Horsham squeeze home for second spot – Roffey end on high note too
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Hastings v Horsham
At Horntye Park, Horsham inserted Hastings. Skipper Harry Chowen and Tom Gillespie made 30s, but wickets fell regularly after Sam Martin-Jenkins made an early breakthrough.
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Hide AdBertie Foreman and Oliver Avinou grabbed two each and Horsham’s target was 166 at a shade over four an over, and at 62-2 a sound platform had been created.
Hastings kept plugging away and while four batsmen got into double figures, Hastings kept making inroads, with Adam Barton taking 3-32 and John Morgan and Iden McCleave finishing with two apiece.
Following Foreman’s departure for 43, suddenly Horsham were nine wickets down needing 12 more with the overs fast evaporating, but George Briance and Avinou scraped Horsham home with a ball to spare to condemn Hastings to relegation.
Roffey v Three Bridges
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Hide AdAlthough Roffey finished seventh they had beaten good sides, including champions Nomads, and, again they produced a vintage performance after being put in by title-chasing Three Bridges.
Opener Jonny Phelps blazed away with 71, including eight fours and five sixes, from 48 balls.
Accompanied by Theo Rivers (65), the pair notched Roffey’s eighth century opening partnership. Seven of these featured Rivers and skipper Matt Davies - the two highest scoring batsmen in the league.
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Hide AdDavies hit an unbeaten 50, Roffey posting 262-5 from 33 overs.
Bridges never really got going after Toby Munt dismissed Matt Boyle for a golden duck.
Michael Cowdrey scored a rapid 56, but Munt and Phelps each took two wickets, aided by four catches from wicketkeeper Sajeer Nizam.
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Hide AdBad light forced the players off with Bridges 17 short of a revised target.
Stepping down after nine years at the helm – containing four titles and exciting cup runs – Matt Davies told the County Times: “We’ve played well in patches, but lacked consistency.
“We’ve got some great young players coming through, but we need to strengthen our squad, perhaps with an overseas signing.
“Our seconds won their league and will be in Division 2 next season.”
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