On a glorious afternoon Sydenhurst won the toss and batted. After a solid start from Harry Hooper and John Robertson, 17 year old Douglas Bourne - on debut - played a superb innings scoring 113 and featured in a stand of 130 with Ali Mufti (29). Edward Palfrey scored some useful runs at the end which, with his 5 overs for just 5 runs plus securing a run-out in the field, also added up to an impressive debut. Adrian Walton, a Ramblers' star on many occasions, bowled superbly for Brook returning figures 9-2-11-2.

Brook began well with an opening stand of 63 - James Walker scoring 57, while James Wood - in at No.4, hit a quick 32 to take the score to 136-2. Johnny Hunter and Rob Davies both bowled well and Roly Bourne had a lengthy spell of left-arm spin which put the brakes on the scoring and saw him bag 5/76. Hunter came back to try and blow away the tail but Brook held firm for the draw.

SYDENHURST RAMBLERS

H Hooper c Haslam b Walton 39

J Robertson b Walton 14

J Whybrow b Nicholls 9

A Mufti b Chibisa 29

D Bourne st Wood b Chibisa 113

E Palfrey not out 19

J Hunter not out 10

R Davies, C Hudson, R Bourne, J Hamilton (capt/wk) did not bat

extras b 9, lb 12, w 2, nb 3 26

TOTAL: 259-5 dec

Bowling:

Goodman 8 0 51 0

Candy 9 1 31 0

Walton 9 2 11 2

Nicholls 4 1 9 1

Royds 4 0 37 0

Underwood 4 0 29 0

Chibisa 8 0 49 2

Hudson 4 0 23 0

BROOK

M Haslam b Bourne 30

J Walker run out 57

R Chibisa b Bourne 7

J Wood c Mufti b Hudson 32

B Candy c & b Bourne 15

R Hudson b Bourne 15

A Walton b Bourne 5

T Goodman lbw Hunter 4

P Nicholls not out 0

M Underwood not out 0

R Royds did not bat

extras b 20, lb 2, w 3, nb 3 28

TOTAL: 193-8

Bowling:

Hunter 8 1 17 1

Davies 9 1 35 0

Bourne R 13 0 76 5

Hudson 6 0 38 1

Palfrey 5 2 5 0

Result: Match drawn