Carew/Lawrenny (131 for 9) beat Haverfordwest (81 for 8) by 50 runs

 

Umpires: Nigel Richards & Huw Simpkins
Scorers: Rob Williams & Clarissa Lewis
 
Venue:  Lawrenny Cricket Club
 
Man of the Match: Oscar Lewis
Adjudicator: Nick Evans

 
The combined team of near-neighbours Carew and Cresselly proved far too strong for a Haverfordwest team which also included players from nearby Johnston and Herbrandston in this Friday evening tussle at a Lawrenny, where officials deserve every credit for having their excellent facilities in tip-top order.
 
After being asked to bat first, The Villages put their depth of experience to good effect as they built a very challenging total in their 20 overs – and in stark contrast The Town and co were never in the hunt after slumping to 9 for 3 and then 25 for 5, losing their most experienced player in the process.
 
The Villagers also suffered an early set back as Logan Hall (2) was well caught by Brandon Dewstowe off Dylan Lee but skipper Oscar Lewis (top score of 31) and Connor Davies (15) steadied things down – although Ollie Tucker fell for a golden duck’ as Fin Atyeo struck first and then Dillon Lewis claimed his two in two balls.
 
Rhys Lewis (18) and Madoc Evans (19) had three boundaries apiece to keep the tempo up and although Dylan Lee finished his excellent spell with figures of 4 for 24 the addition of 25 extras certainly did no harm to the final tally!
 
But then The Town hopes of reaching their target took a real nosedive as The Villagers’ opening attack steamed in and Oscar Lewis claimed 1 for 7 from four miserly overs and Taylor Lewis went even better with 2 for 7 in his short stint.
 
Dillon Lewis (12) and Harvey Thomas (17) batted sensibly but Connor Davies (2 for 27) and Madoc Evans (2 for 14) kept the breaks on and it was only 26 extras that took their score to reasonable proportions.
 

And finally . . .

 
The David Lloyd memorial Trophy was presented to the Carew/Lawrenny team captain Oscar Lewis by Phil Lloyd on behalf of his family, with the same player receiving the ‘Man of the Match’ award, which was presented by Nick Evans on behalf of Phil Tallett, who sponsors the trophy annually.
 
Victory will provide a measure of solace for the winners because they were unable to fulfil their semi-final commitment in the main competition because of some of their talented sporting all-rounders were committed to playing football or rugby elsewhere - and for the runners-up it is great to see them receive engraved medallions as they had a good knock by Harvey Thomas until he was run out, and Brandon Dewstowe pouched three catches – and they played the game in the right sprit as all involved in both camps were a credit to their respective clubs.
 

Scorecards:

 
Carew/Lawrenny Batting:
Oscar Lewis ct Fin Atyeo b Dylan Lee 31
Logan Hall ct Brandon Dewstowe b Fin Atyeo 2
Connor Davies ct Harvey Thomas b Dillon Lewis 15
Ollie Tucker b Dillon Lewis 0
Rhys Lewis ct Brandon Dewstowe b Dylan Lee 18
Madoc Evans b Brandon Dewstowe 19
Taylor Lewis ct Rhys Lewis b Dylan Lee 5
Ollie Grieve ct Brandon Dewstowe b Dylan Lee 4
George McDonald b Brandon Dewstowe 8
Ianto Hicks not out 1
Kobey Lewis not out 1
Extras 25
Total (9 wickets) 131
 
Haverfordwest Bowling:
Fin Atyeo 1-25, Harry Atyeo 0-24, Dillon Lewis 2-20, Shaun Mahey 0-8, Dylan Lee 4-24, Brandon Dewstowe 2-30
 
Haverfordwest Batting:
Dylan Lee b Connor Davies 5
Freddie Goodridge b Oscar Lewis 0
George Twigg b Taylor Lewis 1
Shaun Mahey ct Logan Hall b Taylor Lewis 1
Brandon Dewstowe b Madoc Evans 6
Dillon Lewis  ct Logan Hall b Madov Evans 12
Harvey Thomas run out 17
Rhys Lewis ct Ollie Grieve b Madoc Evans 7
Harry Atyeo not out 5
Dylan Goodridge not out 0
Extras 24
Total (8 wickets) 80
 
Carew/Lawrenny Bowling:
Oscar Lewis 1-6, Taylor Lewis 2-7, Connor Davies 2-27, Madoc Evans 2-14; Ollie Tucker 0-7, Rhys Lewis 0-9, Ianto Hicks 0-4