Rain threatened as dark clouds loomed overhead, as Neven went out to inspect the firm, but slow wicket and toss up for one of the few games that started in Bournemouth that day. Having won the toss, he decided to have a bat and sent in Triangle Spokesman, Simon Barrett and Mark Nott. Things started badly when Barrett went on the second ball of the innings chipping a leg side delivery to midwicket, stood his ground briefly as he thought it might be a bump-ball, but umpire Stewkesbury sent him on his way. Tony Quayle came to the middle, but returned to the sidelines soon afterwards as Urquhart got one to pop up from a good length, flicking Quayle's glove on the way to the keeper.

Scott Males was promoted to 4th in the order and was there to see Mark Nott out for an unlucky single as he played onto his stumps via a wicked inside edge off an innocuous ball outside the off stump. Triangle were in trouble with the score at 4-3 after 5 torrid overs, the captain was in next, and he and Males began to add some respectability to the total. Scott benefited the most as the Suttoners bowlers continually pitched the ball short to the left hander, but on this pitch any attempted bouncer sat up begging the batsman to hook it to the boundary. Thanks to this tactic, Scott raced to 25 in no time at all, ably assisted by his skipper who helped increase the run rate with a big six off Urquhart that crashed into the scorer's table, sending his teammates diving for cover.

Fitzjohn Jnr. replaced the opener and proved to be a good servant to the Triangle batsmen as they crashed 20 runs off his two over spell, before his captain and father replaced him. Fitzjohn Snr., bowling left arm finger spin, made the Triangle pair rethink their big-hitting strategy as he managed to extract turn and bounce from the wicket, which was to be young Males's downfall. After being tied down the previous over, Scott chose the wrong delivery to hit out against, and offered a simple catch to Brown, out once again with his maiden half century in sight, but a valuable 39 under his belt.

The Captain then shouldered the burden of scoring as partners came and went, with Richard Stewkesbury and Sam Polley going in the same over, The Duke succumbing to an lbw appeal which Tony Quayle agreed with after bending over backwards to get a better view, before raising the dreaded finger. Tony Morris then fell to an inswinging delivery from Brown that nipped off the seam to remove his off stump, bringing in Kev Lovett who was there for the last rights, picking up a single for himself and then watched young Ketteridge trap Neven lbw, as the innings ended on a pitiful 79 all out.

After agreeing to skip tea in favour of an early finish, Triangle took to the field and Scott Males claimed a wicket in the first over holding a smart catch off his own bowling to send Brown back to the pavilion without a run on the board. Sam Polley was entrusted with opening from the other end, but alas he hadn't learnt from Suttoners' attempts to bowl short on this wicket, and his selection of half-trackers were dispatched to the boundary by the home side's wicket keeper. Scott was removed from the attack, some might say prematurely, only having bowled three overs for just 9 runs, but seeing his last two deliveries hit through the gaps in the field for four, to be replaced by the legspin of Richard Stewkesbury.

Still suffering from an injured shoulder, though the extent of the damage is yet unknown, the Duke bowled a 3 overs for 20 runs, but bought the vital wicket of the keeper, after he had hit a huge six onto the pavilion roof, but then skied a catch into the waiting hands of Polley. Simon Barrett then replaced Polley after his very generous 4 overs, and like the spinners before him found there was plenty of turn there if you pitched the ball, but couldn't make any breakthrough. Neven then brought himself on for Stewkesbury and although he didn't give much away and got the odd delivery to swing, Suttoners continued to edge towards the meagre victory target.

With just 3 runs needed for victory, Neven shuffled his pack again, though some felt this was so the winning runs didn't come off his bowling, and tossed the ball to Mark Nott. The first delivery went way down leg side, and took some athletic 'keeping from Tony Quayle to prevent any more extras, but the young batsman finished the job smashing Nott's next delivery to the boundary, and after a brief query from the Captain if the game was over, the players trooped off for tea.

Neven's 2nds hopes of playing Division 5 cricket next season are now over, and in the last two matches they will surely be looking to regain their 3rd position in the table after this game's return of a single point saw them plummet down to 6th. As the teams above have games in hand, a much better showing against Bradford Abbas who are almost out of contention for the 2nd promotion spot and champions-elect Branksome on the final day will be needed.