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SPCL 2 - Services go top as Academy dent Easton's record
Mike Vimpany (as published in Daily Echo) - 3 June 2002
Easton & Martyr Worthy's unbeaten spell as early season Southern Electric Premier League, Division 2 leaders is over after a 46-run defeat by the Hampshire Academy.
They lost top spot to United Services, who inched a point ahead after whipping Hungerford by seven wickets at Portsmouth Grammar School.
But Easton, who lost control of affairs in a key three-over spell immediately before tea, showed just why they had made such a bright start to the season.
A three-wicket spell by new West Indian army recruit Keith Brewster (3-52) had the Academy wobbling at 62-4 (Iain Brunnschweiler 34).
The Young Hawks, parading four Under-17s in their top six, were revived by Lawrie Prittipaul (63) and Tom Burrows (30), who doubled the score before Steve Green (3-42) broke through.
Ian Hilsum (21) took the total on to 192-7, but when Luke Merry (24) and James Schofield took 30 runs off the final three overs, the Academy were sitting pretty at 230-7.
Fresh from four straight wins, Easton needed one of their top five to make a big score - but it did not materialise. They dipped to 50-4 and 82-5 before Brewster's defiant 47 boosted their flagging fortunes.
But Prittipaul (3-37) ripped out the middle-order, leaving Easton to taste their first defeat at 184-9.
United Services leapfrogged into pole position, overhauling Hungerford's 175-8 to win by seven wickets at Hilsea. Owen Dawkins (67) and Steve Wyatt (35) top scored in Hungerford's 175-8.
But a century second-wicket partnership between Portsmouth University students James Robson (65) and Tom Clark (59 not out) guided US to within sight of an important victory.
Fourth-wicket pair Tim Richings (66 not out) and Andy Heyes (62 not out) shared an unbroken century partnership to guide Sparsholt to a third successive win over Lymington at the Norman Edwards Memorial Ground.
Having bowled Lymington out for 181, Sparsholt were 68-3 when Richings and Heyes came together.
Left-armer Mike Ball (4-23) shone for Sparsholt, removing openers Aaron Heal (23) and Glyn Treagus before Ben Craft (58), supported by Martin Hunt (26) and Matt Malloy (22), provided the bulk of Lymington's runs.
Winchester KS moved off the bottom for the first time this season after Paul Marks (37 not out) and Raj Naik (27 not out) set up a six-wicket win over Rowledge at River Park.
Basement new boys Rowledge struggled for runs after being put into bat and were dismissed for 128, with teenage spinner Rhys Oxley (4-26) cutting through the lower order.
Chris Yates (2-29) and David Lloyd (2-24) shared the spoils as Winchester slipped to 79-4 before Marks and Naik set up a second consecutive win.
Old Tauntonians & Romsey tailenders Jeff Stothert (21) and Mukesh Morjaria (13 not out) put on 28 in a frantic last-wicket stand before Trojans all-rounder Paul Douglas broke the partnership off the penultimate ball to force a 141-run each tie at Romsey.
Trojans 141 all out (Mario Mohamed 54) appeared a long way off when the pair came together at 113-9 with OTs facing probable defeat.
But OTs, who had earlier dipped to 49-6 against Douglas (4-28) and Jamie Donaldson (2-29), rallied through Jeremy Ord (26) and Stothert.
They were on the brink of an unexpected victory at 141-9 when, two balls from the end, Douglas had Stothert caught at cover by Mohamed.
© SPCL / Daily Echo / Mike Vimpany
| Players/Umpires | Iain Brunnschweiler, Lawrence Prittipaul, Ian Hilsum, James Schofield, Owen Dawkins, Steve Wyatt, Timothy Richings, Glyn Treagus. |
| Tournaments | Southern Electric Premier League |
| Season | English Domestic Season |