It was always going to be an uphill battle for Reed when they played away to Boxmoor, for one reason the large slope at one end of the pitch, the other reason being they only had 9 players. Reed fielded first despite the further disadvantage of starting with only 7 players as two were caught in traffic. With the score on 38 A. Rasheed (15) came walking down to Neil Haslam only to be stumped by Marcus J.E. Baker, Haslam bowled out his eight overs holding a good line throughout his spell finishing with one for twenty. That wicket brought in Dukes who along with Chapman made a partnership of 215 for the second wicket, Dukes finished on 103 not out, whilst Josh Conley (8-0-31-2) took two wickets in the last two balls of the innings including that of Chapman (97). Boxmoor finished on 254 for 3. In reply Reed lost an early wicket by Kieren Willoughby (24) frustrated the opposition by making a partnership of 43 with Peter Bradford (16). After they were both lost Boxmoor must have thought that they had Reed up against the ropes, but they had not counted on father and son due Peter and Marcus Baker both of whom played class shots as they brought up their half centuries. Marcus was then adjudged LBW for 60 but the elder Baker continued the fight with the tail before being stumped for an excellent 84. Josh Conley and Christian Martin both added 7 each to the total but reality set in as Reed were bowled all out for 235 but had certainly made a good go at it loosing by only 19 runs, a much smaller deficit than either teams had [...]

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Reed enjoyed a convincing win over Aston in sunny conditions on one of the last days of an otherwise mostly wet May. Peter Baker won the toss and informed the hosting captain that Reed will bat first. The track was slightly green but was firm despite the rain from the day before producing a true bounce. Opening for Reed were George Garrott and Aiden Swain who took the leading role in the partnership scoring the first runs of the innings with a fine pull, a shot he would use affectively many times more. Swain looked in good touch and reached his half century whilst Garrott supported, still at that time in single figures. However, he quickly upped his tempo and was soon enough making runs with some class shots. The pair made 122 together in 19 overs when Swain fell LBW for 57 from the bowling of White (7-0-59-1). Garrott was then joined out in the middle by Sam Deville and the pair shared a short but effective partnership of 57 from only 7 overs before Garrott (56) was caught for another impressive half century. Reeds number 4 was Marcus J.E. Baker who took time to get his eye in but with Deville at the other end smashing several boundaries there was no pressure on the batsmen as they took the total past 200. Now seeing the ball well, Baker joined in on the heavy hitting with Deville, (who also reached 50) putting on 104 in 14 overs. Reed finished their 40 overs on a strong 283 for 2, Baker was the odd man out as he didn’t quite reach his half ton ending on 43 not out, whilst Deville top scored with a powerful [...]

Reed's 2nd XI kicked off their 2010 season with a friendly at newly promoted Bentley Heath. Reed won the toss and decided to bowl first. Despite 2 maidens in the first 2 overs it soon looked like a bad decision. Reed's opening attack were going at 6 an over before Jason Archer struck to remove Mohammed for a brisk 26. A missed chance to remove the new batsman Michael Hubbard was the turning point of the match. He along with Frances put on 60 in just 8 overs before Archer struck again, removing Frances for 67. He finished his spell with 2-52.Hubbard was in full flow by now and was dispatching the ball to all parts. At the halfway stage Bentley Heath were 137-2. After drinks Reed started to fight back with Christian Martin, 3-67, Jason Pallett with 2-80 taking the remaining wickets to fall. Hubbard retired on 114 and Bentley Heath ended on 261-7.Reed's reply with opener Baz Curtis and WIlliam Heslam got off to a slow start scoring just 18 from the first 7 overs. Curtis then hit Dunnett for 22 in an over and then the run rate increased. Heslam went for 4 with the score on 57. Peter Baker joined Curtis and tried to up the run rate further. Baker went for 10 with the score on 98. Curtis finally fell for 104 with Reed 126-3.Steve Lovegrove and Julian Fynn had one final push for an unlikely victory, but when Fynn went for a quick fire 38 any chance Reed had was gone. Lovegrove ended 28 not out and Reed 232-7.A 29 run victory for Bentley Heath.