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Hook's Tom Blaxland deservedly takes the plaudits after his brilliant unbeaten century innings against Burton
Runs galore as neighbours draw
Hook (242 for 4) drew with Burton (212 for 6)
Umpires: Richard Merriman & Glyn PawlettScorers: Phil Griffiths & Dennis Venables
There were runs aplenty as Hook’s Tom Blaxland scored an exceptional 127 not out and another equally talented young player in Toby Hayman led the Burton response with a classy knock of 95 in this local derby draw.
Burton found it hard going from the outset as Jamie Phelps (56) and Tom Blaxland got them off to a flying start, with Blaxland showing his full array of shots as he batted throughout the innings to finish on a splendid 127 not out that included 13 fours and a six.
Jacob Lay (13) and Harry Morris (21) also chipped in as skipper Morgan Scale (2 for 51) and Luke Hayman (1 for 22) were the pick of the Burton bowling attack.
Hayman then built his boundary-loaded innings before falling just short of a deserved century and there were contributions from Richard Jones (48) and George Williams (20 not out) but it was simply too big a total for Burton to chase down against Blaxland (4 for 55), Brennan Martin (1 for 37) and Bradley Flood (1 for 34).
Kurtis kills off Seasiders’ hopes
Kilgetty (81 for 0) beat Saundersfoot (80 all out) by ten wickets
Umpires: Huw Davies & Tony Waldeis
Scorers: Hazel Poole & Adge John
Kurtis Marsh was one of the star players as Kilgetty slammed old rivals Saundersfoot by ten wickets at Kingsmoor; the talented teenager claiming 4 for 22 as the Seasiders were shot out for only 80 and then batting sensibly alongside Ross Hardy to see their team home in double-quick time.
Marsh was joined by Toby Poole (2 for 8) and Grant Hardy (2 for 0), plus a wicket apiece from Kyle Marsh and Jack Parkinson as Saundersfoot lost wickets at regular intervals, with only Sam Franklin (16) and Steve Cook (10) managing double figures.
Then Kurtis Marsh (34) and Ross Hardy (46) made batting look easy for Kilgetty and they strolled home to victory in only 18 overs.
Paul Mansbridge is bowled by Kurtis Marsh
Picture by Susan McKehon
Sleep stars in Whitland win
Haverfordwest 2nds (178 for 9) lost to Whitland 2nds (179 for 3) by seven wickets
Umpires: Rob Couzens & Rob Elliott
Scorers: Natalie Thomas & Ann-Marie Jenkins
Greg Sleep was the toast of his Whitland 2nds’ colleagues as their recent recruit belted an impressive 70 not out that helped them to a comfortable seven-wicket success over their counterparts from Haverfordwest.
John Tooze (15) and Sean Williams (38) were the main early batsmen for The Town reserves before old-timer Nigel Morgan (45), Josh Hicks (27) and Avron Roulstone (19) added runs later on which took their side to 178 for 9 against the bowling of Geraint Phillips (3 for 40), Paul Webb (3 for 45) and Leighton O’Connor (4 for 44).
Webb (15), Dai Lee (32) and skipper Wayne Jones (20) then made contributions to the Whitland response but it was Sleep, with his boundary-sprinkled knock, who made a significant impact on the final result, with Leighton O’Connor using his experience to good effect with 11 not out on the run-in to the Borderers’ first victory of the campaign.
Haverfordwest 2nds opener John Tooze scored 15
Narberth’s greater experience pays off against Cam novices
Narberth (235 for 4) beat Camrose (142 all out) by 93 runs
Umpires: Denis Chiffi & Tony Scourfield
Scorers: Emma Richards
Narberth’s greater experience certainly paid off against an enthusiastic Camrose team and by taking maximum points they now led division two by a massive 44 points after only five weeks of the season.
Ritchie Adams had eight fours in his 61 runs and the experienced opener found good support from skipper Ben Quartermaine (ten fours in his 56) and Aaron Keane, who was not out at the finish with 65 not out (five fours and two sixes) as this trio featured in stands of 53, 62 and 48 to take Narberth to a useful score.
Martin James is one of the few Camrose players who has previously played at this level and he batted well to top score with 56 whilst Danny Morgan added 36 and there were double figures for Ben Skudder and Peter Thomas.
But Jordan Howell spear-headed the Narberth attack to record excellent figures of 6 for 41 alongside skipper Quartermaine (2 for 24) as Narberth were good value for victory.
Pembroke’s last pair earns them a draw
Pembroke (132 for 9) drew with Cresselly 2nds (180 for 5)
Umpires: Les Hastings & Martin JonesPembroke’s youthful last pair of George Macbeth and Sam Davies held out for five overs to deny Cresselly victory at Treleet.
Rhydian Rees showed what a good batsman he is with 70 runs, including six fours and a six, whilst other experienced players in Lyn Richards (38) and Stefan Jenkins (35 not out) helped Cresselly to a useful tally against Jack Harries (2 for 23), Jonathan Rogers (1 for 26) and Sam Davies (2 for 29).
James Skeels (50) found form for Pembroke but only veteran opener Barry Evans (20) and Macbeth (26 not out) ever looked really settled against the Cresselly attack as the game eventually petered out into a draw.