Sam Plater’s unbeaten 121 eased Rowledge away from an uncertain 113-5 and set up a match winning 221-5 against Southern Premier League Division 1 strugglers Calmore Sports at Loperwood Park.
The Charterhouse sports teacher, pictured being clapped off the field by the Calmore fielders, struck a six and 13 fours in his maiden Rowledge century.
Plater had to keep his wits about him when Rowledge slipped from a watchful 79-1 to 113-5, but he found a reliable partner in teenager Ollie Baker, whose unbeaten 44 helped put the visitors in a strong tea-time position.
Mark Lavelle returned an immaculate 2-18 off ten overs for Calmore, whose top order fell apart against Joe Randall (4-22), who reduced the hosts to 16-4.
Randall was supported by miserly spells from David Lloyd and Will Ryman, who stifled any prospect of Calmore featuring in a run chase. James Manning and Mike West staged a brief rally, but wickets fell at regular intervals to Steven Martin (2-26) and Ollie Baker (2-24) before slimline Ricky Yates (2-0) finally brought the innings to an end with two wickets in six balls to leave Rowledge 123-run winners.
Calmore now face a critical relegation showdown with winless Ventnor at Steephill on Saturday (1230) – the islanders suffering an 11th successive defeat at eight-wicket winners Old Tauntonians & Romsey.
Ventnor’s demise was very much down to Hampshire left-armer Chris Wood, whose 6-17 return included the visitors’ top three before Rob Snell (25) and Neil Westhorpe (61) began a fightback.
They progressed the score to 95-3 before the last seven wickets fell for 53 runs, Jody Brown and Rob Newman pocketing two each.
Snell struck an early blow for Ventnor, but an unbeaten half-century by Joe Vaughan (52) and support knocks from Wood (35) and Harry Tulk (38) eased OTR to a comfortable win.
Ventnor won't appreciate the irony but it was probably Chris Wood's last game for OTs before the start of the T20 Blast.
The Charterhouse sports teacher, pictured being clapped off the field by the Calmore fielders, struck a six and 13 fours in his maiden Rowledge century.
Plater had to keep his wits about him when Rowledge slipped from a watchful 79-1 to 113-5, but he found a reliable partner in teenager Ollie Baker, whose unbeaten 44 helped put the visitors in a strong tea-time position.
Mark Lavelle returned an immaculate 2-18 off ten overs for Calmore, whose top order fell apart against Joe Randall (4-22), who reduced the hosts to 16-4.
Randall was supported by miserly spells from David Lloyd and Will Ryman, who stifled any prospect of Calmore featuring in a run chase. James Manning and Mike West staged a brief rally, but wickets fell at regular intervals to Steven Martin (2-26) and Ollie Baker (2-24) before slimline Ricky Yates (2-0) finally brought the innings to an end with two wickets in six balls to leave Rowledge 123-run winners.
Calmore now face a critical relegation showdown with winless Ventnor at Steephill on Saturday (1230) – the islanders suffering an 11th successive defeat at eight-wicket winners Old Tauntonians & Romsey.
Ventnor’s demise was very much down to Hampshire left-armer Chris Wood, whose 6-17 return included the visitors’ top three before Rob Snell (25) and Neil Westhorpe (61) began a fightback.
They progressed the score to 95-3 before the last seven wickets fell for 53 runs, Jody Brown and Rob Newman pocketing two each.
Snell struck an early blow for Ventnor, but an unbeaten half-century by Joe Vaughan (52) and support knocks from Wood (35) and Harry Tulk (38) eased OTR to a comfortable win.
Ventnor won't appreciate the irony but it was probably Chris Wood's last game for OTs before the start of the T20 Blast.
