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Headlines – 22nd / 23rd August

Coming to the conclusion of the League season and we can now congratulate the Seconds and the Fourths for definitely achieving promotion from their respective Divisions. What has to be decided in the final fixtures is whether they go up as Champions. Mathematics & permutations come into the equation. For Marcus Martin’s team, this is their third promotion on the trot. For the Fourth’s, this is the youthful Lloyd Bowman’s first attempt at captaincy. Well-done to all the players representing these teams. On the Green, Chorleywood made 157 all-out with Phil Lill again picking-up 4 wickets, but despite a forty by Tom Greaves and twenties by Stuart Smith and Sean Tidey, the 1st XI reached only 138 in reply. Promotion is just out of reach now but a final charge could put them in third place. Come-on James and the Firsts. The Seconds travelled to Hoddesdon where Mitchell Cooper (80) and Richard Johnson (49) shone with the bat as they rattled up 230 for 8. Hoddesdon ended on 190 for 7 with the wickets shared around. Reed’s next fixture is against Cockfosters, but it is the final match against current second-placed Old Cholmeleians, that should decide the top-spot. In the new structure, top place means a promotion of 2 divisions (and prize money!); second place means a promotion of 1 division, (and NO money). Great stuff Marcus and the Second XI. Down at the Freman Oval, 96 by Rob Willoughby and fifties by Mike Robertson and Pete Baker put the Thirds in a strong position reaching 266 for 5 against Potters Bar. The notorious quick-paced and fast-scoring venue was then the setting for an amazing reply of 267 for 3 in just 37 overs after [...]

By Peter G. Baker|2016-12-27T13:14:15+00:00August 23rd, 2015|Categories: 2015, News|Tags: Headlines - 22nd / 23rd August, Headlines - 22nd August|Comments Off

Another convincing win for the 1st XI

The 1st XI made it 4 wins in 5 games and moved into 3rd place in the Herts Championship with another convincing win this time over previously 3rd placed Hoddesdon. On a green-ish wicket due to the heavy rain of the previous two days Reed won the toss and elected to bowl. Hoddesdon got off to a decent start though with Hertfordshire batsman Rob Walters looking in good form. However when Jack Tidey (8-2-27) again made an important breakthrough dismissing Walters for 25 the run rate began to slow. However, the home side continued to build and at 102-4 off 29 overs largely thanks to 41 from Leat they had a reasonable platform on a tricky wicket. Alex Mutucumarana (10-1-29) and Toby Fynn (10-0-39) bowled decent spells during this period for Reed. The introduction of spinners Tom Greaves (8-2-39), Phil Lill (10-3-21) and Reece Fitzgerald (4-0-17) then put Reed on top reducing the home side to 144-7 off 42 overs. Lill returning particularly impressive figures. Although a recovery took place to 185-8 in 50 overs a run rate of under 4 runs per over was good news for the Reed run chase. Reeds reply got off to another solid start as James and Will Heslam got through a tricky new ball period to take the score to 35-0 after 8 overs. Although Will Heslam (10) then went looking to score, this brought Greaves to the crease and he immediately looked to punish anything loose as Hoddesdon turned to spin but with a little less control than Reed’s and the powerful Greaves (48) supported by Heslam (33) took Reed along to 101-1 off 22 overs to look well on course for victory. Although Heslam and Greaves then [...]

By bazcurtis|2015-08-18T06:24:18+01:00August 18th, 2015|Categories: 2015, 2015 Match Report|Tags: 2015 Saturday 1st XI v Hoddesdon|Comments Off

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Bank Holiday BBQ

Bank Holiday BBQ BBQ, Tea and Cakes Games and Music Reed Village Green 31st August 3.00pm - 8.00pm Bouncy Castle Tombola & Licensed Bar Reed Village Hall Committee

By bazcurtis|2016-12-27T13:14:18+00:00August 17th, 2015|Categories: 2015, Social|Tags: Bank Holiday BBQ|Comments Off

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 bazcurtis|2016-12-27T13:14:20+00:00August 17th, 2015|Categories: 2015, 2015 Match Report|Tags: 2015 Saturday 4th XI v Harpenden VI|Comments Off

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 Peter G. Baker|2015-08-17T10:44:58+01:00August 17th, 2015|Categories: 2015, News, Social, Uncategorized|Tags: Reed Village Hall Barbecue|Comments Off

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 Peter G. Baker|2015-08-17T10:31:23+01:00August 17th, 2015|Categories: 2015, News|Tags: 2015 Herts Service to Sport Awards|Comments Off

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 Peter G. Baker|2015-08-17T09:52:55+01:00August 17th, 2015|Categories: 2015, News|Tags: Headlines - 15th August|Comments Off

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 bazcurtis|2016-12-27T13:14:21+00:00August 13th, 2015|Categories: 2015, 2015 Match Report|Tags: 2015 Sunday 2nd XI v Aston|Comments Off

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 bazcurtis|2015-08-13T06:21:54+01:00August 13th, 2015|Categories: 2015, 2015 Match Report|Tags: 2015 Saturday 1st XI v Flitwick|Comments Off

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 Peter G. Baker|2015-08-10T07:20:03+01:00August 8th, 2015|Categories: 2015, News|Tags: Headlines|Comments Off