On an unsettled cold evening Reed went into bat with rainy clouds looming. They made a slow start and lost 4 wickets between 6th and 9th over. But opening batsman Reece Fitzgerald and No 6 Freddie Stuart made a fine stand between them taking the final total to 103 for 4 both not out 45 and 18 respectively. There was little choose from Mildenhalls 6 bowlers they all bowled tightly Clark, Haywood and Kingdom sharing 3 wickets the 4th to a run out.
Reed still felt they were in with a chance especially when opening bat Palmer was caught by Sam Rice off of Freddie Stuarts bowling in the 3rd over. However, the sibling partnership of M and J Allen proved too much for the Reed bowlers. They just could not find a ways past these two accomplished batsman. J Allen finally retired not out 51 leaving his brother and no 4 bat to mop up the innings in the 14th over finishing 106 for 1. M Allen finished on 32. Runs were spread evenly between the Reed bowlers. Considering the difficult wet conditions Reeds fielding was commendable
