The firsts made it back to back league wins and four from four in all competitions, with a comfortable win in the idyllic surroundings of Bradshaw on Saturday.
With the out-of-action second teamers swelling the numbers, there was a decent crowd out enjoying the sweltering heat as Richard Dempster lost the toss and led his troops out to do battle with the home side’s batsmen and the unforgiving sun. One again, the bowling attack were able to take wickets at crucial stages of the game. An opening stand of 41 looked threatening, but that was quickly reduced to 47-2 with Dan Higham striking twice. Ben Hamilton (pictured) then stepped in with the vital wicket of Dickinson, brilliantly caught by Dave Dempster, and despite a number of batsmen getting into double figures, he ground out wickets at regular intervals, finishing with impressive figures of 6-39 off 15 overs to add to the 4-4 he captured in the midweek under 18 game. Dan Higham mopped up to continue his early season form and finish with 3-42, before Sam Dorsey and Joe Settle started the reply with a stand of 57. For the second week in a row, Sam found himself on the receiving end of a stunning catch, but Joe went on to complete a composed half century in a stand of 77 with Max Meyer, who’s also in a bit of form himself, before falling for 64. After a slight stutter in which two further wickets tumbled, the game was put to bed with more than 20 overs to spare. Remarkably, after two games, only one other club has a 100% record in this most competitive of leagues, and that will become one next week as we meet Edgworth, the other 100% side, at Manchester Road with a 12.30 start.