Reed won the toss and elected to bat against local rivals Steeple
Morden. Skipper Mark Peart led from the front with a good 41 before
he was the second wicket to fall with the score on 89. This brought
together Paul Watts and debutante Ed Blissett. Blissett scored a
maiden 50. He looked on course to score the first Reed ton of the
season before Peter Tidey bowled him for 73. Watts went on unfazed to
also record his first 50 of the season. He was left 57 not out when
Reed declared on 194-4.

Reed got off to a flying start when Neil Haslam removed Huffer for
duck with his very first ball. That was Reed only success despite
some good bowling from Haslam and Peter Costen. Costen only conceded
6 runs in his 8 overs. It was the 28th over before Reed got a break
through with the score on 69. It was the spin of Peart that got
through when he had Hodgson caught for 34. 30 runs later Richard
Robertson bowled the other main contributor to the Steeple run chase
when he removed Bailey for 50. Steeple were never in the hunt, but
Reed just couldn’t break through despite using 8 bowlers. Ian Roberts
picked up a wicket with 4 overs left, but by then a draw was
inevitable.