Shaun steers his Rooks’ side to victory

 

Narberth (214 for 9) lost to Carew (218 for 4) by 6 wickets

 
Umpires: Steve Blowes & Rob Bellerby
Scorers: Gwyneth Johns & Julie Davies
 
A superb innings of 119 by skipper Shaun Whitfield helped Carew gain a six-wicket win at Narberth as he blasted 11 fours and five sixes before he was well caught on the boundary by Kyle Quartermaine off his brother Ben.
 
Put in to bat first, Narberth were in trouble at 87 for 6 but fought back well to finish on 214 for 9 in their allotted 45 overs, with brothers Kyle and Ben Quartermaine contributing respective knocks of 37 and 46 not out (including three fours and a six).
 
Other useful scores came from Ben Hughes (13), his brother Daniel (21), Jordan Howell (13), Davy Johns (15) and Rhodri Dyer, who belted two fours and three sixes in his 42 to help take his side well past the 200 mark.
 
For Carew the best figures were supplied by Rhys Davies (3 for 59) and Ceri Brace (3 for 39), supported by Sion Jenkins (2 for 22) and skipper Shaun Whitfield (1 for 33).
 
Rhys Davies (30), Nick Davies (25), Brian Hall (19) and Lewis Hicks (21 not out) were the other Carew batsmen in the runs as the successful Narberth bowlers were Ben Quartermaine (1 for 38), Davy Johns (1 for 41), Matthew Johns (1 for 46) and Lewis Hough (1 for 26).
 
 

Llechryd finally celebrate a first success of the season

 

Llechryd (180 all out) beat Whitland (160 for 9) by 20 runs

 
Umpires: Dave Brandon & Allan Hansen
Scorers: Becky Dow & Ann-Marie Jenkins

Llechryd finally gained their first win of the season as they outlasted fellow relegation candidates St Ishmaels in a nerve-wracking finale after they had scored 180 all out and restricted The Borderers to 160 for 9.
 
Leading the way for Llechryd was John Curran (54) alongside Andrew Fletcher (22), Tom Davies, David Dunfee and Joe Mansfield (all three with 21), as the Whitland wicket-takers were Geraint Jones (2 for 28), skipper Jonathan Thomas (3 for 38), Connor Bowen (1 for 22) and Wayne Howells (1 for 18).
 
Geraint Jones (29) and Jack Bowen (30) scored early runs for The Borderers before Gethin Scourfield stroked an undefeated 55 and Wayne Howells added 11 not out but it wasn’t quite enough as David Dunfee again spear-headed the home attack with 3 for 17, with support from John Curran (2 for 28), Dafydd Davies (2 for 33) and Graham Keen (2 for 37).
 



 

Cresselly hold out in tense finale

 

Haverfordwest (192 for 9) lost to Cresselly (199 for 7) by 7 runs

 
Umpires: Trefor Evans & Nigel Richards
Scorers: Jayne Cole & Teagan Cartwright
 
A hard-fought match at The Racecourse ended with Cresselly beating old rivals Haverfordwest by seven runs as 15 year old Charlie Arthur was their hero as he bowled the final over of the match with The Town needing 11 runs but conceding only four runs to show a maturity beyond his years.
 
Cresselly were put in to bat by Haverfordwest and Dan Sutton again topped their batting chart with 55 before he fell to Jake Merry, well caught by Dai Davies – and other runs came via Simon Cole (16), Ollie Berry (29), Christian Phillips (32), Charlie Arthur (17), Mike Venables (26 not out) and Tom Murphy (12 not out).
 
For The Town there were wickets for Ashley James (2 for 24), Jake Merry (1 for 41), Clive Tucker (2 for 38) and Archie Thomas 1 for 40.
 
Mikey Jones (28) and Jake Merry (45) gave Haverfordwest a solid start and other cameos came from Dan Field (12), and Archie Thomas 14) as skipper Dai Davies led by example with top score of 53.
 
But Christian Phillips again showed his bowling skills with best Cresselly figures of 4 for 34, with support from Simon Cole (2 for 35), Tom Murphy (1 for 23) and young Arthur, who had 1 for 22 to complete a very good all-round performance.








 



 

Neyland steer their way to victory over The Seasiders

 

Neyland (200 for 8) beat Saundersfoot (108 all out) by 92 runs

 
Umpires: Chris Stapleton & Tony Walsh
Scorers: John Laugharne & Adge John
 
Neyland have lost to Saundersfoot in a recent season at The Athletic Ground but on this occasion The Seasiders were unable to show their recent batting form and paid the inevitable price as they went down by 92 runs.
 
Neyland, who were without several key players, opened with skipper Sean Hannon but he departed for a duck before Ashley Sutton settled in but was run out for 24.
 
Scott Jones  contributed 60 (four boundaries) before he was stumped by Tom Mansbridge off the bowling of Nick Cope and other vital runs came from Nathan Banner (39), Ross Hardy (24) and Will Hughes (36) as the successful Seasiders’ bowlers were Tudor Hurle (2 for 51), Sam Franklin (3 for 26) and Nick Cope (1 for 33).
 
But Saundersfoot made heavy weather of their reply as only Tom Mansbridge (17), Simon Stanford (25) and Yannik Parker (31) ever stayed long against a varied home attack which included Jones (completing a good afternoon with 4 for 26), Geraint Rees (3 for 36), Ross Hardy (1 for 18) and the ever-green Gary Lloyd (back to help out with several players carrying minor niggles after so many recent games and claiming 1 for 8 from his typically tight spell).
 
The Seasiders were shot out in 38.2 overs as Nathan Banner typified the Neyland attitude in the field as he watched a chance fly his left shoulder, turned and dived to take a fantastic catch in his outstretched left hand!
 
 

Tish push Lawrenny contenders all the way but just miss out

 

St Ishmaels (200 for 7) lost to Lawrenny (201 for 8) by 2 wickets

 
Umpires: Gareth Brace & Richard Merriman
Scorers: Wendy Bradshaw & Malcolm Thomas
 
The relative positions in the section table might have suggested this would be a stroll near the coastal path for Lawrenny but in the final analysis they did well to keep calm under pressure to ease home by two wickets and only six balls in hand, nicely setting up today (Sunday’s long-awaited clash at the top against fellow title contenders Neyland.
 
After being invited to bat first, Tish scored only seven runs in as many overs but then settled to reach maximum batting points whilst Lawrenny could only claim seven wickets by Ryan Morton (1 for 44) and Rob Williams (2 for 23), plus 2 for 31 apiece by Harry Thomas and Kurtis Marsh.
 
Leading the Tish batting, as so often in the past was Peter Bradshaw, with seven boundaries in his 54, ably assisted by Phil Cockburn (six fours on his 43), Karl Rhead (29), Brennan Devonald (17) and Jon Pawlett, whose unbeaten 32 included four off their last ball of 45 overs to take them to 200 for 7.
 
Lawrenny’s ‘Mr Consistent’ Kurtis Marsh continued his remarkable form over the season with  nine boundaries in his 52 and there were also runs for Harry Thomas (11), James Phillips (30), skipper Joe Kidney (22), Tom Cole (21) and Steve Campbell (13) before the experience of Rob Williams paid off with a vital 15 not out at the end, despite the efforts of Brennan Devonald (1 for 40), Andrew Pawlett (2 for 37), Jordan Milich (1 for 28), Andrew Williams (1 for 27), Jonathan Pawlett (1 for 18) and Lewis Rhead (2 for 28).