Hampshire South West Regional Division 2
BOURNEMOUTH III vs HYTHE & DIBDEN 2nd XI
26th July 2008
HYTHE SUFFER IN THE HEAT @ BOURNEMOUTH
Hythe 2nd XI suffered a disappointing 90 run defeat at the hands of Bournemouth this afternoon after being shot out for just 96. New recruit Michael Graham top scored with 28.
Bournemouth won the toss and elected to field first.
With Mike Edwards missing skipper Mike Bowman had to shuffle his bowlers around on a good pitch. Wayne Effeny opened the bowling with a hung over Chalky White but Bournemouth got off to the perfect start scoring 31 off the first 5 overs. D.Iles particulaly looked in good nick with the bat. But in the 12th over a breakthrough when White run out Hurley for 16- Bournemouth 55-1. Walton (9) was next out bowled by Russell Moore. Bournemouth 89-2 off 19 overs. Hythe's younger bowlers were putting in good spells and keeping the score down to 4-4.5 an over. At 105 the home side lost their 3rd wicket when Iles was out for 66 caught by White off Greg Woods. Two more wickets quickly followed and Bournemouth were 116-5. First Tongs caught Owlst aff Moore for 19 and Beally was caught Moore off the impressive Greg Woods.
A partnership of 42 then developed between Message and Beally to put Bournemouth on top once again. But at 158 Hythe got their 6th wicket White again catching Beally for 24off Pete Stevens jnr.
After tea Hythe got off to the worse of starts when Tongs was caught for 0 off the third ball. Other opener Tom Porter didn't fair much better being caught & bowled for 5 Hythe 17-2 off 8. Michael Graham joined Wayne Effeny at the crease to form the best partnership of the innings (a poultry 22). Effeny was third man out for 14 and Graham went onto make 28 before being bowled by Hawkes. Hythe continued to lose wickets at a rapid pace - Bowman was run out for 11, James Page 6 and Pete Stevens triggered first ball. Hythe 69-6 off 25 overs.
With the game lost Hythe needed to bat out the overs for bonus points but the young tail crumbled - Chalky White running out of partners on 13 not out. Hythe all out for 96 in the 35th over.
Innings of : BOURNEMOUTH 186 All Out (39.1 Overs)
(D.Iles 66, G.Message 25, J.Beally 24)
Hythe Bowling
| Bowler | Ov | Mn | Runs | Wkts |
| W.Effeny | 11.1 | 1 | 45 | 2 |
| I.White | 11 | 1 | 59 | 1 |
| R.Moore | 7 | 9 | 34 | 2 |
| G.Woods | 7 | 2 | 15 | 2 |
| P.Stevens jnr | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
Innings of : HYTHE 96 All Out (35 Overs)
| Batsman | How Out | Bowler | Runs |
| 1. S.Tongs | Caught | Beally | 0 |
| 2. T.Porter | Ct & Bd | Watts | 5 |
| 3. W.Effeny | Bowled | Symons | 14 |
| 4. +M.Graham | Bowled | Hawkes | 28 |
| 5. *M.Bowman | Run | Out | 11 |
| 6. P.Stevens snr | L.B.W | Hawkes | 0 |
| 7. J.Page | Bowled | Symons | 6 |
| 8. R.Moore | Bowled | Hawkes | 0 |
| 9. G.Woods | Bowled | Message | 5 |
| 10. P.Stevens jnr | Caught | Message | 6 |
| 11. I.White | Not | Out | 13 |
| Extras - 8 | TOTAL | 96 All | Out |
Result : BOURNEMOUTH (23 pts) Beat HYTHE (7pts) by 90 Runs |