After lunch Devon got on top quickly with Eliot Acton  having Aston well caught by Sam Smith at cover 10-1, six runs later he had McCellan held by Benton at extra, Joe Hyde then bowled the oppositions captain and Devon were in the driving seat at 17-3. Herefordshire then had their one reasonable partnership of 42 off 87 balls. The diving Sam Smith at cover broke it with another fine catch off Ollie Robinson. Two runs later Chappell took his first wicket trapping Apperley in front. Robinson removed the keeper Bevon who had batted for 63 minutes when Wrench caught him. Cross left a straight one from Chappell and was bowled; Wheeler was stumped by Hardy, who had been unlucky earlier with a superb leg side effort off a wide, off Chappell. Sheppard was caught by an incredible effort by Caroll at slip leaving him and very low. It is not often that a side has a specialist slip but Carroll is one of the highest qualities. This gave Chappell his fourth wicket for 22. Acton came back to take his third with another stumping from the outstanding Hardy whose performances behind the stumps were now reaching top notch. Take out his 5 wides and Acton’s return of 3-9 off six a great effort. The standard of football much superior to last year.

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