Reed decided ot bat against local rivals Guilden Morden, but it
looked to have backed fired when 3 of the top four were back in the
pavilion thanks to Matthew Scott. Mark Peart then joined Simon
Roberts and they started to put Reed in control. They put on a club
fourth wicket record of 177 before Simon Roberts retired on a seasons
best, 104. He hit 16, 4s and 1, 6 in that total. Mark Peart continued
on his way. 81 was also his best for the season. He hit 9, 4s and 1,
6. Reed declared after 40 overs with 207-3 on the board.
Louis Gearing and Phil Divers opened the attack for Reed and had
the Guilden batsmen under pressure from the start. Gearing bowled 9
overs and conceded just 19 runs and picked up a wicket. Guilden were
in trouble at 50-4, but Whiton and Simon Scott started put on 69 for
the 5th wicket. The game turned when Scott was superbly stumped off
the bowling of Phil Divers. Divers was the star of the show. He took
7-81 in a 21.2 overs, a career best. Owen Dunn also picked up a
wicket in his 6 over spell. Divers took the final wicket and Reed won
by 58 runs.
