2012 National Village Cricket Cup Winners Reed saw the road to a repeat Lords Final open up to them when they clinched the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Area Title with a 2nd win in two days against fellow Herts Championship League side Langleybury at Reed on Sunday. Having beaten Langleybury in a scheduled Herts League fixture on the Saturday the pair met again, and again at Reed the following day in the Herts and Beds County Final of the 2014 Davidstow National Village Cricket Cup. Reed skipper James Heslam won the toss and elected to field, but when Langleybury raced to 50 for no wicket after just 9 overs the decision looked questionable, and Langleybury looked destined for a big score. However, Reed opening bowler Jack Tidey had other ideas and proceeded to remove both openers in the space of the next 2 overs and brought Reed right back into the match with Langleybury reduced to 56 -2. A smart stumping by Sean Tidey off Tom Greaves saw the visitors further reduced to 69-3 and Reed were rapidly gaining the upper hand when Mitchell Cooper trapped Felton LBW for 5 leaving Langleybury struggling at 78-4 in the 22nd over. The Reed stranglehold was firmly established and never really threatened despite a fine 47 from Soulsby and undefeated contributions of 36* from Godden and 24* from Oxley. The Reed outfielding was spirited and efficient, led by an outstanding exhibition from William Heslam. Two catching opportunities were gleefully and safely accepted by skipper James Heslam and the Reed machine refused to allow the Langleybury innings to accelerate at any stage. Jack Tidey 9 Overs 2- 33 and Tom Greaves 9 Overs 1 -22 restrained the visitors good initial [...]