at Blackheath, Sunday July 1st. Won by 6 wickets
Blackheath won the toss and chose to bat on a pitch tinged with green and found scoring difficult against some excellent seam bowling by Paul Francis and Somerset Pheasant. Jon Stonebridge swung the ball to good effect and there was a sudden clatter of wickets towards the end of Francis's lengthy spell as Blackheath went from 71-2 to 101 all out.
Ramblers lost 3 early wickets but eventually won with something to spare, Simon Fisk leading them home with 8 boundaries in his 40 not out.
Blackheath innings:
J.Robson ct Hudson,b Pheasant 18
Bannister ct Milliken-Smith, b Francis 17
Woodward b Francis 19
Meld b Francis 4
Henderson b Stonebridge 6
Payne ct Milliken-Smith, b Francis 5
D.Robson b Stonebridge 0
R.Robson st Kidson, b Davenport 4
Millard b Stonebridge 0
A.Bristow not out 0
Lemon ct Hamilton, b Davenport 1
Extras 27
Total 101
1-47,2-61,3-77,4-88,5-88,6-94,7-94,8-95,9-97
Bowling: Francis 4-38, Pheasant 1-31, Stonebridge 3-13, Davenport 1.1-1-0-2
Ramblers innings:
P.Stephens b Henderson 0
J.Whybrow run out 5
M.Milliken-Smith ct ? ,b Payne 21
J.Hudson ct ?, b Bristow 8
S.Fisk not out 40
T.Kidson not out 6
Extras 22
Total 102 for 4
1-10,2-22,3-39,4-71,5-102