It was great to host The Seddon Cricket Club (Hamilton) for the first time at Loburn. We acknowledge and appreciate Willower Max Bremner and partner Jo Appleyard for their most generous sponsorship of the fixture. It proved a competitive match with several momentum shifts but in the end The Willows came up short in their second defence of the Chatfield Shield (or “Charlie” to the players).

Two individual batting performances stood out. Leighton Parsons for the visitors and Adam Hastilow for The Willows made excellent half centuries on the day. Both men play with flair and top their respective Kindred batting aggregates. In the end what separated the teams was the fact that The Willows were unable to form any meaningful partnerships around Adam while the northerners did, putting on 80 odd for the last two wickets. Wickets were shared for both teams with Chris Nicolson, Mark Murphy and Kelvin Scott the best of the locals.

The beer tasted good for The Seddon lads knowing “Charlie” was in their back pocket and leaving the Mainland.