Visitors Boxmoor totalled 246 for 6 largely thanks to their young opening batsman, Alex Dukes, who scored a wonderful 142. The talented, teenaged wicket-keeper / batsman passed 1000 runs for the season in this innings which was his third century of the year before Reed’s Jack Hart bowled him. Hart added a second wicket to finish with 2 for 13. Joe Graves claimed one wicket near the end but at one point earlier on, Boxmoor were in relative difficulty at 38 for 3 after Ben Walker, Neil Haslam and Greg Marshall had each taken a wicket. In fact Haslam had figures of 1 for 6.In reply, with only three players older than 16, Reed opened with the Under 15’s Captain, Tom Walsingham, and Richie Barlow, and although the former set-off confidently, he was caught off a drive to extra cover for 14 and Reed were soon in trouble at 30 for 3.Chris Marshall then buckled down to his longest innings to date and contributed 32 to the 104 runs scored whilst he was at the wicket. More wickets had fallen at the opposite end until skipper, Peter Baker, batting at number 7, started aggressively and blasted 75 taking Reed from 56 for 5 to 168 for 7 in less than 20 overs. By this time, Jack Hart was in and he looked unfazed by the Boxmoor bowlers until Dukes, (no longer keeping wicket), returned the compliment and had him LBW for 17. Now with no chance of victory, it provided the opportunity for Joe Graves to have some fun as he scored a quick fire 17 not out which included 4 fours. This brought Reed up to a respectable 202 for 9 in their 40 [...]

Reeds young Sunday seconds came so very close to snaring an unlikely victory when they played away at the charming village of Aston. Peter Baker had won the toss and inserted the opposition and after 20 overs the hosts had only managed 61. Tom Walshingham (8-4-11-2) and Joe Graves (6-1-21-1) had opened the bowling and held good lines, Graves yet again hit the off stump whilst Walshingham bowled four maidens of his first six, however, there was the unlikely occurrence of 5 penalty runs being given after the ball hit the keeper’s helmet. Dominic McOmish jokingly said “If we now loose by less than 5 runs, there will be trouble!!”Jack Hart (5-0-28-0) and Rhoddri Hughes (7-0-32-0) backed up the openers by also restricting numbers 3 and 4 Wylie and O’Hanlan, however after drinks the pair started to be more aggressive with O’Hanlan punishing anything short or wide. They also took advantage of some poor and sometimes sloppy fielding as the young Reed side toiled under the sun, dropping several easy chances. Mitchell Cooper (5-1-21-1) was then brought on to break up the partnership which had now exceeded 100. Dan Howard also chipped in with 1 for 24 from his 4 overs, however, by the end of their innings Aston had reached 193 with O’Hanlan 98 not out. After tea Mitchell Cooper and Dominic McOmish opened the Reed innings with a steady 22 when McOmish (8) was bowled. Tom Walshingham then stayed with Cooper for a time before falling for 7. Reed were struggling on 69 for 5 from 16 overs when a promising partnership between Cooper and Marcus J.E. Baker was spoiled when Cooper fell for a good 26. In the 24th over Reed reached [...]