Thomas takes Cresselly to comfortable win
Carew 2nds (155 for 6) lost to Cresselly 2nds (157 for 3)
Umpires: Richard Merriman & Mervyn John
An excellent all-round performance by Harry Thomas helped Cresselly pick up an away win against their counterparts from Carew as the 16 year old claimed three wickets when Carew mustered 155 for 6 and top scored for Cresselly in their winning response.
Thomas (3 for 36), Matthew Lewis (1 for 32), Tom Arthur (1 for 29) and Sean Jenkins (1 for 3) claimed the wickets as Carew skipper Haydn Shapcott (five fours in his 48), Lewis Hicks (44, including four fours and two sixes) and Dafydd Bevan (25) were the top home batsman.
Scott Arthur (30) and Neale Williams (29) gave Cresselly a solid start to their batting before Thomas scored his classy 65 (eight boundaries) before he was out with just one run needed to win, so that only Damian Hicks (2 for 46) and Joel Read (1 for 22) managed wickets in Carew’s lost cause.
Harry Thomas - top scorer for Cresselly 2nds
Tucker takes key wickets
Haverfordwest 2nds (91 for 2) beat Stackpole (90 all out)
Umpire: Dai Morris
Scorers: Ros Phillips & Claire Cox
Four wickets from veteran off-spinner Clive Tucker helped Haverfordwest 2nds gain an easy eight-wicket win over Stackpole at The Racecourse.
Tucker finished his spell with an excellent 4-25 analysis as South African pace man Avron Roulstone (3 for 15) and James Morris (2 for 37) also bowled well so that Stackpole relied on Huw Davies (22) and Richard MacKay (23 not out) for their runs.
Tucker also showed he is a better batsman than he has sometimes been given credit for in a long first-team career as he scored 20 alongside Richard Davies (17) and John Tooze (31 not out) so that The Town eased home on 91 for 2, despite Mackay’s 1 for 19 and Huw Mason’s 1 for 16 in the Stackpole cause.
Clive Tucker - wickets and runs for Haverfordwest 2nds
Goodridge guides Johnston home
Whitland 2nds (132 for 8) lost to Johnston (133 for 2)
Umpires: John Austin & Tony Waldeis
Scorers: Ann-Marie Jenkins & Delyth Summons
An undefeated half century from Chris Goodridge helped Johnston gain an emphatic win by eight wickets in their away match against Whitland 2nds.
Paul Webb had earlier scored 63 not out (seven fours) to continue his recent spell of good form for Whitland, who also had 18 not out from Stuart Harries against Simon Williams (3 for 27), Steve Jenkins (2 for 21), Jack Mills (2 for 11) and Lee Summons (1 for 17) as Whitland ended up on 132 for 8.
Harries (1 for 28) and Geraint Phillips (1 for 24) took early wickets for Stackpole but then Goodridge (two sixes and six fours in his 54 not out) found a willing partner in Chris Fitzpatrick (two sixes and four fours in 45 not out) as Johnston sealed a useful win.
Chris Goodridge - Johnston's big-hitting top scorer
Seasiders win in table-topping clash
Saundersfoot (160 for 7) beat Pembroke (158 for 8)
Umpire: Rob Bellerby
Scorer: Adge John
A classy 73 not out by Dai Davies ten boundaries) helped launch Saundersfoot to a three-wicket victory over Pembroke in this top of the table clash where fortunes ebbed and flowed throughout.
Davies had scored an unbeaten century in the Harrison-Allen Bowl in midweek and he certainly looked in good nick alongside Danny Caine, whose big-hitting earned him five fours and two sixes in his 58 runs before he got out with the winning post in sight.
Barry Evans acted as the backbone of the Pembroke innings with 68 not out (Seven fours and two sixes) as Nick Cope bowled really well for the Seasiders to claim 5 for 39 and found support from Simon Wood (1 for 1), and Davies (1 for 26) as Pembroke’s other major scorer was Phil Hay (36).
Jonathan Rogers (3 for 60), Ceri Brace (2 for 34) and skipper Sean Powell (2 for 26) all tried hard with the ball for Pembroke but Davies and Caine ensured Saundersfoot won in style to go top of the table by a massive 36 points after only six games.
Dai Davies - more runs for Saundersfoot
Burton win at a canter
Burton (145 for 1) beat Lamphey (144 for 7)
Umpire: Rob Cousins
Scorer: Helen Hodges
Burton distanced themselves a little from the relegation zone with this crushing nine-wicket win over basement battlers Lamphey where good innings by Phil Sutton and Jack Davies were the key notes with the bat as teenager Davies showed his potential by also getting amongst the wickets.
Lamphey had Peter McGilloway (47, including five fours and two sixes), Hywel Gibbs (23) and Jason Oatley (23 not out) as their run-gatherers against Davies (3 for 25) and Rob Jones (2 for 25) before Davies struck 54 not out (12 boundaries) in an unbroken century partnership that saw Burton home with plenty in hand.