More action from the match. A previously unpublished image.

From a report by John Walton:
Read are out of the Haig cup. After battling through seven rounds of the national village cricket championship the local side lost by 14 runs in the quarter-finals on Sunday, 11th August 1974, to the Geordies of Bomarsund Welfare. Read lost because they failed to press home their advantage when Bomarsund were struggling at 77 for eight with all their best batsmen gone. The visitors went on to make 128 all out, but then Read's recognised batsmen were never able to master the Bomarsund bowling attack. Brief brave knocks from Read tail-enders John Waddington, Peter Grainger, Ernie Sumner, David Pollard and Frank Newby were not good enough to get Read past the Bomarsund total.

The game got off to a sensational start with a wicket falling off the first ball. The packed village ground resounded to the cheers of the home fans as Dick Goodway took a fine catch in the gully to dismiss Brian Thain off Waddington. Wickets continued to fall steadily, but a brilliant catch by Pollard to dismiss captain Bob Trewick signalled a Bomarsund revival. The Bomarsund innings closed at 128, with Eric Appleby being run out from the last ball of the allotted 40 overs. All the other Bomarsund batsmen were caught out which shows just how keen Read's work in the field was, particularly in the early stages of the match.

Read's reply got off to a poor start and David Rigby was the only one of Read's recognised batsmen to reach double figures. Waddington and Peter Grainger put on 28 for the seventh wicket before Grainger was bowled to make the score 56 for seven in the 28th over. A real blow to Read's outside chance of winning came when Waddington lost his middle stump to Alan Trewick, leaving the home side at 78 for eight and needing 51 off the last nine overs to win. Thirty-three were wanted off five overs, and one or two boundaries plus some good running for singles cut the runs-wanted target to 19 off three overs. However, the run rate slowed with Pollard and Newby unable to penetrate a field pushed right back on the boundary, and Read's run in the Haig cup ended when Newby's off stump was knocked over by Alan Trewick's first ball in the last over. Many of the 400-strong Bomarsun contingent rushed on to the field to mob their victorious players while Read were left to reflect on what might have been.