Utilising their membership of the Club Cricket Conference for the third successive week, Reed’s Sunday Friendly XI were paired-off with visitors Harrow St. Mary’s who were willing to make the journey from the north-west area of London. Played on the fairly docile pitch at Reed Village Green, the opening flurry went to HSM’s Australian player but in Matt Giblin’s second over, both openers perished in identical fashion by being caught at mid-on by the dependable Ollie Mansfield. HSM rebuilt their innings but two further wickets saw them at 58 for 4 in the fifteenth over after the Two Jacks, Childs and Tidey, had claimed one apiece. Tidey, skippering the side in the absence of “Mario” Baker, kept the scorers busy by alternating the eight bowlers at his disposal in short spells. At the halfway stage, the score was 101 for 4, but the fifth wicket partnership gained momentum and accelerated the scoring rate. Tidey, having been at reduced pace in his earlier spell, eventually returned to the attack and bowled more aggressively extracting extra bounce and doing enough to clip the bails of top-scorer, Louw, (87), to break the partnership after 122 had been added in only 14 overs. After that, Reed managed to restrict the run-rate somewhat and the younger bowlers tasted success with Tom Nussey taking 2 for 16 and Ollie Mansfield 1 for 31. Matt Yates had bowled a testing spell of gentle seamers but was unlucky not to take a wicket. In addition to Mansfield’s two catches, Richard Johnson safely pouched two catches at mid-off before Tom Nussey caught one at mid wicket in the last over as Harrow St. Mary’s closed their innings at 243 for 8. A. Prevost was [...]