SATURDAY: Peter Baker had been looking forward to playing on his 248th different venue when the 4th Team were to travel to Old Haberdashers. Unfortunately, changes further up the Club impacted on player availability once more and consequently the Fourths had to concede again. Their continued participation in the League is now very doubtful. Meanwhile, on the field, the Firsts were dominant against Sawbridgeworth having their hosts all-out for 150; 4 wickets for Jack Tidey and 2 each for Sean Tidey, Tom Greaves and Toby Fynn. Then, Will Heslam (45) and Richard Wharton took Reed within touching distance of victory before being split, but Wharton continued to an unbeaten 97 when Reed won by 9 wickets. Only West Herts (256 points) and Hoddesdon (238) are above Reed (232) in the Championship Division. On the Green, an exciting run-chase ended in a 6-wicket win for Reed Seconds when Mike Robertson (24 not out) and Ed Garrott (17 not out) saw them home against Northwood Town. The visitors had declared on 250 for 7 in their innings, the wickets falling to Karl Ward (3), Garrott and Matt Bowles, (2 each). Reed cantered to the target thanks to contributions from Rich Barlow (37), Phil Frenay (38), Mike Catt (65) and Richard Johnson (67). The Seconds are in 4th place in Division 4B, 33 points behind table-toppers Hoddesdon who have 256 points. On another field, this time on the Freman Oval, West Herts had no trouble chasing-down the Third's total of 151. Mostly, those runs came courtesy of Ben Moody, (42), Marcus Baker, (32), Paul Garrott, (23) and Tom Nussey, (22), but Reed's only joy in West Herts' innings were the 2 wickets by Joe Graves. Reed have slipped [...]

COLTS: The Under 13s continued their undefeated run in the Herts Junior League by beating Welwyn Garden City on the Green on Tuesday. The visitors scored 78 for the loss of 7 wickets in their 20 overs. There was 1 wicket each for William Green and Adam Gardner, 2 for 15 for Charlie Walters and 3 for 6 by Sam Osborne. Osborne (31 not out) and Ross Gardner (14 not out) were at the wicket when the winning runs came to secure the U13s' position at the top of the Division. The Under 11s also had a good win against near neighbours, Cokenach. Reed set a net score of 279 for 6 with Charlie Walters hitting 33 not out. Cokenach came close with 271 for 5, wickets falling economically to Jacob Vincent, Adam Gardner and Charlie Walters but Reed won by 8 runs. SATURDAY: Starring with the bat for the 1st XI were William Heslam, Rob Lankester and Tom Greaves who all scored half-centuries in Reed's 274 for 9, then Ed Wharton took 5 wickets when Flitwick capitulated to 122 all out. This places Reed in 2nd position in the Championship Division. Richard Johnson's fifty and Ed Garrott's 41 were in vain in the Second's run chase at home against Chorleywood. The visitors made 226 for 9 with 4 wickets to Karl Ward and 3 to Marcus Martin, but Reed could gather only 180 in reply. The Seconds are 5th in Division 4B. With another successful run-chase, this time away at Hemel Hempstead, the Thirds are 2nd in Division 9A. Sam Rice spun his way to 3 wickets and Steve Hughes notched-up 4 in the host's 222 all out but scores in the sixties by [...]