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Forest Row, Sponsored By Flora Pro Activ, Visited Edenbridge With An Outside Chance Of Claiming The Title. Edenbridge Won The Toss & Elected To Bat On A Damp Wicket. Rowe & N Divall Opened For Row. Divall, With Some Sustained Accurate Bowling, Made The Initial Breakthrough – Millard (0) Caught At Slip By Jackson. Divall Soon After Had Joyce (5) Caught Behind By Edwards, Then A Missed Chance, Deflected By Edwards Was Swallowed By Jackson To Dismiss Murphy (9). M. Divall Joined The Fray & Was Rewarded With The Wicket Of King (12) – Caught Shreeves. This Brought Briers To The Wicket, Whom Opened His Account With A Square Drive. Row Turned To The Left Arm Spin Combo Of Woodward & Jackson. Woodward Striking 1st Ball, With Scott (5) Steering A Full Toss To Shreeves At Gully. Whilst Briers Scored Freely At One End, Row Were Chipping Away At The Other – Britt Taking A Fine Catch That Had Gone Behind Him & Edwards A Stumping, Both Off Jackson. Jackson Had The Indignity Of The Injured Brown, Who Had Thrown Away His Crutches To Bat – Hitting Him For Three Fours! Briers Face Saving Effort Realised 50, Though Woodward Soon After Bowled Him & Trapped Putman Lbw To Wrap Up The Innings.
Set 146 To Win, Row Opened With Britt & Way. Way Dominating The Scoring. Got Row Off To A Good Start – Though Both Had Fallen By The Time Row Had Reached 46. Shreeves Beligerent Approach Accrued 22, Which Gave The Innings Momentum Maintained By Farncombe & Edwards. The Pair Took Advantage Of Bowling & Fielding, Which Had Adopted A Mood Of Resignation – In A Match Winning Stand Of 56. Though Farncombe (15) Fell, M Divall (6*) Ably Supported Edwards Who Saw Row Home With A 4 & 6 To Raise A Fifty & Row To Victory. Unfortunately, Lingfield could not Do Row A Favour – So Row Settled For 2nd Place & Promotion.

Edenbridge 146 (39.1) Briers 58, Brown 12* N Divall 10-2-29-3, Woodward 9.1-0-28,3 Jackson 8-1-43-2

Forest Row 149-5(33.2) Edwards 54*, Way 36, Shreeves 22, Putman 14-5-36-3