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A fine, sustained spell of bowling from Kevin Smith (6-48), had the visitors in all sorts of trouble at Stanford Rec. A short burst from Harry Maher saw another early wicket, before skipper Ross Poulton (3-21) teamed up with Smith to shoot Southend out for a meagre 90, with only 3 players making it into double figures.

A couple of quick wickets raised the Southend hopes as Stanford began their reply. However, the rock that is Peter Gray (52no) soon frustrated the visiting bowling. Finding an ideal foil in Robert Page (36no) the pair added the 70 needed to win with no further alarms

Hostile bowling from Daryl Woodford (4-39), Ian Sanderson (3-11) and Josh Reid (2-22), had the Southend batting in disarray at Southchurch Park. A top score of 19 from Roger Walcott, indicates how much of a struggle it was for the home batsmen.

Patrick Kearney (2-39) struck early for the home side, but Luke Dennis (25) Andy Robinson (47no) and Josh Reid (39no) made the game safe, with the latter two sharing an unbroken stand of 68 to see Stanford home.

Benfleet obviously had no intention of losing this game, batting on until their total was virtually unreachable. Regular 2^nd team opener Luke Slatford made the most of being dropped 2^nd ball to smash 153 and in partnership with fellow opener John Bull (65), had the Stanford bowlers wilting. However, youngsters Ben Tarten (2-40) and Andy Freeman (1-29) stuck at the task well.

Stanford showed no interest in the chase, with Peter Victory (43) and Neil Fuller (33), sharing a sedate opening stand of 69. A rattle of wickets towards the end of the innings actually flattered the Benfleet team somewhat as they had to settle for bonus points only.

A defiant half century from Captain Adrian Page was not enough for the 4^th XI as they lost to Belhus on Saturday. Chasing a huge 226 runs for victory, Page (57) and young Jono Symes (30) were the only batsmen that looked like getting Stanford near to that total as most of the batting line up failed to trouble the bowlers. Aftab Ahmed (4-15) being the pick of the opposition bowlers.
 
Earlier, Stanford dismissed Belhus for 226 with Belhus’s Taz Ali falling just 3 runs short of an impressive century. Michael Armoogum (3-42) bowled well in his first game for the club and the impressive Charlie Gleisinger (3-33) added to his Saturday league wicket tally to reach 15 for the season so far.

Belhus CC - Saturday 4th XI Won Batting First by 78 runs

Match Report to follow...

Stanford Sunday XI - Won Batting First by 52 runs