On Sunday 15^th May, Boxgrove went to Parham Park with only 9 men. Unfortunately Mark Holl and skipper James Thorpe both broke fingers the previous day.

Parham batted first and Paul Mant and Rew Reed opened the bowling. P Mant had an appeal for a caught behind turned down and the Parham openers soon started to find gaps in the field and the runs started to flow. Chamberlain and McGeough replaced the opening bowlers and wickets started to fall. Chamberlin bowled one man behind his legs and then had another two caught by Reed at mid-on. Meanwhile at the other end, McGeough was economical, but finished without a wicket (0-13 from 7 overs). The opening bowlers returned and wickets continued to fall.

At 118 for 5, aided by good catches from Aiden Mant and Damien Langton, it looked like Parham may post a low total. However, Parham soon started to find the inevitable gaps left by 9 men and whilst wickets continued to fall, the runs continued to pile up. Parham finished on 192 for 8, with Rew Reed claiming 3 wickets for 53 off 13 overs, Paul Mant 2 for 78 off 17 and Chamberlain 3 for 34 off 10. All in all Boxgrove had bowled 47 overs, despite only having 4 bowlers.

The target looked challenging for Boxgrove, and was made even harder when McGeough was caught behind second ball for 0. Vinnicombe and Reed started to put together a partnership before Reed was caught at mid-off for 4. Having been dropped by the same fielder, in the same position, a few overs earlier, you would have thought he would know not play the same shot!! Chamberlain joined Vinnicombe, and runs were difficult to come by. Eventually Vinnicombe was bowled for 13 and the writing was on the wall. Martin Bishop stayed for a while, but was bowled for 0, and D Langton was bowled next ball, and whilst Jim Reed cut the hatrick ball for 4, he was out soon after. At the death Chamberlain was joined by Aiden Mant who hit a couple of nice shots before backing away and being bowled for 2. Paul Mant came in last but couldn’t hold off the inevitable as he was caught for 1 leaving Chamberlain 7 not out. Boxgrove had mustered a paltry 32 runs all out.