Pacific enjoyed a rare double winning weekend on what seemed like another perfect Autumnal day. Landmarks were reached & records threatened when the visitors first trip to this pleasant yet urban setting set up a 2nd win in consecutive days to get the month off to a winning start.

Being inserted by Sirus, the Palace Captain after winning the toss seemed exactley the right thing to do. The outfield was still heavy with dew & the ball was swinging & seaming as shown by the opening Chats' bowlers Darren & Ned, both of whom beat the bat frequently & they soon snapped up the wickets of the in form Rob Bastin & Matt Holiday (despite scoring his 1000th run for the club) to leave the Islington side on 24-2. After the interval, the home side went at the target with purpose & some sloppy fielding & inconsistent bowling simply underlined what everyone felt - this was a total that no one would overtake. James Gleadow did pick up 3 wickets including that off Gary Horsman & Captain Sirus which he rightfully celebrated with exuberance. He'd not had the best of luck lately & although this wasn't his best spell he was bowling wicket taking deliveries. Nick Fuller supported ably & Aroon Korgoankar - another who had bowled well of late with less reward - too found that wickets were easier to come by despite a drop off in consistency.

Darren Temperny varied everything & 1 extra quick delivery surprised not only the batsman. Soon Darren too was amongst the wickets & when Hollman came on to break a beligerent last pair, 2 balls later it was all over. The winning margin may have been great but all credit to Chats whio had given it an excellent go & played their full part in an enjoyable match perhaps rueing what might have been if Jon Webley hadn't notched up his 2nd centry of the season thereby reaching the milestone of 1000 runs for the season, & 1 of those early chances were taken.

XI:-Rob Bastin, Joe Bennett, James Gleadow, Matt Holliday, Peter Hollman, Steve Lay*, Jon Webley, Aroon Korgaonkar, Nick Fuller, Kurt Rademaker & Darren Temperny 12ths Alistair Pritchard & Phil Egan

STATS CORNER

This was the 17th scheduled match incl VPCCL games & Pacific remain unbeaten.

This was the 1st game Pacific have played at Spring Hill - a ground claimed as home by North London Asians.

Matt Holliday passed 1000 runs for the club during this innings (debut 28 May 1994).

Jon Webley passed 1000 runs for the season on reaching 97. The 1st time this has been achieved by anyone sinceDavis Murray scored 1305 in 1997.

This was Jon's 2nd 100 of 3 scored by Pacific this season & his 6th for the club & came off 78 balls which is the 11th fastest.

The partnership of 176 between Jon & Kurt Radamaker equalled the highest for the 4th wicket & is equal 7th in the full list of partnerships.

Kurt's half century was his 8th. It was the 3rd fastest 50 coming off 28 balls (jonathan Campbell's v Bayshill in 2001 was off 24).

100th appearance Rob Bastin

500th appearance Steve Lay

Pacific v Homerton CC

Pacific innings  R  M  B  4  6 Rob Bastin   c & b Ned   1  12  13  0  0   Matt Holliday   c Austin b Austin   8  36  31  0  0   Jon Webley   b Darryl   122  135  89  15  2   Steve Lay   lbw b Alicia   13  51  30  0  0   Kurt Rademaker   not out    88  62  48  12  4   Darren Tempany   not out    0  2  2  0  0     did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Peter Hollman   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Nick Fuller   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Aroon Korgaonkar   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   James Gleadow   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0    Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 27, nb 5) 37      TOTAL (35.0 Overs) 276-4

Fall of wickets:  1-5 [Bastin] , 2-24 [Holliday] , 3-100 [Lay] , 4-276 [Webley]

Bowling  O  M  R  W    Ned   7  0  35  1    Darryl   7  0  26  1    Austin   7  0  67  1    Stuart   4  0  42  0    Damian   5  0  46  0    Alicia   5  0  46  1

Homerton CC innings  R  M  B  4  6 Gary   b Gleadow   11  0  16  0  0   Darryl   c Bastin b Tempany   27  0  43  0  0   Silan   b Gleadow   5  0  6  0  0   Harry   b Gleadow   12  0  12  0  0   Damian   b Korgaonkar   29  0  21  0  0   Austin   c Fuller b Korgaonkar   9  0  6  0  0   Stuart   c Tempany b Korgaonkar   4  0  4  0  0   Ned   b Hollman   17  0  0  0  0   Joe   c Webley b Tempany   5  0  0  0  0   Alicia   not out    5  0  0  0  0   A N Other   absent    0  0  0  0  0    Extras (b 12, lb 5, w 19, nb 1) 37      TOTAL (24.2 Overs) 152 all out

Fall of wickets:  1-28 [Gary] , 2-39 [Silan] , 3-49 [Harry] , 4-90 [Damian] , 5-101 [Austin] , 6-108 [Darryl]

Bowling  O  M  R  W    James Gleadow   7  0  37  3    Nick Fuller   7  0  39  0    Darren Tempany   5  1  38  2    Aroon Korgaonkar   5  0  36  3    Peter Hollman   0.2  0  0  1