
The 1st team recorded a 65-run victory over Bishop’s Stortford with big knocks from Cole Briggs and Andrew Neal and a 6-wicket haul from Harry Seagrave:
Harpenden: 283 all out off 53.3 overs (Neal 75, Briggs 73)
Bishop’s Stortford: 218 all out off 48.3 overs (Seagrave 6-51, Neal 2-34)
The Women’s 1st team defeated Stony Stratford 2s by the huge margin of 137 runs, Hannah Stobbs scoring a barely believable 161 not out from just 89 balls with 32 (yes, 32!) 4s:
Harpenden: 259-3 off 30 overs (Hannah Stobbs 161 not out, Millie Dyer 49)
Stony Stratford: 122-4 off 30 overs (Willa Stanley 2-22)
The 2nd team got the better of Eversholt 1s by 51 runs with invaluable runs from Ed Washington and more wickets from Nick Lamb:
Harpenden: 191 all out off 40.5 overs (Ed Washington 75)
Eversholt: 140 all out off 28.2 overs (Lamb 3-47)
The 3rd team put Holtwhites-Trinibus 2s to the sword, winning by the comfortable margin of 120 runs. Nick Reeves scored a marvellous unbeaten ton and Joe Gill bagged 3 wickets:
Harpenden: 265-8 off 48 overs (Reeves 123 not out, Killen 43, Taylor 42)
Holtwhites-Trinibus: 145 all out off 37.4 overs (Gill 3-33, Watts 2-17, Twelftree 2-34)
A strong-looking 4th team got the better of Pinner 2s by 47 runs with another important knock from Dave Whiteley and a further devastating opening burst with the ball from Pat Bissett:
Harpenden: 182-7 off 40 overs (Whiteley 62, Sambrook 45)
Pinner: 135 all out off 39.5 overs (Bissett 4-22, Hughes 3-18)
The 5th team narrowly lost by 3 wickets to Old Camdenians 2s, but still managed to pick up a very respectable 16 points. Henry Pollard-Beaton played a fine innings with the bat and Will Talley was in the wickets:
Harpenden: 202-9 off 40 overs (Pollard-Beaton 89)
Old Camdenians: 204-7 off 33.4 overs (Talley 4-50)
The 6th team triumphed over Wheathampstead 4s by 7 wickets. Evergreen Tim Spencer scored a vital unbeaten half-century in the run chase:
Wheathampstead: 156-7 off 40 overs (Sam Ebbutt 2-31)
Harpenden: 157-3 off 33.4 overs (Spencer 56 not out)
The Wizards played a Mill Hill Village development side and, despite a good all-round performance from Jeremy Hill, they slid to a 7-wicket defeat:
Harpenden: 124 all out off 24 overs (Hill 35)
Mill Hill Village: 125-2 off 24 overs (Hill 2-17)
The Women’s 2nd team lost to Dinton 1s by 68 runs:
Dinton: 146 all out off 25 overs (Thea Randhawa 3-18, Asha Randhawa 2-14)
Harpenden: 78-9 off 19 overs (Fiona Challacombe 25)