Reed IIs continued their promotion charge and moved to second place in the league after another convincing victory. This weeks opponents Kings Langley won the toss and decided to bat. Reed made an unfortunate start as Peter Tidey tore a hamstring bowling the 4th ball of the day. Richard Johnson (4-47) took over and dismissed the top 3 batsmen. Karl Ward chipped in with his 25th wicket of the season at the other end, but it was Jason Archer (4-30) who ripped the heart out of the middle order as Kings Langley stuttered. Eventually bowled out for 189 in 49 overs. Only Sambrook providing any real resistance with 49 from number 8. Reed made their usual excellent start with Fergus Martin and Mark King completing their fifth fifty plus opening stand in six starts together.King eventually fell for an excellent 51. Marcus Martin (44) and Stuart Smith (55no)then added a further fifty for the third wicket, before the former became Perkins third victim. This proved to be the last wicket to fall as Richard Johnson (32no)joined Smith to see Reed home, with the third major partnership of 74.