Five Southern Premier League batsmen struck maiden centuries in the latest round of matches, among them Bournemouth’s Luke Matthews, whose 110 effectively torpedoed any prospect Hook & Newnham Basics had of lifting the Division 1 crown.
The tall Exeter University student, pictured, hit two sixes and ten fours in his century which underpinned the Lions’ 230-6 – a total Hook got no where near matching.
Trojans hockey ace Toby Edwards provided the fireworks for New Milton, forcing drivers to make a hasty evacuation of the Fernhill car park as the launched a non-stop six-hit assault on the Academy bowlers.
Edwards, only recently restored to first team action, dented four cars – one a Mercedes – as he flayed eight ‘maximums’ in a brutal 109 (13 fours) and virtually single-handedly swept the Green & Golds past the Academy’s 21307 (Tom Scriven 95).
Less than a mile away, Chris Vaughan toasted his first SPL ton, setting up Bashley Rydal’s 73-run win over visiting Ventnor with the bat and then taking four wickets with his new-found left-arm spin action.
Richard Lock scored 101 in a losing cause as Lymington went down by two wickets at champions designate Havant, while Rufus Bullough made a treble for the first time as promotion chasing Fair Oak won by 59 runs at relegated Ryde.
The tall Exeter University student, pictured, hit two sixes and ten fours in his century which underpinned the Lions’ 230-6 – a total Hook got no where near matching.
Trojans hockey ace Toby Edwards provided the fireworks for New Milton, forcing drivers to make a hasty evacuation of the Fernhill car park as the launched a non-stop six-hit assault on the Academy bowlers.
Edwards, only recently restored to first team action, dented four cars – one a Mercedes – as he flayed eight ‘maximums’ in a brutal 109 (13 fours) and virtually single-handedly swept the Green & Golds past the Academy’s 21307 (Tom Scriven 95).
Less than a mile away, Chris Vaughan toasted his first SPL ton, setting up Bashley Rydal’s 73-run win over visiting Ventnor with the bat and then taking four wickets with his new-found left-arm spin action.
Richard Lock scored 101 in a losing cause as Lymington went down by two wickets at champions designate Havant, while Rufus Bullough made a treble for the first time as promotion chasing Fair Oak won by 59 runs at relegated Ryde.
