​Gregor McKenzie set a record for the highest number of six-hits in an ECB Southern Premier Division
innings when he cleared the Utilita Bowl nursery ground boundary rope 14 times. The left-handed
St Cross Symondians opener struck a mighty 182 as the defending Premier champions posted a
thumping 377 before bowling Hampshire’s shell shocked Academy youngsters out for 131 to win by
246 runs.
Just for good measure, McKenzie – who works as a cricket coach at the prestigious Whitgift School in
Surrey – hit 13 fours as the Hampshire hopefuls spent close on four hours toiling in the sapping 30
degrees heat. He added 196 with Felix Organ (87) after Poole Grammar School’s Barney Overton (4-52)
had achieved two early breakthroughs. Several of McKenzie’s six-hits landed on the adjoining Boundary
Lakes golf fairway, with another sailing into the cricket stadium itself.
Battered and bruised from their sweaty ordeal in the field, the Academy had little more than pride to
play for – but they managed only 131 (Williams 35), with left-arm spinner Charlie Gwynn taking 5-15.