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Forest Row's Saturday second team eventually fell to an 8 wicket defeat against Ansty, in a friendly played at Whiteman’s Green. Row put into bat, made a solid start with Graham Rowe (24) and Ed Stokes (19) putting on 51 for the first wicket, through four singles to every boundary. Hallam and Boshoff eventually struck back for Ansty, as Row took a stumble and lost three wickets in quick succession. Phil Rowe (31) and Pete Dawes (17) steadied the ship with a brisk 25 run partnership, before Rowe and Neil Phillip’s (37) looked to take control of the match, and set a good total, with a hard earned 60 run partnership for the fifth wicket. Rowe's dismissal saw another mini collapse, before 21 runs between Phillips and Pinnock (9), and a late flurry from Shaun Mason (5no) took Row to 172-9 at tea. For Ansty, Hallam who looked sharp, was the pick of the bowlers with 5-24 off 9 overs, with good support from Belfort who took 2 -25 off 11 overs. In reply, the Ansty youngsters of James Thorpe (74) and L Anderson (18) got off to swift start, putting on 32 in 6 overs, before Adam Webb had Anderson caught by Graham Rowe. Thorpe and R Chisholm (71no) carried on in the same vein, adding 104 runs for the second wicket, before Webb struck again, having Thorpe caught by Graham Rowe. Chisholm and L Boshoff (4no) knocked off the remaining runs to see Ansty through to victory with 8 overs of the match remaining. For Row, Adam Webb was the only bowler to have success, taking 2-33 off 10 overs.1-2