TONY WOODHOUSE TROPHY 2011

	PREVIOUS WINNERS
	2010 - Hythe & Dibden
	2009 - Sway
	2008 - Fawley
	2007 - Sway
	2006 - Fawley
	2005 - Hythe & Dibden
	2004 - Hythe & Dibden
	2003 - Beaulieu

Game 1 - Cadnam fielded a strong young side and raced to 100 in just 12 overs. Cadnam eventually reached 242 for 8 at tea and paid the price for not declaring earlier as Fawley's 10th wicket pair batted out 10 overs for the draw. Well done to them. Fawley 157-9 at the close.

Game 2 - Hythe surprised themselves with a 7 wkt win over new boys Cadnam. Cadnam batted first scoring 163 for 6 in tricky conditions - with the dangerous Peter Eliott making 36 and M.Wright-Green 54*. Hythe then got home thanks to an unbeaten 101 3rd wkt partnership between Zac Millar 49* & Sean Tongs 37*. More importantly though - the game was played in an excellent manner. 

Game 3 - Sway vs Hythe was rained off - 6 points each 

Game 4 - Fawley frustrated Sway to earn a draw at Hardley School. Sway batted first scoring 194-3 (Peter Bennet 67*, S Baughan 44 and L Symonds 25) Fawley in reply 115-7 (Nic Shrive 50 Not Out - carried his bat from start to finish and Lawrence Read 14). Sway bowled very well and were excellent in the field but couldn't quite pull off the win.

If someone would like to send me the run makers for each side and best bowling figures - I'd appreciate it

Clubs - Please remember this is a competition to blood youngsters into Senior Cricket without haing to throw them straight into league cricket

FIXTURES FOR 2011

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RULES OF THE COMPETITION

• Rules will be the same as normal Sunday Friendly Games with a 2.30 start, 5pm tea and 20 overs in the last hour of play.
• No player who plays in the County Divisions 1-4 will be allowed to play in the competition excluding colts (U17's & below).
• Teams must consist of at least 6 colts (Under 17 as per New Forest Colts League)
• No bowler to bowl more than 8 overs in the game to enable more people to participate.
• A Winning Side will pick up 12 points
• Bonus points for Batting will be achieved at 100-125-150-175-200. (altered for 2011)
• For sides batting second winning with wickets in hand. A point will be added (max 5 batting in total) for every 2 wickets in hand
• Bonus Points for Bowling will be achieved at 2-4-6-8 and 10 wickets. (altered for 2011)
• If a game is postponed because of the weather both sides will collect 6 points.
• If a game is stopped and cannot be finished then bonus points will count as well as the 6 points for a cancelled game.

A Few of my players asked the question - Why is there no share of the points for a drawn game ?

The idea is for colts to spend time in the middle and defend their wickets rather than needlessly giving it away which they would do chasing runs in 40 over games. To earn full points you have to win the game and that means bowling teams out.

Any comments / ideas on any of the rules - chiv.com@virgin.net

CURRENT CHAMPIONS

Hythe's winning side 2010 - nine of these lads also played colts cricket in 2010

HISTORY

The Tony Woodhouse Trophy was set up in 2003 with the idea of Hythe using it to bring youngsters into adult cricket. Lawrence Read at Fawley has been doing it for years and together the two clubs invited Beaulieu to form a Triangular Tournament with the sides playing each other once. Now the tournament has moved 4 four clubs each playing each other twice.

Tony Woodhouse himself played for Hythe for nearly fifty years & during the last twenty it was spent in the Sunday 2nds playing with the youngsters.

Through the 80’s the team consisted of Tony, Alan Wiltshire and 9 colts representing Hythe 2^nd XI which resulted in heavy defeats and some objections from the opponents. Yet Hythe ignored the complaints and many of the Senior players today benefited from those years of cricket. Tony never complained though – he was happy in the slips with the young lads running around the field and if they dropped a catch off his bowling, he use to shout ‘ never mind you’ll catch the next one’.