With the heavy morning rain it was expected that both Reed games would be called off, but that was not the case and Reed II XI made the excursion down to Cheshunt for a 40/40 friendly. The brothers Greaves opened the batting for Reed and Tom (24) was soon making runs, dominating the crease until he put one in the air, caught from the bowling of Gough (8-1-31-3). Reed then lost two more quick wickets and were struggling on 38 for 3, but another vital partnership between George Greaves and Marcus J.E. Baker (14) stopped the flow of wickets and started putting runs on the board again.
G. Greaves who had taken along time to get off the mark was now playing a brilliant innings with some impressive shots. With a large boundary and slow outfield quick running was the name of the game and the two put on 51 until Baker was also out caught. A nice knock from Steve Lovegrove (20) followed and then Mitchell Cooper (21*)made 67 runs with G. Greaves as they attacked the Cheshunt bowling in the closing overs of the Reed innings as they reached 196 for 5. But it was George Greaves finally getting his half century that was highlight of the day ending 40 overs worth of batting on 90 not out.
In reply most of Cheshunt’s batting got going but could not hold on against Reed’s bowling talent. The wickets were shared amongst Neil Haslam (8-0-29-1), Chris West (7-2-21-1), Peter Baker (6-0-25-2), Jack Tidey (6-2-13-1), Maseeh Naeem (4-3-4-1) and Mitchell Cooper (6-1-13-1). Cheshunt finished on 125 for 7 from their 40 overs leaving Reed victors. Once again Reed had been exemplary in the field and there were some impressive catches from T. Greaves and M. Cooper and as usual impressive glove work from S. Lovegrove.
