Old Finchleians won the toss and decided to bat against Reed in last weeks Herts League Division 2 clash. Reed only employed three bowlers and they all bowled well. Martin Seale and Peter Tidey did the bulk of the bowling. Tidey bowled yet another marathon spell of 24 overs. He returned figures of 4-83. Seale wasn’t far behind taking 3-56. Old Finchleians scored at a steady rate, but Reed kept taking wickets just as a partnership got going. The out fielding was good and Reed took some good catches. Some of which came down with ice on! John Pemberton wrapped up the innings with 2 wickets in 2 balls. He took 3-51 and now has to wait until the next game for his hat trick attempt. Reed bowled Old Finchleians out in 50 overs and so got the balance to get the 207 needed to win.
Reed made a steady start putting on 34 for the first wicket, but the batting collapsed to 68-8. Of which opener Jamie Warren had got 31. He was fourth out with the score on 56. This brought together Jason Nolan and Chris Bovington. They put on 57 for the 9th wicket showing the top order how it should be done. Although Reed had plenty of overs and needed only 80 from 20 overs the earlier collapse had put any chance of victory well beyond them. Bovington was 9th out for 17 and as Nolan tried to push Reed nearer some much needed batting points he was the last man out for a splendid 45. He smashed 8 4s in the top score of the innings.
