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NEW MILTON 3rd XI vs HYTHE 2ND XI
Hants Reg South West 2
Saturday 28th August
Defeat For 2's Despite Effeny's Efforts
Wayne EFFENY 5-19
Hythe Second XI expected to finish their season off in style against lowley New Milton but instead suffered a 4 run defeat at a soggy Fernhills.
The ageless Wayne Effeny took 5-19 as the green caps bowled the home side out for 132. Their was also a welcome return to cricket for Harry Smith who took 3-32. Hythe then fell 4 short despite 25 from Ewan Bell and 23 from skipper Mike Bowman
Hythe took to the field first on a damp wicket after all the weeks rain. New Milton got off to a steady start before Tim Bath had R.Vallis bowled for 9 with the score on 25. At drinks the home side had moved onto 77 for 1 with A.Case looking in very good form. Case and Vallis brought up the hundred before Effeny had Clarke caught for 15 by James Page. In his next over Effeny got the big wicket of Case caught by Bell for 75 - New Milton 109 for 3 off 29.
The collapse had begun as Hythe got on top Next over Harry Smith bolwed Hussey for 1 - no not D or M Hussey but A. At 119 the 5th wicket went down when Smith bowled Crossley for 2. Effeny then took 3 quick wickets leaving the home side 127 for 8. Spinners White and Smith took the last two - New Milton 132 all out in 42 overs.
Hythe got off to a bad start when Matt Young was caught for 0. Wayne Effeny and Mike Bowman took the score to 47 before Bowman was LBW off Crossley for 23. Effeny quickly followed - caught behind off Baker for 16. Mills and Page added 24 for the 4th wkt before Mills was caught behind for 11. Page followed next over bowled by Crossley for 25. - Hythe 71 for 5 off 27
Ewab Bell looked in good form as he and Harry Smith took the green caps past the ton in the 34th over. Smith was then caught for 13 off Waller at 110. Four runs later Bell was bowled for 25 and with 5 overs left Hythe needed just 18 to win. Gary Howe was caught off Crossley for 6 and Russell Moore bagged a duck leaving Hythe 119 for 9. Bathy and Chalky added 6 before Bath was bowled by Crossley - Hythe defeated by 4 runs.
Innings of : NEW MILTON 3rd XI 132 All Out (42 Overs)
| Batsman | How Out | Bowler | Runs |
| 1. A.Case | Ct. Bell | Effeny | 75 |
| 2. R.Vallis | Bowled | Bath | 9 |
| 3. T.Clarke | Ct. Page | Effeny | 15 |
| 4. A.Hussey | Bowled | H.Smith | 1 |
| 5. D.Crossley | Bowled | H.Smith | 2 |
| 6. M.Walker | Bowled | Effeny | 12 |
| 7. D.Wooster | L.B.W | Effeny | 0 |
| 8. E.Baker | Ct. Mills | Effeny | 0 |
| 9. W.Crossley | Not | Out | 2 |
| 10. B.New | St. G.Howe | White | 5 |
| 11. T.Hussey | L.B.W | H.Smith | 0 |
| Extras - 10 | TOTAL | 132 All | Out |
Hythe Bowling
| Bowler | Ov | Mn | Runs | Wkts |
| Russell Moore | 10 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Tim Bath | 10 | 2 | 40 | 1 |
| Wayne Effeny | 10 | 2 | 19 | 5 |
| Ian White | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Harry Smith | 10 | 2 | 32 | 3 |
Innings of : HYTHE 128 All Out (40.5 Overs)
| Batsman | How Out | Bowler | Runs |
| 1. * M.Bowman | L.B.W | Crossley | 23 |
| 2. M.Young | Caught | Hussey | 0 |
| 3. W.Effeny | Caught | Baker | 16 |
| 4. L.Mills | Caught | Waller | 11 |
| 5. J.Page | Bowled | Clarke | 11 |
| 6. E.Bell | Bowled | Crossley | 25 |
| 7. H.Smith | Caught | Waller | 13 |
| 8. +G.Howe | Caught | Crossley | 6 |
| 9. R.Moore | L.B.W | Crossley | 0 |
| 10. I.White | Not | Out | 3 |
| 11. T.Bath | Bowled | Crossley | 5 |
| Extras - 15 | TOTAL | 128 All | Out |
New Milton Bowling
| Bowler | Ov | Mn | Runs | Wkts |
| T.Clarke | 10 | 2 | 28 | 1 |
| A.Hussey | 7 | 2 | 33 | 1 |
| D.Crossley | 9.5 | 4 | 15 | 5 |
| E.Baker | 6 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| M.Waller | 8 | 2 | 23 | 2 |
RESULT : NEW MILTON (21pts) Beat HYTHE (9pts) by 4 Runs