Reigate Priory's players will have to wait at least a year for another chance to win a trip to Barbados after their 15-run defeat to Bournemouth in Monday's Cockspur Twenty20 Cup semi-final at Derby.

Needing 163 to reach the floodlit final, the Priory Llamas could muster only 147-7 on an afternoon when Chris Murtagh's attack bowled 17 wides and one or two batsmen gave their wickets away when well set.

"Obviously it was very disappointing," said Murtagh. "We didn't bowl as well as we can, we didn't field very well and we lost wickets at the wrong time.

"Having said all that, we got pretty close in the end."

It is difficult to quarrel with the captain's admirably honest analysis.

The Reigate bowlers' inaccuracy allowed Bournemouth's batsmen almost three extra overs in addition to the runs conceded and the Southern Electric Premier League side's top order did not waste their opportunity on a greenish wicket which played better than it looked.

This is only the second year of the competition which was launched this season with 541 clubs from each of the 25 ECB Premier Leagues and their official feeder leages.

Jason Roy, Priory's man of the moment, scored 138 not out from 60 balls including 13 fours and nine sixes, in their regional final.

On Monday, Mark House batted through the innings for 65 not out, made off 58 balls, and the opener was given excellent assistance by Nick Park, who contributed 46 to an opening partnership of 108 in 14 overs.

Late acceleration was supplied by the Dorset batsman Simon Watkins who clubbed two colossal sixes off Roy in his 16-ball 25.

The most impressive Reigate bowler was Simon King who conceded just 23 runs off his four overs and claimed the wicket of James Park.

The best moment of a below par Reigate fielding performance came in the final over when Alex Richards caught a magnificent diving catch at backward point to get rid of Watkins.

By then, though, much of the damage had been done, although an asking rate of just above eight an over was by no means beyond batsmen who had scored in excess of 190 in both the quarter and semi-finals.

But Surrey's Roy whacked a juicy full-toss from off-spinner Watkins straight to long-on Ed Denham when he had made just 11.

And Murtagh clipped unofficial man of the match Mark House to mid-wicket Craig De Weymarn at just the point when his 20-ball innings of 25 threatened the Chapel Gate side's ascendancy.

From a promising 58-1 in the seventh over Reigate collapsed to 73-5 in the twelfth.

The task of rescuing the innings proved beyond even the resourceful John Gale who hit 34 off 30 balls.

Needing 20 runs off the last over Reigate could manage just four, and a season which had promised to end in a glorious autumnal finale instead left Murtagh's players watching the second semi-final with only their regrets for company.

"All the matches leading up to this were big games and we performed pretty well in those, but today we came up a bit short I'm afraid," said Murtagh.

"However, I can take pride in the achievements of the club this summer and over five outstanding years in which we've won three championships.

"This is the first real cup run we've been on and it's generated a fair amount of interest in Reigate which is good."

Bournemouth went on to win the Cockspur Cup, defeating Nottinghamshire Premier League side Cuckney by six wickets in the final.