Joe Leavey discovers that a merged club found togetherness and a youthful team outlook proved to be the key to earning unexpected Premier League success

Victors: St Cross with the Nepal Cricket team during their visit in 2018

When, on September 1 2018, St Cross Symondians lifted their first Southern Premier League title after a six-wicket victory over Lymington, it was a moment indicative of the efforts not just of the first XI, but the whole club.
Formed from a merger between two of Winchester’s stalwart sides – St Cross and Old Symondians – in 1992, it wasn’t un...