Local sport has been saddened by the death of former Hampshire cricket treasurer Tim Jobling, who played club cricket for the Winchester side Hyde Ramblers in the mid-Seventies before moving across to captain Petersfield in the old Southern League.
Mr Jobling died recently, aged 74 years, after a brave battle against prostate cancer.
He captained the Peter Symonds Grammar School as an all-rounder – according to his brother Chris he was a decent away-swing bowler in his teenage years – the pair going on to play for Eastgate, who then became Winchester City. The King George V Ground was the club’s home.
A subsequent merger saw Winchester City link up with Hyde Ramblers, where Tim played as a top order batsman in a powerful side which included Don Marks, Bob Lashley, Brian ‘Bumper’ Lush, Richard Edwards, Dave Stratton, Pete Green, Rob Savage and Ken Mould.
Team-mate Peter Green, now Hampshire 70s captain, reflected: “I played a great deal with Tim at Hyde Ramblers.
“He joined when Winchester CC amalgamated with Ramblers and batted at number 3, keeping company with prolific batsmen such as Dave Stratton, Geoff Goater and Dave Hayter, pace bowlers Bob Laishley and ‘Bumper’ Lush, and spinner Kenny Mould.
“It was a fine, all-round team, one of the original Southern League sides. With North Walls as the home ground, Tim was always great company at the many after match evenings spent at the King Alfred.”
Tim subsequently joined Petersfield and captained their Southern League side for three seasons between 1983 and 1985. He played his Sunday social cricket with the Hampshire Hogs.
Mr Jobling joined Brooking Knowles & Lawrence, the Winchester accountancy practice, as a trainee, and, once qualified, became a partner of the Southgate Street firm. Working alongside prominent Old Tauntonians cricketer Tony Baker (who was chairman of the Southern League), Tim soon became league treasurer – a fiscal role he continued with Hampshire CCC in the latter days of Northlands Road.
Hampshire chief executive Rod Bransgrove takes up the story.
“I first met Tim when he was working for Tenon in the 90’s and hosting occasional relaxed working lunches with local businessmen.
“These were genuinely productive and enjoyable occasions and I am sure that the network he established was of great benefit to his Company.
Cheerful and witty
“He was on the Hampshire County Cricket Club Committee in 2000, when I first got involved with the Club, and was the only committee member who voiced the full extent of his concerns about the true vulnerability of the business.
“A Trustee of the Barker-Mill Foundation (alongside Naomi House) and a passionate Hampshire cricket and Southampton football devotee, he was consistently cheerful, witty and optimistic even when unwell in recent years.
“My thoughts right now are with all his devoted extended family and the numerous good friends who, like me, will profoundly miss this honest, generous and entertaining character.”
Away from his love of sport, Tim had been a long-serving trustee of the Barker-Mill Foundation and former chairman of the Winchester Medical Foundation.
The Barker-Mill Foundation has paid tribute. Its chairman Richard Moyse recalled: “Tim was appointed as a trustee in 1995 and in his 25 years with us was a huge asset to the Foundation.
“His passion and continued championing for charities ensured support was provided to causes that most benefitted the wider Hampshire community, and his compassion, dedication and loyalty for helping others was admirable and unstinting, we shall all miss him.”
Mr Jobling died recently, aged 74 years, after a brave battle against prostate cancer.
He captained the Peter Symonds Grammar School as an all-rounder – according to his brother Chris he was a decent away-swing bowler in his teenage years – the pair going on to play for Eastgate, who then became Winchester City. The King George V Ground was the club’s home.
A subsequent merger saw Winchester City link up with Hyde Ramblers, where Tim played as a top order batsman in a powerful side which included Don Marks, Bob Lashley, Brian ‘Bumper’ Lush, Richard Edwards, Dave Stratton, Pete Green, Rob Savage and Ken Mould.
Team-mate Peter Green, now Hampshire 70s captain, reflected: “I played a great deal with Tim at Hyde Ramblers.
“He joined when Winchester CC amalgamated with Ramblers and batted at number 3, keeping company with prolific batsmen such as Dave Stratton, Geoff Goater and Dave Hayter, pace bowlers Bob Laishley and ‘Bumper’ Lush, and spinner Kenny Mould.
“It was a fine, all-round team, one of the original Southern League sides. With North Walls as the home ground, Tim was always great company at the many after match evenings spent at the King Alfred.”
Tim subsequently joined Petersfield and captained their Southern League side for three seasons between 1983 and 1985. He played his Sunday social cricket with the Hampshire Hogs.
Mr Jobling joined Brooking Knowles & Lawrence, the Winchester accountancy practice, as a trainee, and, once qualified, became a partner of the Southgate Street firm. Working alongside prominent Old Tauntonians cricketer Tony Baker (who was chairman of the Southern League), Tim soon became league treasurer – a fiscal role he continued with Hampshire CCC in the latter days of Northlands Road.
Hampshire chief executive Rod Bransgrove takes up the story.
“I first met Tim when he was working for Tenon in the 90’s and hosting occasional relaxed working lunches with local businessmen.
“These were genuinely productive and enjoyable occasions and I am sure that the network he established was of great benefit to his Company.
Cheerful and witty
“He was on the Hampshire County Cricket Club Committee in 2000, when I first got involved with the Club, and was the only committee member who voiced the full extent of his concerns about the true vulnerability of the business.
“A Trustee of the Barker-Mill Foundation (alongside Naomi House) and a passionate Hampshire cricket and Southampton football devotee, he was consistently cheerful, witty and optimistic even when unwell in recent years.
“My thoughts right now are with all his devoted extended family and the numerous good friends who, like me, will profoundly miss this honest, generous and entertaining character.”
Away from his love of sport, Tim had been a long-serving trustee of the Barker-Mill Foundation and former chairman of the Winchester Medical Foundation.
The Barker-Mill Foundation has paid tribute. Its chairman Richard Moyse recalled: “Tim was appointed as a trustee in 1995 and in his 25 years with us was a huge asset to the Foundation.
“His passion and continued championing for charities ensured support was provided to causes that most benefitted the wider Hampshire community, and his compassion, dedication and loyalty for helping others was admirable and unstinting, we shall all miss him.”
