It’s been all-change this week.
The Fourths had to concede their Herts League match on Saturday. Not enough players!
Eaton Bray have conceded their Village Cup match against Reed 1st XI on Sunday. Not enough players!!
The Sunday “Friendly” against Aspenden would have been conceded; not enough players!!! But because the 1st Team players became available, there will be a match at Reed on Sunday. It won’t be against Aspenden though (not enough players!!!!). Instead a combined Preston / Knebworth Blue side will visit us; 2pm start.

SATURDAY:
The Firsts and Seconds had a double-header against Ampthill. Away at Ampthill, the 1sts bowled them out for 144, 3 wickets each to Tom Greaves and Sean Tidey. Ed Wharton then biffed 66 supported by Rob Lankester’s 25. But precariously poised 9 wickets down needing the final runs, Toby Fynn saw Reed to a 1 wicket win.

Meanwhile at Reed, Phil Frenay led our 2nds to 218 for 6 with 89; Matt Sampson scored a half-century too. The visitors could muster only 134 leaving Reed victors by 84 runs. The wickets were “shared around”.

Over at Bayford, the 3rds played Bayford & Hertford Nondescripts who reached 205 for 8 in their 50 overs. Marcus Baker took 3 for 25 and Steve Hughes 2 for 19. At 24 for 5 in reply, Reed looked dead & buried, but a new 6th wicket partnership of 119 between Matt Yates (26) and MJEB ensued. MJEB ploughed-on to 133 until Reed were all-out for 201, just 5 runs short of the target.

SUNDAY:
The Sunday friendly against a Combined XI from Knebworth Blue and Preston at Reed saw fine batting performances from George Garrott, (83), and Rhodri Hughes, (78), as they helped set a daunting target of 266 for their visitors. It was too much. Will Heslam and Harry Hawes claimed 2 wickets each as Reed won by 149 runs.

VILLAGE CUP NEWS:
Preston beat Northchurch by close to 100 runs and will be Reed’s next visitors on the 11th June in the Regional Final.

COLTS:
The Under 13s played Letchworth on Wednesday and won with 5 wickets in-hand. Adam Gardner (2 wickets), Jacob Vincent, Sam Osborne and Jack Beber (1 wicket each) restricted Letchworth to 80 for 7 in this Herts Junior League match. Beber was amongst the runs when Reed batted and was 33 not out when the winning runs were scored.

Expect Match Reports to follow shortly.

PGB