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Aussie Justin Felsch (left above) and Havant skipper Chris Morgan, right, ended the season with six-wicket hauls to finish the leading pair of bowlers in Southern Premier Division One.
Felsch, who helped Bankside lift the New South Wales Second Grade title in Sydney last winter, took his season’s tally to 38 with a 6-42 haul against third placed Hambledon, who were dismissed for 165 (Henry Glanfield 46) before the rain set in with Rowledge 13-0.
With overseas players ineligible for the annual awards, Morgan will tread the red carpet at next month’s gala Southern Premier League dinner on account of his 36 wickets.
He ran amok against visiting Ventnor, returning 6-28 as the islanders’ were skittled for 81. Havant were 15-1 when cricket gave way to a Mexican hat dance.
Hambledon’s South African spin all-rounder Justin Behrens said his Ridge Meadow farewells with a 35-wicket haul.
Felsch, who helped Bankside lift the New South Wales Second Grade title in Sydney last winter, took his season’s tally to 38 with a 6-42 haul against third placed Hambledon, who were dismissed for 165 (Henry Glanfield 46) before the rain set in with Rowledge 13-0.
With overseas players ineligible for the annual awards, Morgan will tread the red carpet at next month’s gala Southern Premier League dinner on account of his 36 wickets.
He ran amok against visiting Ventnor, returning 6-28 as the islanders’ were skittled for 81. Havant were 15-1 when cricket gave way to a Mexican hat dance.
Hambledon’s South African spin all-rounder Justin Behrens said his Ridge Meadow farewells with a 35-wicket haul.
There were sighs of relief for Fair Oak, who retained their SPL1 status after their final match of the season at OTs & Romsey, was abandoned due to persistent rain.
Oaks needed to avoid a heavy defeat to safeguard their status, but that’s nearly what they had to endure. Four of the top five bagged ducks as the fired-up hosts, also in relegation peril, reduced them to 9 for 4. Rhys Wathen (3-18) and Joe Vaughan (3-30) were the bowlers to do the damage.
Joe Lewis stood firm, however. The opening batsman, who joined Oaks from St Cross at the start of the season, carved out an intrepid 26 runs from 80 balls as he and Sam Reed staved off disaster. The in-form Reed went on to make 55, but a further collapse, from 95 for 5 to 118 for 8, put the lower order under pressure. In the end Oaks had reached 124 for 8, with Rhys Oxley and Lewis Goodyear at the crease, when the umpires were forced to bring the curtain down on the season with seven overs of the first innings left.
Oaks needed to avoid a heavy defeat to safeguard their status, but that’s nearly what they had to endure. Four of the top five bagged ducks as the fired-up hosts, also in relegation peril, reduced them to 9 for 4. Rhys Wathen (3-18) and Joe Vaughan (3-30) were the bowlers to do the damage.
Joe Lewis stood firm, however. The opening batsman, who joined Oaks from St Cross at the start of the season, carved out an intrepid 26 runs from 80 balls as he and Sam Reed staved off disaster. The in-form Reed went on to make 55, but a further collapse, from 95 for 5 to 118 for 8, put the lower order under pressure. In the end Oaks had reached 124 for 8, with Rhys Oxley and Lewis Goodyear at the crease, when the umpires were forced to bring the curtain down on the season with seven overs of the first innings left.
