The Willows batted first and posted a competitive 186 for 8 in the allotted 40 overs. After a useful 41 run opening partnership between Pete Devlin and Hugh Wright, a mini collapse saw the home team in trouble at 3 for 43. However an excellent 57 run partnership between the hard hitting Geoff Miller and the Reverend Hawke got things back on track. Alec Astle (39 off 32 balls) and Trevor Thornton (18 not out off 15 balls) accelerated the scoring in the last few overs through some excellent batting. The pick of the bowlers was P Sharp.

The Anderson XI looked very competitive whilst David Bull was batting, but once the wily Wal Scott dismissed him, the game was very much in the balance. In the finish the reluctant hero was Pete Devlin who bowled five overs at the death and took 2 for 20.