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Ding, ding seconds out round two as Blubbs hosted Burnt Yates at the BCG in what promised to be a "pressure cooker" of a match with Stonewall looking to do the double over Yates. Stonewalls day got off to a bad start when he realised both his opening bowlers Mad Frankie and Sherman had been slaughtered the night before and looked less than up to the challenge of bowling twelve over's.

Puddles aplenty and Stonewall losing the toss saw Blubbs batting first on an uncertain track which looked decidedly better for the fielding side.

Stonewall opened up with Mr Angry accompanying him at the non-strikers end but the partnership didn't last long. The score reached a mere eight when Stonewall fell foul to a leg before decision padding one away and offering no stroke, the air went blue as the disgruntled captain trudged off the field obviously thinking the decision was wrong but the book said out and off he went muttering "Poor decision, poor decision, poor decision" like an eighties seven inch vinyl with deep scratches in it.

Craigie joined Mr Angry but even this partnership was destined to be a short one with both batsmen trying their best to get out, finally Mr Angry spooned one up to mid-on and Blubbs were seventeen for two.

Harry Potter finally made his debut for the first team and joined Craigie at the crease, unfortunately it wasn't a good day for partnerships and Craigie finally picked out the fielder at backward square leg and was dismissed for a personal club worst of one, twenty for three and Stonewall was wishing the covers had been left off.

Another eleven runs later and Potter became the fourth umpire of the game when the finger went up to another LBW appeal and no amount of spell casting could keep the umpires finger in his pocket, a dismal thirty one for four and things were looking ominous.

Wilkie was next to go when Blinston claimed his fourth wicket of the day bowled neck and crop for eight and things couldn't get any worse.

Arnie and Splinter put up some resistance to the Burnt Yates onslaught and a partnership of twenty saw Blubbs reach sixty one before the strawberry blond commando lost his concentration and his off stump and Blubbs were six down.

Mad Frankie joined Splinter and gave the home side some hope smashing the ball to all parts of the ground, forty eight were added before Splinter mis-timed one and was caught for thirteen.

Sherman joined Frankie with three over's to go but only managed to survive six deliveries before holing out to long on for none edging closer to Wilkie at the top of the duck chart.

Thack went in ten to back up Mad Frankie but Frankie tried to smash one too many and was cleaned up for a welcome forty two and Blubbs on one hundred and sixteen for nine.

Hebb had the job of anchorman this week and assisted by Thack managed to secure a vital batting point for Blubbs.

After tea Blubbs took to the field filled up with Craigie's curried eggs looking to make a gas powered start with only one hundred and twenty to defend, proceedings opened up with Frankie who was flagging his batting performance. Frankie's day went from bad to worse when Stonewall dropped a dollie at short mid-off in the first over. Sherman wasn't much better plodding in from the River End for over number two.

The score reached thirteen when Sherman got the breakthrough in the fourth over trapping Turnbull leg before for eight.

Blubbs were struggling to take wickets and stem the run rate and Mad Frankie conceded at the Wood Yard end making way for Stonewall.

Thirty eight for one became thirty eight for two when Sherman cleaned up Connor for seven but things weren't looking good.

Fifteen over's gone and the weary tank trundled in sending a wayward pie down legside which Gailbraith somehow managed to connect with sending a bread and butter catch to Thack at backward short leg. For a split second the game was in Blubbs' hands, well actually Thack's hands. Instead of catching the ball though Thack seemed to think he was at a techno rave and palmed the ball up in the air then watched it glide to the floor along with any hope of Stonewall claiming another victory.

Mad Frankie replaced Sherman and Craigie replaced Stonewall but there was no stopping Gailbraith who was well and truly there for the duration.

Potter replaced Craigie but it was all too late and the writing was well and truly on the wall.

Splinter picked up a consolation wicket when Amsden thought he could smash the Buffet King out of the park and he top edged the delivery to point where Craigie did his best to knock it out of Wilkie's hand.

It wasn't long before Gailbraith ended Stonewalls misery and the game was over five point to Yates and Stonewall left wondering what went wrong.

Points Awarded Blubberhouses:1 Burnt Yates:5

Fielding Points: N. Dickinson and G. Hebblethwaite

Fact of the day: Pepperami is a pork sausage snack manufactured by Unilever. According to Unilever, it was first shipped to the UK by accident in a container which was supposed to be carrying pate. Simon "Pepperami" Thackeray is also a pork sausage accidently selected for the 1st team for his fielding skills.

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