Shock News: 2nds Avoid Defeat...1sts & 3rds Win

The 2nds match at Newfield (where they have covers) was rained off... Meanwhile at uncovered Arbo....

[match started at 3pm; reduced to 35 overs per side]
Watsonians II 136-8
B. Fox 72
R. Worsnop 4-10

Holy Cross 138-7
E. Smith 32
D. Russell 21

After morning/early afternoon rain (that seemed to cause a number of games in the vicinity to be called off too early) we managed to get the ground playable by 3pm using the soon to be patented 'Smith-Bonfield rope trick'*.

Top class spell from Two-Dogs (including key bat Flannigan and ex-Crosser Hamish Peddie with his 1st ball...it looked like a full bunger..it was a yorker) set us on the way and despite a decent knock from Jon's buddy Ben Fox and some slightly loose bowling later in the innings we kept them below a par score.

Things a bit tense when (after a run-out) we went from 125-4 to 126-7 but some brave shots from Bainbro got us home.

At least the 2nds were able to make a contribution: drunkenly barracking the 1st team (including Smudger volubly discussing the relative merits of his sons' batting - yes we could ALL hear you).

Watsonians' view of proceedings:
http://www.watsoniancricket.co.uk/news.php?id=287

in Div 8:
at the Gyle

Kirk Brae II 127 ao

Holy Cross III 129-2

*also used to good effect on Sunday.