In hot sunny conditions on a hard dry wicket, West made an early breakthrough when D Mulberry bowled J Maunder with the score on 16. A fine partnership then developed between D Powell and M Hoddinott (capt) taking the score to 117. The partnership was finally broken in the 26th over when Hoddinott (36) was bowled by C Barriball. H Gater joined Powell and accelerated the run rate with some lusty blows. With the score on 148, the prize wicket of Powell (52) finally fell to a catch by Borbon off the bowling of Barriball - a well constructed earnings with a mixture of sharp running and boundary 4s. Gater was joined by D Bess who continued the momentum until Gater, trying to hit over the top, was caught by Richardson off the bowling of Mulberry for a very useful 24. The score was now 181 in the 36th over.  Bess was joined by B Reed who made his intentions clear hitting his first delivery for 4. Bess (40) was run out in the last over and East finished on 226 for 5 off 40 overs - Reed (14 not out).  Pick of the bowling: D Mulberry 7 Overs – 0 Maidens – 38 runs – 2 wickets C Barriball 4 – 0 – 21 – 2

As soon as the match re-started, a sharp shower made conditions rather greasy and the crowd a little anxious – could the weather intervene yet again? West lost 3 early wickets thanks to a sharp Run Out and a fine opening spell by J Vanstone. West were 17 for 3 after 4 overs Thankfully the shower stopped and the batsmen started to dig in. Skeemer and Colmer started to get the scoreboard ticking over for West. L Cummins came to the crease to join Skeemer, when Colmer was bowled by Bess. Skeemer and Cummins took the score to 74 in the 17th over when Hoddinott took a very good catch to dismiss Skeemer (25). From then on wickets started to fall at regular intervals, including a swift stumping by Powell. West innings finished when Cummins (18) was bowled by H Cullinng. West 106 all out off 26.4 overs.   Pick of the bowling: J Vanstone  4 – 0 – 18 – 2

D Bess   8 – 0 – 28 – 3 H Gater   3 – 0 – 15 – 1 H Culling 2.4 – 0 – 9 - 2