WINCHESTER CITY A WALTON & HERSH A
By Malcolm Clarke

HEROIC efforts by the Winchester staff and players to complete the opening league game of the season were in vain as the match was abandoned early in the second half.
A torrential downpour at the interval created plenty of surface water, and although the referee started the half, conditions were such that after just a few minutes play he ordered a further delay of 15 minutes to allow some of the water to be cleared from the pitch.
That was a challenge the Winchester contingent rose to before a further burst of rain ended any ...