A well spirited match had it's share of interruptions - none weather related. There is a 12 minute drinks break to take in the 100 meters final, there was the injury to the fielder on the wide long on boundary when the ball went through his hands dropping the "catch" on his forehead with a sickening noise. Then there was the fetching & carrying as Peter Henry made a tricky pitch look easy as he plundered 78 runs off 46 balls helping Pacific to declare on 190-8 at the tea interval.

Home team Captain Alan White was by far the pick of the bowlers with 5-28.

Except for the Village no 3 it was a cautious conservative reply & as the pitch flattened out & the ball being soft, batting with defence in mind was comfortable enough.

That said, the bowlers Pete Alexander, Jon Brown, Pete Henry & Jon Webley (in his 1st meaningful spell of the season following injury) toiled honestly but could not break down a stubborn Village line up.

XI:- Joe Bennett, Jon Brown, Matt Callender, Ben Gibson+, Peter Henry, Peter Hollman, Lahri Mohammed, Jon Webley*, Dan Bird, Pete Alexander + either John Robson (Robbo) or Phil Hancock

Pacific v Village CC

Pacific innings  R  M  B  4  6 Peter Hollman   b White   5  28  25  0  0   Ben Gibson   lbw b White   1  10  7  0  0   Jon Webley   c Richards b Reid   33  43  29  2  3   Lahri Mohamed   lbw b White   4  16  14  0  0   Joe Bennett   c Woodhouse b Woodhouse   21  51  0  2  0   Peter Henry   st Plimmer b Koder   79  95  53  9  3   Matt Callender   b White   3  33  38  0  0   Dan Bird   b White   0  6  4  0  0   Phil Hancock   not out    9  0  0  1  0   Jon Brown   not out    1  0  5  0  0   Pete Alexander   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0    Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 24, nb 6) 34      TOTAL (35.0 Overs) 190

Fall of wickets:  1-3 , 2-24 , 3-47 , 4-60 , 5-121 , 6-164 , 7-176 , 8-187

Bowling  O  M  R  W    White   10  1  24  5    Reid   6  0  41  1    Woodhouse   8  0  47  1    Gupta   8  0  53  0    Koder   3  0  18  1

Village CC innings  R  M  B  4  6 Pontin   c Henry b Alexander   0  0  0  0  0   Hanson   b Webley   5  0  0  0  0   Reid   b Brown   20  0  0  3  0   D Plimmer   lbw b Webley   5  0  0  0  0   Lucentti   b Henry   29  0  0  5  0   T Plimmer   lbw b Brown   12  0  0  2  0   White   not out    8  0  0  1  0   Gupte   not out    0  0  0  0  0   Koder   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Suil   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Craig   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0

Fall of wickets:  1-0 , 2-22 , 3-33 , 4-35 , 5-78 , 6-96

Bowling  O  M  R  W    Pete Alexander   12  3  26  1    Jon Brown   12  6  14  2    Jon Webley   6  2  21  2    Peter Hollman   2  0  13  0    Peter Henry   4  1  17  1