June 15th - Cockfosters 266 for 8 beat Northchurch 212 all out by 54 runs

A couple of late line up changes saw Steady and Bradley Sayers (fresh from his U13 game) replace Duncan Elder and Dan Smith (on his way to Preston) for the opening Chess Valley encounter at home to Northchurch. 

After a sedate start game to the innings, having been inserted by Northchurch, the innings lost its way as Messrs Flat Track, Xav and Munson fell quickly to leave the score on 50 for 3. Doris hit his usual ‘quiet’ 42 but that brought in the heroes of the innings in the form of Father’s Day celebrant Joe Clune and out of touch Matt Stead.

They put on over 100 in quick time with Joe being the main aggressor. His innings of 75 included 12 boundaries and a 6. Some quick runs at the end brought the total to 266 for 8 and gave left Matt with a well deserved unbeaten 52.

In reply things were not looking too good as Northchurch piled up 100 for 1 in 21 overs. Brad given 4 overs was expensive and Matt Stead was also surprisingly dear. What was needed was a change of pace, which the Northchurch batsmen failed to negotiate. Sam Barker and that man Clune bowled in tandem for 19 overs with Ronnie picking up 2 for 33 from 10 and Joe 2 for 32 from 9.

Xav and James Stead were left to mop up the tail, although James would have been worried at first as he turned figures of 0 for 32 in 16 balls into 3 for 33 from 4 overs! Xav took the final wicket to finish with 2 for 16 and Northchurch were out for 212 to leave victory by 54 runs.