The annual St Bede’s game always brings out a sizeable crowd and this day wasn’t any different. The toss was won by the St Bede’s skipper Tim Hanrahan who chose to bat. The openers H Kennett and J Watts saw off the new ball attack of Doherty and Cox with good control and an excellent display of running between the wickets. The partnership was finally broken in the 22nd over with the score on 74.

Through the middle of the innings The Willows bowlers really came into their own with James Richards(2/42) and Hayden Day (4/41) bowling their ten overs unchanged. This halted the St Bede’s innings and they were restricted to a score of 209/9.

The start of the second innings saw a change in the weather with rain becoming a factor. The plan for The Willows batsmen was to try and knock off the runs as quickly as possible. Hamish Teale and Hayden Day started the innings scoring at ‘fives’ throughout the first ten overs. The introduction of spin stopped the momentum with the off spin of A Hamilton picking up both openers with the score on 97 in the 17th over. Jones and Commons steadied the ship with 29 a piece but in the end the rain had the final say and play was abandoned in the 39th over with our score on 168/7.