A sun-kissed Stade Bretou greeted the Eymet players (as it did those of Mold one hour later !). In perfect conditions David Horlock lost the toss and the visitors chose to bat. A combination of the wiles of Alan Combe and Nigel Jones and the residual effects of alcohol kept them subdued. Nigel and Alan bagged an opener each, both snaffled by our ever-reliable keeper David 'Soft Hands' Horlock. When Paul Martin joined in too, Mold were wobbling at 45 for 3 off 15. However their number five was a man in a hurry and proceeded to hit the poor ball very hard indeed. Not just the ball in fact. He also managed to break a footballer's windscreen and damage 2 cars with another blow. Simon Colverson was sent to retrieve the ball and did well to return unharmed. Hurried calls were made to our resident diplomat, President Bond, who was called in to pacify the irate football crowd. The guilty batsman was bowled soon afterwards but not before he had bludgeoned a fine 80. At the other end Paul was finding some rhythm and consistently removed batsmen with good balls. Consequently Mold were restricted to 154 all out off their 35 overs.

Eymet too had difficulty imposing themselves, perhaps scared of provoking more footballers, now heavily tanked up after their game. When we lost Harv (Benwell) after 7 overs only 17 runs were on the board. Mold had a young, athletic team in the field and were spoilt for allrounders. David and Nigel started to play their shots 'though, and while they were there a win was very much on the cards. However David was castled with the total on 54 as Mold tightened their grip. Nigel struck a few blows before holing out also on 54 as the run chase intensified. Wickets followed and despite some hits from Paul we were all out for 108.

RESULT : LOST MOLD 154 all out (P.Martin 5-30, N.Jones 2-14)
EYMET 108 all out (N.Jones 54)