Pacific were comprehensively outplayed by a boisterous Village XI. Injudicious top order dismissals lead to Pacific limping through forty overs. Smith and the tail played out the overs but couldnt find a meaningful partnership. 116 for 9 was an extremely sub-par score for Wray. The only highlight being the first known attempt at the Dil Scoop from a particularly keen junior player.

After an excellent warm tea, Village had no problem reaching their small target in half the allotted balls. Pacific rotated the bowlers but were unable to contain the batsmen who all had license to swing the bat much to the enjoyment of their watching colleagues.

Smith commented after the match "The lads tried hard but were behind the game from the start. It was a cold wet miserable day and I'm chuffed the boys stuck at it with only ten men. Special mention to Justin Roy for taking over the keepers gloves for the first time - he looked an absolute natural before tweaking an old injury. We really need to get more people out for these weekend games so please contact the secretary to get involved."

Pacific v Village CC

Pacific innings  R  M  B  4  6 Justin Roy†   c Hussain b Bowman   0  3  6  0  0   Peter Hollman   c Morgans b Evans   14  46  37  2  0   Jon Webley   c Boa b White   5  10  12  0  0   Joe Bennett   b Lyneman   0  27  19  0  0   Oliver Haill   c Harty b Boa   8  15  14  1  0   Sam Parkinson   c Lyneman b Boa   9  22  14  0  1   James Smith   not out    30  0  0  3  0   James Gleadow   lbw b Boa   2  18  12  0  0   Aroon Korgaonkar   b Bowman   14  41  42  1  0   Jon Brown   b Bowman   3  11  11  0  0   Luke Hollman   not out    4  0  10  0  0    Extras (b 3, lb 3, w 21, nb 0) 27      TOTAL (40.0 Overs) 116/9

Fall of wickets:  1-1 , 2-7 , 3-26 , 4-30 , 5-36 , 6-45 , 7-59 , 8-87

Bowling  O  M  R  W    Bowman   8  1  30  3    White   8  1  18  1    Lyneman   6  0  22  1    Evans   5  1  10  1    Boa   7  3  13  3    Gupta   6  1  17  0

Village CC innings  R  M  B  4  6 Hussain   b Gleadow   7  0  0  1  0   Harty   not out    57  0  0  0  0   Morgans   run out Smith    48  0  0  0  0   Manson   not out    2  0  0  0  0   White   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Hayles   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Gupta   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Bowman   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Lyneman   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Evans   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0   Boa   did not bat    0  0  0  0  0    Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 0, nb 3) 5      TOTAL (21.4 Overs) 119/2

Fall of wickets:  1-7 , 2-102

Bowling  O  M  R  W    Jon Webley   4  1  20  0    James Gleadow   4  0  20  1    Oliver Haill   3  0  15  0    James Smith   5  0  16  0    Jon Brown   3  0  28  0    Aroon Korgaonkar   1.4  0  7  0    Sam Parkinson   1  0  11  0