SPCL3 Week10 - Alton thump Southsea to stay top

Alton march on at the top of Southern Electric Premier League, Division 3, beating newly promoted Southsea by a thumping 143-run margin.

Michael Heffernan (86) and Ben Jansen (53) led the way to a seventh successive win as Alton posted 239-7 before bowling Southsea out for 96 - John Halfacre (5-36) and Jerry Pang-Kessler (4-20) doing the damage.

Ventnor won by four wickets at Bashley, while Trojans maintained their challenge with Mario Mohammed - 54 and 3-47 - prominent in the 42-run victory at Flamingo.

New Milton made it five wins in a row with a 28-run victory at Hook & Newnham Basics, but Winchester KS lost ground after losing by 30 runs to Rowledge. Imrie Chakrabarti hit 52 and took 5-49 in Hambledon's 25 run win at Leckford.