The John Capel Hanbury again looked after the party, we became temporary tenants of the office block for a second day and a decent batting performance would be the order of the day. Before the game resumed it was good to catch up with John Derrick and learn of the fortunes of the West at the Bunbury Festival. The overnight batters were initially in no difficulty but Phillips struck in the sixth over of the morning when he bowled Booker for twenty-one. Curtis then joined Rice and again the pair looked comfortable. Then a dreaded run out changed the tempo of the game. It never ceases to amaze how fortunes can change by such simple things but a poor call resulted in an abrupt end to Rice’s promising start and, as it transpired, a conclusion to his under 17s’ season. He had faced fifty-eight balls and was undertaking the role for which he had been selected. It was a rare failure for Matt Golding but Passi, Josh Mailling and Rhys Davies all got in and then got out caught. Devon were now 169 for 6 with at least forty-four overs remaining in the day. Max Curtis had dropped anchor and it would be vital for his side that he batted the day. He was now joined by Joe Abbott whose form had been disappointing after his success the previous summer. They took their side up to tea and seventy-four overs into the day with Devon fifteen runs short of the second bonus point with four wickets in hand. In fact the pair took their side to within two runs of the two hundred. After eighty-five overs the new ball was taken and it had an almost instant impact, as in the eighty-seventh over two wickets were lost. Max Curtis’s vigil came to an end three hours and forty-nine minutes after it had started at twenty-two minutes past eleven. He had faced nearly forty-two overs and hit four boundaries, he was bowled by Phillips. Next ball the captain chipped the same bowler for a duck and next over Abbott was bowled. The under 16s Popham and Heard were asked to at least obtain the second batting point which they achieved only for Heard to be bowled one run later. This capitulation was disappointing and now the side would have to face a Twenty20 onslaught from the Welsh batters as they had potentially eighteen overs to get a bonus point or two. They declared after reaching three figures and it was mutually agreed that Devon would get on the road. Through spinners Max Curtis (1-20) and Harry Booker (3-41) Devon also picked up a point as Wales scored at just over eight an over. Mailling took a catch and one of the best fielders in the side, Golding, held a stupendous diving catch at long off. At least Devon had picked up seven points but the Worcestershire result was potentially pivotal to the county retaining premier status.