SATURDAY: All three league teams won with some impressive personal performances from certain individuals. For the First team, Ed Wharton led the charge against Letchworth with 86 not out chasing down 165. Earlier 3 wickets each fell to Tom Greaves and Zac McGuigan. At Reed, the Seconds defended 213 and beat Watford by 23 runs. Runs came from Stuart Smith, 44, James Sandford, 47, and skipper, Karl Ward, 40 not out. Mitchell Cooper had taken three wickets in Watford's innings supported by the Martin brothers, Marcus and Rupert, claiming 2 each. It was Twin Tons at the Freman Oval when Mike Robertson, 108, and George Garrott, 106 not out, made short work of reaching the winning target of 311 after Bentley Heath had posted an impressive 310 for 9. Julien Fynn took 4 for 37 in their innings. A marvelously high-scoring run chase. COLTS: William Archer, William McIntosh, Sam Osborne and Charlie Walters were all in the wickets when the Under 13s played Coton, but unfortunately their 139 was too high a target. Walters and Eden Scott each reached 30 but had to retire and the others didn't get going, closing on 97. When I know details of the other Colts' matches played recently I shall post them on this website. SUNDAY: Village Cup Victory! After an interval caused by rain, Sean Tidey and Rich Wharton had no trouble scoring at more than 7.5 runs per over until Sean departed for a fantastic 147. Richard continued to an undefeated 108 whilst short cameos of 20+ came from Rob Lankester and Jack Tidey. Reed's innings ended at 313 for 3. Toby Fynn, 3 for 17, and Tom Greaves, 4 for 11, blew away the Sharnbrook and [...]

SATURDAY: Ed Wharton walloped 91 as the First team chased down Hemel's 162 with 6 wickets and 20 overs in hand. Phil Frenay scored a half-century out of Reed 2nd XI's winning score of 75 for 1 after Matt Giblin's 5 wickets massively contributed to Sawbridgeworth being bowled out for 74. The Thirds came up against the troubled Southgate Compton "Second / First" Team (see Herts League website for details) and apart from Paul Garrott's 46 and Mike Robertson's 35 didn't do themselves justice. All out for 121 and losing by 9 wickets. SUNDAY: Little Hadham beat the Friendly side by 4 wickets despite 3 wickets and 3 catches from Zac McGuigan. Reed's 219 for 6 was based on Toby Fynn's century and MJE Baker's half-century (both retired); perhaps they shouldn't have! COLTS: Rain prevented play in the Under 9's match on Friday. QUIZ: No rain in the pavilion to prevent the team named SakMcGiboyd from winning the Spring Quiz also on Friday. Expect Match Reports (about the cricket- not the Quiz) to follow shortly. PGB

SATURDAY. Three victories - the first 90-pointer for years! ACTUALLY, I HAVE GOT THAT WRONG!!! Since a change in the League Match Rules a couple of seasons ago, the winning Teams in the Premier and Championship Divisions, (which include Reed's 1st XI), are awarded only 25 points for a victory in their Limited Overs matches. Therefore, yesterday was more accurately an "85-point day"! In "Timed matches" in the middle part of the summer, the Firsts could get 30 points when they win, so we can still look forward to more 90-pointers in the future. For those that don't know, if you are looking at the Divisional Tables published on www.hertsleague.co.uk and you can't make out the points system, each Team that was represented at the recent Captains' Meeting was awarded 5 bonus points. That is why after 1 match each, our First XI have a total of 30 points (25 for the win + 5 bonus); the Seconds 35 (30 + 5); and the Thirds 35 (30 + 5). All these tweets about 90-points better re-visit the Rule Book (like I had to do)! Sorry. 1st XI: Despite scores in the forties, thirties and twenties by James Heslam, Richard Wharton, Sean Tidey and Rob Lankester, the 1st XI's batting highlight was the first and only delivery Jack Tidey faced that he smote for 6 to win the match with Reed 8 wickets down and two deliveries left! Earlier, Zac McGuigan and Toby Fynn had taken 5 wickets each in Old Owens' innings of 189. 2nd XI: Holtwhites Trinibis ended well adrift on 105 all out against the Seconds who had totalled 238 for 9. Matt Giblin, Matt Bowles and Mitchell Cooper took 2 wickets apiece. [...]