Opening with his now standard pairing of Tim Waight and Sam Polley, Grant Neven set his customary circular attacking field, but with the addition of a second slip as Jo Trevett joined Scott Males in the cordon. Triangle started brightly and Rupert took the first wicket, removing the opener with a peach of a delivery. Field was joined by young Bobby Edwards, and the bespectable lad hung around without troubling the scorers too much before Sam removed him as he toiled down the slope.

Shillingstone's fourth man came in and proved that batting wasn't really his forté, as he showed later with the ball in his hand, and Rupert made short work of him, as he trooped back to the pavilion, leaving his team on the ropes 3 wickets down and barely 30 runs on the board, with echoes of the previous encounter this season (Triangle bowled them out for 88). Field was scoring freely at his end, and was riding his luck having been dropped twice, once by Neven behind the stumps, and by Nott in the deep when he fumbled a looping top edge (much to the disgust of Polley). He was joined by his Captain, who belied his small frame with some lusty blows, including a four off Rupert which bounced once over the wall, barely missed a passing car and rolled off down Reforne.

After the ball was recovered, he hadn't finished and a couple of deliveries later, put Rupert over the boundary rope with a crashing blow and Neven asked his bowler to "have a blow". Down the hill, Scott had replaced Polley and was causing Field problems as he swung the ball both ways, but was unable to break his resistance. Bill Gates was brought on up the slope and Neven hoped his change of pace and bowling style may remove Shillingstone's main man, and it nearly did as Field hit another inviting shot skywards, only to see Heritage this time dive forwards and miss the catch. Males finally dismissed their Captain, who had helped push Shillingstone past the century mark, with a smart catch taken at slip by Trevett.

Chris Cole was next in to steady the ship, and as he did in the first game, proved a resiliant batsman and was also looking to score. He was there to see Field get his 50 with another characteristic drive for four. Rupert replaced Males to finish his quota with two overs down the hill and this change proved decisive as he picked up another two wickets, though unfortunately neither of them being Field. Gates continued to turn the ball up the hill and with Neven bringing in the field to pressurise the batsmen, it was Dodson's turn at leg slip to spill a chance off Field as he neared his century.

Field was still shouldering the burden of scoring Shillingstone's runs as Males came back on to bowl down the slope and finally removed their main man as he skied a catch and was held by Morris, one of the few shots to have come his way all afternoon. It had been a mammoth innings of 135 by Field who really shouldn't have scored more than 20 if only earlier catches had been taken. The remaining batsmen in Shillingstone's shakey tail didn't trouble the scorers as they were eventually bowled out for 215 after 43 overs.

After a fine tea by Mrs. Males and a few harsh words from the Captain about the standard of fielding, Neven sent Dave Males and Bill Gates to open the batting as the cloud cover disappeared and clear blue skies and bright sunshine greeted the players. Even with the extra 2 overs to get the required runs, Gates set about attacking the bowling from the start, and duly left Males in his wake in the scoring stakes as he eased the ball to the boundaries, including a crashing shot to Three Trees that just fell inside the ropes. Gates fell with the score on 49, when he was caught of a leading edge attempting to drive over the infield, after contributing a useful 35 runs.

Kev Dodson was in next and shared in a partnership of just10 runs, before Dave Males was bowled for only 7. Jo Trevett then came to the crease and with Dodson built a useful partnership which looked like it might steer Triangle to victory. As Kev chose to score most of his runs through boundaries, Trevett opted for the same approach and the total passed 100 with ease. As he started to look comfortable at the crease, Trevett then edged a ball from Edwards and was caught behind for 29, though with only 3 wickets down, there was no need to press the panic button.

Mark Nott came in batting at fifth in the order, relieved this week of his opening duties, and added a useful 12 runs before being caught off the bowling of Cole to end his innings. The Captain was in next, looking to replicate his match-winning innings in the previous encounter, and looked to do just that as he hooked his first runs off his nose to the boundary. Unfortunately the little big man didn't hang around much longer as he was bowled with what he described as a "viscious dipping, inswinging yorker".

His replacement, Scott Males, struggling for form with the bat since his heroic effort against Sherborne, fared better and with Dodson helped move the score to within 50 runs of the victory target. Kev then fell with a half century in sight as he edged a drive to the wicket keeper, who held his first and only catch of the afternoon, and sent Dodson back to the pavilion for 42 (a knock which included 10 boundaries). Caution was now the watchword as Rupert came to bat, but he had decided to attack and was cleaned up for a duck. With the seventh wicket down, Tony Morris was next in, looking to make his mark with the bat this season, and he was there to see Males relinquish his wicket, bringing Sam Polley to the middle. This partnership was short and not very sweet, as Morris was bowled by a delivery cutting back in from leg and signalled the arrival of perrenial number 11 bat, Luke Heritage.

As Heritage looked just to keep his wicket intact, it was left to Polley to provide the runs, and he did just that with a superb knock as the pressure mounted. With the fielders beginning to feel the heat as well, the extras column filled up nicely as the pair inched their way to the target, helped by a massive 6 wides off one delivery as an wild overthrow moved the score within 5 runs of victory. With just 3 overs remaining to get the runs, victory now looked a good bet for Triangle, as long as Heritage - still on a duck - could stay in and give Polley the strike.

Cole was in his last over facing Luke, when disaster struck and his middle stump went flying as he missed a straight yorker. Luckily for Triangle, Neven was the umpire and called Cole for a no ball (his first of his 12 over spell) saying his foot had been over the popping crease, much to the amusement of Jo Trevett umpiring at square leg. Heritage blocked out the over, leaving Polley to face the gentle off breaks of Field, who he had scored the majority of his runs off, and did so again smashing his first delivery for four, tying the scores. Then to everyone's horror, Polley tried to play the same shot again, but alas missed completely and was bowled of his pad, giving the visitors a share of the points.