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2014 Match Report

Sam’s the man

On a sunny but windy evening Reed travelled to local rivals Foxton aiming to re-establish local ‘bragging rights’ after a disappointing defat to their “noisy neighbours” in last year’s competition. Reed’s captain Mitchell Cooper won the toss and decided to bat, on what was a very green but hard wicket. Reed’s openers Will Heslam and Sean Tidey looked to build on their recent success. Tidey started positively hitting Lowmass (4-3-35) for 11 off the first over. However, after his brilliant knocks at the weekend Heslam fell to Gabrial (1-1-13) with the very first ball of the second over. A short ball that should have ended up over the Foxton pavilion, only found the hands of A. Cambridge at short mid – wicket. This brought Fergus Martin to the crease, after playing a lot of cricket at university Martin looked in good form playing some lovely shots. It was obvious it was going to take something special to remove the Reed batsman and Lowmass produced just that in the 4th over, a delivery that swung away and cut back off the green service, clipped the off stump dismissing Martin for 6. But this was not good news for Foxton as Reed’s overseas player Sam Fairbrother strode to the crease. Fairbrother had struggled for runs in the early part of his Reed CC career but is starting to adjust to conditions and find some form in more recent times. Tidey and Fairbrother decided to take the attack to the home side and a combination of good running and big hitting kept the scoreboard ticking over at a very good rate. Both batsmen made well deserved half centuries before Fairbrother 50 and Tidey 72 both fell to Lowmass [...]

By |2016-12-27T13:16:59+00:00June 13th, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Comments Off on Sam’s the man
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Captain ‘Cus leads from the front

Reed II’s came away with a win from their long-haul away fixture with Rickmansworth II’s. Having won the toss, skipper Marcus Martin elected to bat on a wicket that had been covered from the significant overnight rain and looked in reasonably good fettle. Phil Frenay and Srikanth Tummala opened up and made light work of the Rickmansworth opening bowling, as they combined to speed the score along to 38 before Frenay (18) ‘played-on’ to his off stump having looked well set. Captain Martin joined Tummala at the crease, but this partnership was also short lived as Tummala (25) gave extra cover a regulation catch whilst trying to go over the top of the in-field. Fergus Martin, returning from University for his first game of the season, joined his elder, diminutive brother Marcus at the crease and the pair began to steady the ship. Ferg looked in good nick and worked the field expertly as the score ticked along nicely towards 3 figures. However, a mix-up proved costly as Ferg was run out for 20. This proved a turning point in the innings as Reed went on to suffer a middle order collapse and looked in real trouble at 130-9. Marcus Martin then took the game by the scruff of the neck, and along with Tom Walsingham, got the visitors innings back on track. Martin soon passed 50 and was looking more and more fluent by the over. Walsingham proved an able assistant as he mixed solid defence with good running to give his more experienced partner the lion’s share of the strike. When Walsingham eventually perished, Martin was left stranded on 86 Not Out and Reed’s total looked a very competitive 181. In response, Walsingham [...]

By |2014-06-10T14:32:25+01:00June 10th, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Captain ‘Cus leads from the front
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Road to Repeat Lords Final Opens Up for Reed

2012 National Village Cricket Cup Winners Reed saw the road to a repeat Lords Final open up to them when they clinched the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Area Title with a 2nd win in two days against fellow Herts Championship League side Langleybury at Reed on Sunday. Having beaten Langleybury in a scheduled Herts League fixture on the Saturday the pair met again, and again at Reed the following day in the Herts and Beds County Final of the 2014 Davidstow National Village Cricket Cup. Reed skipper James Heslam won the toss and elected to field, but when Langleybury raced to 50 for no wicket after just 9 overs the decision looked questionable, and Langleybury looked destined for a big score. However, Reed opening bowler Jack Tidey had other ideas and proceeded to remove both openers in the space of the next 2 overs and brought Reed right back into the match with Langleybury reduced to 56 -2. A smart stumping by Sean Tidey off Tom Greaves saw the visitors further reduced to 69-3 and Reed were rapidly gaining the upper hand when Mitchell Cooper trapped Felton LBW for 5 leaving Langleybury struggling at 78-4 in the 22nd over. The Reed stranglehold was firmly established and never really threatened despite a fine 47 from Soulsby and undefeated contributions of 36* from Godden and 24* from Oxley. The Reed outfielding was spirited and efficient, led by an outstanding exhibition from William Heslam. Two catching opportunities were gleefully and safely accepted by skipper James Heslam and the Reed machine refused to allow the Langleybury innings to accelerate at any stage. Jack Tidey 9 Overs 2- 33 and Tom Greaves 9 Overs 1 -22 restrained the visitors good initial [...]

By |2016-12-27T13:17:00+00:00June 9th, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Road to Repeat Lords Final Opens Up for Reed
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Reed Back on Winning Ways

After winning their first match of the season in the new Herts Championship League Reed had suffered 2 x rain affected weeks and also 2 x League defeats, to league leaders Hertford and most recently a narrow defeat to previous Homes Counties Championship side West Herts CC. However, after Saturdays weather proved less wet than widely forecast, Reed got back into winning ways with a comprehensive win over long time rivals Langleybury CC from Watford. Langleybury won the toss and put Reed in to bat but the decision soon looked unwise as new Reed opening partnership of William Heslam and Sam Fairbrother set off at a cracking pace and soon had the visitors questioning their decision as the score raced to 50 for 0 wicket. Fairbrother then fell LBW for a fine 32 and Heslam was joined by recent Reed recruit Alex Mutucumarana. Alex has family connections with Reed being the son in law of the Reed Fixture Secretary and he soon looked right at home as his crisp strokeplay gelled well the fluent young Will Heslam who was stroking the ball majestically around the ground. Heslam passed his first league 50 of the season and moved into the 80’s as the pair put on 96 at a good rate and took the Reed total to 151 before each fell with the score on 151 Heslam for 82 and Mutucumarama for 36. Chris Jackson 36, Tom Greaves 12 and Sean Tidey 22 all made useful late contribution for Reed who eventually totaled 233 – 9 in their allocated 51 Ov ers. Reed soon got amongst the Langleybury wickets when the visitors took to the batting stage. Wickets fell at 12-1, 17-2, and then bottomed out [...]

By |2014-06-10T14:33:32+01:00June 9th, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Reed Back on Winning Ways
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Just One Point today!

Reed’s batsmen had little in response to Broxbourne’s opening bowler, Matt Fox’s, accurate spell of seam bowling whilst he conceded just 15 runs from 12 overs taking 3 wickets in the process. Fellow opener, Sammy Miller took 2 wickets, as did Humphries and Harvey. Richard Barlow top-scored for Reed with 16, and it was only a 22-run partnership between Owen Hughes, (11 n.o.) and Ian Roberts, (14), that took the hosts to 88 all-out. The efficiency of Broxbourne’s approach – (there aren’t many teams in Division 8 that prepare with fielding drills before the match) – paid-off as they lost only Washer for 22, (caught by keeper, Scott Caine, off Roberts’s swingers), whilst Smith, (28 n.o.), and Scanlon, (36 n.o.), finished the job in just 17 overs. Falling woefully short of any batting points, (starting when 140 runs have been passed), and managing only to take one wicket, earning them the solitary bonus point in this match, Reed will need to bolster their strength to be able to compete against some of the bigger clubs occupying the top places of the Division later in the season.

By |2014-06-09T13:13:34+01:00June 9th, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Just One Point today!
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Reed 3rds successfully defend low total

Rob Willoughby, 39, and Freddie Stuart, top-scoring with 44, put together a partnership of 65 as Reed’s top-order batsmen placed them well at 88 for 1 in the 19th over. But with a mid-order collapse after Morton, (6 for 33), was introduced into the attack, the hosts were reigned back to a disappointing 140 all out. The young Wickramaginghe had chipped-in by taking 3 wickets with his accurate slow bowling too. The Freman College ground is notorious for quick scoring in the right circumstances, so it was important with such a small total to defend for Reed’s bowling to be on target and for the fielders to be athletic in saving the boundaries. “Tips” Baker clutched-on to a sharp chance at wide gulley as Joe Graves’s pace did for one of the openers, then Matt Giblin hit the wicket twice in removing numbers 2 and 3. There followed a period of play when the visitors inched closer to their goal, but veteran swinger Ian Roberts took-up residency and returned 4 batsmen for just 23 runs from 9 challengingly accurate overs. Giblin took a third wicket finishing with 3 for 17 from 9 overs and Owen Hughes made an unflustered contribution in his five-over spell of 2 for 16. Backed-up with some excellent ground fielding and safe catching, Hemel were reduced to 99 all-out giving Reed their first victory in Division 8 and a welcome boost up the league table. Reed (30 points) beat Hemel Hempstead (10 points) by 41 runs.

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Useful innings by Robertson and Barlow

Pessimists amongst the Reed ranks looked gloomily at the weather forecast on Saturday morning anticipating a cancellation message and the thought of no play and 10 points for a “No Result”. As it happened, the match started on-time, was not interrupted by rain and was played-out under warm sunshine to its conclusion with Hertford winning by 6 wickets. It poses the question: Is it better NOT to play and get 10 points? Or to play and gain only the 8 bonus points Reed earned for losing the match? Either way, Hertford’s players were happy with 30 points in the bag. Reed did set the reasonably challenging total of 164 with the majority of the runs coming from Michael Robertson who scored 59 and Richie Barlow, 51, in a 4th wicket partnership of 93. The pitch was damp-ish and the length of the grass on the outfield made quick scoring hard work. The bowling too was restrictive and both opening pace bowlers, Ferdenzi, (1 for 16 from 7 overs), and Falkingham, (4 for 25 from 16 overs), we re very competitive. In response, it required Reed to bowl and field well, which generally they did, but with short, square boundaries, the occasional bad deliveries were put away for fours or sixes which consequently made things difficult for the fielders as Hertford neared their target. Once again, Owen Hughes bowled a super length and off-stump line to return figures of 25 runs from 10 overs and being unlucky not to take a wicket. In an unusual move, left-arm slow bowler, Bernie Morss, opened the bowling from the opposite end. Hertford’s opening batsmen made cautious progress until both departed when the score had reached 59. First, wicket-keeper Scott [...]

By |2016-12-27T13:17:05+00:00June 9th, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Useful innings by Robertson and Barlow
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Team Effort Entertains

The Reed faithful were treated to an exciting game when Reed hosted Ashwell at The Green. It was the first time for several years that Reed had played Ashwell and both sides fielded young and eager teams. The visiting captain won the toss and elected to bat first. A decision he may have regretted when third ball of Ashwell’s innings he was clean bowled by Matt Giblin coming down the hill. Reed proceeded to remove a further two wickets and cut off the runs. Giblin superb spell of 2 for 15 from his 7 overs was well supported by Jack Childs who had started bowling up the hill. First change bowlers Joe Graves and Ed Kershaw continued in the same ilk. Kershaw’s well flighted leg spin looked threatening and was unlucky not to take a wicket. In fact a partnership was starting to be formed between Clark (49) and Deal (49*). A bowling change after the drinks break brought about an end to the stalemate. Scott Caine took two in an over and conceded just 6 runs in his short spell. The final few wickets were shared amongst Kallum Ward (2-0), Owen Hughes (1-10) and a returning Joe Graves (2-26). Reed kept to their usual high standards in the field with some committed saves and catches backing up the bowlers all of which created a difficult time for Ashwell who finished their innings on a bellow par 130 all out. In response Ashwell stood up to the challenge of defending their score with gusto as Reed’s batsman failed to get themselves in. Only Kallum Ward, opening for Reed, looked able to stand up to the visiting attack. Ward hit cleanly to 50 but then fell [...]

By |2016-12-27T13:17:06+00:00June 5th, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Team Effort Entertains
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Reed take Premier League Leaders scalp in the County 20/20 Cup.

Reed travelled to Welwyn Garden City's Knightsfield Park on Sunday in third Eastern Group 20/20 County Cup match. Winning the toss skipper Jack Tidey had no hesitation in electing to bat on what looked a good batting strip. Will Heslam fell for 8 in the second over but Reed were accumulating runs at next to 8 an over. Despite losing both Stuart Smith (13) and Sean Tidey (6) the side were well placed for a good score at 45 for 3 after the first six overs. Sam Fairbrother and Tom Greaves then set about building a partnership with some good boundary hitting and quickly taken singles. Fairbrother was the first to go to a lbw decision after making 28 from 22 balls, Michael Robertson soon followed and Reed were 76 for 5 in the 11th over. Mitchell Cooper then joined Greaves and they took the score over three figures, Greaves went for a 35 ball 37. Skipper Tidey then came to the crease and he and Cooper took Reed to the last over, Cooper being stumped for a run a ball 28 including four sixes, Tidey was 16 not out at the close. Reed's final total was 142 for 8. Mercer the pick of The WGC bowlers with 2-0-14-2. In reply Reed opened the bowling with Tom Walsingham (4-0-14-1) and Karl Ward (4-0-15-3), good discipline from both dried up most of the scoring for WGC runs, their skipper Chalker fell to a deep catch by Jack Caine off of Ward, fellow opener Byford went in the next over to a superb caught and bowled from Walsingham, 17 for 2. Ward then removed two batsmen in his next over and WGC were 21 for 4. Mottershead [...]

By |2014-06-03T11:49:20+01:00June 3rd, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Reed take Premier League Leaders scalp in the County 20/20 Cup.
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‘Little Reed’ fall short

Saturday saw the return to Hertfordshire Championship League action for Reed against West Herts at The Green. Reed were without Captain, James Heslam but welcomed new signing Alex Mutucumarana to the side since his move from Camden Cricket Club. Tom Greaves took on the role of leading Reed and started positively by winning the toss and inserting West Herts on a green and slightly damp surface. The blossoming partnership of Toby Fynn and Jack Tidey opened the bowling for Reed and it was Fynn who took the first wicket, trapping K. Farrell LBW for 10 in the 5th over. Jack Tidey then got in on the act, picking up the wicket of fellow opener A. Lewis for 9 after he snicked one behind to Reed ‘keeper Sean Tidey. M Smith (50) came to the crease and looked to set about the Reed bowling with purpose. However, after a sharp caught and bowled chance went down, his positive stroke play backfired on his team mate, as another tough caught and bowled chance for Jack Tidey was turned onto the non-strikers stumps; running out A.Maine for just 1. 38-3 soon became 38-4 as the classy Fynn (10-3-33-2) picked up his second wicket. D. Hodges was brilliantly caught behind by Sean Tidey. Another impressive outing for Fynn who is showing Reed just they had been missing after his long spell on the side-line through injury. Spinners Tom Greaves and Sam Fairbrother were soon bowling in tandem and were troubling the batsmen whilst keeping the run rate down. It was Greaves who made the breakthrough after having the vocal C. Sanders (19) expertly caught at first slip by Reed stalwart Chris Jackson. Fairbrother picked up the wicket of A. [...]

By |2016-12-27T13:17:09+00:00June 3rd, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on ‘Little Reed’ fall short
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