Things didn't go to plan from early on for Stanley with Fry being bowled for 6 in the 2nd over by Rob Helliwell. Gabb was next to go in the 6th over, again for 6 when he hit a juicy half-volley straight back at Helliwell who caught the ball in self defence. Groves, meanwhile was making steady progrgess at the other end and when  he was joined at the wicket by Captain Walker, the Stanley ship steadied for a while. Walker seemed to take forever to get off the mark and avoid a triple duck, but when he did, runs came fluently. Groves was bowled by Woodham for 23 and Andy Brennan soon followed when he was guilty of daydreaming at the crease and was run out, another one bites the dust!

    At 67 for 4 on the 15th over runs weren't a problem but the wickets were tumbling at an alarming rate. Uzzell padded-up once too often and was out LBW for 2, Walker was finally bowled by Woodham for a valuable 19 and Scott Kinman-Pearmain was Woodham's 4th victim when he was bowled for 15. Oakes and Collins didn't do much to trouble the scorers, but it was the ever youthful John Priestly who at 63 and batting at no.8 showed the rest how to do it with a priceless 25. Stanley were all out for 119 in only the 37th over, Whitminster's bowlers had done a stirling job. Woodham finished with 12-2-34-4, Helliwell 12-2-51-3 and Meadcroft 6-3-8-1.

    After tea Whitminster set about chasing Stanley's relatively small total. They found runs very hard to come by, thanks to some very accurate bowling and extremely keen fielding. Hyland fell first, LBW for 7, Chris Biddell was next to fall bowled for 2 followed by Clutterbuck and Chandler for the same score. Captain L Cooke tried to force the scoring along but fell for 13. The run rate was climbing ever higher but the Whitminster batsmen had no answer to Stanley's bowlers. Rob Helliwell tried his best to win the game for Whitminster on his own but fell in the 38th over for a battling 40. Groves took the final wicket, in the 39th over, that of R Birch for 1 giving Stanley an improbable victory by 30 runs. Nash bowled well (12-4-30-2), ably supported by Kinman-Pearmain (12-4-19-2) and backed up by Groves (12-1-27-4) and Fry (3-0-7-1).