In the last game of the year against school teams, The Willows batting first struggled at 115/5 with the innings being resurrected by a very good 121 run partnership between Josh Reeves and Tim Johnston, followed by an excellent 53 by the Lincoln College student Ryan Banks. At 218/5 after 40 overs it looked as though 300 could be well on the cards but to the credit of the Shirley bowlers, they bounced back with three of their bowlers claiming 3 wickets each and they restricted The Willows to 286.
In reply, the Shirley run chase got off to a rather poor start however two partnerships of 50 odd steadied the innings but The Willows total was beyond the Shirley Boys’ due to some very economical spin bowling from Michael Peacock, an ex-Shirley student.
Umpires: B Hamilton & J Rose