Reed III's travelled across Herts to face bottom of the table Northwood Town II's. Northwood, batting first, got of to a good start, as Fozan Haji (68) and Ravi Ramawat (25) worked the bowling of Joe Graves (11-2-39-1) and Mike Robertson (6-0-33-0) Robertson struggled to find his line, and was soon replaced by Neil Haslam (15-5-31-2) who put pressure on the batsmen, eventually forcing an error Ramawat. Amish Unalkat (39) continued to push the total, until a flighter from Matt Naeem (6-0-47-2) had Fozan caught in the deep by Graves. Sumeet Khetia (4) was quickly dismissed, and the addition of Robert Willoughby to the attack (6-0-22-2) saw Amish and Tarang Katira (10) fall victim to his beguiling spin. After a brief display of confident strokes Muzammil Wasi was bowled by Graves, as Cheesewright (19) continued to plug away. Naeem picked up the wicket of Motiwala (6), through further flighty bowling. With Malik (1) and Cheesewright still at the crease, Northwood chose to declare on 235-7 from 51 overs. Reed's response began with less confidence as Rhodri Hughes (6) was dismissed by Parmar (10-2-21-1). Willoughby (22) and the youthful Mike Catt (38) began to build a partnership but the former was bowled by Wasi (5-0-24-1). Catt and Skipper Mike Robertson pushed on the total, hitting boundaries freely, however a lapse in concentration saw Robertson caught off the bowling of Khetia (12-1-50-3). Catt and Peter Baker (4) quickly followed as Patel (7-1-19-3) brought some pace to the attack. Maseeh Naeem (24) looked strong, however father and son John and Ed Kershaw struggled to support him. Joe Graves (14) looked to have the measure of the bowling, but Naeem became Khetia's third victim. Matt Naeem (2*) attempted to [...]

Reed III's hosted Northwood Town II's at Freman Oval for the second league game of the season. On winning the toss Reed elected to bowl. Joe Graves (10-1-42-1) bowled consistent pacey outswing picking up a wicket early on. George Garrott (10-1-44-1) took the other opener's wicket just as he was getting in to his stride. A partnership developed between Haji (43) and Vanker (87*), but was broken when a skillful deflection onto the stumps, by Ian Roberts, found Haji out of his crease. Northwood Town continued to increase their total, but lost Palan (3), Kotetcha (22) and M. Patel (1) in the process. Khetia (29*) and Vanker finished the innings undefeated with Northwood Town posting a massive 274 for 6 from their 50 overs. Reed's response started well as Rob Willoughby (71) and Rhodri Hughes (39) plundered runs. Hughes was caught off the bowling of Kotetcha (9-1-61-2) and Peter Baker (0) fell quickly to Patel (10-1-30-2), bringing George Garrott to the crease, who freely played strokes and pushed the total on until Willoughby became Patel's second victim. Mike Robertson (33) continued the support for Garrott as he struck boundaries to all parts of the ground, when Robertson fell, Matt Bowles (14) continued, however the nerves were beginning to set in. Garrott and Bowles both ran themselves out and Mas Naeem (10) after a brief flurry was bowled by Kotetcha. Ian Roberts (4) was also run out, and with the scores close, Joe Graves (7*) and Neil Haslam (0) were tasked with finishing the job. It was the youngster Graves who struck the final blow, beautifully dispatching a low full toss to the boundary to give Reed the victory. Report submitted by Michael Robertson.