On a red hot day in Clowne, the home side lost the toss for the second time in a row and were put into bat on a very hard pitch. Holmes and White opened the innings and were soon in trouble with White being bowled for 0 in the third over. This brought Glyn Long to the middle, who has looked in good form over the past 5 games. He and Holmes could only add 20 runs before Holmes was bowled by Bramall for 11. Andrew Smalley was next in and he and Long looked to have the situation under control and added a quick 50 runs before Long was caught off a slower ball bowled by the increasingly impressive Bramall for 35. Clowne then continued to lose wickets at regular intervals as they have done all season with Spencer (5) and Thomson (5) making little impact on the Belper attack. Smalley then departed for a well made 41 and it was left for Linacre to add a much needed 30 to lift the total above 150. Other contributions included Swannack (4), Kinsey (0), Pollard (5*) and Ashley (6*). Pick of the Belper bowlers were Brammall (14/4/46/4) and E Fischer (14/5/38/4) who both bowled with good accuracy and control.