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Much like previous games at Ulgham, Rowlands were unable to break their home duck as they crashed out of the cup to Whitley Bay.
In the second round of the Cup, Rowlands were inserted by Whitley Bay. Wayne Ritzema fell in the first over to a good caught behind from Alex Giles. Matt and Roy then batted through with varied aggression until the 12th over with Roy driving well and Matt mainly cutting and pushing, working hard. Matt fell to young Ben Harris (son of Mark), bowled when he tried to up the tempo; 27 (3 fours). Phil came in and hit a quick 10 before being LBW father Mark. Ian Younger got an even quicker 10 (4 and 6) before being bowled by son Ben. Bob Tulip hit six singles to the boundary regions where fielders lurked. Roy remained not out for 51; his first half century for Rowlands with 6 fours. The target was set with 131-4 off 16. Alex had bowled 4-0-19-1 and young Ben 4-0-40-2.
The Whitley reply took 15 off Robbie's first over but then only 6 off his next two. Ian Younger was promoted to opening at the other end and he bowled Kenny for 3 in his second over. Ian got taken off after this second over when number 3 bat Alex Giles spoilt it with a 6 and a 4. After 5 overs, Whitley were already 36-1 with opener Graeme Ord also looking dangerous. Alan brought on Don with instructions to aim for the OFF STUMP. First ball Don obliged and the threat of Giles was removed, together with said off stump! Third ball Dave Sproat was trapped LBW and prospects for Rowlands were dramatically improved. Don finished off a double wicket maiden and followed up with two more Bay men bowled including the settling Mark Harris for 17 to record a MoM 4-1-18-4. Don now only needs 1 wickt to take hsi career total to 600. Alan did some sterling work preventing boundaries on both sides of the field behind the wicket. Robbie completed his spell with 4-0-33-0. Keith Clark was hit for 2-0-31-0 as runs kept coming and then Wayne was brought into the attack. He claimed a stumping by the alert Gowla of Lenny May for 15 but 2-0-18-1 was still not tight enough in the circumstances. Ian Younger returned to good effect with his third over going for only 5 and 5 for victory required off his last over. However, following a simple run out, a loose fifth ball in the final over saw another May (S) accept this gratefully with a 4 to square leg and victory by 3 wickets (132-7). Ian finished on a respectable 3.5-0-24-1. Match winner Graeme Ord finished on 62 not out after carrying his bat through the innings.
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