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Rowlands made certain of being crowned Champions for the third year running by defeating Civil Service.

Rowlands batted first and Davo & Matt made a brisk start. Davo lost a bail to a super delivery from Jossie when on unlucky 13 (two 4s). Alan joined Matt and the score continued to move on well. Big John came on to field enthusiastically for the Civils when they lost a man due to a pulled hamstring. John had a hand in running out Alan (18 with two 4s) when Matt mistook him for an umpire! Chad made the decision. Roy was next in and he is right back in form, aided by some coaching from Matt. No more wickets fell as Rowlands reached 156-2 off only 14 overs. Matt notched up 62 (plenty of quick 2s and two 4s) and Roy 44 (five 4s). Jossie recorded 1-18 off 3.

The Civils reply got off to an even quicker start with Chad and Keith taking some early punishment from Colin Miller and Duncan Scott. However, Chad nailed Scott for 18 with a catch by Matt at mid on to record 3-0-34-1. Keith took the second wicket and tightened up well for 3-0-28-1. Don was a little wayward in the wind for 3-0-25-1 but James Morris was the man with 3-0-16-3 and well on top of the batting. Opener Miller scored 36. Following some superb collections of long throws from Big John to the bowlers end, Archie got in an interesting over for 11 and BJ himself moved the ball well in the final over for 8 runs and one man bowled out. There were catches for able keeper Rob Burns, Matt and BJ. In reaching 130-8 the Civils had made a good game of it on a tricky night with the wind and low sun.