has made over 200 runs in Borough’s warm-up matches. Promoted in third place when CD1 winners Compton & Chandler’s Ford were unable to meet accreditation requirements, Fareham have suffered a double bowling blow. Oli Southern, who topped the CD1 charts with 42 scalps in 2022, and team-mate Ben White (21 wickets) have left Bath Lane for Burridge. Fareham had been linked with an unnamed town based left-arm pace ace, but the club didn’t have sufficient nectar points to secure the deal. Gosport Borough: J Richards, Lunt, King, V Richards, Parris, A Adams, Harris, Taylor, Kitchin, Regan, Prathapsinghe, Martin. Fareham & Crofton: Tom Kent, Angus Southon, Jez Bulled, Craig Jeffery, Morgan Frost, Ben Kissane, Sam Stoddart, James Headen, Pete Briggs, Dan Reader, Andrew Martin. In the other SPL3 games, Fawley host Paultons and Bashley (Rydal) II visit Trojans. As clubs across the region continue to battle the elements, spare a thought for veteran groundsman Gerry Candy (left), whose Burridge ground suffers more than most from the heavy rain. Burridge are due to open their ECB Southern Premier League campaign against the Hampshire Academy, but Saturday's match is on the Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground.
St Cross Symondians' have been drawn away to West of England Premier Division side Bedminster in the first round proper of the ECB Royal London Cup near Ashton Gate, South Bristol, on Sunday May 15.
They knocked out another WEPL side, Corsham last weekend, Wilf La Fontaine Jackson (92*) and Ed Ellis (77) sharing a key century to guide St Cross to an eventual five-wicket win. Several other local clubs are involved, with Havant entertaining powerful Surrey Championship side Weybridge and South Wilts hosting Bath-based Lansdown at Bemerton. Portsmouth go to the banks of the River Thames to play Sunbury, while Ferndown Wayfarers - fresh from dumping Warminster in the preliminary round - visit another affluent WEPL club, Potterne. The first round draw includes: South Wilts v Lansdown, Taunton Deane v Bristol, Potterne v Ferndown Wayfarers, Bedminster v St Cross Symondians, Havant v Weybridge, Banbury v Richmond, Sunbury v Portsmouth, High Wycombe v Berkhampstead. All 40-over matches start at 1pm. Award winning South Wilts left-arm pace bowler Josh Croom has joined the ECB Birmingham & District Premier League club Berkwell to coincide with his hopes of landing a Warwickshire contract.
But, like the majority of the country's recreational cricketers, he's been marooned by the wet weather and so far has only been able to send down a wicket-less five overs (in a win over Halesowen) for the Coventry-based club. Croom was named Southern Premier League 'Young Cricketer of the Year' in 2022 after taking 48 wickets for South Wilts. |
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