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SOUTH WILTS OFFICIALLY CROWNED PREMIER CHAMPIONS

20/10/2021

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South Wilts have been officially crowned ECB Southern Premier Division champions for a sixth time.
They are pictured having collected the trophy and their individual medals at the SPL’s awards dinner in Southampton.  Thrashed by nine wickets by Bashley (Rydal) after being skilled for 79 in their opening game, South Wilts bounced back and charged to the title, winning seven of their last eight matches. Overall, they won 12 of their 15 completed matches and also won the 'red ball' pennant.
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South Wilts' captain Ben Draper looks as though he's ready to audition for BBC television's ​children's quiz show CrackerJack after lifting so many trophies at the Southern Premier League presentation dinner !
The SPL's youngest ever title winning captain is pictured holding (i) the Premier Division trophy, (ii) the 'red ball' pennant, (iii) the SPL wicketkeeping award, (iv) the Premier Division championship pennant, and (v) just for good measure, his own etched glass trophy.   Fortunately, he didn't drop any of them .. even with his gloves on ! No need for cabbages then ...

For the benefit of this website's younger readers, CrackerJack was made famous on the BBC in the early Sixties by the late Leslie Crowther, a real cricket fanatic and leading comedian of his time. Leslie Crowther spoke alongside Sussex cricket legend George Cox at a Southern League awards dinner at Waterlooville back in the mid-1970s, the evening being rated as the best presentation function in fifty years.​
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