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Havant lure MCC YC Snell to Division One
Mike Vimpany - 25 March 2002
Hampshire Under-19 batsman/wicketkeeper Steve Snell has confirmed that he is joining Southern Electric Premier League club Havant this summer.
Snell, 19, will play for the 2000 Premier 1 champions when his duties as an MCC Young Professional at Lord's permit. Leading run scorer for Hampshire YCs for the past three seasons, Snell joins the Lord's groundstaff next month.
He is currently playing for the MCC YCs in Cape Town, where he has spent the winter playing for Hermanus, scoring over 500 runs.
He hit two centuries - including a career-best 179 against Correctional Services - and four scores of 50-plus for the Boland Super League club.
Snell played for Ventnor for the past three seasons, helping the Steephill club to successive Hampshire League championships and, ultimately, a place in Premier League Division 3.
"I've had three superb seasons at Ventnor. Everyone at the club has been magnificent in helping me in my career, but now I have to look to the future and move on.
"Havant are a very professionally run club and, having direct road and rail links with London, will be an easy venue for me to reach each week," he said. Snell confirmed, however, he had no intention of severing his links with Ventnor.
"Rest assured, I will go back there and play midweek and Sunday games whenever I can. Some of my best mates play at Steephill and I want to continue my association with the club for a long time yet," he stressed.
Snell is expected to make his Havant debut in the Southern Electric Premier Division opener against Portsmouth on May 4.
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