Warwickshire Cricket Board

Given Berkshire were now out of the running for the trophy, the match between Warwickshire and Yorkshire Ridings was effectively the Final. The winner would be crowned champions of the Malta Seniors Cricket Festival. Yorkshire inserted a strong Warks batting line up and were soon up against it as Robert Ball and Kevin Bissett made full use of the 8 over Power-Play before Bissett was bowled by Mackle for 23 off just 13 balls. Ball proved to be the mainstay as he reached 56 runs before he was dismissed by an inspirational catch by 77-year-old Derek Chapman off his own bowling. Gardner (17), Wickson (18) made useful contributions and a valuable unbeaten stand of 31 between Warks skipper David Murphy and Keith Edwards took their total to 188 at the end of the 30th over. Chapman was the pick of the bowlers with 3 for 18 from his 6 overs.

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