This is not one of the prettiest places in the world and for years was a graveyard for the Ducklings in terms of the cricket.  However the Bideford and Westward Ho! club have done a lot of work on the wicket and it now plays to a reasonable standard.  With a last ball six winning the match on the last tour, surely lightning could not strike again?  It did, chasing a 190 odd to win, the Ducklings made it with two balls to spare this time, same bowler bowling the last over, same batsman at the crease, same result, to record the Ducklings only win of the 2001 tour.

The greatest sin of all happened on this day.  The fines book went missing.  Most of the time it will vanish for an hour or so and then will be returned.  This time it went missing all day and was only returned the next morning.   Suspects were numerous from the silver fox brigade of Dymond and Murray to the sneaky 'butter wouldn’t mel't types like Hanno’s wife Helena.  All to no avail, the book remained missing until the next morning when it appeared just before fines.