‘Millsy’ proves his worth at Pill Parks

 
Steve Mills is perhaps best known as a prolific run-maker at Pill Parks but in the 2021 campaign he certainly showed his worth for Llangwm as a bowler as his haul of 41 wickets helped them take the section silverware comfortably.
 
Five victims behind him was talented young all-rounder Aled Phelps from neighbouring village Llangwm, whilst the third slot 35 wickets was another very good all-rounder in Burton’s Jack Davies, who also featured, with his 18^th slot in the batting stakes made him one of only four players to feature in both tables – but more of the others later.
 
Jack also had the best individual figures in a match with a splendid 7 for 19 haul, with no six-fors but seven having five wickets in a match, with ‘Mills’ 5 for 8 being the most miserly haul- and George Smith (Pembroke Dock) also caught the eye as a very talented all-ropunder at Imble Lane.
 
There was no doubt, however who, on paper at least, was the most accurate, since another talented young player from Pill Parks in Joe Phillips,  achieved 46 maiden overs in his total of 110.4 overs, something that was all the more praiseworthy because his home track is regarded as one of the better playing surfaces in the county.
 

Still life in the ‘Old Timers’

 
Moving from the young players who abound here it is also nice to see Carew Seconds’ skipper Barry Evans claiming fifth place for his wily slow left-arm deliveries that earned him 29 wickets – with others now in the autumns of their careers were Kristan Bennett (8^th from Herbie), Matthew Holder (ninth from Hook), Nick Daley (13^th from The Dock) and Paul Nicholas (another Herbie in 14^th spot). So well done indeed you old timers!
 
Going back to the all-rounders who appeared in both disciplines, we have to pick Peter McGilloway (Lamphey) as our nomination for the non-existent prize in that category because as well as popping up in tenth place here, he was also a creditable third with his bat.
 
Peter’s fellow opening batsman David Blackwell (tenth in that area), also featured here with 19^th place and George Smith (Pembroke Dock) was 17^th here to go with 4^th in the batting – so well done to that quartet!
 
The Dock actually had four bowlers in the top 20, with three each for Llangwm, Hook and Herbie) – with Kilgetty and Haverfordwest 2nds failing to feature in a season to forget for them as both were relegated.


 

Name	Club	Overs	Maidens	B/Figures	Runs	Wkts	Average
Steve Mills	Llangwm	112	28	5 for 8	321	41	7.82
Aled Phelps	Hook	118.5	19	5 for 34	469	36	13.02
Jack Davies	Burton	87.4	11	7 for 19	345	35	9.85
George Smith	Pem Dock	123.3	37	4 for 12	376	34	11.05
Barry Evans	Carew	112.3	15	5 for 31	388	29	13.37
Rob Hearne	Pem Dock	68.1	12	5 for16	264	25	10.56
Sam Davies	Pembroke	117	15	4 for 29	532	24	22.16
Kristan Bennett	Herbrandston	89.5	19	5 for 15	300	23	13.04
Matthew Holder	Hook	68	11	5 for 30	274	23	11.91
Peter McGilloway	Lamphey	109	18	4 for 17	396	23	17.21
Noah Davies	Llangwm	93.5	26	5 for 19	270	22	12.27
Euan McDonald	Pem Dock	100.1	30	4 for 19	246	21	11.71
Nick Daley	Pem Dock	78.5	17	3 for 22	310	20	15.51
Paul Nicholas	Herbrandston	95.5	10	4 for 19	293	20	14.65
Morgan Scale	Burton	90	16	4 for 36	292	20	14.59
Joe Phillips	Llangwm	110.4	46	4 for 29	220	19	11.57
Jacob Knox	Carew	65.2	12	3 for 12	224	18	12.44
Callum James	Hook	98	18	4 for 20	390	18	21.66
David Blackwell	Lamphey	104.4	15	3 for 20	382	17	22.47
Dean John	Herbrandston	75.1	6	4 for 14	296	17	17.41