We failed at the last hurdle against the very experienced Old Tonbridgians, who included Ed Smith in their side. Chris Paget won the toss and a solid start was given by Paul Borrington and Charlie Sindrey. Borrington was out stumped which bought Jon Batty to the crease a good stand followed between him and Sindrey and at 138 for 1 after 32 overs a big score looked possible. But then a flurry of wickets and 145-5 looked less promising. Jack Lamb and Charlie Wall batted sensibly and the final over went for 30. A total of 219-7 was 30 runs short but possibly defenable.

Tonbridge knew that they did not need to take risks and despite a good allround bowling performance which would have won many games, they reached our total for the loss of three wickets with two overs to spare.

It has been an excellent campaign well marshalled  by Chris Paget.This is generally a very young side, who will have learned a lot about the competition and will return next year determined to go one better. We have had excellent support through the summer from both parents and Pilgrims and there was a very stong Repton turnout at the final.

We have been drawn away to Winchester in the first round in 2010 and if successful, we will be at home for all the other rounds. The competition is trying not to clash with the National Knockout and so until the ECB announce their dates the dates for The Cricketer Cup remain unknown.