2011 Match Report
Hemel Hempstead III
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Hatch End
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Flitwick II
The 2nd XI travelled to Flitwick looking to continue their good end of season form. The visitors lost the toss and were asked to field. Mitchell Cooper struck early removing Timms for 2. Nicklin was in positive mood and looked well set. Rupert Martin missed a caught and bowled chance when a return catch came back at him a lot slower than he thought. Nicklin had raced to 33 and it looked like the missed chance might mean a long afternoon in the field for Reed. Peter Tidey had other ideas and a well judged half tracker was misjudged by the Flitwick opener and he was bowled. Thurstance and Alder batted well for Flitwick, but when Roddi Liebenberg caught Thurstance for 27 Reed started to stem the run rate. Rupert Martin completed a fine spell of bowling have Valentine caught for 3 and finishing with figures of 2-51 from 15 overs.Will Dobson replaced him and the home side struggled again some good spin bowling. Tidey struck twice more and at 132-7 Reed looked well on top. Dobson removed Alder for 34 thanks to a good catch by Fergus Martin at mid wicket. It looked like Reed might be chasing less than 150, but Peters took a liking to the attack and smashed 38. Cooper returned to bowl the all rounder, but not before Peters smashed him for a 6. Flitwick were all out for 178 and more importantly Reed had gained 2 extra overs for their run chase. Tidey ended with 3-52 and Dobson 3-31.In reply Reed started at a snails pace. William Heslam was dismissed for a duck, but Baz Curtis and Fergus Martin saw off the challenge of Peters and Moxon-Booth with a [...]
Flitwick II
The 2nd XI travelled to Flitwick looking to continue their good end of season form. The visitors lost the toss and were asked to field. Mitchell Cooper struck early removing Timms for 2. Nicklin was in positive mood and looked well set. Rupert Martin missed a caught and bowled chance when a return catch came back at him a lot slower than he thought. Nicklin had raced to 33 and it looked like the missed chance might mean a long afternoon in the field for Reed. Peter Tidey had other ideas and a well judged half tracker was misjudged by the Flitwick opener and he was bowled. Thurstance and Alder batted well for Flitwick, but when Roddi Liebenberg caught Thurstance for 27 Reed started to stem the run rate. Rupert Martin completed a fine spell of bowling have Valentine caught for 3 and finishing with figures of 2-51 from 15 overs.Will Dobson replaced him and the home side struggled again some good spin bowling. Tidey struck twice more and at 132-7 Reed looked well on top. Dobson removed Alder for 34 thanks to a good catch by Fergus Martin at mid wicket. It looked like Reed might be chasing less than 150, but Peters took a liking to the attack and smashed 38. Cooper returned to bowl the all rounder, but not before Peters smashed him for a 6. Flitwick were all out for 178 and more importantly Reed had gained 2 extra overs for their run chase. Tidey ended with 3-52 and Dobson 3-31.In reply Reed started at a snails pace. William Heslam was dismissed for a duck, but Baz Curtis and Fergus Martin saw off the challenge of Peters and Moxon-Booth with a [...]
Luton Town and Indians
Reed played host to Luton Town on Saturday and came away with all 30 points in a comprehensive all round performance. Having won the toss and elected to bat, Reed got off to a shaky start losing some early wickets to some tight bowling from the Luton openers. Liam Mckechnie, fresh from his vacation, returned to add some much needed steel to the Reed middle order and compiled a fine innings of 57. Mckechnie was well supported by Karl Ward (53), who punished anything short of a length. Ward fell short just after knocking up his half century, which brought Sean Tidey to the crease who batted well beyond his years. Sean struck the ball cleanly throughout a fine innings, notching up his maiden first team half century for the club in doing so. Sean's 68 was pivotal in Reed setting Luton the the challenging total of chasing 242 to win the game.In reply, Reed got off to an excellent start with the dangerous Jack Tidey removing Jeremy Page in the forth over. Throughout his opening spell, Jack bowled with excellent rhythm, pace and bounce and reaped the rewards when Khan was caught at slip leaving Luton 59-2. The introduction of Tom Greaves (2-43) instantly changed the game, with him picking up two quick wickets, adding to the all rounder's already increasing tally of wickets for the season. At 72-4, Luton were precariously hanging onto the game, however Dalvi, who had been quietly building a fine innings at the other end was proving to be the backbone of the Luton innings. When he was finally caught by Heslam off the bowling of Garratt two short of his century, and Luton on 180 this saw the [...]
Enfield II
The seconds had to endure a rather one sided affair in their opening game of the 2011 season. Peter Baker led a weakened, ten man side down to Enfield for the friendly fixture.The hosts batted first and took full advantage of the gap in the field as they took Reed for 10 an over in the first fifteen. The break through finally came as Julian Fynn had Naughton (30) playing on. Jason Pallett was then introduced and soon had the wickets of opening bat and top scorer Barrell (84) and hard hitting number three Raffa (43). During the middle overs of the innings Reed slowed Enfield down as under 15 Joe Graves and Fergus Martin bowled well to the middle order. Returning spells produced wickets for Mitchell Cooper, thanks to a good catch at deep extra cover from F. Martin, and Jason Pallett who had Fereday (35) stumped by Marcus J.E. Baker. Enfield’s final total of 334 for 5 after their forty overs was greatly assisted by the number of wides which were adjudged by the Minor Counties umpire as anything that went down the leg side. In reply Reed never looked anywhere near as comfortable as the hosts at the crease. At 39 for 5 M. Cooper was joined by Josh Conley who swung hard and made contact sending several well bowled deliveries to the boundary including a huge six, but his cameo came to an end the next ball caught for 24. Meanwhile, Cooper had played a mature innings until he was also out caught for 27. Julian Fynn added 24 and Jason Pallett 14, before Reed were all out for 146. Reed had displayed some dogged resistance in places and there was [...]
Flamstead
For the second year running, Reed were frustrated by the weather at Flamstead. Reed lost a vital toss and were inserted on what looked like a bowler friendly track. Baz Curtis and Fergus Martin again opened the batting, but both fell having scored 2. Matt Bowles and Richard Johnson showed more aggression and looked to have repaired the early damage before Bowles drove at a wide one and was well caught behind for a fine 36. At 65-3 it looked like Reed would be able to set a challenging total and may even get some batting points, but Rose had other ideas. He had Johnson caught at mid off for 31 and then ripped through the middle order reducing the visitors to 96-8. That was soon 104 all out. Rose finishing with 7-37 from 21.2 overs.A shower before the home side could start their innings delayed their reply, and they had to face a tricky 20 minutes before tea. Reed knew their was enough in the wicket to still make batting hard and some good bowling could still steal a victory. Mitchell Cooper had Oswin well caught at gully by Wheeler and then Rupert Martin picked up two wickets before the tea break. Blunt being removed as the players ran off for tea and another shower. The covers did a good job, but the surrounding area around the wicket was very wet. Flamstead did a good job to get play back on again. Skipper Taylor came out with some intent hitting two boundaries before he was caught a short midwicket by Cooper with a great diving catch.Both Cooper and Martin picked up more wickets and the home side were in sorts of trouble at 57-7 [...]
Enfield II
The seconds had to endure a rather one sided affair in their opening game of the 2011 season. Peter Baker led a weakened, ten man side down to Enfield for the friendly fixture.The hosts batted first and took full advantage of the gap in the field as they took Reed for 10 an over in the first fifteen. The break through finally came as Julian Fynn had Naughton (30) playing on. Jason Pallett was then introduced and soon had the wickets of opening bat and top scorer Barrell (84) and hard hitting number three Raffa (43). During the middle overs of the innings Reed slowed Enfield down as under 15 Joe Graves and Fergus Martin bowled well to the middle order. Returning spells produced wickets for Mitchell Cooper, thanks to a good catch at deep extra cover from F. Martin, and Jason Pallett who had Fereday (35) stumped by Marcus J.E. Baker. Enfield’s final total of 334 for 5 after their forty overs was greatly assisted by the number of wides which were adjudged by the Minor Counties umpire as anything that went down the leg side. In reply Reed never looked anywhere near as comfortable as the hosts at the crease. At 39 for 5 M. Cooper was joined by Josh Conley who swung hard and made contact sending several well bowled deliveries to the boundary including a huge six, but his cameo came to an end the next ball caught for 24. Meanwhile, Cooper had played a mature innings until he was also out caught for 27. Julian Fynn added 24 and Jason Pallett 14, before Reed were all out for 146. Reed had displayed some dogged resistance in places and there was [...]
Flamstead
For the second year running, Reed were frustrated by the weather at Flamstead. Reed lost a vital toss and were inserted on what looked like a bowler friendly track. Baz Curtis and Fergus Martin again opened the batting, but both fell having scored 2. Matt Bowles and Richard Johnson showed more aggression and looked to have repaired the early damage before Bowles drove at a wide one and was well caught behind for a fine 36. At 65-3 it looked like Reed would be able to set a challenging total and may even get some batting points, but Rose had other ideas. He had Johnson caught at mid off for 31 and then ripped through the middle order reducing the visitors to 96-8. That was soon 104 all out. Rose finishing with 7-37 from 21.2 overs.A shower before the home side could start their innings delayed their reply, and they had to face a tricky 20 minutes before tea. Reed knew their was enough in the wicket to still make batting hard and some good bowling could still steal a victory. Mitchell Cooper had Oswin well caught at gully by Wheeler and then Rupert Martin picked up two wickets before the tea break. Blunt being removed as the players ran off for tea and another shower. The covers did a good job, but the surrounding area around the wicket was very wet. Flamstead did a good job to get play back on again. Skipper Taylor came out with some intent hitting two boundaries before he was caught a short midwicket by Cooper with a great diving catch.Both Cooper and Martin picked up more wickets and the home side were in sorts of trouble at 57-7 [...]
Chorleywood II
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