Introduction

The fourth game was played against Texaco, Roy lost the toss, and within minutes of bowling the first few balls we wondered what had hit us. Their opening bat just hit everything to all parts and raced to 40 odd in no time at all. Thankfully he missed a straight one from Dave Needham and was given LBW by their umpire. We then proceeded to stem the run flow and restricted them to 196 for 6, given their start this was an excellent effort mainly due to good spells from Dave Needham (7 overs 29 runs 2 wickets) and Graham Shepherd (7 overs 30 runs 2 wickets). Once again we struggled with the batting making 118 all out.

Banks brewery were our next opponents and immediately we could tell these players were a class above those we had encountered on either tour. Elegant shots sped to the boundary rather than forceful hits that we had seen from our previous opponents. Four of their players passed 50, but we did manage 5 wickets, Mickey Parker taking 3 and Dave Needham 2. Dave was on a Hat-Trick, in walked an elderly looking chap and we thought we had a chance. As it happens this elderly looking chap hit his first three balls for four and proceeded to score 63 runs in no time at all before he retired. It turned out he had been on the fringe of the West Indies test side being kept out by the likes of Weekes, Worrel, Nurse, etc. Banks finished on 281 for 5, once again our reply was weak, 84 all out was all we could muster, 33 of these came from Jon Hibbert.