The first game of the day saw the CostCutter Cobras take on the The Root 66'ers for the right to take on the Chairman's Choice in the Grand Final. The Cobras won the toss and elected to field and it looked like a good choice as Mike Rath and Nick O'Dell fell cheaply. However, Julian Whetstone and Harry Jenkins combined in a crucial third wicket stand to take the game away from the Cobras. Whetstone reached the retirement mark of 50 but some late order hitting from Elliot Bussey meant the 66'ers reached 168-7.

The Cobras reply got off to the worst possible start as Andy Berry dismissed Shafiq Raham for a duck, and from that point on the Cobras were always up against it. Matt Tigg made a defiant 27, but when he fell to Whetstone his team's hopes went with him and they eventually finished on 129-8.

The Grand Final saw Chairman Ollie Peck win the toss and decide to bat, but things did not start well as Terry Wyatt fell cheaply. Shabaz was looking in fine form though and finding the boundary regularly, and he found an able partner in his captain. Shahbaz reached the retirement mark but Peck and John Curtis were savage on the bowling of Whetstone and Mark D'Cruz as the Choice moved towards a large total. Rob Bannister added a couple of late boundaries as the favourites closed on 198-7.

Rath and Whetstone made a cautious start in reply but after the sixth over Rath upped the pace with some clean hitting to the boundary. He fell for 46, well caught by Curtis off Bannister, but Whetstone found an ally in O'Dell and they stayed on top of the run rate. However, they both fell to Rob White and although Jenkins and Bussey ran hard between the wickets they could not find the boundary with any regularity and the 66'ers finished on 179-3 as the Choice claimed the trophy by 19 runs.

The final Saturday of the season turned into something of a damp squib. With nothing to play for the 1st XI travelled to Harlow where the home side made 239-9. In reply Will Chuter and Shahbaz were going nicely at 69-0 when the rain came to finish things early.

Back at Upminster Park Nicky Ison's final game in charge of the 2nd XI also ended in a washout. Visitors Ilford piled up 274 from their 50 overs and Upminster were 74-3 when the rain came. Meanwhile at Coopers Alfie James made a wonderful 129 against champions Wanstead as Upminster made 256-4 before declaring early. With Wanstead reaching 130-3 the game looked set for an exciting finish when the covers came on and no further play took place.

The only game of the day with anything riding on it was at Southend where the 4th XI took on the Seasiders in a winner takes all relegation decider........or so it seemed. Upminster were unsurprisingly asked to bat by opponents who started the day a handful of points above them and Alex Mitchell and Stewart Hammond patiently pushed Upminster towards a competitive total. Mitchell made 62 and Upminster declared on 163-4. In reply Southend just needed to avoid defeat but Karim Govani struck twice early on to reduce the home side to 0-2. Upminster struck again soon after but with rain bringing the players off twice and Southend knowing what they had to do they finished on 59-3 from 34 overs to send Upminster down.

The 5th and 6th XI ended positive seasons on a low note as they both fell to defeat, the 5s by seven wickets to Shenfield and the 6s by the same margin to Gidea Park.

Final League finishing positions can be seen at Upminster CC Essex League Record

The action wasn't finished there though, as an Essex CCC XI came to Upminster Park the following day for the Annual Benefit Match, this year in aid of the Essex Cricket Foundation. A large crowd was once again in attendance and a strong Essex side were asked to bat first by Harry Jenkins who was skippering the Upminster side.

Ravi Bopara and Paul Walter entertained the spectators with entertaining half centuries while Matt Tigg and Jenkins took spectacular catches to help Paul Statton and Louis Pickering to pick up wickets as Essex closed on 261-7. Skipper Jenkins batted nicely in reply and Tigg and Pickering showed some fight in the middle order but Upminster were bowled in the last over for 189. David Parish presented a cheque to the Essex players for the Essex Cricket Foundation and another great occasion came to a close.