The Pilgrims arrived at the Upper full of confidence with a young team and with depth to both batting and bowling. Ellwood and Grainzevelles opened the batting, and from the first over both seemed almost immovable. This was their last game for the XI and it is a special day, bringing it with it a sense of excitement and with that the additional pressure. Both openers converted that pressure into runs, recording centuries, to give the School a total of 318 for one after their 50 overs. Grainzevelles was the only man out, for 122, while Ellwood remained unbeaten on 155. Had this been a timed game you felt that Ellwood would quite conceivably gone on to rewrite the school record book twice over such was the quality of his innings. Both batted with such discipline and maturity, with their scores being all the more impressive given the optimism that the Pilgrims maintained throughout. 

In chasing a record score you can do little more than ensure you bat out your overs, try to keep wickets in hand and see where you are with ten overs remaining. The Pilgrims did what was asked of them, completing the allocated overs without losing all their wickets and this ensured a total of 263 was achieved, mainly down to the middle order engine room of Gammell, Carline and Selfe scoring most of the runs. Had the Pilgrims batted first a score of 263 would have felt very defendable, but in this case, the Club was well adrift.

This day was ultimately about Ellwood and Grainzevelles, who can be proud of such impressive knocks after a long season and some lengthy post-A-level celebrations. In keeping the glass half full, positive aspect was the fact that both players became Pilgrims at the end of the game, so the future is certainly bright for the Club, so long as they, and the rest of the recent leavers, continue to play cricket and support the Club.