Hampshire County Division 2

Waterlooville vs Hythe & Dibden 1st XI

24th May Played @ East Meon

Errors Prove Costly As Hythe Slip To Heavy Defeat  

Hythe's undefeated run ended with a 101 run defeat on a very ordinary East Meon strip as the home side took advantage of some costly fielding lapses.

Batting first Waterlooville's Aussie C. Baumann after being hit on the chin from a lifter from J.Weall decided attack was the best form of defence and launched in to anything pitched up from Weall and R.Froggett, before long Waterlooville had reached 50 and despite the wicket playing up Hythe could not stem the flow of runs.

Skipper S Dixon turned to P.Whitlock and he was initially successful in putting the brakes on and a frustrated Baumann then twice offered up his wicket but the ever unfortunate Whitlock saw his hard work undone as both chances were put down and from then on Waterlooville and Baumann in particular raced away. With the home side now well past 100 without loss, Hythe leggie L. Mills came on and although Baumann reached a fine 100 Mills had him caught in the deep by Froggett and shortly afterwards he removed the stubborn L. Carroll 42 who had supported his dominant partner well and before long Mills picked up a third wicket bowling J.Burnett 4. Waterlooville captain D. Langrish & M.Goddard kept the runs flowing and a third dropped catch off Whitlock did nothing for the bowlers amusement. The returning Weall removed Goddard 24 caught well by K.James and R.Last then ran out J.Hudson 5 but Langrish remained 42 not out as the home side totalled an imposing 239-5.

R.James & S.Dixon were keen on giving Hythe a quick response and both looked to attack anything off line but the uneven wicket was becoming ever more difficult to deal with and although James looked good for 18 his wicket gave Waterlooville the breakthrough they were after, M.Howe joined his captain at the wicket but could not reproduce the fine batting displays from the last two weeks falling for 12 and although S.Wright played a lovely cameo of 26 Hythe were falling further behind the run rate. Dixon was trying his best to keep the runs ticking over but seemed to get most of the unplayable deliveries before falling for a gritty 18. K.James fell for 3 and soon afterwards at 96 E.Bell 0 was bowled by spinner J.Burnett and the spinner soon had his fourth wicket removing Froggett 8 at 107, R.Last blasted a quick 17 as Hythe looked for some additional batting points Whitlock 9 not out and Weall 10 got Hythe past 125 before Mills was caught for 0 and Hythe were all out for a disappointing 138.  

Innings of : WATERLOOVILLE 239 For 5 (45 Overs)

Hythe Bowling.

Innings of : HYTHE 138 All Out (40.4 Overs)