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Brave 4th XI fall to first home defeat of the season

Reed 4s entertained second placed Harpenden 6s in their last home league fixture of 2015. Winning the toss, Skipper Lloyd Bowman had no qualms in inserting the opposition on a green pitch at the Freman Oval. Matt Yates opened the bowling at the Reed End but was promptly dispatched for three boundaries by Ivans. However, the positive start was cut short as Neil Haslam, opening from the Buntingford End bowled Bolton off his pads for a duck, 12 for 1. Ivans and Callender then began to build a sensible partnership. Yates finished with credible figures of 6-0-29-0, despite the indifferent first over and gave way to Steve Hughes. Meanwhile Haslam was continuing to bowl tight lines with genuine inswing and away movement of the pitch and passed the bat with regularity. The score had reached 59 when Callender spooned an easy catch to the safe hands of Martin Johnson at cover point off the nagging bowling off Hughes (7-1-21-2). Haslam finished his spell in the next over by clean bowling Ivans for 26 with a ball that swung in late, 63 for 3. Haslam ended his spell with figures of 9-2-26-2, to makeway for Mas Naeem (5-0-37-0) whose spin offered two early chances that Reed failed to take. Washington and Byrne set about rebuilding the Harpenden innings and the pair put on 74 for the fourth wicket before Alan Ward (8-2-33-4) trapped Byrne LBW for 49, 137 for 4. Four runs later Washington nibbled at an away swinger from Ward to be caught behind by Chris West for 28. At 141 for 5 off of 34 Overs, Reed were very much on top. Jones soon followed caught by Naeem to give Ward his third wicket. [...]

By |2016-12-27T13:14:20+00:00August 17th, 2015|Categories: 2015, 2015 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Brave 4th XI fall to first home defeat of the season
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Reed Village Hall Barbecue

There will be a Barbecue on the Green organised by the Reed Village Hall Committee on Bank Holiday Monday, 31st August. Other attractions include a Bouncy Castle, Tombola, Games and Music, and teas & cakes will be available. Festivities will run from 3pm to 8pm. Although not a Reed Cricket Club event, the licensed bar in our Clubhouse will be open to members of the public, so make a date in your diary. Peter McMeekin, RCC Bar Committee Chairman.

By |2015-08-17T10:44:58+01:00August 17th, 2015|Categories: 2015, News, Social, Uncategorized|Tags: |Comments Off on Reed Village Hall Barbecue
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2015 Herts Service to Sport Awards

Nominations for the 2015 Herts Service to Sport Awards are now open! Every year, coaches, instructors, officials, administrators and sports club volunteers commit their time and energy to sport in Hertfordshire. This is their time to be recognised. The annual Herts Service to Sport Awards evening held on Wednesday 16th December 2015 will acknowledge and celebrate the massive contribution that volunteers and clubs make to Hertfordshire sport. Nominate your sporting winners online at www.sportinherts.org.uk. The closing date for nominations is Friday 23rd October 2015. For more information contact the HSP Events Team on [email protected] or [email protected] or 01707 281005/6. This year we are pleased to announce two new categories to the awards, ‘Community Project of the Year’ and ‘Disability Sports Coach of the Year’. VOTE NOW! Posted on behalf of: Shelley Woods, Children and Young People’s Team Lead, Herts Sports Partnership, Sport Performance & Development Centre, de Havilland Campus, Hatfield AL10 9EU P: +44 1707 281005 | E: [email protected] | W: www.sportinherts.org.uk T: www.twitter.com/sportinherts | F: www.facebook.com/sportinherts

By |2015-08-17T10:31:23+01:00August 17th, 2015|Categories: 2015, News|Tags: |Comments Off on 2015 Herts Service to Sport Awards
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Headlines – 15th August

The Firsts are in third position in the Championship. Solid batting from the top order of Will & James Heslam followed by Chris Jackson and Tom Greaves guided them to 187 for 4 which was enough to overhaul Hoddesdon's 185 for 8. Wickets were shared round between Jack Tidey, Tom Greaves and Phil Lill. 116 all-out was never enough for Chipperfield Clarendon to defend as the Seconds romped home by 5 wickets at Reed to keep them cemented at the top of their Division. Skipper Marcus Martin led the way with 58 not out and the bowling credits went to Alex Kelly who took 6 for 18. Remarkably, the Garrott brothers held 5 catches between them. I'm afraid there is nothing much to write home about regarding the Third's visit to Langleybury. The hosts posted 185 for 7. Reed scored 70 in reply; top-scorer was Rob Willoughby with 16. I expect the little dotted lines indicating promotion and relegation zones are likely to appear on the Herts League website soon. The Thirds will be in the latter! There are just 3 matches left to claw back some ground so we wish Mike Robertson and his team all the best of luck to finish the programme strongly. Their next 2 fixtures are at Freman College, so go there and give them all the support you can. Meanwhile the Fourths have only 2 matches remaining and still are in 1st place in Regional Division C East. It's anticipated that they will be above the little dotted lines at the end of the season. However, they did lose to second-placed Harpenden on Saturday, but they have only one fixture remaining. Alan Ward took 4 for 33 as Harpenden [...]

By |2015-08-17T09:52:55+01:00August 17th, 2015|Categories: 2015, News|Tags: |Comments Off on Headlines – 15th August
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Phil fills his boots with maiden century for club

Phil Lill Reed's oversees player from New Zealand- made it his day with an outstanding all round performance that saw him take 3 wickets and making his maiden hundred for Reed. Reed were hosting their annual rivals and friends Aston and having lost the toss were asked to field first. Aston captain Falder opened the batting and with Hollis looked perfectly comfortable in making a solid platform until Graham Stuart (8-1-27-1) bowled Hollis. First change bowler George Garrott (5-1-18-1) got into the action taking a wicket with his first ball. Meanwhile, replacing Graham Stuart, Sam Rice initially struggled as Falder made 62, but eventually got things going finishing with 3 wickets. Reed captain Marcus J.E. Baker took the wicket of his opposite number and that of another for just 16 as he and Phil Lill (3-27) bowled out the final few overs. Reed restricted Aston to 185 with credit going to Ben Moody who gave another solid performance behind the stumps. In the second innings Phil Lill, opening with Paul Garrott, took to things with ease putting on 71 for the first wicket. Paul Garrott, who had played the supporting role to Lill, was lost for 17 but his son George replaced him and quickly out scored him some brutal hitting of his own making 18. With runs still to be made, Phil Lill found yet another useful partner in the form of Ben Moody who rotated the strike excellently. Lill’s clean hitting was at no point hindered and he made his maiden century for Reed before retiring. Ben Moody then put away a few boundaries as he took his side closer to victory. He finished on 30 not out as Reed won by 7 [...]

By |2016-12-27T13:14:21+00:00August 13th, 2015|Categories: 2015, 2015 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Phil fills his boots with maiden century for club
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1st XI convincing win over Flitwick

The 1st XI made it 3 wins in 4 matches with a hard fought but convincing win over close league rivals Flitwick. Flitwick won the toss and elected to bat on a warm sunny day at the green. Jack Tidey made an important early breakthrough for Reed by clean bowling the dangerous Jimmy Hart for 2. However, Tidey made a more crucial breakthrough later on producing a brute of a delivery to also clean bowl prolific Bedfordshire batsman George Thurstance (35) who had started in ominous form. This left the game well balanced with the visitors 60-2 off 13 overs. During this period of the game Reed turned to their reliable spin triplet of Tom Greaves, Phil Lill and Reece Fitzgerald who all bowled with good control. Unfortunately for Reed though a 5th wicket partnership between Russell (89) and Beds all-rounder Jake Higginbotham (30) put the visitors in a decent position at 177-4 with 15 overs to go. However some crucial breakthroughs from Greaves (18-2-71) and the once again impressive Fitzgerald (12-2-24) got Reed firmly back into the game with the visitors eventually ending their innings on 221-8 off 60 overs. In reply Reed got off to an excellent start with Will Heslam particularly looking in fine form following his 82 the week before. The home side raced to another 100 opening stand before Will Heslam was unfortunately out for an excellent 56 off 58 balls. This set back could have changed the course of the game but James Heslam and Tom Greaves steadied the ship and as Heslam went past 50 he accelerated as the pair put on another fine century stand. Despite an excellent spell by Thurstance keeping Flitwick in the game once he [...]

By |2015-08-13T06:21:54+01:00August 13th, 2015|Categories: 2015, 2015 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on 1st XI convincing win over Flitwick
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Headlines – 8th / 9th August

The Heslam brothers took the game away from Flitwick. Wickets had been shared around with Jack Tidey taking 3 of them, as the visitors closed on 221 for 8 after 60 overs. But Will Heslam scored another fifty and James, a marvellous undefeated hundred, as they put on a century partnership together helping Reed 1sts win by 9 wickets and climbing into 4th place in the Championship. Opponents next week are 3rd placed Hoddesdon. Marcus Martin’s gentle and seemingly innocuous slows, (4 for 31), were too much for Luton Town & Indians as they succumbed to 160 for 7. Richard Johnson made sure that the Seconds maintained top spot in Division 5B with an attractive 76 not out in a victory by 4 wickets. The Thirds battled it out against Division 8A leaders, St Albans, at Freman College. Reed’s innings ended on 175 for 9, Swetank Khambhat top-scoring with 47, and they fought back after tea taking 7 St Albans’ wickets, 3 of them to that man Swetank again! 13 points helped the Thirds gain another rung up the Divisional ladder and are away to close rivals Langleybury next weekend when the match format return to the 50/50 variety. The Fourths suffered an upset away at Welwyn Garden City. There were 3 wickets each for Hunter Diack and Ollie Mansfield as WGC managed only 186 for 8. But a weakened Fourths were shot-out for only 88 and 31 of these came from the bat of Martin Johnson. The Fourths have 3 matches left in the programme, but still maintain first position in their Division. They are due to play second-placed Harpenden next week. Regular opponents, Aston, visited The Green on Sunday and posted a total [...]

By |2015-08-10T07:20:03+01:00August 8th, 2015|Categories: 2015, News|Tags: |Comments Off on Headlines – 8th / 9th August
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Veterans in the runs as 4th XI extend their lead at the top

Reed 4s entertained Hatfield Hyde 3s at The Freman Oval last Saturday in their penultimate Home League fixture of the season. Hatfield Hyde won the toss and elected to bat. Reed opened the bowling with Matt Giblin (9-2-23-1) and Jack Childs (7-0-48-0) &, the Hatfield Hyde openers set off quickly punishing any lose deliveries. The score had reached 27 before Giblin bowled Moorehouse for 15 with a ball that moved in. After twice being dropped early in his innings, the Hatfield Hyde skipper Johnson continued to accumulate runs partnered by Davies. Skipper Lloyd Bowman then brought Neil Haslam and Toby Emes into the attack and both immediate began to put pressure on the batsmen with accurate bowling and the runs began to dry up. With the score on 96-1, Davies tried one adventurous shot too many off of Emes and was bowled for 27. At the other end Haslam was bowling a tight line and length and the earlier free flowing batting of Hatfield Hyde was beginning to dry up. Skipper Johnson then suffered a pulled leg muscle attempting a quick single and this proved a turning point for the Reed bowlers. Haslam bowled him a short time later with an inswinging ball for 80, 140 for 3. Emes (10-0-36-2) continued to bamboozle the batsman and then took his second wicket as Bill Mansfield took a good catch in the deep, 152 for 4 and in the next over Whitton spooned a catch to Matt Giblin at mid-on off of Haslam (11-1-35-2) with no addition and Reed were now on top. Singh and Malik threatened a mini revival but Malik fell to Martin Johnson (4-0-26-2) the score was now 179 for 6. Haslam gave way [...]

By |2015-08-05T18:01:41+01:00August 5th, 2015|Categories: 2015, 2015 Match Report, Uncategorized|Tags: |Comments Off on Veterans in the runs as 4th XI extend their lead at the top
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Great win for 3rd XI

Reed 3rds won the toss against Northwood and opted to bowl. Owen Hughes(6-3-12-1) picked up a wicket in his first over and then Michael Robertson (8-2-17-4) picked up two leaving Northwood 30 for 3 after 8 overs. Ian Roberts (9-2-34-2) then chipped in with two wickets while Robertson claimed another two leaving Northwood 74 for seven after 24 overs. Josh Connolly (3-0-14-1) and Kallum Ward (4-0-8-2) then cleaned up the tail, leaving Northwood all out for 91. In reply, Reed began strongly with Peter Baker (40) and Richard Barlow (24) putting on an opening stand of 68 in 16 overs, but five wickets fell quickly until Robertson (8no) and George Garrott (6no) saw them over the line safely. 94 for 5 off 21 overs. Reed 30 points Northwood Town 2nds 5 points.

By |2015-08-05T17:58:26+01:00August 5th, 2015|Categories: 2015, 2015 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Great win for 3rd XI
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Reed 1st XI unfortunate in close defeat

Reed 1st XI were unfortunate not to defeat Herts Championship leaders Totteridge Milhillians on Saturday in a closely fought encounter. Reed won the toss and elected to chase. On a Totteridge Milhillians track that tends to play better than opposing teams might expect and a lightening outfield and short boundaries it was no surprise Totteridge’s fine batting line up got off to a good start. Overseas player Hayden Butterworth (121) and Chris Mason (51) reached 116-0 although they were kept down in run rate particularly once spinners Tom Greaves (18-2-81) and Reece Fitzgerald (11-0-41) came on and bowled very well. During this period Reed suffered a first bit of misfortune when Butterworth received the benefit of the doubt over a possible catch in the gully off the bowling of Jack Tidey (10-1-54) when on 16. Greaves managed to deservedly take two wickets before lunch leaving the home side 134-2 off 34 overs. Unfortunately after lunch Totteridge Milhillians through Butterworth and ex-Derbyshire Steve Selwood (51) kicked on well and reached 226-2 off 47 overs and a big score looked probable. However the determined Reed bowling attack who had bowled pretty well all afternoon had other ideas. Phil Lill (9-3-42) and wicket keeper / off break sensation Sean Tidey (5-3-26) came on and got a couple of crucial breakthroughs which then exposed the Totteridge Milhillians lower middle order who were unable to perform to the level of the top order and the home side collapsed to 264 all out in 58 overs. This left Reed in a decent position to challenge the total on a free scoring ground, although knowing it would be tricky against the Totteridge spin attack including ex-England captain John Emburey and Butterworth. James [...]

By |2015-08-03T21:10:20+01:00August 3rd, 2015|Categories: 2015, 2015 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Reed 1st XI unfortunate in close defeat
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