Fresh from Saracens Herts League Division 4 victory and promotion, Reed picked up where they left off by crushing Chipperfield in the first round of their National Village Cup campaign on Sunday. Despite losing the toss, Reed restricted the opposition to 155 in their 40 overs after Chipperfield's flamboyant opening which rewarded them with 36 runs for no loss in only 7 overs. It took Reed veteran, Peter Tidey (2-30), using his vast experience, to bowl dangerman Khan (27). Clarke (2-41) quickly followed his lead, dislodging the other opener Carson with a sharp caught and bowled. This however allowed McNicol to the crease as he confidently dominated the faster bowling with a powerful 40, until Berks (2-40) removed him and his partner in quick succession. This break, combined with the intelligent spin bowling of C. Jackson (1-23) and tight fielding in the covers, increased pressure on Chipperfield to maintain a healthy scoring rate. There were some notable catches, particularly by skipper S. Jackson and G.Wornham which helped maintain pressure. Their middle order struggled to break the succession of maidens, and once they fell to some misjudged strokes, the lower order were forced to take some riskier shots, from which both R.Robertson (2-9) and Clarke benefited. Chipperfield's responded with some very tight and intelligent seam bowling, reducing Reed to 5-1 in 5 overs, and 34-1 in 15 overs. Yet, once Wale (1-47) and Mir (0-17) were replaced, J.Heslam (26) and C.Jackson (21) cut loosed and imposed their authority with some blistering cut strokes. Yet Carson and McNicol created problems again by ending their innings, tipping the run-chase into the balance, particularly as Wornham (46) struggled early on to dominate the bowling. Yet, in partnership with Curtis [...]

Fresh from Saracens Herts League Division 4 victory and promotion, Reed picked up where they left off by crushing Chipperfield in the first round of their National Village Cup campaign on Sunday. Despite losing the toss, Reed restricted the opposition to 155 in their 40 overs after Chipperfield's flamboyant opening which rewarded them with 36 runs for no loss in only 7 overs. It took Reed veteran, Peter Tidey (2-30), using his vast experience, to bowl dangerman Khan (27). Clarke (2-41) quickly followed his lead, dislodging the other opener Carson with a sharp caught and bowled. This however allowed McNicol to the crease as he confidently dominated the faster bowling with a powerful 40, until Berks (2-40) removed him and his partner in quick succession. This break, combined with the intelligent spin bowling of C. Jackson (1-23) and tight fielding in the covers, increased pressure on Chipperfield to maintain a healthy scoring rate. There were some notable catches, particularly by skipper S. Jackson and G.Wornham which helped maintain pressure. Their middle order struggled to break the succession of maidens, and once they fell to some misjudged strokes, the lower order were forced to take some riskier shots, from which both R.Robertson (2-9) and Clarke benefited. Chipperfield's responded with some very tight and intelligent seam bowling, reducing Reed to 5-1 in 5 overs, and 34-1 in 15 overs. Yet, once Wale (1-47) and Mir (0-17) were replaced, J.Heslam (26) and C.Jackson (21) cut loosed and imposed their authority with some blistering cut strokes. Yet Carson and McNicol created problems again by ending their innings, tipping the run-chase into the balance, particularly as Wornham (46) struggled early on to dominate the bowling. Yet, in partnership with Curtis [...]

National Village Cup round 2 - 11/05/03 Records were flying all over the place at Reed on Sunday, when they entertained Hare St & Hormead in the National Village Championship. After losing the toss and being put into bat, Chris Jackson and Tom Fulk started to rewrite the record books. Despite good opening spells from Hammond and Nathan, the pair saw off the new ball and then accellerated, unleashing a barrage of unstoppable shots and delivering some punishing blows to the Hare Street attack. The pair raced from 100 off 17 overs to 351 off 40overs, with the final 50 runs coming off off just 25 balls. Jackson was finally out for a career best of 186 with just 3 balls remaining hitting 17x 4s and 6x 6s, whilst Tom Fulk carried his bat for 153 scoring 18x 4s and 1x 6. Reed finished on 351 for 1 in only 40 overs! Their partnership of 344 set a club record and was also the 2nd highest partnership ever in the competition's long history. In reply Hare St got off to a poor start when their Captain Fitzgerald was caught by a diving catch by Reed wicketkeeper Simon Jackson. However some solid batting including a 95 partnership from Clive Newland and Hammond saw Hare St to a very credible 190 for 4. Reed are at home to their conquerers of 2 years ago, Biddenham in the next round on 25th May. Reed captain Simon Jackson said "after our great win against Cottered on Saturday I didnt think we would have a better achievement on the Sunday in the National Villagehampionship. Chris and Tom looked a different class and it was a pleasure watching the momentus innings. [...]

On Sunday a Reed Second team including eight colts beat Harrow St.Mary by 4 wickets. Batting first Harrow reached 204 all out in their 40 overs.Reed fielded well and there were three run outs.The rest of the wickets were shared Marcus Martin 2-24,Marcus Baker2-33,William Heald 1-19,Matt Bowles 1-19,Peter Baker 1-7. Reed colts batted steadily opener Marcus Martin 36 supported by Conrad Wellstead 10,Matt Bowles 25 and Karl Ward 20.But a sixth wicket partnership of 60 between Marcus Baker 50 not out (including three 6s)and Alan Ward 22 not out saw Reed home to victory in the 34th over.