REGIONAL DIVISION 4 SW

SWAY II     184 - 8

PARLEY SPORTS IV   185 - 9

Put into bat at Kings Park, Sway made steady progress against the veteran Parley duo of Mark Rushworth and Andy Thompson before Tony Owen at number three hit a rapid 41 with seven boundaries plus a six. When he was dismissed amongst a small flurry of wickets the score stood at 101 - 5 and it was left to youngsters Robert Steadman and F.J.Charton to consolidate the innings. This they attained with a 52 run partnership with Charton falling for 24 trying to bludgeon the returning Thompson ( 2 - 23 ) out of the ground, however Steadman went serenely on to finish unbeaten on 52 with Parley captain Mark Barber taking 3 - 48.

Parley's reply started aggressively with J.Edwards hitting a quick 37 before being caught and bowled by Matt Bramwell with the score at 49, Steve Drayton removed the other opener D.Jarvis-Niell at the same score. The innings now centered around Andy Trapp who made 53 runs losing 2 partners run out by the cat like Dave Hurrell at point before he became one of 4 wickets for Matthew Brearley and with Steadman also picking up a wicket the last over arrived with 9 runs required and the last pair batting. Barber scrambled a single of the second ball before number 11 Thompson hit successive fours to gain a narrow victory for Parley in an exciting match. For Sway Matt Brearley was the pick of the bowlers with 4-39 although both Steadman and Matt Bramwell bowled well.