Tom Whittle did not take the opportunity for some more fantasy points as he was dropped twice and then missed one to be bowled at 160. He too should be more than pleased with what he has achieved at the two age groups. At 177 Debenham was bowled for 78, yet again missing out on a maiden county hundred. He had reached his fifty off 67 balls and faced in all 112 balls. Typically Sam Smith saw his side home, in 2007 the keeper batsman will have vital roles to play at the two age groups and hopefully we can look forward to his maiden county hundred and much more. The captain Eliot Acton, fittingly completed an impressive season by hitting the winning runs. The Bradninch all rounder has made a major contribution to the season’s success and will have learnt a great deal over the two month campaign.

The player of the week was difficult to choose - we had three batters who had contributed over 150 runs – Fletcher 233 @ 46.60, Debenham 221 @ 44.20 (plus 2 catches and 3 wickets @ 47.33), Whittle 173 @ 34.60 (2 catches), and Buzza had averaged 90 with the bat and had taken two catches and three wickets @ 39 but the choice went to the captain Eliot Acton who with better weather on Wednesday and without the sides funny five minutes on Thursday could have led his side to the title, he took the most wickets, 7 at 17, held two catches, averaged 28 with the bat and carried out all his duties with little complaint, however menial. This could not be said of all as some players still on the final day failed to appreciate a week on the road includes manning scoreboards and carrying bags. This element in many ways is just as important as deeds on the field. The cross country route ensured we were the only county of four booked on the 7.30pm ferry to make it– at least one battle won.

Last summer we had  Daniel Powter’s  Bad Day and a number of other memorable tunes including James Blunt’s Your Beautiful unfortunately this summer age must be creeping up because apart from the Beach Boy melody at seventeen’s nothing has registered – bring back DJDW. McDonalds was visited and Exeter reached by 11.15pm the summer was now nearly over.

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