Lymington Club 2004 Handbook Lymington Cricket Club Founded 1807 Lymington Sports Ground, Southampton Road, Lymington, Hampshire

Club Officers President: Brian Hobby Chairman & Secretary: Peter Tapper (01590 674660) Assistant Secretary: Shirley Foster (01590 678364) Treasurer: Mark Gannaway (01590 676973) Fixture Secretary: Neill Denby (01425 620837)

Committee Robin Goff (01590 674407), Dave Gelling (07950 251172), Michael Hope (01590 610484), Sheila Hope (01590 610484), Tony Jenkin (023 8086 3910), Trevor Phillips (01425 614865), Bob Iles (01425 619367)

Life Members W Drodge, NM Gannaway, LED Gregory, JJE Hardy, FGD Heppenstall, B Hobby, Q Lacey, AD Webb

Honorary Members SJW Andrew, R Flood, T Jenkin, A McIntyre

Vice Presidents C Allen, Mr & Mrs J Andrew, J Barrett, J Blizzard, S Coltman, W Craft, Mr & Mrs RW Fairburn, NE Gannaway, Mr & Mrs R Goodridge, Mrs M Gregory, M Halliwell, G Hayward, G Hollobone, D Irvine, J Lawson, Major D Monckton, J Pallister, B Perrett, D Rogers, J Stanley, A Spencer, P Tapper, Mrs JNB Trestrail, HRH Truscott, C Walford, T Walsh, J Williams

Team Captains Club Captain ...... Neil Trestrail 1st XI ...... Dan Peacock 2nd XI ...... Trevor Phillips 3rd XI ...... Jerry Holt 4th XI ...... Mark Gannaway Sunday XI ...... Mark Gannaway Midweek Friendlies ...... Robin Goff

Colts Managers Under 15s ...... Chris Noble Under 13s ...... Tony Thorp Under 11A ...... Tony Thorp Under 11B ...... Mark Gannaway

www.lymingtoncc.com the thoughts of Chairman Tapper

Welcome to the first ever Lymington Cricket as our new Assistant Secretary. I hope that Club Handbook! Edited by Trevor Phillips, the all our new members have a long and handbook is packed full of information on the successful association with Lymington club, as well as containing an in-depth review Cricket Club. Sadly, we have said goodbye to of the 2003 season and plenty of revealing three club stalwarts, and we wish Wayne articles about many of our members. I’m also Smith, David Scott and Nick Jenkin all the pleased to report that Larry the Lark has best at their new clubs. been lured out of retirement to give his I’d like to make a plea for all players and club thoughts on the club. members to use the bar and support all our Sadly, the introduction of an annual club activities. Not only are bar takings an handbook heralds the end of the club essential source of revenue for the club, but programme which, members will recall, was a the post-match socialising with teammates virtually unique publication in club cricket. and opposition alike is part and parcel of the Over the past twenty or so years the club make-up of English club cricket. So don’t has produced more than 200 issues of rush off after the game - please stay and the programme, raising thousands of share a pint or two with your fellow pounds in sponsorship, as well as members. providing an unrivalled chronicle of Finally, I’d like to thank all the advertisers the club during that period. Our in this handbook, especially Source thanks must go to all the and Chase Sports who have programme editors, provided sponsorship for the colts contributors and sponsors and senior sides respectively. over the years. Have a great season! I’d like to offer a warm welcome to our new players for the 2004 season. I'm also pleased to announce the appointment of Shirley Foster contents Club Fixtures 2004 page 2 Wish You Were Here! page 24 Sundries page 5 Colin Cooper’s Scoreroom 101 page 28 Review of the 2003 season page 6 Colts Report page 32 League Tables 2003 page 13 Colts Fixtures page 34 Averages 2003 page 14 Anatomy of a Madman page 36 The Spirit of Cricket page 15 More Tea Vicar? page 38 Development Fund page 17 Aaron’s First Class Winter page 41 Comings & Goings page 18 Memorable Matches 2 page 42 Sheila’s Top Tea-Time Tips page 19 The Cricketing Life of Brian page 44 Memorable Matches 1 page 20 Mystic Meg’s Predictions page 48 Indoor League Report page 22 Junior Larks Page page 50 There’s only two Lymington CCs! page 23 Larry’s Picture Puzzle page 51

Handbook edited and designed by Trevor Phillips and digitally printed by Printwise of Lymington (01590 674419) Home matches in bold 2004 First XI Second XI Third XI Southern Premier Hampshire League Hampshire League League Division 2 Division 1 South West 2

Manager: David Heppenstall Captain: Trevor Phillips Captain: Jerry Holt Tel: 01425 614667 Tel: 01425 614865 Tel: 023 8028 2213 Captain: Daniel Peacock Vice Captain: Tim Hunter Vice Captain: tbc Tel: 023 8023 7449 Tel: 07775 923935 Vice Captain: Ben Craft May 8 Flamingo May 8 Wellow & Plaitford May 15 Fareham & Crofton May 15 Ringwood May 1 Burridge May 22 Eastleigh & Otterbne May 22 Ordnance Survey May 8 Alton May 29 Waterlooville May 29 Hordle May 15 Ventnor May 22 Easton & MW June 5 Sarisbury Athletic June 5 Exbury May 29 Gosport Borough June 12 Locks Heath June 12 Godshill June 19 US Portsmouth II June 19 Trojans II June 5 Sparsholt June 26 Calmore Sports II June 26 Mudeford II June 12 Hursley Park June 19 Calmore Sports July 3 Burridge II July 3 Bramshaw II June 26 St Cross July 10 Redlych & Hale July 10 Woodgreen July 17 Langley Manor July 17 Hyde July 3 Burridge July 24 Fair Oak July 24 Eastleigh & Otterbne July 10 Alton July 31 Andover II July 31 Knightwood Park July 17 Ventnor July 24 Easton & MW Aug 7 OTs & Romsey (1pm) Aug 7 Bashley III July 31 Gosport Aug 14 Tichborne Park (1pm) Aug 14 Soton Travellers Aug 21 St Cross Syms II (1pm) Aug 21 BAe Christchurch Aug 7 Sparsholt Aug 28 Bramshaw (1pm) Aug 28 Alderholt Aug 14 Hursley Park Aug 21 Calmore Sports Home Matches are played at the Home Matches are played at Sports Ground. Matches commence Woodside Park. Matches Aug 28 St Cross at 1.30pm unless otherwise stated. commence at 2.00pm. Home Matches are played at the Sports Ground. Matches Pre-Season Friendly note: the fixtures in these lists commence at 1.00pm. May 1st St Cross (2pm) were correct at the time of printing. If in any doubt about a Pre-Season Friendlies fixture please refer to the club Fixture Card or contact your April 10 Southsea (2pm) captain. April 25 Bashley (Sunday 2pm)

please note: ¥ Players are reminded to wear correct club kit when representing Lymington Cricket Club. Items are available for purchase from Peter Tapper. ¥ Senior practice nets take place on Thursday evenings at the Sports Ground from 6.30pm. ¥ Please remember to fill in availability forms. Team selection will take place on Tuesday evenings. ¥ Captains should ensure that match reports for every match are sent to the Lymington Times by 12 noon Tuesday for inclusion in the following week’s paper. Their email address is [email protected]. And don’t forget to send a copy to the club website via [email protected].

two fixtures Home matches in bold Fourth XI Sunday Fixtures Midweek Fixtures

Hampshire League Captain: Mark Gannaway Captain: Robin Goff South West 3 Tel: 01590 676973 Tel: 01590 674407 April 25 Corfe Mullen (2pm) Captain: Mark Gannaway May 3 Lyndhurst Tel: 01590 676973 May 2 Hursley Park May 31 Ashby Timkin Vice Captain: Luigi Di May 9 Wessex Pilgrims Maria Tel: 01425 617133 May 16 Fawley June 22 Metro Gas May 23 Woodgreen June 28 Ickenham May 8 Ellingham II May 30 Bexley Park May 15 Mudeford III July 16 Canford (11am) May 22 Hythe & Dibden II June 6 Christchurch July 26 BATS May 29 BAT III June 13 Boscombe Aug 30 Milford-on-Sea June 20 Maniacs June 5 Milford-on-Sea Sept 3 Burley (Overs 40s match) June 27 Romsey June 12 Bransgore July 4 Swanmore June 19 Langley Manor II Other fixtures at Lymington June 26 Burley II July 11 South Wilts Sports Ground in 2004 July 18 Forty Club (1.30pm) July 3 Calmore III July 25 TBA May 12 Southampton Uni v. July 10 Pylewell Park II St Marys, London July 17 CBBEA Aug 1 Six-a-Sides (11am) (12.30pm) Aug 8 Brian Rickman July 24 Fawley III June 29 British Universities Memorial July 31 Camelot Home International (11am) Aug 15 Dale Middleton Aug 7 Cadnam II Memorial (11am, Bashley) July 7 Hants Over 50s v Aug 14 Swan Green Aug 22 TBA Somerset (2pm) Aug 21 Brockenhurst Aug 29 Dan Peacock’s July 22 Hants U15s v Aug 28 New Milton III Zimbabwean XI Cornwall (11am) (President’s Day) (11am) Home Matches are played at Aug 18 Old v Young Elite (6pm) Woodside Park. Matches Sept 4 New Milton (Sat 2pm) commence at 2.00pm. Sept 5 TBA Sept 12 Brading (1.30pm) Sunday and Midweek matches Colts fixtures appear Sept 19 Sparsholt (1.30pm) commence at 2.30pm unless otherwise stated. on page 34 Sept 26 Paultons (2pm)

Cup Fixtures 2004

SEC Cup Presidents Cup Forest Cup Second Round First Round First Round June 8 Bournemouth 6.15pm May 10 Langley Manor 6.15pm June 14 North Baddesley or Mudeford 6.15pm June 22 Quarter Final May 24 Quarter Final 6.15pm July 5 Semi-Final 6.15pm July 12/15 Semi-Final June 21 Semi-Final 6.15pm July 23 Final (at New Milton) Aug 1 Final (Rose Bowl) July 9 Final (at Pylewell Park)

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four sundries presentation dinner: Those members who chose not to attend this year’s annual club dinner at Stanwell House Hotel missed a treat. Guest speaker Roger Dakin, back by popular demand after a highly successful speech in 2000, once again had the diners in stitches with his barrage of razor-sharp observations on life. Very few of the members present escaped Roger’s brilliant put-downs. Most memorable was his heavyweight verbal duel with professional heckler Bob Iles - the speaker coming out on top by three falls and a submission. All in all it was a wonderful evening . . . just a pity so many players missed it! obituaries: We are sad to report the deaths during the past 12 months of four friends of the club. Brian Down lost his battle against cancer in early April. A journalist for the Lymington Times all his working life, Brian reported on local sport for many years and was an Honourary Member of our club. John Davis was a regular in the side from the late 50s through to the early 70s. He took twenty or more virtually every season and in 1958 took 9 for 42 against British Railways. John Totterdell played for Lymington during the 60s and 70s and was a great supporter of the club, eventually becoming a Vice President. Mavis Drew was a familiar sight at the Sports Ground for many years. Along with husband Mick and friend John Tregear, she would sit in the same seat in front of The Tins and rarely, if ever, missed a match. All four will be sadly missed by the club. golf day: Congratulations to David Coles who once again organised a superb corporate golf day at Barton in March. 18 teams took part in the tournament which raised more than £2000 towards club funds. Overall winners were Dunwood Manor who finished just ahead of Platino Media and Grist Personnel. Individual prizes went to Martin Risman (Longest Drive); Dennis Pym (Nearest the Pin) and Mark Prince who won the putting competition. website: Steve Scott has kindly agreed to take over the running of the club website. All captains are requested to send match reports to Steve, via email and preferably in a Word file, on the Monday after a match. If anyone has any articles or photos that they think would be suitable for the website, they are welcome to email Steve at [email protected]. The website address is www.lymingtoncc.com. the ground: Robin Goff reports that the Sports Ground square should be in tip-top condition for the 2004 season. “Despite the wet weather I’ve done plenty of rolling, so if anyone gets a shooter this year it won’t be my fault!” Unfortunately some idiot attempted to burn a hole in the artificial practice , but luckily missed a good length by some 10 feet - prompting speculation that the perpetrator may have been Matt Allen! Lymingtonian sees history in the making In March Richard Butcher, whose son William last forces; the individual body searches at the season played for the Under 11B side, was fortunate turnstiles by the local constabulary Ð even mobile to be present at the historic one day international phones had to be left behind; the tumultuous between and India in Karachi. noise of ecstatic and excited spectators of both A docile pitch produced a feast full of runs and with Pakistani and Indian origins whose whistles and nearly 700 scored in the course of the day. India horns were very much in evidence; and the exotic entirely justified their reputation as one of the aromas of curried chicken burgers and chapattis world’s strongest machines, while Pakistan filled with a cocktail of local delicacies. on the other hand, were not to be outdone and “The preponderance of youth amongst the packed came within a whisker of levelling the scores. The stands, with the female gender being particularly most memorable batting came from the Pakistan well represented, amply demonstrated the game’s captain Inzamam Ul-Haq, who plundered 4’s and future well being Ð at least in this part of the sub- 6’s in contrived abandonment, in between ambled continent. And above all, I shall remember the singles to amass the only century of the match. friendliness and hospitality shown by everybody, Memorable as the match undoubtedly was, it will especially to such an obvious foreigner as myself. be some of the other sights and sounds (not to Surely, despite inventing the game of cricket in a mention a few smells) which will remain uppermost little Hampshire village, we as a nation, have in Richard’s memory: “The approach roads and much to learn from our Pakistani and Indian ground, ominously ringed by armed security friends, both on and off the field.”

five 2003: the good, the bad and the downright ugly!

We look back on The calm before the storm . . . the 2003 season: Lymington began the season with high hopes and, the trials and for the first time, a First XI coach. Dave Gelling tribulations, the had joined the club after helping the Hampshire tears and tantrams Academy team achieve promotion to the Gold League in 2002. Unfortunately, all attempts to (and there were recruit an overseas player to replace Aaron Heal quite a few!). came to nothing, although Zimbabwean Tom Peacock - brother of Dan - was drafted in to fill the During the season role. A back injury to David Coles meant that Tom the Firsts and would become the regular First XI wicketkeeper before the end Seconds flirted of May. with promotion; Pre-season friendlies saw Lymington Elevens fall to defeat at the Thirds flirted Southsea and Bashley. In the latter fixture Mark Jackson gave a hint with relegation; of what was to come during the season, notching up a battling 90. Remarkably, Lymington managed to reach the second round of the and Tony Wharton National Knockout for the first time in several years, thanks to a flirted with just convincing win at Ventnor where 18 year old Ed Molloy underlined about everyone! his potential with a fine half-century. May: Rain (and an FA Cup Final) stops play . . . Once again the good old British weather meant that May was a virtual wash out. The Firsts' "It was a good opening two home matches were cancelled, while decision. You the match at Burridge was cut short due to rain. cannot separate Fortunately there was enough time between the showers for Lymington to chase a rain reduced politics and total of 110 to win by 8 wickets with impressive sport, especially performances from Glyn Treagus (47no) and Dan in Africa." Peacock (4 wickets and 38). The sun finally appeared on May 24th at St Cross where Lymington recorded a convincing win. Martin Dan Peacock on Hunt produced his best senior innings to date, scoring a fine 83. He ’s decision not to and Dan Peacock (58) helped Lymington to an unassailable 249 for play their World Cup 6 before Treagus's 5 wicket haul set up a 60 run victory. A match against comfortable win over Gosport the following week enabled Lymington to finish the month at the top of the table.

Photos: Sadly, the club's interest in the National Knockout ended as they Dave Gelling Martin Hunt were well beaten by Winchester in a rain-affected match.

six The Second XI played even less cricket than the Firsts during May. But the two matches they did "Dale always complete saw the team record noteable victories. had time for a Against Basingstoke at the Sports Ground, they chased 259 to win by 7 wickets thanks to Mark chat and a laugh Jackson (78), Tim Hunter (69no) and Jason Carr - you rarely saw (59). It was a similar story at Sarisbury where him without a Lymington overhauled the home side's 225 to register a 5 wicket victory. Jackson's early season smile on his form continued with 92, while Ian Young chipped in with an face" important 56. A Lymingtonian sums up The captainless Third XI began the season with a rain-affected why Dale Middleton will defeat at Lyndhurst. As FA Cup fever gripped the region, both the be so sadly missed Thirds and Fourths were permitted by the Hampshire League to call off their matches on Cup Final day. The following week the Thirds slipped to their worst defeat in many years as they were skittled out for a paltry 52. It was a similar story a week later when the team was shot out for 91 on the plastic at Bashley. The Fourth XI finally ventured onto the field on May "We ate too 24th, but probably wished they hadn't as they fell to a 46 run defeat at Hythe despite Luigi Di Maria's 5 for many ice 24. The following week, Steve Coltman's battling 76 creams." wasn't enough to save them as visitors Burley chased 219 to win by 4 wickets. Little did despondent 2nd XI captain Guy skipper Meg Gannaway realise, but that was to be Hayward puts the the last defeat his Fourth XI would suffer all season. capitualtion at Redlynch down to his side's sweet tooth. June: Firsts falter, Thirds and Fourths on a roll . . . During June Lymington CC was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of former player Dale Middleton. Although the hugely popular and talented all-rounder had spent the past few years with Bashley, Dale had played much of his early cricket at the Sports Ground, and still had many close friends within the club. With three wins under their belt, the Firsts went into June in "I will never confident mood. But somewhere along the line it all went wrong. play Sunday Having suffered their annual defeat at Sparsholt, they were then cricket again!" smashed for 278 by Easton & Martyr Worthy on a belter at the Sports Ground. Things got even worse as Lymington suffered a 127 An unhappy Dan run defeat against United Services. The following week the team Peacock after breaking a had the misfortune to meet a rampant Chris finger in a Cross Solent League match at South Tremlett at Hursley Park. In pursuit of Hursley's Wilts 239 for 8, Lymington managed just 169 with Ben Craft, with a fine 89, seemingly the only Lymo batsman able to cope with the young Hampshire seamer. New signing Eugene Burzler took 3 Photos: wickets on his debut. Matters weren't helped by the Mark Jackson Steve Coltman absence of the influential Dan Peacock (broken Dan Peacock

seven finger) and Glyn Treagus (tonsillitis) for several matches during the "Pure village!" month.

The Sunday Seconds A handsome win over Hursley Park in the SEC Trophy was all to no captain describes the avail as Lymington were then soundly beaten by a rampant Chairman's ton at Bournemouth in the third round. Meanwhile, Calmore put an end to Woodgreen the club's hopes of a run in the President's Cup. The Seconds enjoyed mixed fortunes in June. Peter Tapper revived memories of former glories with an unbeaten 95 as Lymington amassed 266 for 8 (Hunter 83) against Old Basing who managed just 155 in reply. The team then somehow managed to suffer a first defeat of the season, despite scoring 279 for 9 at Redlynch. Normality was restored in the next match as Chris Noble's 5 wicket haul helped Lymo to a 134 run win over United Services. In an otherwise depressing summer, the Thirds " off back enjoyed a fantastic June. They began the month **** with a 22 run win over Alderholt thanks to solid to your own batting displays from Nick Jenkin (63no) and Jerry country!" Holt (60). Jenkin carried on his good form at Fawley where his half-century helped Lymington record a 41 An irate (and run win. Ordnance Survey were the next team to be geographically dispatched by the Thirds with Alex Treagus taking challenged) Esso bowler tells Bryn Derbyshire to vital wickets. The month ended with a nailbiting 5 wicket win at return to, er, England! Hordle. Newcomer Nick Lee had showed glimpses of his undoubted talent at Fawley, but at Hordle Rec he really came into his own, bludgeoning the ball to all parts in a highly entertaining 81. Paul Sturmey continued the heroics, his cameo innings taking Lymo past Hordle's 177 with just 1 ball to spare. The Fourth XI finally recorded their first win of the season against New Milton, and from that point on there was no looking back. In the next match James Lowe smashed an unbeaten 80 as Lymington cruised to a 128 run win over Beaulieu, and then Luigi Di Maria took "The young lad 6 for 19 against Bransgore who were shot out for just 85. Walford froze Lymington were also embarking on a memorable run on the big in the Stone Cup. A quarter-final drubbing of Esso - occasion." inspired by Meg Gannaway and Dom Di Maria’s huge unbeaten opening stand - was followed by an Meg Gannaway tries to equally impressive 9 wicket win at Brockenhurst explain his strike where Chris Walford and Ali Iles were the bowling bowler's Stone Cup Final heroes. Sadly, Lymington's big guns all suffered an nightmare off-day at Hythe and the cup was won by New Milton in a disappointingly one-sided final. July: A ton for Tapper, Lowe on a high . . . July began with an ill-tempered win for the First XI at Purbrook. Photos: Alex Treagus Burzler was Lymington's matchwinner, taking 3 wickets and scoring Dom Di Maria 45 to help Lymington to a tense 3 wicket win. But, instead of re-

eight launching their season, the team then slumped to two more defeats against Burridge and OTs. Zimbabwean Test bowler Gary Brent "Not exactly inspired Burridge to a 4 wicket win with only Ian Young (54) showing chanceless" any sort of form. A sixth defeat in seven matches followed as OTs & Romsey recorded a 27 run win at Romsey Sports Centre. Chasing Guy Hayward reflects on OT's modest 208 for 9, Lymington's batting again collapsed after the Chairman's century Treagus (41) had given the innings a solid base. against Calmore The Seconds continued their assault on the Hants 1 title with three excellent wins in July. First victims were Calmore who were made to pay for dropping Peter Tapper who went on to score an unbeaten century in a Lymo total of 221. They were also left to rue some rather rash shots as their reply slumped from a promising 120 for 2 to a disappointing 191 all out. The following week Tim Hunter's half "He's not the century at Burridge was the mainstay of the Seconds' 259 for 7. With quickest Martin Gregory showing good pace, the home side were bowled out for 193. OTs were the next team to suffer as Lymo recorded a 40 run between the victory, Mark Jackson returning to form with 90 in a Lymington total wickets, but if of 193. you hit that Unbeaten in June, the Third XI were looking to mount a late many promotion charge in July. Their confidence was boosted by another impressive performance at Woodgreen where Nick Jenkin's boundaries you unbeaten 73 helped Lymo to a 9 wicket victory. However, that was don't really as good as it got for the Thirds. A narrow 13 run defeat against need to be" Trojans was followed by a much more emphatic 9 wicket thrashing at Godshill and it was all downhill from thereonin. Meg Gannaway describes James Lowe's By the beginning of July the Fourths - and the batting style partnership of Gannaway & Lowe in particular - were proving to be unstoppable. They began the month with a 198 run demolition of Ringwood with Meg Gannaway (118no) and Jim Lowe (75no) rattling up a massive 261 for 1 - the team's highest score of the season. A week later Lymington overhauled Verwood's 217 for 4 to sneak home by "Seeing Bob 2 wickets in a dramatic finish. Half centuries from and CJ at the Lowe and Coltman set the team on its way to victory, but it was the crease hardly unlikely ninth wicket pairing of Bob Iles and Chris James that won the match with some heart-stopping running between the wickets. inspires The following week yet another huge partnership between confidence in a Gannaway (107) and Lowe (92) accounted for Fawley who could muster just 203 for 6 in reply to Lymo's 248 for 4. captain!"

The Fourth XI skipper August: Thirds hang on, Fourths hints that the win at on the up . . . Verwood came as a something of a surprise The First XI's awful run of results in June and July had left them to him. looking nervously over their shoulders as they entered the final month of the season. However, in true Lymington style, the team then went on to win their remaining five matches and finish in a Photo: creditable third position. But the month nearly began with another James Lowe

nine defeat when Lymington, having scored 239 for 8 "Glyn’s hundred (Burzler 70, Hunt 66), almost allowed Gosport to was superb - I sneak a shock victory. The following week Treagus (59) and Dan Peacock (47) saw Lymington home look forward to to a hard-earned 3 wicket victory over Sparsholt, the next one" before Easton & Martyr Worthy were beaten by 20 runs in a low-scoring and bad tempered encounter Dan Peacock enjoys his at Cockets Mead. With confidence running high, opening batsman’s first Lymington then smashed 288 for 6 against United league century of the season against United Services thanks to a brilliant century from Glyn Treagus and good Services knocks from Dan Peacock (84) and Ben Craft (61). Treagus then took 3 wickets as relegation-bound US replied with 234 for 9. The final match of an topsy-turvey season saw Lymo sneak a dramatic 1 wicket win over Hursley Park thanks to some late heroics from Christian Pain. The Seconds suffered a rather more disappointing finale to the season, falling to defeat against promotion rivals Tichborne Park, Bournemouth and "Don't blame Andover. Without the injured Mark Jackson, Lymo me - I wasn't crumbled to 66 all out against Tichborne despite there!" having had the eventual champions floundering on the ropes earlier in the match. Jackson returned to The 2nd XI captain is the team the following week at Andover and scored quick to absolve himself 76, but it was all to no avail as Lymington fell well from his side's dismal short of the home side's 266 for 7 (Smith 6-65). Two more defeats batting performance against Bournemouth and Eastleigh were only noteworthy for yet against Bournemouth more runs for Mark Jackson - his 98 against Eastleigh taking his season's haul well past 650. The final match of the campaign at Bramshaw saw Trevor Phillips slog his way to a remarkable 152. With John McGuirk and Wayne Smith also registering half-centuries, Lymington rattled up 293 for 3, a total that looked in some doubt until the home side's reply eventually fizzled out some 39 runs short Jim Stevenson gave the Thirds the perfect start to August with a classy century in the 74 run "Give him his thrashing of Bitterne. However, three consecutive due . . . there defeats against Bramshaw, Burley and BAT saw the side plummet towards the lower reaches of the were a couple South West Two. Tony Jenkin, after a great deal of of good shots mental arithmetic (with the emphasis on the 'mental'), calculated that Lymington need 6 points in there!" from their final match against Cadnam to avoid relegation. Chasing Cadnam's 151 for 6, Lymington could muster A Bramshaw player gives his assessment of Trevor just 126 for 7, but had secured the precious points and had duly Phillips' innings been spared the dreaded drop. The Fourth XI's relentless march up the New Forest Division table continued unabated in August. Bob Iles and Luigi Di Maria both took Photos: 5 wickets as Sway were bundled out for 48 in pursuit of Lymington's Christian Pain Wayne Smith 163 for 6. James Lowe (56no) then helped secure a 7 wicket win Jim Stevenson over Pennington, before the team produced a magnificent ten performance against old rivals Bashley. Requiring 238 for victory Lymington cruised to an 8 wicket "He was much win thanks to fifties from Lowe and Gannaway, and more positive a nostalgic 63 from Lymo old boy Simon Erkins. than previous Perhaps the Fourth team's most remarkable performance of the season came against seasons. His Brockenhurst. Having come perilously close to batting was a calling off the match due to a lack of players, revelation." captain Gannaway also knew that his key batsman Lowe wouldn't be arriving until tea-time at the earliest, having been visiting the Guy Hayward sums up hospital where his wife had just given birth. With this in mind the Mark Jackson's amazing captain managed to persuade his Brockenhurst counterpart to bat summer first, and considering all their problems, Lymington did extremely well to restrict Brock to 220 for 7 with veteran Ronnie Hawker (alledgedly bowling for the first time in eight years) taking 4 wickets. Proud new father Lowe duly arrived in time to join Gannaway (104no) in an opening stand that saw Lymington romp home to a quite astonishing 10 wicket victory. And so the Fourths went into the final match of the season knowing "Not the ideal that a victory would give them promotion to South West 3. This they scenario, but achieved with some ease as Gannaway's unbeaten half century set something to up a 9 wicket victory. improve on." the final verdict: The First XI captain As in 2002, Lymington First XI ended the season in third place. reflects on his team’s When the team played well they were brilliant, when they were bad poor performance in the they were awful - there never seemed to be anything in between! Fair Play League Ben Craft finished the season with a creditable 510 runs, while spin- twins Treagus and Peacock took 48 wickets between them. Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of the season was the team's performance in the Fair Play League. 37th out of 38 teams is a hugely disappointing return for a club that prides itself on its friendliness and hospitality. The Seconds finished the campaign in fifth place in "He’s not doing Hants 1 - three places higher than 2002 - and it next year!" captain Guy Hayward was able to look back on a very satisfying season. The batting form of Mark Linda Jenkin finally Jackson was a revelation, and his 676 runs cracks after her deservedly clinched the Division's batting award. But husband’s 1000th phone call of the season! once again a lack of bowling had been the team's achilles heel. "We need to get a more balanced side if we're to take it one step further," reflected the retiring captain. The Third XI undoubtedly suffered from the lack of a permanent captain, although Jerry Holt deputised admirably when available. In view of all their problems the team actually did well to avoid relegation. Nick Jenkin often held the batting together on his own, amassing a creditable 430 runs while Alex Treagus took 20 wickets Photos: in a promising first season with the club. Ronnie Hawker Ben Craft

eleven The Fourths had a quite amazing season. Winless in May, Meg "We’ll be better Gannaway's team then remained unbeaten for the rest of the next year!" season. Their success was built around the phenomenal batting form of James Lowe (616 runs at an average of 154!) and Meg Anon Gannaway (595 runs at 66.11), and the bowling of Luigi Di Maria (34 wickets) and Bob Iles (23 wickets). By its own standards the club had a poor season in the Cross Solent Sunday League, struggling to raise competitive sides. Consequently

The Stone Cup Final we were well beaten in several matches, although the club’s fortunes team at Hythe & did perk up towards the end of the season thanks to Eugene Burzler’s Dibden input with the bat. With this in mind, the club took the regretable step of withdrawing from the League for the 2004 season, a sad development in view of the fact that Lymington had won the first three titles when the league was introduced ten years ago. However, if the club senses an upturn in support for Sunday league cricket then it will consider rejoining the Cross Solent League in 2005.

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twelve Hampshire South West Division 2 where we P W Td L Bat Bowl Total Ave Lyndhurst 14 12 0 2 84 56 284 20.29 finished in Burley 14 11 0 3 79 52 263 18.79 Fawley II 14 10 1 3 80 57 263 18.79 Bramshaw II 14 9 0 5 76 59 243 17.36 2003 . . . Hordle 14 8 1 5 79 51 232 16.57 Ordnance Survey 15 9 0 6 79 53 240 16.00 SPL Division 2 Bashley (Rydal) III 14 7 0 7 81 58 223 15.93 Hyde 14 7 0 7 82 50 216 15.43 P W L N/R Bat Bowl Total Ave Draper Tools 14 7 0 7 67 59 210 15.00 OTs & Romsey 16 12 3 1 61 57 262 17.47 Alderholt 13 7 0 6 66 43 193 14.85 St.Cross 16 11 4 1 59 59 250 16.67 Godshill 15 7 0 8 82 46 212 14.13 Lymington 16 9 6 1 56 60 224 14.93 Woodgreen 15 6 0 9 74 50 196 13.07 Easton & MW 14 9 5 0 53 47 208 14.86 Trojans II 15 6 0 9 77 46 195 13.00 Burridge 16 8 7 1 53 48 197 13.13 Soton Travellers 15 6 0 9 73 55 190 12.67 Hursley Park 17 8 8 1 61 50 207 12.94 Lymington III 15 6 0 9 74 41 187 12.47 Sparsholt 18 6 10 2 61 43 176 11.00 Cadnam II 15 6 0 9 68 46 186 12.40 Gosport Borough 16 4 11 1 51 53 152 10.13 BAT Sports III 14 3 0 11 63 33 132 9.43 United Services 17 5 11 1 50 44 154 9.63 Bitterne 14 1 0 13 53 38 103 7.36 Purbrook 14 3 10 1 31 44 111 8.54

Hampshire League New Forest Division Hampshire League Division 1 P W Td L Bat Bowl Total Ave P W Td L Bat Bowl Total Ave Hythe & Dibden II 13 12 0 1 85 59 288 22.15 Bournemouth II 13 12 0 1 73 56 273 21.00 Mudeford III 13 11 1 1 77 58 273 21.00 Tichborne Park 14 12 0 2 82 66 292 20.86 Burley II 13 11 0 2 82 52 266 20.46 Hartley Wintney 12 10 0 2 69 52 241 20.08 Lymington IV 13 11 0 2 82 51 265 20.38 Andover II 13 11 0 2 75 50 257 19.77 New Milton III 13 10 0 3 76 53 249 19.15 Lymington II 13 8 0 5 73 51 220 16.92 Fawley III 13 9 0 4 73 55 236 18.15 Calmore Sports II 13 7 0 6 69 49 202 15.54 Verwood 13 7 0 6 65 58 207 15.92 Sarisbury Athletic 14 8 0 6 67 50 213 15.21 Bashley (Rydal) IV 13 6 2 5 72 50 206 15.85 Bramshaw 11 5 0 6 69 30 159 14.45 Milford on Sea II 14 6 0 8 67 43 182 13.00 OTs & Romsey II 14 7 0 7 67 48 199 14.21 Pennington & Wthy 13 6 0 7 51 35 158 12.15 Fareham & Crofton 13 6 0 7 62 48 182 14.00 Bransgore II 14 5 0 9 53 44 157 11.21 Eastleigh & Otter 12 5 0 7 51 40 151 12.58 Beaulieu 12 3 0 9 55 36 127 10.58 Redlynch & Hale 13 5 0 8 57 45 162 12.46 Ellingham III 13 3 0 10 60 38 134 10.31 Burridge II 15 5 0 10 62 46 168 11.20 Ringwood II 12 3 0 9 54 31 121 10.08 US Portsmouth II 14 4 0 10 60 41 149 10.64 Sway 13 3 1 9 42 46 130 10.00 Basingstoke & NH 14 3 0 11 60 48 144 10.29 Brockenhurst II 13 2 0 11 71 34 129 9.92 BAT Sports II 12 2 0 10 56 34 114 9.50 Alderholt II 14 1 0 13 49 29 90 6.43 Old Basing 14 2 0 12 48 41 103 7.36 Hordle II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

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thirteen League Averages 2003

Due to limited space these averages only show the batsmen and bowlers who batted 8 or more times or bowled at least 65 overs. See Peter Tapper if you would like a more comprehensive set of averages.

First XI Third XI Batting (minimum of 8 innings) Batting (minimum of 8 innings) Inns NO R HS Ave Inns NO R HS Ave B Craft 15 2 510 89 39.20 N Jenkin 12 2 430 82 43.00 G Treagus 12 2 374 100 37.40 J Holt 9 1 255 50 31.87 C Pain 8 4 120 33 30.00 S Hayes 10 0 182 63 18.20 E Burzler 9 0 247 70 27.40 A Treagus 10 3 90 26 12.85 D Peacock 12 0 320 84 26.70 M Hunt 13 0 267 83 20.50 Bowling (minimum 65 overs) M Molloy 11 0 180 49 16.40 Ovs M R Wts BB Ave T Peacock 9 3 112 37 12.40 A Treagus 106 10 482 20 6-33 24.1 M West 13 4 108 28 12.00 S Hayes 92 22 306 10 2-19 30.6 K Rathbone 68.3 8 251 5 2-31 50.2 Bowling (minimum 65 overs) Ovs M R Wts BB Ave G Treagus 110.4 14 394 26 5-36 15.15 D Peacock 115.2 10 451 22 4-40 20.50 Fourth XI E Burzler 105 11 399 15 3-24 26.60 Batting (minimum of 8 innings) C Pain 74 8 311 11 3-38 28.27 Inns NO R HS Ave M Allen 67 7 302 8 2-37 37.75 J Lowe 10 6 616 94 154.00 M West 115 12 493 11 3-47 44.82 M Gannaway 13 4 595 118* 66.11 Catches: B Craft 12, D Peacock 7, S Coltman OBE 11 1 361 76 36.10 T Peacock 5 (+ 4 stumpings) D Di Maria 8 1 118 22 16.86

Bowling (minimum 65 overs) Second XI Ovs M R Wts BB Ave L Di Maria 135.3 23 370 34 6-19 10.88 Batting (minimum of 8 innings) R Iles 113.3 29 317 23 5-17 13.78 Inns NO R HS Ave S Coltman 52.5 3 246 16 4-21 15.38 M Jackson 12 0 676 98 56.33 C James 71 17 196 10 6-28 2.76 P Tapper 12 4 333 106* 41.62 T Hunter 8 1 264 82 37.71 Catches: R Goff 9 (+ 2 stumpings), L Di Maria 5 T Phillips 8 1 256 152 36.57 J McGuirk 8 1 183 78 26.14 W Smith 8 3 97 47* 19.40 D Griffiths 9 0 172 44 19.11 Lymington Cricket Club

Bowling (minimum 65 overs) wishes to thank all the Ovs M R Wts BB Ave T Phillips 68 10 244 14 4-35 17.42 companies who have C Noble 90 20 239 12 5-32 19.91 generously supplied W Smith 106.2 6 551 22 6-65 25.04 P Tapper 96.2 6 449 14 2-18 32.07 adverts for this Catches: M Jackson 7, P Tapper 5, W Smith 5, M Allen 4, handbook G Hayward 4, T Hunter 4

fourteen The Spirit of Cricket Each team captain is responsible for ensuring that play is conducted within the Spirit of Cricket. Lymington Cricket Club players and team officials will also be accountable for their behavior. The Umpires are the sole judges of fair and unfair play. The Spirit of the Game involves RESPECT for:- ¥ Your opponents ¥ Your own captain and team ¥ The role of the umpires ¥ The game’s traditional values It is CONTRARY to the Spirit of the Game to:- ¥ Dispute an umpire’s decision by word, action or gesture ¥ Direct abusive language towards an opponent, colleague, spectators or umpire ¥ Indulge in cheating or any other sharp practice ¥ Violence, intimidation, assaulting opponents ¥ Racially abuse your opponents ¥ Distribute drugs ¥ Use crude/abusive language (sledging) or gestures ¥ Verbally distract your opponents by repeated appealing or unnecessary clapping

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sixteen development fund 2004 The Lymington Cricket Club Development Fund was launched in 1995 in order to provide the facilities consistent with the stature of Lymington Cricket Club. Since its inception, the Development Fund has raised more than £8000 and has enabled the club to improve facilities at the Sports Ground. The fund has so far financed the acquisition of new sightscreens, two new artificial practice wickets, new nets, a water-hog to mop up surface water on the square, and covers to protect the wicket. This season we intend to purchase new furniture for the clubhouse. Of course, as well as raising vital funds for the development of the club, the Fund has paid out £1000 in total prize money over the past eight seasons.The Development Fund takes the form of four draws which will take place during the cricket season at the clubhouse on the final Saturday of each month. The prize money for each draw this year has been increased to £100, £40 and £10, while the cost of membership of the Development Fund has been capped at a modest £20. Last year under the expert management of Ben Sanger we enrolled around 100 members into the Development Fund. This year Adrian Hunt has taken over from Ben and hopes to at least equal Ben's splendid effort. To enter the Development Fund please contact Adrian on 01590 677305 (home) or 07834 976809 (mobile). In the early stages of the season Adie will almost certainly be hassling you to join the Fund . . . please don't run away - it's all for a very good cause!

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seventeen comings&goings

Lymington have been lucky enough to secure the services of Australian Karl Whatham for the 2004 season. The 6ft 2’ all-rounder was recommended to the club by former Lymington player Tim Smith who plays for the same UTS-Balmain club. Karl joined Balmain last year from Sydney University, and soon made an impact in the Tigers’ Second Grade side, scoring 139 against Penrith, This led to a rapid call- up to the Firsts where Karl made 69 on his debut against Campbelltown-Camden. Teammates in the Balmain team include Aussie Test quickie Nathan Bracken and New South Wales opener Greg Mail. The past season saw Balmain reach the semi-finals of the Sydney Grade competition before falling to a narrow defeat against Randwick. Such is the high standard of Balmain’s Drummoyne Oval ground that it annually hosts a New South Wales one day fixture which attracts up to 6000 spectators. The past season also saw the Tigers take part in the first club match to be played at the same Telstra Stadium where Johnny Wilkinson kicked England to World Cup glory last year. The Balmain team for that match is pictured above with Karl in the back row, fourth from the left. Also joining Lymington is Mark Newton. Originally hailing from New Zealand, all- rounder Mark (right) has played for Hyde Cricket Club in the Hampshire League for a number of years and boasts a top score of 115. Wicketkeeper Scott Sivier has been signed up from Winchester. Scott previously played for Hambledon and some of you may remember his sharp stumping of Brian Clemow here at the Sports Ground in 2001. Dominic Norton joins the club after graduating from the Cricket School where he was coached by ex-Hampshire batsman Matthew Keech. Fast bowler Dominic made twelve appearances for Portsmouth in the Gold League last season. Chris Nutt has joined the growing list of Zimbabweans at Lymington Cricket Club. Having made his debut at the tail end of last season - ironically against Dan Peacock’s Zimbabwean XI - Chris has proved to be a useful off-spinner in the indoor league,

We’re sad to see the departure of Wayne Smith who has returned to his former club Fawley. The ‘Netley View Run Machine’ (as he was occasionally known) progressed from the colts to the seniors in 2001, and in his first season played a pivotal role in the SEC Cup run which culminated in him taking a wicket in the final at the Rose Bowl. Perhaps Wayne’s best performance for the club came in the quarter final of that competition at BAT when he kept his nerve at the death and bowled Lymington into the semis. His best figures for the club came at Andover last season when he took 6 for 65 despite the considerable handicap of losing a contact lens early in the match! The lure of a well paid job in sunny Slough proved to be too much of a temptation for Dave Scott. A loyal and enthusiastic club member since joining Lymington from Bletchley Town in 1999, Scotty was a true all-rounder, trying his hand at quick bowling, leg spin and wicketkeeping at various times. He was also a superb fielder and a useful middle order batsman with a highest score of 77. Nick Jenkin first played for the club as a cheeky little 9 year old (some things never change!). He progressed through the colts as part of his father’s all- conquering team, eventually playing in the same Europa Cup winning team as Wayne Smith. A solid and reliable opening batsman for the Third XI, Nick scored 430 runs last season and often kept the team afloat single-handedly. He boasts a highest score of 109 against Ickenham, and while Nick’s bowling was highly under- rated (according to Nick) he remarkably once took four wickets in four balls against Bashley. Sadly Nick has decided to try his luck with his local club BAT this season, and we at Lymington will miss his infectious humour, not to mention his sordid locker room stories and endless forward defensives! eighteen Blue Circle Postcrete Foxes from Lafarge Cement UK The ultimate Building Britain holiday haven Treyarnon Bay, Near Padstow for over 100 years North Cornwall

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nineteen Sheila’s Top Tea-Time Tips Lymington Crusty Currant Cake Lymington Cricket Club’s catering supremo Sheila Hope has decided to let us in on some of the secrets of her super teas. This tasty and simple-to-make cake is particularly popular with fat people, especially Adie Hunt.

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Cotton Graphics [email protected] www.chasesport.com memorable matches Lymington versus Ringwood 1897 Memorable matches, alas, aren't always the ones that end in glorious triumph. Back in 1897, for example, Lymington took part in a match that would go down as one of the most disastrous defeats in the club's history. Visiting Ringwood on a Bank Holiday in June, Lymington dismissed the home side for a modest 61 with bowlers Gibson and Totterdell taking 6 and 3 wickets respectively. What happened next can only be described as a collapse of gargantuan proportions. Incredibly, the first eight Lymington batsmen were dismissed without scoring, leaving the team on 2 for 8 (the two runs being extras). Lymington then rallied a little, before being bowled out for just 8 runs. Tail-ender Lamble top-scored with 4, while Rogers grabbed 6 wickets for Ringwood - all clean bowled. As if the excitement of a batting collapse wasn't enough for Lymingtonians, just months later there was the thrilling sight of the very first motor car in the town. The noisy bone- shaker spluttered up the High Street, causing much bemusement amongst the townsfolk. Still, that's Thorp Motors for you.

twenty one New Forest indoor For the first time in many years Lymington fielded just one team in the New Forest Indoor League at Lymington Recreation Centre. This league proved to be the correct decision given the problems the captain encountered in the later stages of the season trying to get a decent Fleming Park side out. While Lymington had only moderate The season began well enough with a win over league success at Fleming Park, Cadnam, but three defeats on the bounce saw finishing fifth, they did however the side slip to second from bottom. Fortunately undertake a fine run in the Hammonds Lymington then thrashed Cadnam Seconds, and Jewellers cup competition. A quarter in their next match against fellow strugglers final win over The Stallions (shouldn’t Burley, Lymington decided to drop their hit-and- Tony Wharton play for them?) gave hope style of batting in favour of the tip-and-run them a semi final clash with Trojans. method. This proved to be highly profitable as Glyn Treagus (38 ) and Ben Lymo amassed 137 and won the game by a Craft (26 not out) led the team comfortable margin. Unfortunately, it also home by 3 wickets after Christian proved to be highly exhausting, and Pain’s 2 for 28 had restricted Lymington returned to their bad old ways Trojans to 106. against New Milton. However, an easy win In the final against Winchester over Brockenhurst in their final league CC (former National winners and match saw the team shoot up to fourth in local champions again this year) the table - a slightly flattering finish in view Lymo won the toss and Glyn of some of the dismal performances. Treagus (18), Ben Craft (24) and Wayne Smith, despite an unerring ability Neil Trestrail (21) gave the team a to hit the ball straight to the fielders, was the good start, but a late collapse saw the team’s main runscorer, while Chris Nutt team dismissed for 100. Winchester’s (pictured above) also put in some useful reply began slowly and wickets fell at performances despite running the captain out regular intervals in the face of some most weeks. tight bowling from Pain, Craft and Alex In the early rounds of the cup competition Treagus. At 71 for 5 in the ninth over, Lymington sailed past Ringwood and Hordle. and with only the evergreen Phil Green But a weakened side fell to a 2 wicket defeat remaining, the cup seemed to be in against Cadnam in the semis despite a fine Lymington’s hands. This target was individual performance from Wayne Smith who whittled down to 15 off Glyn Treagus’ scored 43 and took 2 wickets in his last game final over, but the wily old campaigner for the club. Green, having survived a missed run out chance, levelled the scores on the New Forest Indoor League Division One last ball to give Winchester victory by Pld W L T BP Pts virtue of having lost fewer wickets. Fawley 1 8 7 1 0 12 82 Lymington’s squad over the season Bashley 1 8 6 2 0 6 66 consisted of Glyn Treagus (captain), New Milton 1 8 5 3 0 1 51 Ben Craft, Neil Trestrail, Christian Pain, Lymington 8 4 4 0 11 51 Dave Griffiths, Alex Treagus, Dan Brockenhurst 1 8 4 4 0 8 48 Peacock and 15 year old Lloyd Scott Cadnam 1 8 3 5 0 8 38 who missed the final due to his Hythe & Dibden 1 8 3 5 0 7 37 involvement with the Hampshire Hawks Burley 1 8 3 5 0 3 33 at the Rose Bowl on the same evening. Cadnam 2 8 1 7 0 2 12

twenty two there’s only TWO Lymington Cricket Clubs!

It appears that we are not alone! Whilst browsing counterpart, but the original records showing who through the internet (no doubt searching for was responsible for so naming it have long since www.bustyblondeswhodrinkbitter.com) our club been destroyed. In the early days prior to 1840 Treasurer recently came across another the area had been mainly occupied by Irish Lymington Cricket Club - 12,000 miles away in settlers (the McGuirks, perhaps?), who cleared Tasmania! Sadly, there was very little information the heavy timber and transported it to Hobart by on the club, and it doesn’t appear to play in any boat. The land was then turned into farmlets league. But it did inspire us to do a little research growing potatoes (definitely the McGuirks!). on Lymington, Tasmania to uncover what In 1967 the town suffered disastrous goes on in our Antipodean namesake. bushfires which destroyed twenty seven Things immediately got confusing when houses and two churches. By 1972 when we discovered that there were Lymington consisted of one shop, a church, once two Lymingtons in Tasmania. The seven homes and a popular waterfront with first one was situated in the County of the intriguing name of ‘Drip Beach’. Cornwall about twenty miles from Unfortunately, it seems that having two Launceston in the north of the island, places with identical names was just too and it lay beside the exotically titled "River Nile". confusing for the Tasmanians. So in 1910 it was The village was founded around 1850 by a local decided to change the name of the Lymington in magnate called James Cox who named the the north of the island to ‘Nile’, by which it is village after “the seaport town in Hampshire”. known today. It would appear, though, that the Access to Lymington was by way of stagecoach Lymington name still lives on through the cricket service three times a week and there was just club which has retained the old title. one hotel in the village - ‘The Nile’. Of the two places in Tasmania to have borne the At about the same time, many miles to the south, Lymington name, the southern one is the more another town was adopting the name Lymington. appropriate due to it being situated, not unlike Situated in beautiful countryside south of Hobart ourselves, on a large river with an outlet to the right in the heart of the apple growing district of sea. Although to be honest, guide books report the Huon Valley, the town lay on the banks of that the place is now just a sleepy hamlet where Port Cygnet Bay. Like the other ‘northern’ not a lot ever happens. Sounds more like Lymington, this was also named after its English Bashley to us.

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Adie becom es the world’s first human Subbuteo player at the Telstra Stadium

Adie w ith Dan Rutherford The Stragglers and th Big Timmy Smith twenty six here!

While most of us were freezing our socks off here in England, four Lymington members were exploring rather warmer parts of the world. Adie Hunt spent eleven weeks travelling around , during which time he tried his hand at sky diving, whitewater rafting, waterskiing and snorkling on the Great Barrier Reef. He also took time out to meet up with ex-Lymingtonians Aaron Heal, Tim Smith and Dan Rutherford. Tony Wharton toured Dubai with the Hampshire Over 50s and fell in love with a camel, while Jerry Holt and Jill Jones ventured to with the Stragglers of Asia Cricket Club and met plenty of wildlife there too. A full report of the Stragglers’ tour can be found on page 38.

heir Sri Lankan hosts “Is she taxed and insured?” twenty seven Colin Cooper's Score Room 101

First XI scorer Colin Cooper likes his Sports Ground scorebox to be neat and tidy. Unfortunately, over the years Colin has had to share his little room with fridges, cookers, barbecues, kitbags, ice creams and all sorts of clutter. And doesn't he let us know about it! So, to wind Colin up, we thought it would be a good idea to fill up his score box with even more rubbish. In fact, all the things that we despise the most. So we asked a selection of Lymington members to name all the items they would most like to see banished into Colin Cooper's Scoreroom 101 . . .

Jerry Holt: I would like to include cricket Adie Hunt: I'd put in Spencers Wood cricket teams that have players of very average ground - unquestionably the worst ground I've ability who insist on sledging and abusing the ever played at. Made worse by the fact that it opposition. There are a couple that spring to was in Reading. They were using a massive mind but for obvious reasons I won’t name roller before the game to roll the weeds flat! them. I would also like to put spin bowlers I'd also like to put in Westlife, or any contrived from the Sub-Continent into Scoreroom 101. talentless group of singers who always sing Having toured there twice they have always covers of songs. My final choice would be the been my nemesis, and if I played another 20 chalet at Shorefield Country Park where the years I would never get to grips with infamous 'Chalet 1a incident' took place their mysteries. following the 2000 club dinner. The less said about that the better. Not my finest hour! I would also consider putting all reality TV shows in to Scoreroom 101, and Country & Meg Gannaway: I would like to put Friday Western Music too. But the thing I would nights into Scoreroom 101, because that's most like to see go in would be any Rogers & when I get the dreaded phone calls from Tony Hammerstein musical. Having been taken by Jenkin telling me that four First teamers my older sisters to see South Pacific (aged (three of whom were never available in the 5), I have been psychologically scarred first place!) have pulled out of the following for life! day's game. I'd put Jimmi Hendrix in there too. So he could play his guitar with his teeth Oh, and snakes would be another choice, - big deal! I've been batting with just my and people who are rude. There is just no bottom hand for years! And I'd also put in need for rudeness. Kaliber - not only is it lager, but it's NON- Dan Peacock: I'd like to put in politics and ALCOHOLIC lager at that!!!!! people who think they know it all!!! Cricket is Trevor Phillips: I'd like to put the year 1977 bigger than one person. I'd also stick in all the into Scoreroom 101. Not only was this the new pop stars (gyrating their hips!) Let's face year that Mike Proctor destroyed Hampshire it, if you're going to be a singer then sing, in the B&H semi-final, but it was also the year otherwise be a porn star. As for my final entry that Saints sold Mick Channon to Man City - the world could do without Bob and Grace (the last time I openly wept in the street). Mugabe!!! They say that 1977 was a good year for

twenty eight Michael Hope: I would like to condemn Twenty- Twenty cricket to Scoreroom 101. The music they play at the games is awful and pyjamas are meant to be worn in bed - not on a cricket field! I would also like to put in The Archers. If people really want to know what simple country folk are like they should go to Pilley. My final choice would be macaroni cheese. It was the very first meal that Sheila’s mother cooked for me. I hated the stuff, but to be polite I told her that it was lovely. Big mistake - she made me macaroni cheese every Saturday for the next five years! Sheila Hope: I really music, what with the emergence of punk, but would like to see fat bellied cricketers put into who remembers ‘Angelo’ by Brotherhood of Scoreroom 101. Why is it that the bigger the Man, ‘Ma Baker’ by Boney M or ‘Lucille’ by belly, the tighter the shirt they wear? And why Kenny Rogers? I rest my case! I'd also put do they always wear trousers that are far too in the film director Anthony Mingella. Not small? Nick Gossip’s trousers are positively only did he give us Truly Madly Deeply obscene! My second item would be football - (which was Truly Bloody Awful) and The a game played by yobs and watched by yobs! English Patient (three hours of utter dirge), I just can’t understand why anyone would but he's a flaming Pompey fan as well. My forsake a cricket match to go and watch a final item for Scoreroom 101 would be cars stupid game of football (does she mean that have got those little fish logos on the me?). My third choice would be men with back. Basically it means that their drivers shaven heads. If they’ve got a good head of think they can drive 20 miles an hour slower hair why must they shave it all off. This is why than everyone else just because they've got I refused to let Michael become a Buddhist God on their side. There’s nothing worse monk. Finally I'd put the model Jordan in than a slow Christian! Scoreroom 101. Not only is she extremely irritating, but I actually once had a dream in Wendy Habbershaw: My first item to put in which I was her! I ran all round Lymington Scoreroom 101 would be the stupid people with these great big things bouncing around who ring up the clubhouse when I'm in the in front of me - it wasn't very pleasant. Mind middle of making the tea and ask me to tell you, they're great for polishing worktops. them the score. How the hell am I supposed to know what the score is - I'm a girl! My Neill Denby: Speaking as a scorer, I’d put second item would be people who can't park Indoor League umpires into Scoreroom 101. their cars properly. Finally, I would put 'Lord of They should stop telling the poor scorers the Rings' in there (I thought it was a QVC what to do and get back in their little cage! I’d Shopping Channel jewellery special!). also like to condemn the Stevie Wonder song

twenty nine ‘I just called to say I love you’. I was always a have to slow down because of the humps! big Stevie Wonder fan, but this song just went My final choice for Scoreroom 101 needs no on and on and on. My advice to Stevie would explanation - it’s the song ‘Wild Thing!’ be to put the bloody phone down and get Others: Dave Gelling was adamant that Jade back on your piano? Finally I would have to Goodie should go into Scoreroom 101, while put Davina McCall into Scoreroom 101 - I there were several votes for Wayne Smith’s hate the loud-mouth cow. socks. John McGuirk intended to include the Jill Smithers: I’d like to put in all the frustration of persistent injuries, but pulled a batsmen who moan about being given out muscle before he reached the end of the and then don’t walk when they’ve hit it! I’d sentence. Finally, Chris Hunt nominated top also put in sleeping policemen - what a pain shelf men’s magazines (he can’t reach when you’re speeding through the roads and them!).

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thirty one Lymington Colts in 2003

Team of the season: the all-conquering Under 13A side Under 17s The major achievement for the Under 17s in 2003 was that the team actually completed the season. A chronic shortage of players and helpers made life extremely difficult for the beleaguered manager who would often have to resort to bribery and begging to get eleven bodies out onto the pitch. Just getting to away games proved to be a logistical nightmare. I'm not sure who holds the world record for squeezing most cricketers into a Peugeot 306, but we must have come very close to it on the way to Michelmersh! Reasons for not playing ranged from the sublime ("I'm having a sabbatical") to the ridiculous ("I'm getting engaged"). Despite all this, there were some positives to come out of the season. Mark O'Sullivan averaged 43 with the bat and played the innings of the season against Michelmersh, almost pulling off a shock victory. Newcomer Chris Bishop bowled well and proved to be a useful part-time wicketkeeper, while Tommy Carter bowled magnificently in his all-to-rare appearances for the team. The highlight of the season came against a very useful Calmore side when O'Sullivan (48) and Bishop (32 not out) guided Lymington to a stunning 9 wicket win. However, the real stars of the team were the likes of Lloyd Scott, Andrew Isherwood, Tim Saunders and Dan Fairhurst who turned up week-in, week-out. Dan, in particular, saved the day on several occassions by cajoling a mate or two into making up the numbers at the eleventh hour. Thanks must also go to Steve Scott and Phil Fairhurst who provided invaluable help as scorers and taxi drivers. Under 15s It was definitely a case of a season of two halves for Lymington Under 15s. The team looked unbeatable in the early weeks of the season, winning their first five matches. But, after narrowly losing a crucial top-of-the table clash with BAT, it all went pear-shaped for Greg Todd's team who failed to win another match. Hampshire Under 15 representative Craig Tapper continued his great run of form from the previous season, notching up 160 runs in his 6 innings. Sadly, Jack Todd was able to make just four appearances, but certainly made a big impression with 9 wickets and a batting average of 34. Pace bowler Lloyd Scott (right) showed a great deal of promise, taking wickets and bowling economically throughout the season, eventually earning himself a call-up to the Hampshire Under 15 development squad. Dan Fairhurst, Michael Philips and Jason Brookes also performed well when called upon. thirty two With most of last season's highly successful Under 13 squad stepping up a level, the Under 15s should have a bright future in 2004. One member of that squad, Tom Thorp, has already cut his teeth in the older age group, averaging more than 28 with the bat last season. Tom completed a memorable season by being chosen as Best Colt in Senior Cricket despite the stupid hat. Under 13s The Under 13A team had a fantastic year, remaining unbeaten all season, completing a League and Cup double in the process. The platform for success was built on solid The Under 15 management team - opening partnerships with both Scotty Tapper and Tim Noble Greg, Annabel and Bilbo scoring close to 300 runs. The middle order contributed good support with Tom Thorp scoring 275 runs, and younger brother Will 200 runs. Having set most teams daunting targets it was left to James Winderham (18 wickets), Tim Noble (16) and Will Thorp (12) to bowl the opposition out. They were ably supported in the field by exceptionally high standards of fielding for such a young side. The highlight of the season must have been a league and cup double over fierce local rivals BAT. On both occasions the physically stronger BAT team (fielding two Hampshire Colts) were defeated by a well organised and technically superior Lymington team. Tim Noble is to be congratulated on the way he captained the most successful Lymington Under 13 side to date. For the first time the club ran an Under 13B team. Sadly, the experiment generally proved to be a little over-ambitious due mainly to a shortage of players. However, the team did at least record one victory and the players, especially Dan Walters and Ali Binley, never gave less than 100%. Tom Thorp Under 11s After the successes of the previous season in winning the league, this year’s A side did not quite fulfil the early promise shown. The final league position of third was a fair reflection on the season, losing just twice to the two teams who would finish above them. The side was well led by Aidan Lindsay- Wood with solid contributions from Ben Rostand, Sam Tombs and Jamie Gossage. When you add the enthusiastic wicketkeeping of Johnny Young, the season was rarely dull! Meanwhile, The Under 11B team once again provided the opportunity for novice cricketers to take their first steps on their cricketing career. Under the captaincy of Matthew Bramwell, whose confidence in the role improved as the season progressed, the side won two games, both against local opposition - Bashley and Milford. The first of these two matches saw some fine bowling from Bolton Browne (6 wickets in the season), which enabled Philip Newton and Hugo Morgan to hold on when batting as the last pair. Ironically, these two were more accustomed to success with the ball, being the joint top wicket takers with seven apiece. With batsmen being penalised five runs every time they are dismissed, the emphasis is placed on keeping wickets intact. Therefore, much praise is due to Lily Hayes who was out just once and was the top net runscorer (34), and second top gross runscorer, one behind Matthew Bramwell (45).

The season brought all-round improvement and the growth of a good team spirit, with Thomas and David Cureton, William Butcher and Thomas Griffiths all making regular appearances. For his all round contribution Matthew Bramwell won Player of the Year whist Lily Hayes won the Most Improved Player.

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thirty five anatomy of a madman! People rarely forget their first encounter with Chris Noble. I first met him in 1993 when he literally dropped in on me. It was only my second game for the club, and as I sat nervously in the corner of the changing room Chris, without warning, climbed up onto the window ledge, screamed: “1000! 2000! 3000!” at the top of his voice and hurled himself head-first into the pile of kit bags and coffins in the middle of the room. Once the dust had settled and the would-be paratrooper had emerged from out of the wreakage, the captain at the time calmly looked at me and enquired: “Have you met Chris Noble?” I also recall Chris, or ‘Chernoble’ as he is also known, driving to a match at South Wilts wearing his full cricket kit including pads, gloves and helmet! And Third XI players still remember the journey back from an away game in the north of the county when Chris, on discovering he was in Watership Down country, jumped out of the car and chased a rabbit through a hedge on all-fours. Plucked by Lymington from the fiercely competitive Swindon Midnight League, Chris has been one of the finest seam bowlers in the club’s history (he could actually have been THE finest if only he’d stopped bowling that damn slower ball!). As Chris approaches his 20th season with the club, we invited him to answer a few questions about his glorious career. TP

Where were you born? 13 Akers Way, Swindon Didn’t you once play against a young Ian Botham? Yep, I was playing for Wiltshire Under 15s versus Somerset Under 15s. I got him out, caught off the glove, for 49. Somerset were 71 all out and we won the game. Unfortunately, in his autobiography the lying b****** said that Somerset won the game! Then I slept with him in Norwich in 1969, but that’s another story. Tell us about the famous Swindon Midnight League: It was played mostly on Mannington Wreck. There were always two ambulances present as the wickets were, well, hardly gold standard! An umpire once called me for a short run when I was running a single! Is it true that you were once sent off during a cricket match? How did that come about? I was bowling at this bloke and every time I appealed the umpire would say: “Not out my son”. Three times I hit the batsman right in front of the stumps and each time the silly old fart would say: “Not out my son”. Well, I was quite young at the time and I got really angry. So next ball I charged in as fast as I could. But instead of bowling the ball I ran past the umpire, past the non-striker and half way down the wicket before hurling the ball straight at the batsman! I appealed again, and this seemed to upset a few people and I was sent off! It transpired that the batsman was indeed the umpire’s son! Is it true you once grew a moustache in honour of 60s Swindon Town legend Don Rogers? He really was a legend. If ever a man could shadow an eel! He couldn’t tackle, couldn’t head, but when he got the ball at his feet defences seemed to just step out of the way. Alf Ramsey wouldn’t pick him cos he reckoned he only played for ten

thirty six minutes every match. But then if you score two and make three - what the heck! I believe you used to play for Ellingham - how did you end up at Lymington? I couldn’t find the ground and was directed to Lymington by a man in Burley. Were you mad before you came to Lymington, or was it a case of “when in Rome . . .”? I’d prefer not to answer that question on the grounds that it may describe me. When did you first introduce the famous Lymington Song into the club? In the showers with Jerry Holt and a litre of gloss paint (ask Jerry for more details!) What’s your favourite cricket ground? It has to be Mannington Wreck Pitch 16. How come you know so much about budgies? I’m Secretary of the Swindon Budgerigar & Foreign Bird Society. I’ve shown my prize Latino Cock all over the south (Best in Show - Weston-Super- Mare 1969). Who’s the best batsman you’ve ever bowled at? I got Viv Richards out twice in a season when he was playing for Lansdown whilst qualifying for Somerset in the early 1970s. I got him LBW for 8 at home and yorked him for 16 in Bath. Bloody hell I was good! Your running between the wickets is legendary - what’s the best run out you’ve been involved in? I once went in at number ten with 50 still needed to win. Jerry Holt was batting with me and we had a ‘slight’ mix-up which resulted in both of us being at the same end. I told him that ‘the experienced batsman has to stay’ and I refused to move! Naturally I hit 45 not out and we went on to win the game. (This may be a lie! Ed) You once fell down a rabbit hole during a match and hurt your ankle - are there any other weird injuries we should know about? I once had three stitches in a nasty hand wound I received whilst playing snooker. It’s a long story! Tell us about your lucky underpants: I’ve still got them. I found them in a side pocket in my kit bag several years ago just before the first game of the season. Trouble was that I’d forgotten that they were the same pair that I’d had an ‘accident’ in whilst running into bowl in the last match of the previous season! What would you do if you won the Lottery? I’d open a Shih Tzu School in Pennington, buy Peter Tapper a drink and fund a whippet breeding centre in Poulner. Is it true that you planned the whole Chernobyl nuclear disaster purely to get yourself a new nickname? Yes, but I didn’t want to ‘fall out’ with anyone or over ‘react’! Does the name Tracy Wright mean anything to you? She used to be the Second XI scorer. She went like a rabid ferret under a pool table (alledgedly). Where is she now? What’s the most stupid thing you’ve ever done? I once got arrested while on tour in Newquay for swapping people’s garden gates around. Oh, and not marrying Tracy Wright! (Will my wife read this?). Finally, how the hell does your wife put up with you? She’s tried all the rest . . . but no-one makes mackerel paté like me!

thirty seven more tea vicar? STRAGGLERS OF ASIA TOUR OF SRI LANKA 2004 - by Jerry Holt

A complaint often made when the British go first victory of the tour. The journey, although abroad is that they cannot get a decent cup of arduous, was rewarded with some stunning views tea. But this wasn’t a problem on the in the heart of the tea plantations. From there Stragglers latest overseas tour to Sri Lanka back to Kandy and a visit to the Temple of the (formerly Ceylon). The tea Ð silver tip, gold Tooth, one of the holiest sites in the Buddhist tip, high grown low grown, orange pecan was world. Then on to the heat, humidity and pollution available in abundance. of Colombo via the elephant orphanage at In a country where cricket is played with Pinnawela. tremendous enthusiasm and great skill the Four more tough matches in Colombo resulted in Stragglers knew their matches would be very only one further victory, and that by the competitive. Two wins from seven outings Duckworth Lewis method! The intense heat took showed that the experiences of those players its toll on the players and umpires. who’d been to India were being repeated. A The Stragglers will have many happy memories mixture of quality batting and top class spin of the beauty of the island: the wildlife, the bowling proved to be the Stragglers downfall. smiling children, the many good young cricketers The first week featured three matches (played 3 we played against, and the next generation lost 2) including one at the Test ground in Kandy practicing at many of the grounds we visited, the and plenty of sightseeing including visits to the hot curries, the death-defying tuk tuk rides and Sigirya Rock Fortress, the Dambulla Cave much, much more. Temples and the ancient capital Poolanawera. For those seeking a less Jerry (far right) at the Test ground in Kandy active tour there was always a poolside or an ayervedic massage to enjoy. After three days in Dambulla the tourists moved on to Nuwara Eliya which, at over 6,000 feet, must have one of the highest cricket grounds in the world. Here, against the Tea Planters XI, the Stragglers recorded their

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forty Aaron's first class winter It almost went unnoticed over here in the Gabba. In front of 13,000 England, but in January former spectators and a live TV audience, Lymington player Aaron Heal made Aaron’s tight spell of bowling (0 for his First Class debut for Western 43 off 10 overs) helped to restrict Australia - a team that includes Adam Queensland to 244. With Hussey Gilchrist, Justin Langer and Murray and Goodwin falling cheaply the Goodwin in its ranks. The match, Warriors looked set for defeat until against Tasmania, ended in a thrilling Kade Harvey's half century guided draw and it signalled the start of an WA home in the final over. It was a amazing six weeks for the popular left particularly sweet victory for the arm spinner who spent the 2002 Warriors. “What made it even better season with Lymington. was that Queensland’s Jimmy Maher had said a few things in the Aaron admits his surprise at being Aaron in his Warriors gear press beforehand, and also with 10 promoted to the senior WA side, overs to go they thought they had it won.” having spent most of the season as a rookie in the Seconds with the likes of Bournemouth’s Aaron’s performance in the Final even drew Adam Voges and ex-Bashley star Luke Ronchi. “I praise from commentators Richie Benaud and honestly thought that if I got 30 wickets for the Ian Chappell, although the former did add that seconds next year I might get a call-up to the Aaron’s left arm spin was “nothing that a bit of seniors at the tail-end of next season. But then in good footwork couldn’t sort out!”. Adie Hunt, January I got a phone call telling me that I was watching the match on television in Australia, flying out to Tasmania the next morning to be described it as “quite surreal” to watch one of his 12th man for the one dayer. It turned out to be a mates playing in a hugely important final live on dry pitch and luckily for me they went with a TV when less than two years ago on his spinner. I was incredibly nervous (Aaron didn’t Lymington debut Aaron was getting bowled out actually use that phrase!), but I got a wicket by a fat bloke from Pylewell! (Michael Di Venuto) in my first over which settled So what was it like to bowl at Adam Gilchrist in the nerves.” the nets? “The first few balls were okay” says Two days later Aaron made his full First Class Aaron. “Then he hit me out of the net and I spent debut in the Shield match against Tasmania, and the rest of the session looking for the ball!” We was also selected in the WA team for their next were disappointed to learn from Aaron that there four day match against South Australia at the isn’t as much sledging in State cricket as one Adelaide Oval, scoring 33 and taking a wicket in might expect. “Most guys get on quite well with both innings as his team cruised to victory. each other. Darren Berry, the Victoria wicketkeeper talks a little behind the stumps, but But it was in the ING Cup (the Aussie version of generally they are all pretty good.” our Nat West Trophy) that Aaron really shone, although it didn’t go too well to start with. In only Aaron will find out in the next few weeks if he’s his second match WA found themselves on the been offered a full contract with Western end of 400 run mauling in a group match against Australia. But he admits that he’d love to come Queensland in Brisbane. “It was one of those back to Lymington one day. “I’ll see how it goes days when nothing went right for us” admitted next season and hopefully come back to England Aaron. “What made it even worse was that it was the following year.” 40 degrees and 90% humidity - the worst We suspect that Aaron can barely believe what’s conditions I’ve ever played in”. happened to him in these past few months. One Fortunately the Warriors had already secured a thing’s for sure - it really couldn’t have happened final place, ironically against Queensland back at to a nicer guy.

forty one memorable matches Lymington versus Ventnor, 1994 Back in the days when the Cross Solent League really meant something, a rag-tag bunch of Lymo cricketers ventured to the Island for a make-or-break championship decider at Ventnor. With the Islanders boasting a pretty formidable line-up, Lymington were unquestionably the underdogs. At one stage it was doubtful if the game would go ahead as torrential rain and high winds made for an uncomfortable Solent crossing. But, as so often happens on the Isle of The triumphant Lymington team Wight, the local eco-climate saved the day and the visitors arrived at the Steephill Ground to find Ventnor in the middle of a drought. Evidently it hadn't rained in Ventnor since 1763. The match was given added spice by the inclusion in the Ventnor line-up of a 15 year old Liam Botham, son of the world's most famous charity walker. Lymington, fielding a team containing just three First XI regulars, pinned their hopes on Grant Van Heerden - the vast hard-hitting South African who had flattered to deceive in his first season with the club. Top order batsmen David Blizzard, Derek Pepperell and Van Heerden gave Lymo a solid enough start, but all three fell at inopportune moments, and Lymington were on the verge of collapse. It was left to Tim Hunter to hold the middle order together with a gutsy 62, and with the assistance of Neill Denby (19) and Jerry Holt - not to mention some first class slogging from the tail - the gritty Yorkshireman guided Lymo to 160 for 8 from their 40 overs. Ventnor's batsmen set off cautiously in pursuit of Lymington's moderate total. With John McGuirk and the hobbling Nick Little bowling immaculate opening spells, they soon slipped behind the clock and lost the prized wicket of Louis Germeshuis, the talented South African run machine. But the real killer blow came from an unlikely source. Trevor Phillips removed Garraway and dangerous Hose, before taking a return catch to dismiss young Botham (prompting a joyous lap of honour round the pitch!). Denby, Simkins and make-shift off-spinner Van Heerden all made further inroads, and with the inspired captain Pepperell skillfully marshalling his troops, the home fans in their deckchairs up on the hill were becoming increasingly anxious. The tension was nigh-on unbearable as a last ditch stand left the home side requiring 17 off Little's final over. In the gathering gloom it proved to be too big a task as Ventnor's last man lobbed a catch to mid-wicket to give Lymington a hard-earned and memorable 12 run victory. And so the inaugural Cross Solent League trophy went to Lymington, and it was a jubilant bunch of cricketers who made their way back to the mainland to continue the celebrations at the Sports Ground long into the night.

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forty three the cricketing Life of Brian

When Brian Hobby joined Lymington from Pylewell Park way back in 1960, little did he realise that 43 years later he would become Club President. Having arrived at the club as an opening batsman of some repute Brian eventually turned himself into a talented all-rounder, taking 70 wickets and scoring 500 runs in 1969 alone. Colleagues also talk of Brian being a brilliant fielder, particularly at his favoured cover point. Here Brian talks about his early days at the club, and comments on the way cricket - and Lymington Cricket Club in particular - has developed in the intervening four decades.

“The set-up in cricket in those early times was standards set entirely different to today's game. Cricket was by other local organised really in to three parts: village, teams, league and club cricket. Teams such as particularly New Hordle and Minstead were involved in village Milton, Rydal, Brian in his playing days cricket, Brockenhurst, New Milton and Rydal Brockenhurst, played in the Bournemouth League, and Lyndhurst and, for a while, the Husbands side locally Lymington were the only team playing that consisted of many Saints footballers and club cricket. I think it could be acknowledged ex-county players. But come the Seventies that at that time club cricket represented the Lymington did start to win again.” nearest thing to today's Southern League. interest “Indeed, there were some very strong teams “Back in my early days the Lymington set-up involved, and they would be the equivalent of consisted of just First and Second Elevens, today’s Gold Standard. One such side was the and played Saturday cricket only. Most of the Hampshire Club & Ground, often captained by players went back to play for their villages on the coach Arthur Holt and consisting of Sundays. There were some midweek fixtures players on the staff, plus a few promising club against touring sides, but most of the other players that may have been under activity revolved around the aforementioned consideration at the time. I remember playing Stone Cup - a 20 overs knockout competition against Bob Cottam, Peter Haslop, Butch played on Tuesday and Friday evenings. The White, Alan Wassell, Merv Burden, Derek event attracted immense interest, and indeed Tulk, Bernie Harrison, Malcolm Heath, Alan for the final the boundary would be three-deep Rayment and others, many of whom had in cars, with spectators supporting their illustrious careers - some even attaining respective teams. It was also an event where England honours. In addition, the other very you could watch many a good cricketer strong sides were the likes of Deanery, playing for the village clubs and invite them to Bournemouth Sports, Gosport, Hyde try their luck at Lymington. It’s a pity that we Ramblers and OTs. Having said that, although don't have these opportunities today, as I am Lymington was fairly strong, in my early days sure there are some outstanding players in with the club we rarely won the Stone Cup our midst who would benefit from playing in a (our own competition), such were the high raised standard.

forty four Brian recalls the prominent players from his excellent team and we won virtually early days: “Eddie Saunders was a fine all- everything at some time or other. Sport and rounder; John Chidsey a good batsman; and the way it’s played moves on: techniques and don't forget Robin Goff - a brave and excellent equipment improves, but what is noticeable is opening bat and wicketkeeper; George that virtually all players today play with a well- Crouch was a hard hitting batsman who could coached technique and this must be an destroy many an attack; bowlers such as John improvement. Certainly the introduction of Davis, Tony Rollett and, when he was coaching courses and the team coaches that available, the outstanding Michael Pardey.” clubs have today is to be admired”. changes Although Brian became a prolific wicket taker In the early Sixties, Lymington, recognising for the club, it took quite a while for him to the way cricket was changing, introduced establish himself as a recognised bowler. Sunday fixtures. “This certainly lead to a much Brian, who has a top score of 110 not out for closer club and greater cohesion” comments Lymington, initially joined the club as an Brian. opening batsman, having spent several successful seasons at Pylewell Park The next fundamental change came when the (incidentally, a club he retains a great deal of club cricket fraternity set up the Southern affection for). In fact, it was three years League in 1969. “At that time we were going before he began to bowl on a regular basis. through a poor spell playing-wise, and we Brian recalls one of his most successful weren’t invited to join the initial league. As a weekends for Lymington: “There was a result Lymington found themselves somewhat Saturday in ‘68 when the First XI had no isolated and rather belatedly entered the match. On arriving at the Sports Ground to Hampshire League in watch the Second XI against Bournemouth 1973. Following Amateurs, Frank Read insisted that I played. I relative success in did and duly took 9 for 12! And next day, for that league, when the the Firsts, I took 6 for 6 in 11 overs against Southern League Old Bournemouthians.” decided to expand in 1978 we were invited He modestly admits that there was more in to consider entry. After the wickets for bowlers in those days. And quite a battle within because cricket was then played on a win, the club, a group of us lose or draw basis field placings could be forced through the much more aggressive. Not only that, but decision to accept the when you had slip fielders of the quality of invitation, and hence Chris Allen and Jack Barrett (who Brian the club is playing at describes as “quite incredible”), bowling Jon Hardy: transformed the level of cricket it is seam-up could be very rewarding. the club today.” Nowadays Brian can often be seen during the As Brian points out, it took a while for tea break at the Sports Ground strolling out Lymington to adapt to the higher standard: onto the square with friends Jack Barrett, Bill “Our early years in the Southern League were Craft and John Burton (a former semi-pro a real struggle. But then along came Jon footballer and good cricketer) to inspect the Hardy. Under his captaincy the team was wicket. During the Seventies the Sports transformed into what I believe is the finest Ground pitches were rated as some of the team that has ever graced the League.” fastest and truest around the club scene, although time would take its toll. The wickets, coaching and the ends in particular (which had become So how does Brian think he would perform in increasingly pronounced), began to worsen today’s Lymington team? “It's almost and so major refurbishment work was impossible to tell. But suffice to say that in the undertaken on the square in 1985. Now the Seventies there were a lot of very talented wicket is a batsman’s paradise and Brian sides and at Lymington we really did have an pities the poor bowlers.

forty five Covered wickets are a relatively recent innovation at Lymington, and while undoubtedly improving the quality of pitches, Brian feels that batsmen are a little spoilt these days. He chuckles at the sight of sheer horror on the faces of the batsmen if a ball varies in line, length or height. “We all went up to Cove to watch an end of season game,” he recalls. “First of all we waited until the run-ups were dry (whatever happened to sawdust?), and then one ball got up a bit and hit the batsman’s knuckles, whereby he declared the pitch was unplayable and promptly walked off forcing the umpires to abandon the match!” He adds: “This is a good example of the difference in the way the game is played today and the fundamental reason why average scores are much higher. Brian also considers that the format of cricket today gives little encouragement to bowlers. “I believe this has come about due to the fact that league cricket is based solely on winning and losing, and there are no drawn matches Godfrey Evans - one of the best players Brian has played anymore. This to me means that the main against. Seen here in action against New Zealand task of the bowler is to negatively slow down there is the Hampshire player - and latterly the amount of runs scored rather than Test umpire - Lloyd Budd who Brian describes concentrate on dismissing the batsman.” as a ‘fantastic batsman’ - “To dismiss him favourite before he reached his century was some Brian ranks the old County Grounds at achievement.” Northlands Road and Dean Park as two of his Lymington has been blessed with some great favourite away grounds, along with Wimborne cricketers over the years and Brian considers CC’s Hanhams ground. When asked to name the following to be some of his favourites who the best cricketers he's played against, Brian he has watched and played with in his time lists the likes of the aforementioned Cottom, with the club. Brian's choice of opening White, etc, plus Bill Edrich, Johnny Arnold, batsmen would be Peter Barrett and Jon Godfrey Evans and, in more recent times, the Hardy. “Jon possessed natural elegance - brilliant and consistent John Harris. Also up what a pity that his first class career was

Northlands Road - one of Brian's favourite grounds

forty six powers to dismiss those who offend the most. However, I think we have the Australians to thank for the declining standards.” On the international front Brian believes that, with the improvement in coaching standards, England will eventually catch up with the Australians. “Unfortunately money talks, and until we can raise the level of pay at county level to somewhere in line with other sports, the best sportsmen will not be attracted to cricket. How we increase the revenue, I do not know. Perhaps the way the game is now Two of Lymington's finest: John Lawson - brilliant cover leaning towards a shortened version is the driver, and Jack Barrett - incredible in the slips answer as it certainly attracts large crowds. affected by ill health, even though he still “In Australia, and South Africa for that matter, scored centuries for three counties. Michael the will to succeed seems to be more Pardey was one of the finest players of all prevalent than here. Cricket-wise we are types of bowling and a wonderful cover fielder gradually adjusting, although I believe that too. Graham Walters was a hard-hitting covered wickets have given a distinct batsman: just imagine the time he struck a advantage to the Aussies, in that now we play straight drive over the house at the Tins End exactly their game. Do not misunderstand me, into St Thomas’ Street with the ball ending up the game is better as a result of covering in the old cinema where Waitrose is now. pitches, but previously most of our success Peter Tapper is an incredible puller of the ball was based on the typical English conditions, with virtually no back-lift, while George Crouch such as green tops and sticky dogs, which the would hit an almighty six and then remove the foreign teams - used to hard fast wickets - comb from his pocket to comb his hair! As a could not handle. I wonder if Jim Laker could player of spin, Bill Craft was second to none. achieve 19 wickets on the covered pitches of Do you know that this man once declared today - I think not!” himself retired when well into the nineties because he thought that the bowling was not unrecognisable good enough to get a ton against! The best In Brian’s opinion, during his time at cover-drivers were John Chidsey and John Lymington - both as player and spectator - the Lawson, and the fast bowlers were Eddie club has gone through three cycles of Saunders, Alan Smith, Dudley Barrett and performance from excellent to poor and back Dick Page. Left-arm seamers were Tony again. “A lot of the improvement is down to my Rollett, Chris Allen and David Maughan. Chris predecessor David Heppenstall who, on his Allen was also a fine left arm spin-bowler who return from Zimbabwe, really took a grip on took an incredible number of wickets, and Don the club. Together with the excellent cricketer Whitlock was also an excellent off-spinner. and club captain Neil Trestrail, these two put Andrew King was a shrewd captain and the pride back in the club.” Overall Brian wicketkeeper/batsman.” reflects that the club is unrecognisable from discipline his early days. “From where my friends and I sit, we admire the standard of cricket we see When asked to comment on Lymington’s poor today and everything the club has achieved record in the ‘Fair Play League’ last season, over the past thirty years.” and on the general decline in disciplinary standards within the game, Brian says that he In closing, what does Brian make of recent neither understands or admires the behaviour events in the Caribbean? “At last I’ve seen it: on the field today, either against the England whipping the West Indies, and the opposition or in particular, the umpires. “I bowlers - would you believe - bowling to an believe that the umpires must be given more umbrella field! Things are on the up!”

forty seven MysticMystic Meg'sMeg's 20042004 predictionspredictions The new season sees me once again reaching for my crystal balls (the ointment isn’t working) and pondering upon the messages hidden in the stars to find out what lies ahead for Lymington Cricket Club’s own stars in 2004. It seems, however, that there will be little time for cricket this year - which may come as something of a relief - as club members will be involved in a multitude of other activities, as I shall now reveal . . . The club will have several nominations at this year’s Oscars: Dom and Luigi Di Maria will be nominated for ‘Lost in Translation’ - a film about their attempts to put the rules of cricket into Italian; Tony Wharton will revive his Bahamas role in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’; and the First XI will be nominated for ‘Finding Nemo’ where a shoal of cricketers go missing on a Friday night. However, the first trophy winner of the season will be Tickle Jenkin who will pick up an award from the ‘Campaign for Clear English’. In a tearful acceptance speech Tickle will give thanks to “all those special ackers and nippers without whom this mush ain’t not got no change at the bar when the chips come from the ground”. Quite. Mercury interfering with the Great Bear during May sadly heralds the first casualty of the season with Wayne Smith being quarantined to Fawley due to an outbreak of ‘bird flu’ which he claims to have caught off Matt Molloy (again!). Wayne is not the only person to be under the doctor, so to speak. Peter Tapper has an acute case of SARS (Slogging Against Reverse Swing) which, unfortunately for Craig, also appears to be hereditary. The increased popularity of celebrity TV, coupled with Gemini being irritable as a result of Jupiter’s intrusion, sees a number of our heroes gracing the small screen. The camera starts rolling for ‘I’m a First Teamer, Get me out of Woodside’, with several of Dan Peacock’s men being stranded at our second ground. As an easy warm-up, the first challenge is to collect five gallons of water from the square - which in May usually proves no problem. Next up our brave contestants have to endure a trip to the showers with the cockroaches left over from the football season. The final task proves to be the most difficult: to destroy the skateboard ramp and construct a roller out of the parts. Just when it seems that victory is in sight, the plug is pulled on the programme due to protests from the local Woodside Residents’ Group. When asked why, it appears that the answer is because all the locals are retired, have nothing better to do, and don’t like to see people enjoying themselves. Which is probably the reason they’ve let cricket go unopposed for so long, as there’s no danger of that happening. Plans to film a drama series called ‘Cricketers Wives’ are shelved when the fees to hire the actress who played Chardonnay cannot be met, although John McGuirk says he would be happy to play the lead opposite Blue Nun. Unfortunately the roles cannot be filled as the

forty eight director is looking for actors who can empathise with vain, conceited, arrogant characters, and there’s no-one like that at this club . . . ! Uranus being resplendent in June foretells of the scandal about to hit those resident at the Sports Ground. After Dwain Chambers’ positive drugs test earlier in the year, there are rumours that the performance enhancing drug THG is being prescribed to Lymington cricketers. A quick look at the running between the wickets of Bob Iles and Chris James allays any fears of substance misuse, and after a government enquiry/whitewash it is revealed that the THG that has led to improved performances is the First XI triumvirate of Treagus, Hunt and Gelling. In Olympic year Robin Goff perfects the 100 yard dash (from the bar to the toilet) and Adie Hunt finishes the marathon (and Twix, Mars, Bounty, etc). Sadly Tom Thorp and Craig Tapper flop in the high jump as they fail to master the Neil Trestrail - Thespian, MCC member scissors kick, while their barber seems to have lost his and Robin Hood impersonator scissors altogether. The season ends in farce with Neil Trestrail’s stage production of ‘No Slogging Please, we’re MCC’ at the Ringwood Playhouse. An all-star cast sees Ronnie Corbett playing Chris Hunt, Penelope Keith as Sheila Hope and Norman Wisdom as Tony Jenkin (apparently he’s big in Albania too). Finally, and most confidently, I can safely predict that I won’t be asked to repeat this garbage next year. Or, as Flanders & Swann uttered in their song: ‘My Horoscope’ . . .

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forty nine H Y T E L R A R R A THE JUNIOR K L LARKS PAGE

Hello again! It's been quite a while since I last gave you the benefit of my knowledge, due mainly to the fact that I wasn't invited to write for the programme last season (which was probably why it was rubbish!). Fortunately the baldy bloke has seen sense and asked me to write a few words for this handbook thingy. What the hell's been going on at my beloved Lymington CC? Matt Molloy's announced his retirement, Big Wayner's bogged off back to Esso, Taps has taken over as Chairman/Secretary/Bar Manager/Tea Lady/Scoreboard Operator, Ben Sanger's got somebody pregnant and Aaron Heal's now playing for . The whole world's gone mad! And what about the First XI's terrible showing in the Fair Play League last season? How did we manage to finish 37th out of 38 teams? Neil Trestrail was mad when he found out . . . he had a fiver on us finishing 38th! Seriously though, I've heard that the club is taking positive action to cure the ill-discipline on the field. In fact, only the other day I saw our First XI coach Dave Jelling and Chairman of Selectors Tony Gherkin jotting down names of potential new signings who could improve the team's reputation. I managed to sneakily retrieve the piece of paper (right) from the rubbish bin and I think you'll find it makes very interesting reading! Must fly! Larry the Lark PS: Don't forget to try my great picture quiz on the opposite page! fifty LARRY'S PICTURE QUIZ Answers on the next page Question two: Identify the Question one: It's a well-known fact that six Lymington members in my hero Wobbly Wharton (pictured below) the two pictures below? has been about a bit during his long and extinguished career (and he's played for lots of cricket clubs too!). But how many of Wobbly's clubs can you name? (Wobbly's cap may povide a few clues):

Question three: Put these four Glyn Treagus hairstyles in chronological order:

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