Wicket Keeping in brackets followed by stumpings First Name Surname Catches Simon Jackson 10 Chris Jackson 8 Peter Costen 4 Richard Robertson 4 Baz Curtis 2 Ian Roberts 2 Trevor Saunders 2 Mike Jackson 1 Jason Nolan 1 Mark Peart 1 Scott Rouse 1 Graham Wilson 1 Robert Dunn 0 (4) 0st Stuart Smith 0 (3) 1st Steve Dunn 0 (2) 0st
Opposition Innings Total Wickets Reed Innings Total Wickets Result Baldock 109 10 282 5 Won 173r Sandridge 0 0 45 1 Rain North Enfield 140 9 241 7 Draw Flitwick 203 7 202 8 Lost 3w Old Haberdashers 219 5 106 3 Draw Bushey 1 0 207 4 Rain Braughing 0 0 209 6 Rain Datchworth 117 9 109 9 Draw Boxmoor 121 10 126 10 Won 5r U.C.A. 173 10 60 10 Lost 113r Northwood Town 176 10 182 2 Won 8w Northampton Exciles 227 6 140 10 Lost 87r Kings Langley 100 4 97 10 Lost 6w Bayford & Hertford 241 6 221 5 Draw Ampthill 0 0 0 0 Rain Preston 47 2 119 10 Rain Redbourne 141 5 138 6 Lost 5w Hatfield Hyde 117 10 229 6 Won 112r Eversholt 115 5 112 10 Lost 5w 2247 108 2825 122 Runs For 2825 Wickets Lost 122 Runs Against 2247 Wickets Taken 108 Average Stand For 23.16 Games Played 14 Games Won 4 29% Average Stand Against 20.81 Games Drawn 4 29% Games Lost 6 43% Tie 0 0% Games Abandoned 5
First Name Surname Six's Chris Jackson 6 Trevor Saunders 6 Baz Curtis 4 Robert Dunn 1
Eversholt put Reed into bat and it looked a good decision when they had the home side 4-2. This soon became 35-3, but James Bradford and Trevor Saunders started to rebuild. They put on 77 for the 4th wicket before Trevor Saunders was LBW for a fine 44. Red again looked in trouble at 120-5 in the 33rd over, but while Bradford was still their a decent total was on the cards. He was joined by first Simon Jackson who looked in great nick for his 14, and then Graham Hazard who hit a hard hitting 21. Bradford was finally dismissed with the score on 212. He hit 14 4s, and 1 huge six in his 108. It was his maiden ton for the club and came at a vital time. He was the 7th man out with 212 on the board. Reed posted the visitors a challenging total of 224 to win. Ian Roberts again bowled a superb opening spell. He got a vital wicket in his first over when Eversholt had just 2 on the board. Roberts went for 40 in 11 overs and also picked up a second wicket. Reed welcomed back Richard Robertson to the opening attack and he bowled Hall for 18 just as he was beginning to look dangerous. Eversholt looked to be pacing themselves well, needing 120 in 20 overs and with a quick outfield it looked on. Peter Costen entered the attack and he took the vital wicket of Garratt for 72. Eversholt were now 113-4. The game turned with the introduction of Mark Peart. Suddenly the visitors were finding it hard to get the ball away and Reed managed to add pressure with some excellent ground [...]
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.
Reed were put into bat and lost a wicket first ball when Curtis was bowled. It never really got much better for the rest of the afternoon. Only Paul Watts with a stubborn 42, James Bradford with 20 and Peter Costen with 29 reached double figures. Reed were 52-4 and in trouble, but it got worse when they were 56-7. Costen with some aggressive hitting put on 24 with Watts before Watts went for his highest score for Reed so far. He had scored 42 out of Reed's 90. Reed lost their last 3 wickets for just 17 and were 107 all out. Peter Tidey gave Hatfield Hyde a scare when he had Miltar caught behind for a duck. Robert Dunn then took 2 wickets in the space of 4 runs and Hatfield Hyde were 39-3, but that was the last wickets Reed were to get and they ended up losing by 7 wickets.
Headstone St. Georges won the toss and decided to bat first on a slow wicket. Reed opening attack of Simon Roberts and Duncan Price made the visitors fight for every run. They had reached just 43-1 from 23 overs. Roberts had removed White for 8. Price finally got his reward and this made Headstone St. Georges 42-2. Price had figures of 1-26 from 14 overs, while Roberts had 1-20 from 12 overs. Neil Haslam and Phil Divers were also run misers when they bowled. Backed up by some good ground fielding the batsmen were finding it hard to score at a decent rate. Only Fowler had an answers with a patient 74. Divers took 3-53 from 14 overs while Mark Peart came on at the death to bowl 6 overs 2 for 18. Reed bowled 57 overs at the visitors and they posted a very modest 155-8. Reed's batsmen decided the only way to bat on the slow wicket was to be aggressive. Baz Curtis took a liking to Fine's fist 4 overs smashing him for 33. Although he was unfortunate to have the Reed opener dropped off an absolute sitter before he really got going. Curtis took full advantage reaching his 50 in just 9 overs and went on to make 74. He hit 12, 4s and 1, 6. When Curtis went with the score on 82 in just the 14th over the run rate slowed, but Stuart Smith and Graham Hazard became more positive and soon the runs were flowing again. Smith hit his highest first team score of 32 and Hazard smashed a typically aggressive 38. It was a shame they both got out with victory in site. It was left to [...]
Richard Johnson will never forget his first team debut for Reed. The u15's opening bowler took full advantage of the conditions. He swung the ball from ball one and the Hockley batsmen had no answer to it. He took first first wicket in his second over, but with the last 3 balls of the same over completed a hat trick. The visitor were 9-4. He then continued to mystify the rest of the batsmen who could score off him either. He had the first 7 wickets before William Clarke spoilt the 10 wicket dream. Johnson wasn't going to let anyone else into his party and removed the last 2 Hockley wickets. The visitors were 73 all out in just 20.2 overs. Johnson's returned the amazing figures of 10.2 overs, 2 maidens, 9 for 18, 6 of which were bowled!!!! Reed sent in fellow under 15 star James Heslam and in the circumstances senior (at 18) Ian Fulk. They put on 68 for the first wicket before Heslam went of a typical stylish 24. Despite the loss of another wicket Fulk saw the home side to a comprehensive 8 wicket win.
Reed won the toss and decided to bat on what looked like a good batting track. The Reed openers of Baz Curtis and Paul Watts built a good foundation having 47 on the board before Watts was bowled for 6. Curtis was then joined by Mark Peart. They put on a further 48 before a bad piece of calling meant Peart was run out for 11, with the score on 95. That quickly became 100-3. Reed had to be careful not to let Ickleford back into the game as the toiled in the field. James Bradford came to the wicket and helped put on Reed first century stand of the season. He made an good 36 before being well caught in the deep as Reed pushed on for a declaration. Curtis was now in full flow. He had already reached his first league ton of the campaign. He had been dropped twice early on, but was taking full advantage of his luck. He was finally dismissed for 150 in the 46th over. His 150 contained 19, 4s and 3, 6s. A brisk 17 by Simon Roberts pushed Reed towards 250 and it was left to Simon Jackson and Trevor Saunders to make sure Reed got there. Reed declared 2 overs early on 252 for 6. Reed made two early break throughs having Ickleford 12-2. Both wickets were taken by Simon Roberts. Ickleford then put on 68 for the 3rd wicket before the oldest swinger in town Ian Roberts broke the stand. Chris Jackson got rid of Ickleford's last chance of a win when he bowled Hare for a quick 24. This was his second wicket after a superb over the head catch by Tidey got [...]
Reed playing their first game of the season decided to bat in this opening Herts League Division 2 fixture. It looked a good decision when Simon Roberts bowled Rourke for a duck with just 9 on the board. Reed kept Old Albanian under pressure and the run rate never reached 4 an over. Peter Costen was the star of the Reed attack, taking 3-58 in 18 overs. He was well supported by Peter Tidey, 1-57 and Richard Robertson 1-44. Reed dropped a couple of catches at vital times that meant Old Albanians could push on near the death with wickets in hand. After 53 overs Old Albanians posted Reed 186 to win. Reed were never really in the hunt once they were 13-3 and then 47-7. Only Jason Nolan and Simon Jackson with 10 and 14 respectively reached double figures. Reed were 69-9 when Chris Bovington was joined by Peter Tidey. They put on 44 for the last wicket before Tidey was caught for a defiant 20. This left Bovington 27 not out and Reed 72 runs short of their target. Reed picked up just 2 points.