Priory celebrate county triumph

Hastings Priory Cricket Club’s under-19 team is basking in the glory of winning a county title.
By Simon Newstead
Published 15th Sep 2015, 08:00 BST

This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement.

Jake Woolley with the NatWest U19 Club T20 Sussex Finals' Day trophyJake Woolley with the NatWest U19 Club T20 Sussex Finals' Day trophy
Jake Woolley with the NatWest U19 Club T20 Sussex Finals' Day trophy

Priory Young Guns triumphed in the NatWest U19 Club T20 Sussex Finals’ Day at Horntye Park on Sunday.

Priory made the most of home advantage to come out on top in a three-way round-robin competition also involving Findon Horses and Chippingdale Megalodons.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

The day began with Priory seeing off Findon by eight wickets with seven balls to spare. Findon posted 136-6 batting first, with Finn Hulbert and Jed O’Brien picking up two wickets each, and Elliot Hooper taking one and effecting a run out.

Joe Billings led the run chase with 51 retired not out at the top of the order, and received good support from Teddy Smith (34), Hooper (21 not out) and Hulbert (14 not out).

Chippingdale then beat Findon by 10 runs to set up a winner-takes-all finale against Priory.

Priory restricted Chippingdale to 85-8 batting first in a match reduced to 15-overs-per-side. Hooper starred with 4-19, while Hulbert returned remarkably economical figures of 2-6 from three overs and O’Brien also kept things tight with 1-12 off three.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

After losing a wicket before a run had been scored in reply, a splendid second wicket stand of 80 between Hulbert (41 retired not out off just 24 balls) and Hooper (26 not out) took Priory to the brink of victory. They got home with eight wickets and 4.2 overs to spare.

Twelve clubs in Sussex and more than 460 across the country signed up for a competition which aims to recreate the atmosphere of the national NatWest T20 Blast locally, with music playing and players in coloured kit.

Don’t miss out on all the latest breaking news where you live.

Here are four ways you can be sure you’ll be amongst the first to know what’s going on.

1 Make this website your homepage

2 Like our Facebook page at facebook.com/pages/Sport-Sussex

3 Follow us on Twitter @SportSussex

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

4 Register with us by clicking on ‘sign in’ (top right corner). You can then receive our daily newsletter AND add your point of view to stories that you read here.

And do share with your family and friends - so they don’t miss out!