Result - Win by 65 runs

Top Performers

Stainborough 209-7, C. Hall 58, P. Brown 45, J. Pepper 33

Hundhill Hall 144 a.o., J. Kemp 40, T. Watson 37, C. Hall 4-8

Match Report

On the first real summer's day of the season, Stainborough won the toss and elected to bat.

Opener's J. Pepper (33) and C. Hall (58) made good early progress and with P. Brown (45) also making good runs, Stainborough were set for a formidable total having reached 132-3 at the innings mid-point. However, Hundhill Hall hit back with some tight bowling and it was left to K. Grimshaw (15 n.o.) and G. McInerny (15 n.o.) to take the final score to a rather disappointing 209-7. N. Clapham (2-29) was the pick of the bowlers.

Grimshaw (2-21) removed the Hundhill openers, before J. Kemp (40) and T. Watson (37) survived a couple of chances to keep the game alive. Once they had departed Hundhill were never going to reach their target and it was just a matter of picking up the bonus points. G. McInerny (3-39) and D. Exley (1-21) kept Stainborough in the hunt for maximum points, but it was Chris Hall who mopped up the tail taking (4-8) in just 2 overs. Dave Kershaw bowled an excellent but luckless spell of 12 overs for just 33 runs, 12 of which came from his final over.