Cricket Stats from Paul and Janice Webb:

Any debate over the top batsman in Pembrokeshire League Cricket over the past 10 years has been knocked on the head in the latest statistics supplied by former County Club chairman Paul Webb and his wife Janice because Haverfordwest opener Simon Holliday is head and shoulders above some superb batsmen who have also made an impact on matches.

In that action-filled decade there are some surprise omissions of players who have been able to make a considerable impact but lacked ‘The Doc’s’ amazing consistency and the raw fact is this – IN THAT TIME HE HAS SCORED 2,536  RUNS MORE THAN HIS NEAREST RIVAL!




 

Runs galore – and outstanding averages

He achieved his 7,011 runs in 133 innings and with 49 not outs (22 more than Nick Koomen in second spot) his average has been an incredible 83.46, which again is 27.32 runs per game more than Dan Sutton, who only played 81 times but managed a splendid 56.14 average.

Holliday and Sutton also vied for the most centuries as the former achieved 18 and the latter 15 – but Mr Webb might point out that Sutton’s centuries came at an average of 5.6 matches whilst Holliday took 7.4 matches! In third place in this area of the stats was Adam Chandler, with six tons.
Consistency is classic!

The Haverfordwest opener also hit 46 half centuries, which means that he managed at least 50 every other time he strode to the crease! At the other end of this spectrum only Andrew Williams and Phil Cockburn (both St Ishmaels, have yet to achieve three figures – but their inclusion in the top 20 is a tribute to their consistency.

Outside of ‘The Doc’s’ figures there are also others who deserve a special mention in Nick Koomen (Neyland) and Peter Bradshaw (St Ishmaels), who were respectively second and third as reward for their consistency, with Koomen part of arguably the best team in that era and Bradshaw the obvious lynch-pin of all that Tish have achieved.


 

Highest scores – and team participation

There is also an interesting chance to focus on the highest scores achieved in division one, with Brad McDermott-Jenkins smashing the highest score of 174 and with Sutton in third place with 152 and – you’ve guessed it – the ubiquitous ‘Doc’ sandwiched in between with 173 not out!

On the team front, Haverfordwest, Neyland, Cresselly and St Ishmaels have three players apiece involved, whilst Carew are just behind with two, plus one apiece for Lawrenny and Whitland. The other four players have played for at least two clubs.

It all adds up to some very interesting reading from Paul and Janice, who are undisputed statistics king and queen of Pembrokeshire Cricket – and next week we aim to provide a similar look at the bowling figures to see whether it is the fast bowlers or the canny slow bowlers who have ruled the roost!



 

Name	Club	Runs	Innings	High Score	Not outs	Average	100s	50s
Simon Holliday	Haverfordwest	7011	133	173*	49	83.46	18	46
Nick Koomen	Neyland	4475	142	127*	27	38.91	4	29
Peter Bradshaw	St Ishmaels	4392	143	131*	22	36.29	3	27
Dan Sutton	Johnston/Cresselly	3986	81	152	10	56.14	15	14
Phil Williams	Cresselly	3934	129	122	14	34.21	4	22
Simon Cole	Cresselly	3852	126	109	19	36.01	1	25
Nick Scourfield	Carew	3790	120	102*	23	39.07	4	23
Adam Chandler	Carew/Cresselly	3778	110	144*	26	44.97	6	24
Steve Lewis	Lawrenny	3577	129	134	17	31.93	2	28
Ian Sefton	Carew	3435	101	127*	13	39.01	3	22
Brad McDemott-Jenkins	Law/Cress/Neyland	3384	136	174	13	27.51	3	16
Andrew Williams	St Ishmaels	3067	128	92	31	31.61	0	15
Paul Murray	Neyland	2984	90	120	14	39.26	3	19
Ben Field	Haverfordwest	2910	126	104	20	27.45	1	15
Iwan Izzard	Cresselly	2893	102	129*	22	36.16	3	20
Danny Potter	Haverfordwest	2825	128	106	16	25.22	1	17
Paul Davies	Whitland	2705	121	124	7	23.72	1	7
Ashley Sutton	Neyland	2528	98	107*	15	30.45	1	16
Nathan Banner	Herbie/Hw/Neyland	2485	92	131*	21	35.01	1	11
Phil Cockburn	St Ishmaels	2471	103	89	18	29.07	0	17