With a nod to current times,  the second half of the sentence could be classified as Fake News, but the first half is as honest as the day. 

Match balls cost £15 a piece and each team must provide a new ball for each league match. Now I'm no mathematician, but with three Hampshire League teams and all those colts teams, that's clearly a lot of balls. 

Given the current financial climate, match ball sponsors are currently being sought. 

£15 gets your name on the score sheet, in lights at the ground on match day, in lights on the relevant result page on the website, in a font of your choice on a roll of honour in the newsletter and spelt out in twiglets on the tea table between innings.

If you would like to spend £15 to sponsor a match ball for any game don't be a stranger.

email chrisdecani@googlemail.com

and he will furnish you with the details of how to pay for the thing online, deliver small change in a jar or discretely pass used notes in a brown envelope.