MERCHANT TAYLORS’ were the last of the colleges to advance from the round of 16 within the National Schools Boys Under 18 T20, holding off Epsom in a good contest within the London play-off. Batting first, Merchant Taylors’ posted 162, a complete that looked competitive but removed from secure. Epsom pushed hard in reply and remained within the hunt deep into the chase, but finished seven runs short.
That result earned Merchant Taylors’ a London and South East quarter-final meeting with Bede’s, but there the challenge proved far tougher. Bede’s produced one of the crucial…
