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This page will (from the 2009 season) have all match reports as printed in the Lymington Times. Previous season's match reports are posted as available, if you have any to add please e-mail me.

Milford on sea 1st XI 195-6 New Milton 3rd XI 187-9 (2008 season)

Milford welcomed fellow promotion challengers New Milton to Barnes Lane on a breezy, overcast yet humid afternoon. After visiting skipper K.Locke correctly called the toss he wasted no time in inviting Milford to bat first on a hard wicket with just a sprinkling of rain on top. Milford’s experimental batting line up, due to a list of 8 1st team players absent, struggled against a good opening bowling attack of D.Toop (12-2-37-1) and D.Crossley (12-2-46-2). Nick Hatfield(32), elevated from the middle order to opener, batted well against some ferocious bounce and with the help of Matt Downding(31) put on a usefull 2nd wicket partnership of 54. Jamie Boynton was introduced at this stage, and probably played his best innings of an incredible season for him with the bat and ball. With a well balanced New Milton attack, featuring the guile of Jim Metcalfe, the pace of Kristian Locke and good back up bowling from Prodomo, Milford had to fight for every run. Jamie Boynton steered his way to an unbeaten 64 with the help of Darren Jones, Johnny Brown and Rod Fry (21not out), who all put on useful partnerships to help reach a satisfying total of 195. With tensions running high, Milford took to the field knowing that a victory in this match would really help their ambitions of playing in the higher leagues. Opening bowlers N.Hatfield (7-33-1) and injured 4th choice skipper C.Hammond (4.4-1-13-0) really struggled on a dead pitch, and it was not until realisation that slow bowling would win the game that Milford really started to dominate. With the experience of Rod Fry (6-16-0), J.Boynton (10-40-2), M.Dowding (8-36-1) and D.Jones (2-18) Milford started to put pressure on the New Milton batsmen by starving them of boundaries, by far the best fielding performance of the season. At one stage, when classy veteran Jim Metcalfe (37) and Prodomo (45) were at the crease together, New Milton looked to have the game in the bag, but credit to Milford they never gave up, and after being 112-3 New Milton slipped well behind the run rate. Darren Jones took a breathtaking caught and bowled to remove the dangerous looking Vibert, and New Milton innings capitulated to 187-9. A great game which neither team deserved to lose and hopefully next season the fixture will be re-played a division higher.

Milford-On-Sea Vs Mudeford IV (2007 season)

On another rain effected Saturday, this was the only game to take place in the league. Thanks to some hard work by the Milford ground staff and in particular Chris Walford the game managed to start at 2.30 with the overs being reduced to 37. Langford’s poor form with the coin toss continued and Milford were put into bat on a damp but by no means unplayable wicket. Early wickets fell with conditions favouring the bowling and at 68 for 4 Milford were in a little bit of trouble but once again Hammond came to the rescue for Milford ably abetted by N. Hatfield. Taking advantage of improving batting conditions and some poor support bowling the pair put on 137 for the fifth wicket. Hammond was the man to go after a powerful but measured innings of 90 off 71 balls. With the score standing at 205 with 6 overs still remaining there was the chance for Milford to pile on the runs and put the game out of sight. The classy Hatfield didn’t disappoint, putting the Mudeford attack to the sword before finally falling for 70. Further big hitting by W. Lewis (17 n.o) and youngster J. Brown (9 n.o) brought the final total to 253 off 37 overs, a magnificent achievement given that many observers thought that 150 would have been a useful total given the conditions. In reply Mudeford had to go for it and scored well off the first 10 overs with the opening bowling partnership of J. Ferrar (5.0.32.0) and J. Brown (5.0.18.0) suffering a little. Skipper Langford then turned to his enforcer B. Torah and when D. Bryan (33) was bowled 7 balls into Torah’s spell, Mudeford’s resistance faded. With Torah and Hammond seemingly having their own competition to see who could take the first five-for, the wickets fell at regular intervals. With a grunt of joy, man-of-the-match Hammond (10.2.1.32.5) took the final wicket in the 32nd over with the visitors reaching a total of 111. Torah (11.3.18.5) ended with his second 5 wicket haul in successive matches and must now be in with a good chance of taking league’s best bowler with a current total of 24 wickets at an average 7.38 a piece.

Milford-On-Sea Vs New Milton III (2007 season)

On the best Saturday of the season Milford welcomed New Milton to their ground. New Milton won the toss and elected to bat. New Milton started well posting 49 for the first wicket but then the wickets started to fall with I. Lewis (11.1.63.5) the catalyst and at 77 for 4 New Milton were on the brink. However, after a shaky start M. Freeman started to find the middle of his bit and proceeded to hit the Milford attack all round the park. Freeman was eventually the last man out but not before he’d hit 8 sixes in a total of 101 and New Milton finished up with a total 213. In reply Milford seemed to be making slow work of it and half way through the innings the required run rate had gone up to exactly 7 an over, but what followed must go down as one of the most exciting run chases ever seen at Milford. Langford proceeded to take apart the New Milton attack and with support from Dowding (21), Gregory (11) and Bond (10 n.o) Milford managed to stay just within striking distance. The match went right down to the wire with 16 runs needed off the last over to secure victory. Langford knocked them off with a ball to spare, finishing unbeaten on 126 and sparking a mini pitch invasion.

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