| PRE SEASON BACK IN TIME |
With the weather likely to play havoc once again with this weekends fixtures
~ Here's how we got on pre~season - in years gone by
This week its 5 - 10 & 21 years ago as we prepared for the new season.
| 2007 |
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| Nardus GROBLER |
2007 saw both Hythe side finish 4th in their respective leagues and the Hythe 1st XI lost out on promotion by losing their final game by 2 runs.
Nardus Grobler (262) and Rob James (247) topped the batting whilst Ben KendrIck (23 wkts) Richie Froggett (24 wkts) and Nardys Groble (17 wkts) made the Hythe attack one of the leagues strongest.
Wayne Effeny (242 runs) topped the 2nd XI Batting averages despite Sean Tongs hitting (343 runs). Mike Edwards took 21 wkts.
Pre season saw Hythe lose all their fixtures against decent opposition.
Hythe XI 215-8 (G.Howe 69*, T.Porter 39, G.Grobler 32) Lost to Locksheath 279-8 (D.Miller 3-50, B.Smith 2-30) by 64 Runs
Hythe XI 178-9 (G.Grobler 31, T.Porter 31, M.Howe 26, M.Bowman 25) Lost to Sarisbury Ath 182-6 (S.Miller 2-33) by 4 Wkts
Hythe XI 164 all out (P.Whitlock 54, B.Kendrick 28, M.Edwards 19) Lost to Coombe Bissett 168-5 by 5 Wkts
| 2002 |
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| Eugene BURZLER |
2002 - After winning County 4 the previous season Hythe finished 2nd in County 3 losing just one game in the process.
Eugene Burzler scored 678 runs @ 84.75 with Wayne Effeny scoring 513 runs and Sean Tongs 310. Burzler also showed his class with the ball taking 36 wickets - no wonder Hampshire 2nds and Lymington tapped him up.
Hythe 2nd XI finished 17th in Combination West and the Hythe Sunday side battled with the Southern Premier League guys in the Cross Solent League finishing a creditable 9th out of 11.
For the 2nd XI both Gary Howe & Pete Stevens scored 267 runs whilst Chalky White topped the bowling with 20 wickets.
Pre season turned out to be a washout with only 3 games played and one of them having to be the opening game in the Cross Solent.
Hythe XI 101-3 (S.Tongs 46*, S.Dixon 21) Beat Pylewell Park 100 all out (I.White 4-14, M.Bowman 3-31, S.Chiverton 2-17) by 7 Wkts
Cross Solent Lge - Hythe Sun XI 144-7 (P.Whitlock 26, W.Effeny 23) Lost to Hursley Park 145-2 by 8 Wkts
Hythe Sun XI 157-5 (R.James 83*) Beat Rowner 153 all out (W.Effeny 4-31, M.Edwards 2-12, P.Whitlock 2-37) by 5 Wkts
| 1991 |
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| Pete STEVENS |
1991 - Hythe First XI played in County 3A finished 10th which would mean the following season they would play in County 4.
Batting struggled with only David Kempton scoring over 300 runs for the season. Paul Whitlock took 21 wickets.
A blinding April saw Hythe play 7 pre season games.
Look at our groundsman go in pre season.
Hythe XI 163-6 (R.John 49*, M.Atkinson 45*, D.Clift 35) Drew Lymington 149-8 (S.Tongs 3-31, K.Morgan 2-28)
Hythe Sun XI 73 all out (S.Crowe 18, M.Wiltshire 15) Lost to Purbrook & Portsdown 75-3 (B.Kendrick 1-6, P.Ladkin 1-20, S.Tongs 1-22) by 7 Wkts
Hythe 2nd XI 98 all out (G.Harris 30, D.Wastell 23, R.Green 18) Beat Trojans II 88 all out (M.Garner 7-20) by 10 Runs
Hythe XI 173-8 (N.Tustain 27, P.Stevens 26, G.Smith 25, M.Atkinson 24, R.John 23) Drew Trojans 182-6 (P.Stevens 2-56)
Hythe XI 101-8 (S.Pierson 20, P.Whitlock 18. N.Tustain 13) Drew Broadstone 143-9 (P.Stevens 3-18, M.Atkinson 2-17, G.Harris 2-41)
Hythe Sun 2nd XI 104 all out (S.Chiverton 24, J.Clarke 23, D.Wastell 15) Lost to Pylewell Park 182 all out (M.Joughlin 4-30, L.Francis 2-36) by 78 Runs
Hythe Sun XI 112-7 (A.Goodridge 31*, J.Clarke 24, L.Francis 20) Drew Paultons 195-8 (A.Woodhouse 2-14, A.Goodridge 2-40, J.Clarke 2-42)