Warlingham travelled to Middlesex and Stains & Laleham last Saturday eager to avenge their home defeat in May, only to find the home team’s ex-Middlesex bowler, Tim Bloomfield, on top form. In his Middlesex days he was described as ”Right Arm Medium Fast” and his paced combined with well controlled swing proved to be more than enough for the visitor’s early batsmen as he had them 37 – 5 after 17 overs. A rescue act between Dan Chrystie and Hitesh Patel then marginally improved Warlingham’s prospects but Bloomfield had Hitesh LBW for 15 after the pair had added 33. Sean Archer shared the next four wickets with Bloomfield as Warlingham collapsed to 101 all out – a small improvement on the 99 they made in the previous encounter. Bloomfield figures were 17.5 – 5 – 47 – 8 and Archer took 2-17 in 6 overs. Dan Chrystie, who was dropped early in his innings, batted determinedly for just short of 90 minutes and top-scored with 26.

Stains & Laleham lost two early wickets, but the result was never in doubt as Adam Smith with 30 and Felix Walker with 28 not out earned their side a comfortable 6 wicket win.

Warlingham 101, 34.5 overs, Stains & Laleham 104-4, 23.4 overs.

On a brighter note, Andy McNamee made his highest score for the club when he made 114 for the 2nd XI against Purley, although he couldn’t prevent his side losing by 3 wickets.

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