On another good looking Willows deck, The Willows won the toss and elected to bat to try and claim back the John MacDonald Trophy.

With an early injury retirement from Paul McEwan, it took Andrew McRae to come and steady the innings with a sturdy 36, after his 99 last year.

The STAC attack looked more promising from previous years and at one stage The Willows were 5 for 92. Scrumpy Johnston lead The Willows’ comeback with an unbeaten 32 not out with the same big hitting which chimed in from the tail. The Willows made it through to a defendable 195 for 9.

Mention needs to be made of D Munro who showed some outstanding line and length bowling.

With a bowling attack sprinkled with young and old, Scrumpy Johnston and Tim Johnston (not related) spearheaded the attack with Tim, a very promising off-spin bowler from Shirley Boys’ High School, taking five wickets.

J Winchester top scored for STAC with 30 but it was never going to be enough. STAC were all out for 144, so a rewarding victory for The Willows.