On Saturday Reed 1XI returned from St Margretsbury with another good point scoring draw. After electing to bat Reed set off impressively with Liam Mcechnie (36) and James Heslam (97) putting on 84 for the first wicket. Karl Ward batting at 3 replacing the injured Chris Jackson joined Heslam and batted sensibly as the pair took the score up to 171-2 before Ward fell for a well made 31.
Reed then collapsed to 175-5 and it took a mature and exciting innings by 17 year old wicket keeper batsman Sean Tidey of 34* to see Reed to what looked a good score of 222-9 in 53 overs.
This looked an even better score when Lee Johnson (3-47) who produced an excellent opening spell removed the dangerous Simon Tilbury for 23 after Reed had frustrated him well. Graham Wilson (1-46) also bowled tightly putting the home side under pressure. Reed were then well in control of the game but unfortunately failed to take the regular wickets required to force the victory largely thanks to a very impressive 111 not out by Brown.
A few chances went down which could have made the difference as St Margretsbury never looked like collapsing to defeat but defiantly rallied to 201-6 after their 47 overs.
St Margaretsbury Score Card
