House Beaten At Nelson

House suffered a 69 run defeat against Nelson at Seedhill on Sunday.

Nelson professional Burton de Wett top scored with 73, including a dozen fours in his sides 218-6. He put on 73 for the 4th wicket with Sean Lemon (38) and 52 for the 5th wicket with Rizwan Hussain, who made 42. Thomas Lord was unbeaten on 22. The House attack which was weakened in the absence of Russell and Finch was carried by the pro who returned 3-103 from 25 overs.

The pro then top scored with 45 as we mustered 149 all out. Sam Halstead took 4-44 and de Wett capped a fine game by taking 4-37. Last man Joe Martin (15), Matt Doughty (14) and Ben Heap (13) put up most resistance in our reply. Scorecard