Clowne won the toss and put top of the table Clipstone in to bat on a very hot afternoon. Fellows opened the bowling from the top end with a maiden over with Matthew Osborne bowling from the other end. At the end of the 10th over Clipstone had put on 41 for no wicket. Osborne was replaced by Joseph Kinsey making his debut for the third team this season and took a wicket in his first over when John Hendley took a sharp catch in the slips to dismiss Tebbett for 33 .
Greveson replaced Jamie and in his second over removed the other opener for 9 again caught by Hendley at gully. This slowed the run rate and Kinsey took another wicket in the 17th over to have Clipstone on 66 for 3. B Hallam was batting well, and he and L Tebbett moved the score onto 104 before White who had replaced Kinsey ( 6.0.38.2 ) had Tebbett 22 caught by Osborne in his second over and promptly took the next wicket with a sharp caught and bowled off the last ball of the same over to have figures of 2 for 0.
Greveson continue to bowl his 10 overs finishing with 10.1.35.1 before Fellows was returned to the attack wickets continued to fall as Clipstone tried to up the scoring rate with White ( 7.3.24.3 ) and Fellows ( 10.2.29.2 ) both taking more wickets. Osborne who returned to the attack came in for a little punishment and finished with ( 7.1.33.0 ) Clipstone finished the innings on 168 for 8 with B Hallam scoring 60 off 60 balls.