Indoor Nets to Kick-Start Your Season

Nets! Blow away the cobwebs, dust down your bat, and get ready for this years promotion push!

Calling all players! We have arranged for nets to take place at Bishop Luffa Sportshall, starting on Tuesday 3rd Feb.

From 6-7pm for Juniors, and from 7-8pm for U15s and Adults.

Cost is £2 per person to cover the hire cost and insurance.

They will take place each week up to and including the 31st March.
New Players and returning players welcome.

See you there.

Bosham vs Kirdford - Sunday 31 August

It's a 1:30pm start at Itchenor
*meeting 1pm at the Swan

1. Tom Gilliatt
2. Sam Gilliatt
3. Jonathan Hobson (tbc)
   
4. Olly Mann*
5. Jack Hardman
6. James Cox
7. Stephen Griffiths
8. Tony Droar
   
9. Len Gough
10. John Strudwick*
11. Laurence Tait
    

30 August - Bosham vs Portsmouth & Southsea

Oaklands 2pm start

1. Mark Allen
2. Tom Gilliatt
3. Sam Gilliatt
4. David Goodman
5. Colin Henderson
6. John Barnett
7. Martin Farrell
8. Michael Rooke
9. Nick Outram
10. Mark Trinder
11. Dave English

It's quite simple....

We now have to beat Portsmouth & Southsea by 24 points to nil and hope Wickham or United Services loose to finish in the top two.

Team	Played	Won	Tie	Lost	Bat Pts	Bwl Pts	Pen Pts	Tot Pts	Avg
Portsmouth & Ssea II	13	11	0	2	82	48	0	262	20.15
United Services III	13	11	0	2	72	55	0	259	19.92
Wickham	13	10	0	3	73	52	0	245	18.85
Bosham	13	9	0	4	78	52	0	238	18.31
Compton	14	9	1	4	83	52	0	249	17.79

Another poor batting display costs Bosham

Bosham slumped to their third successive defeat against Hambledon and effectively ended their chances of securing promotion this season. Their recent poor form with the bat continued as Bosham failed to chase down a target of 145 at the historic Bat & Ball ground in Hambledon.

After loosing the toss Bosham made a very positive start with the ball and soon had Hambledon reduced to 14 for 2. The batsmen continued to struggle with Martin Farrell going on to take 5 for 33. He was supported well by Tom Gilliatt and John Barnett who picked up one and two wickets respectively. The Hambledon innings closed on 144 for 9 with Bosham the far happier team at tea.

After the interval Hambledon had the best possible start when Carrs fired in great delivery to clean bowl Tom Gilliatt for a duck. Soon after Bascombe claimed the wicket of Sam Gilliatt and Bosham found themselves at 13 for 2. However, Mark Allen sparked a mini-recovery and seemed to have regained some form as he got on top of the Hambledon bowlers. He had accumulated 23 runs when he mistimed a drive and the ball looped up to be caught at extra cover. Despite David Goodman, Lawrence Hembrow and Colin Henderson all making reasonable starts they found the going tough and with the pitch deteriorating keeping up with the required run rate was challenging.

With wickets being taken regularly it needed someone to step up and score a fifty if Bosham had any chance of claiming a win. Hopes of a win dwindled as Hambledon maintained their grip on the game and continued to take wickets finally bowling out the visitors for 96.

The final two weeks run-in

Here are the key fixtures:

August 23		Week 17
Compton		v	Ordnance Survey
Hambledon III		v	Bosham
Netley Sports		v	Wickham
Portsmouth & S'sea II		v	United Services III
August 30		Week 18
Bosham		v	Portsmouth & S'sea II
So'ton Travellers		v	Compton
United Services III		v	Eastleigh & Otter II
Wickham		v	Denmead

Wickham
They have not picked-up as many bonus points in their games and find themselves a little off the pace. A tough away game to Netley is a must win but they end with a visit from Denmead which you must fancy they will win.

Prediction (L-W) 253/14 = 18.07

Compton
Two wins look fairly certain although I think Southampton Travellers may prevent a full points win.

Prediction (W-W) 289/15 = 19.27


United Services
Capital's withdrawl has really helped US. The big game this weekend against Portsmouth & Southsea will decide the title. If United Services keep the form they showed against us last week they might just grab a win. Their final game against Eastleigh is likely to be a 24 point home win.

Prediction (W-W) 280/14 = 20.00


Portsmouth & Southsea
If US beat them in week 17 then we must beat them in the final game of the year to stand any chance on making the promotion place. A tough run-in for the team that have been top all year.

Prediction (L-L) 270/14 = 19.28


Bosham
I'm not going to tempt fate with any predictions for us here especially after our recent performances. However, I think 39 points from the last two games would likely give us a promotion.

Capital withdraw from the league

This is the sort of news we didn't want....

Capital have made a late withdrawal from RD2SE and the League

"Because of their withdrawal at this late stage of the season they will be treated as one of the 3 relegated teams from this division. Their records from the season have been removed."

Team	Played	Won	Tie	Lost	Bat Pts	Bwl Pts	Pen Pts	Tot Pts	Avg
Portsmouth & Ssea II	12	11	0	1	77	47	0	256	21.33
United Services III	12	10	0	2	65	51	0	236	19.67
Bosham	12	9	0	3	76	48	0	232	19.33
Compton	13	9	1	3	77	52	0	243	18.69
Wickham	12	9	0	3	66	49	0	223	18.58
Netley Sports	11	7	0	4	62	50	0	196	17.82

Hambledon III vs Bosham

12:30pm meet at the Swan

1. Martin Farrell
   
2. Hugh Dodd
   
3. Tom Gilliatt
4. Sam Gilliatt
5. David Goodman
6. Colin Henderson
7. John Barnett
8. Lawrence Hembrow
9. Mark Allen
10. Michael Rooke
11. Nick Outram (tbc - injured!)
    

United Services set up close finish to the season

Bosham slipped to their third defeat of the season against United Services after a disappointing batting performance at Oaklands Park.

United Services batted first and set a target of 178. Despite a lively looking wicket the Bosham bowlers were unable to extract any life out of the pitch and the anticipated bounce and lateral movement did not materialise. This allowed the batsman to take control and a solid opening partnership of 75 from Margetson and Toms laid the foundations for the innings. The introduction of John Barnett into the attack once again provided impetus for the Bosham attack as the veteran began taking wickets. His haul of 6 for 38 from 12 overs was vital in taking the momentum out of the innings and restricting United Services to a modest 178.

At the break Bosham were confident of making the target and despite loosing Barratt and Outram cheaply a third wicket partnership between Mark Allen and David Goodman threatened to turn the game in Bosham's favour. However, when Allen swept Clinton Rudder he did not connect properly and the ball flew high to Bartlett at third man who took the catch. Tom Gilliatt only lasted two balls and Goodman was bowled a couple of overs later to reduce Bosham to 84 for 5. Rudder and Saunders continued to pressure the batsmen with some controlled bowling and as Bosham slipped behind the required rate wickets continued to tumble. George Barratt held out at the end of the innings with an unbeaten 12 which not only gained Bosham an extra batting point it also denied United Services full bowling points which could be vital at the end of the season.

Going in to the last two weeks of matches there is now a five way battle for the title and the second place promotion spot. With Bosham hosting Portsmouth and Southsea on the final game of the season it could all come down to the final ball of the season.

Team	Played	Won	Tie	Lost	Bat Pts	Bwl Pts	Pen Pts	Tot Pts	Avg
Portsmouth & Ssea II	13	12	0	1	82	52	0	278	21.38
Bosham	13	10	0	3	83	53	0	256	19.69
Wickham	13	10	0	3	72	54	0	246	18.92
Compton	13	9	1	3	77	52	0	243	18.69
United Services III	13	10	0	3	67	51	0	238	18.31

Bosham vs Burley

change now Away at Burley - 2:30pm start
Meeting at the White Swan @ 12:50

1. Martin Farrell
2. Tom Gilliatt
3. Sam Gilliatt
   
4. Matthew Burley
5. Jon Hobson
   
6. George Barratt
7. Laurence Tait
8. Paul Barnett
   
9. Sam Evans
   
10. Olly Mann
    
11. Jack Hardman