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Southern Premier League Division 2 - Week 11 Report
Mike Vimpany - 16 July 2000
Hambledon are disputing Trojans' two-wicket Southern Premier League Division Two win at Stoneham Lane on grounds that two separate 'one short' signals by the umpires were not recorded by the official scorers.
Trojans scrambled two runs off the final ball to pass Hambledon's 161 all out, but the visitors claim the scorebooks were wrong, with the Stoneham club credited with two more runs than they were entitled.
Hambledon skipper Ian Turner, the former Hampshire left-arm spinner, refused to sign the official result sheet and plans to make an official protest.
Adrian Magrath (51) top scored in Hambledon's 151, with Simon Williams (40) defying a painful finger injury to fire Trojans' response.
Trojans eventually needed seven runs for victory off the final over and reached 162-8 courtesy of Richard Bull's deft flick to leg off the very last ball.
Hursley Park threw themselves a lifeline in the Southern Premier League Division Two survival battle with a thumping ten-wicket win over Lymington at The Quarters.
Dave Prodger (4-30) was Hursley's match winner, removing Lymington's top four batsman, including Glyn Treagus (44).
Zac Morris (27) became one of three victims for spinner Andy Marks (3-24) as Lymington tottered again before Phil Pineo (21 not out) and Tony Thorpe (17) lifted the total to 140.
But there was no holding Hursley Park, who rattled off the target with Dave Jackson hitting an unbeaten 85 and Paul Edwards a more sedate 42 not out.
It's tight at the top, with only two points separating Liphook and Ripsley from second-placed Portsmouth.
Ben Nolan, who left Bashley (Rydal) to join United Services earlier in the season, took a best-yet 6-35 for his new club against leaders Liphook and Ripsley.
But Liphook's 119 (Duncan Berry 33) proved more than enough as Mayu Pasupati (3-8) and Matt Eaton (4-5) gunned down dismal US for 54.
Portsmouth's Drayton Park did not appear particularly batsman friendly either - 18 wickets falling for 235 runs before Portsmouth sneaked a narrow win over Winchester K.S.
Winchester slipped to 35-4 against Dave Tiller (3-11), Paul Hayward (3-22) and Lawrie Prittipaul (2-33).
Raj Naik (39) and Dave Greetham (30) rallied before Winchester tumbled to 84-5 - a target promotion-chasing Portsmouth looked pressed to challenge at one stage.
Paul Dew (30) got them flying out of the traps, but from 43-0, Portsmouth slumped to 93-8 with Naik (3-25) and Martin Taylor (2-8) strangling their run-scoring ambitions.
But James Moon (17 not out) found a reliable partner in Hampshire Under-15 batsman Michael Barnes (11 not out), whose 25-run partnership won the day.
Alton remain marooned at the basement after a 50-run defeat by Old Tauntonians and Romsey, whose 132 all out (Ian Tulk 43) proved far too many for the visitors.
Jeremy Ord (3-7 in 12 overs) caused Alton countless problems with his late swing, while only teenager Michael Heffernan (24) made any impression as Nick Wood (5-23) cut through the lower order.
Alton, dismissed for 82, lost veteran Paddy Heffernan with an Achilles injury that required hospital treatment.
| Teams | England. |
| Players/Umpires | Ian John Turner, Glyn Treagus, Zac Morris, David Jackson, Mayu Pasupati, Lawrence Prittipaul. |
| Tournaments | English Leagues |
| Season | English Domestic Season |