The Willows XI arrived at Loburn for the final match of 2010 against arch rivals Hawkswood Wanderers, keen to avenge the result from 2009 where the elements robbed The Willows of victory! With many of the same faces returning for both teams, it was always going to be a hard fought contest. While the weather again threatened to affect the match, it was not to be and a fantastic arm wrestle commenced!

After winning the toss, The Willows donned the pads and got off to a shaky start with Brad Doody being involved in one of the more bizarre dismissals at The Willows in recent years. Justin Vaughan followed soon after, but Anup Nathu and Andy Ellis steadied the ship and got the team through to 95 for 3.

The middle order continued the solid scoring and eventually The Willows made a very respectable 232/8 thanks to Ben Ward, Pat Ryan and Jonathan Tapper. The youngsters showed Willows stalwart Andrew Nuttall (playing for Hawkswood) little respect, despite being (as always) the pick of the Hawkswood bowlers.

Hawkswood came out firing with the bat and despite a fine display of new ball bowling by Jack Nuttall, they were 83 without loss after just 12 overs. However, after some very tight line and length bowling from Justin Vaughan and Steve Lester, The Willows dragged it back to 127/4.

The pressure continued from Jacob Wolt and Andy Ellis, along with excellent fielding from The Willows, and at 195/7 the game was wide open. However, Hawkswood began to crumble in the late afternoon sunshine and with the hard work done, Davis mopped up the tail for the first Willows win against Hawkswood in 10 years!