Reed XI versus Howard Marshall’s XI, Home on Sunday 6th May 2018. Commemorating former RCC President, the late-Howard Marshall’s contribution to the Club over the past five decades, a ceremony was held to name the Clubhouse in his honour. Long-standing member and former Chairman, John Heslam paid tribute to Howard by describing how he and other forward-thinking committee members and players of the early 1970s raised funds, purchased land and constructed the original Clubhouse, much of it by their own hands. From this base, the Club had progressed from its humble beginnings in local village cricket to the upper tiers of Hertfordshire Cricket and to double successes in the National Village Cricket Championship by winning the Village Cup twice at Lord’s. In response, Howard’s son, Justin, confirmed that Howard had been immensely proud of the Club and his involvement in its achievements on-and-off the field. A large gathering of past and present players, family and friends witnessed Justin unveil a suitably smart but simple plaque on what will now be known as the Howard Marshall Pavilion. Earlier during the afternoon, a Reed XI comprising a mixture of players from all senior teams plus colts as young as 12 had scored a respectable 153 for 3 in their 30-over innings. Toby Fynn, 25, Ross Gardner, 26, and Jack Caine, 25, had all been obligatory retired, then Adam Gardner and Matt Bowles were 21 not out and 23 not out respectively at the end. Amongst the assorted bowling skills on display, there was one wicket each for Matt Giblin, James Heslam and Justin Marshall (possibly his first ever)! The H Marshall XI contained some current and recent Reed players, and in Lawrence Dooley and John Clifton two [...]