This was a new fixture for Napton, so there was no knowledge of what to expect.
Napton batted first.

The home team got off to a slow start and lost early batsmen cheaply.
Stuart and Callum built a partnership and steadied the flow of wickets. Both played their shots with confidence and built a base for Napton to defend.
Some sloppy bowling at times by the visitors provided Napton with enough extras to compete for top batsman slot !!
Napton completed their allocated 40 overs on 169-9

Following their consumption of Napton's legendary delightful cricket tea, the visitors set about overtaking the target of 170.
They found it difficult and were well contained by Napton's bowling and fielding.
Catches by Sam(2), Stuart and Rory rewarded the excellent bowling by Mike and Chris and Stuart.
As a result, Leamington Lemmings were on 20-5 after 9 overs and 65-6 after 14 overs. At the drinks interval it could have been assumed that an early visit to The Crown was on the cards.

What followed put this correspondent in mind of that old football adage, 'it was a game of two halves', whereas in this case it was a game of three-quarters and a quarter.
Perhaps the home team considered it ungentlemanly to beat a team on their first visit--”not quite cricket, don't you know”. Or had some Napton players been recruited by a spot-betting syndicate in Asia?
The Lemmings started to hit boundaries at will whilst Napton's answer was to put catches down.
Between overs no's 15 and 25 only 2 more wickets fell.
With 10 overs to go the visitors required another 34 runs. It was becoming a close-run thing.
However, following a caught-behind by Graham and a run-out, the innings was mopped-up in the 33rd over on 155-10.