At long last Reed Sunday seconds were able to finish a game on one of the hottest days of the year whilst the first eleven played Botany Bay in the Village Cup. Due to the Village cup fixture the Sunday seconds benefited from having a strong side. Reed’s captain Ed Blisset won the toss and decided to bat first, opening with himself and Liam Mckechnie. Reed suffered an early set back when Blisset was caught short backing up from a hard hit from his partner via the boot of bowler Kennerly.
Aiden Swain then went out to the middle and scored 17 but was bowled by Block. He was then followed by Richard Barlow (6) and Sean Tidey (21) who supported McKechnie before Mitchell Cooper made a partnership of 114 with the Australian. With great skill and his fair share of luck McKechnie played an impressive innings scoring his maiden century in Britain a feat which undoubtedly he will now be wanting to match in league cricket. After 40 overs Reed were 224 for 4, L. McKechnie 115* and M. Cooper 47*.
In reply Walthamstow struggled against the Reed bowlers, M. Cooper (4-0-18-1) got the ball rolling having Block caught behind by S. Tidey before Tidey stumped both Elliot and Thompson Jnr from the bowling of Chris Peckett (7-1-14-3). The rest of the wickets were shared amongst Julian Fynn (8-2-33-2), Neil Haslam (6-3-31-1), Matt Giblin (7-0-28-1) and Richard Barlow (1.4-0-3-1). Walthamstow ended 130 all out.
