After his rampage against Royston in the Keatley Cup Final four days earlier 19 year old Reed bowler Jim Allsopp collected his second six wicket haul in a week on Saturday. Allsopp recorded a spell of 7 overs 5 maidens 6 for 10 as Reed II totally destroyed Bayford and Hertford II recording a mammoth win by 235 runs.

Winning the toss and batting first on a scorching hot day, Ian Fulk and Peter Baker steered Reed to 86 before Baker fell for 31. Alan Ward joined Fulk and the pair took the score to 160 before Fulk fell caught for a fine 80. The Reed middle order kept the runs ticking on lead yet again by the in form Ward who was 84 not out when skipper Heslam declared with Reed having accumulated 277-5 off 45 overs.

After Tea it was the Allsopp and Emms show as Bayford failed to establish any sort of reply. Allsopp clean bowled 4 off his 6 victims and was only prevented from returning an even better analysis by the ECB directive that under 19’s can only bowl a maximum of 7 consecutive overs. Andrew Emms 3-26 and Jason Archer 1-1 completed the rout as Reed II’s collected another 30 points to keep them 22 points clear at the top of the league.