Being inserted by Sirus, the Palace Captain after winning the toss seemed exactley the right thing to do. The outfield was still heavy with dew & the ball was swinging & seaming as shown by the opening Chats' bowlers Darren & Ned, both of whom beat the bat frequently & they soon snapped up the wickets of the in form Rob Bastin & Matt Holiday (despite scoring his 1000th run for the club) to leave the Islington side on 24-2. After the interval, the home side went at the target with purpose & some sloppy fielding & inconsistent bowling simply underlined what everyone felt - this was a total that no one would overtake. James Gleadow did pick up 3 wickets including that off Gary Horsman & Captain Sirus which he rightfully celebrated with exuberance. He'd not had the best of luck lately & although this wasn't his best spell he was bowling wicket taking deliveries. Nick Fuller supported ably & Aroon Korgoankar - another who had bowled well of late with less reward - too found that wickets were easier to come by despite a drop off in consistency.

Darren Temperny varied everything & 1 extra quick delivery surprised not only the batsman. Soon Darren too was amongst the wickets & when Hollman came on to break a beligerent last pair, 2 balls later it was all over. The winning margin may have been great but all credit to Chats whio had given it an excellent go & played their full part in an enjoyable match perhaps rueing what might have been if Jon Webley hadn't notched up his 2nd centry of the season thereby reaching the milestone of 1000 runs for the season, & 1 of those early chances were taken.

XI:-Rob Bastin, Joe Bennett, James Gleadow, Matt Holliday, Peter Hollman, Steve Lay*, Jon Webley, Aroon Korgaonkar, Nick Fuller, Kurt Rademaker & Darren Temperny 12ths Alistair Pritchard & Phil Egan

STATS CORNER

This was the 17th scheduled match incl VPCCL games & Pacific remain unbeaten.

This was the 1st game Pacific have played at Spring Hill - a ground claimed as home by North London Asians.

Matt Holliday passed 1000 runs for the club during this innings (debut 28 May 1994).

Jon Webley passed 1000 runs for the season on reaching 97. The 1st time this has been achieved by anyone sinceDavis Murray scored 1305 in 1997.

This was Jon's 2nd 100 of 3 scored by Pacific this season & his 6th for the club & came off 78 balls which is the 11th fastest.

The partnership of 176 between Jon & Kurt Radamaker equalled the highest for the 4th wicket & is equal 7th in the full list of partnerships.

Kurt's half century was his 8th. It was the 3rd fastest 50 coming off 28 balls (jonathan Campbell's v Bayshill in 2001 was off 24).

100th appearance Rob Bastin

500th appearance Steve Lay

Other matches:
 10-Oct-2010, Wray Crescent,
 2-Jun-2010, Victoria Park, Won
 Tempany Masterclass, 4-Oct-2009, Wray Crescent, Won 114 runs
 What began a drizzle, has now become torrential, 5-Oct-2008, Spring Hill, Cancelled
 Aquaphobics & Another Torn Pitch, 1-Oct-2006, Hackney Downs, Cancelled
 Wray Stands Idle, 29-Apr-2006, Wray Crescent, Cancelled
 Charlie & The Run Factory, 9-Oct-2005, Hackney Downs, Won 6 Wickets
 Palace Garden Party Gate Crashed, 1-Jun-2005, Victoria Park, Won 49 Runs
 Faisal Fires....But for Chats !, 30-Apr-2005, Wray Crescent, Drawn
 9-Oct-2004, Wray Crescent, Cancelled
 Aussie Assault Storms Palace, 29-Jul-2004, Victoria Park, Won 60 runs
 Davies Ton Demolishes Palace!, 11-Oct-2003, Wray Crescent, Won By 116 Runs
 "Palace Coup", 26-Jun-2003, Victoria Park, Won 4 runs
 Murray cuts a Swathe, 2-May-2002, Wray Crescent, Won by 6 wkts
 League run continued, 10-Jul-2001, Victoria Park, Won by 7 wkts
 Pacific win at the death, 23-May-2001, Wray Crescent, Won by 5 runs
 Dream start for Murray and Pacific, 21-Apr-2001, Wray Crescent, Won by 138 runs
 15-Jun-2000, Victoria Park, Won by 46 runs
 23-May-2000, Victoria Park, Abandoned
 24-Apr-2000, Wray Crescent, Drawn