
The 1st team got back to winning ways, beating Hertford by 27 runs. Chris Swanson scored valuable runs before the bowling attack skittled out the opposition:
Harpenden: 165 all out off 41.4 overs (Swanson 46)
Hertford: 138 all out off 33.1 overs (bowling figures currently unavailable)
The boys finish a very creditable second in the Premiership table, just 17 points behind Totteridge Millhillians.
The 2nd team couldn’t get the better of Holtwhites-Trinibus and lost by 5 wickets. Ed Washington and Nick Reeves struck half-centuries::
Harpenden: 181 all out off 46.1 overs (Washington 54, Reeves 52)
Holtwhites-Trinibus: 184-5 off 36 overs (G Moxham 2-27, B Barcock 2-45)
The 2s finish sixth in Division 2A.
The 3rd team took care of business with a 4-wicket victory over Hatfield & Crusaders:
Hatfield & Crusaders: 132 all out off 38.5 overs (Dugmore 3-25, Pearson 2-8)
Harpenden: 136-6 off 31.2 overs (G Taylor 36 not out, Pearson 35)
The 3s finish seventh in Division 4A.
The 4th team comfortably dispatched Northwood Town 2s by 6 wickets. Adam Dyson grabbed a 4-fer, and Ben Newton and Michael Voigt posted half-centuries:
Northwood Town: 162 all out off 36.1 overs (Dyson 4-10, Mohammad Umar 3-19)
Harpenden: 164-4 off 26.1 overs (Newton 65, Voigt 53 not out)
The 4s finish an excellent fourth in their first season following promotion to Division 7 West.
The 5th team couldn’t post a defendable total and went down by 8 wickets to London Colney 2s:
Harpenden: 127 all out off 38.2 overs (Pollard-Beaton 35, J Bell 28)
London Colney: 130-2 off 24.3 overs (J Taylor 2-34)
The 5s finish eighth in Division 10 West.
The 6th team won again, this time defeating Northwood 5s by 3 wickets. Jude Jackson took 3 wickets and George Wenn scored an unbeaten half-century:
Northwood: 180-7 off 40 overs (Jackson 3-18, Skinner 2-24)
Harpenden: 181-7 off 38.3 overs (Wenn 56 not out, J Gill 29)
The 6s finish seventh in Division 13 West with a very creditable 8 wins.
The 7th team earned their second win of the season with a thrillingly narrow 2-wicket victory over Rickmansworth 5s. Aaron Case took 3 wickets and the evergreen Guy Dunham carried his bat to see us home, ably supported by Nathan Bashford:
Rickmansworth: 133 all out off 32.3 overs (Case 3-14)
Harpenden: 134-8 off 38.4 overs (Dunham 45 not out, N Bashford 29)
The 7s finish tenth in Division 14 West.