WEEKEND TEAM NEWS

Week 10 of the League Season - Second Half of the Season - Time to Start Winning !!!

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Hampshire County 2

Sat 9th July - Otterbourne vs Hythe 1st XI

2pm Start @ Southern Water Ground

Post Code : SO21 2DH

This Saturday Hythe 1st XI (17th) travel to Otterbourne (13th) in County 2.

Skipper Matt Howe makes just one change from the side that was beaten by Flamingo last week. Rob Saunders returns in place of Rob James.

Otterbourne who came down from County 1 last year - have found the going tough this season and currently won 3 of their 8 games played so far.

Last 3 Games

Otterbourne's three wins have come against - Hurlsey Park (54 Runs), Old Basing (1 wkt) & St.Cross (6wkts) but they also lost to New Milton (39 Runs) & Flamingo (9 wkts).

Otterbourne's strength this season has been their bowling - S.Rajan has been prominent wth both bat and ball. M.Goodall is once again having a decent start to the season with knocks of 56 & 63.

Hythe are the weakest team by far this season with the bat

From 8 Games :

Last Seasons the two sides met in a pre season friendly : Hythe 1st XI 227-5 (M.Howe 61, M.Edwards 42, K.James 40*) Beat Otterbourne 224-5 by 5 Wkts

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Hampshire South West 2

Sat 9th July - Hythe 2nd XI vs Bransgore 2nd XI

@ Jones Lane

Another big game for Hythe 2nd XI (5th) as they host Bransgore 2nd XI (2nd) @ Jones Lane.

Mike Bowman makes two changes - Luke Mills and Tom Porter come in for Lee Powell and Luke Blackwell.

Bransgore who won promotion last season have started well again this time round - winning 6 of their 7 games played.

Last 3 Games

Bransgore have also beaten New Milton (4 wkts), Ringwood (5 wkts), Milford on Sea (3 wkts) and Swan Green (10 wkts).

Their Bowling has been impressive this year with C.Fox and M.Jones leading the way with the ball. Four 50's have been scored with the bat as well - M.Balsom will be the guy Hythe have to get out early.

Last Time The Two Sides Played 2009 - Hythe 2nd XI 134-3 (W.Effeny 66*, M.Young 23, M.Bowman 17) Beat Bransgore 133-5 (W.Effeny 4-26) by 7 Wkts

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Hampshire South West 3

Sat 9th July - Hythe 3rd XI vs Paultons 3rd XI

2pm Start @ Thornberry Avenue

Hythe 3rd XI (9th) face Paultons 3rd XI (5th) in a tough test at Thornberry Avenue.

Hythe fresh from a good win over Burley last week welcome back Tony North, Jack Knight-Owen and Mike Graham. But they will be without - opening pair Kev James and Nick Shrive, Gareth Mead and Tom Nicholas and last weeks star man Ian Prentice.

Paultons have made a decent start this season winning 6 of their 9 games and are the only side to beat Lymington.

Last 3 Games

Paultons have also beaten Suttoners II's (88 Runs), Boscombe (22 Runs), Camelot (4 Wkts) and lost to Exbury (133 Runs) , Trojans (1 Wkt) and Parley 96 Runs.

Battings definately Paultons strength with no less than 5 fifties coming from the players so far this season. R.Dickinson M.Johnson and T.Philips are the guys Hythe have to get early. With the ball Paultons D.Lenton and J.Holgate have been their main source of wickets.

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Sun 3rd July - Tony Woodhouse Trophy

Hythe Sunday 2nd XI v Fawley

2.30pm Start @ Jones Lane

It's Hythe's third game in the 6 match tournamnet and Captain Sam Mead will be looking for a win which will take them back to the top of the league. Sway play Cadnam on the same day.

Fawley who will be without Nick Shrive who is on holiday - have done well so far this term without gaining a win. They frustrated both Fawley and Sway to earn draws, and only lost to Cadnam second time round in the final over.

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COLTS MATCHES THIS WEEK

Sunday 10th July - 10.30am Start @ Lymington Sports Ground

Lymington vs Hythe Under 15's

Hythe Under 15's (6th) face old foes Lymington (3rd).

The Linnets have 5 out of 6 games played so far this season and stuck in a 3 way battle with New Milton and Wellow for the title. Their only defeat came at the hands of New Milton

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Sunday 10th July - 10.30am start @ Jones Lane

Hythe Under 11's vs Mudeford

Woodsy will be wanting to forget about their cup final and try and finish the league campaign with wins so they finish as high as possible.

Hythe Under 11's currently lie in (5th) with Mudeford one place higher in (4th place). Both sides have won 3 lost 3.

Chris Kemp and Thomas Ferrier come in this week.

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Tuesday 12th July - 6.30am start @ Roundhills

New Forest Cup Semi-Finals

Bramshaw vs Hythe Under 13's

With the Under 11's already in the Cup Final - its now the Under 13's chance to achieve club history when they aim to beat Bramshaw in this weeks semi-finals in what looks an even contest. Hythe are (6th in South Division) whilst Bramshaw are (8th in the North Division)

The winners will face either New Milton (3rd in South Division) or Lymington (1st in South Division) in the final.

If you get chance - Please Come along and support the Under 13's in their quest to get to the final

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Good Luck To All Our Teams This Weekend