The Webbs produce their fascinating figures for the 2018 cricket season in Pembrokeshire’s top echelon
 
Paul Webb has done sterling work as chairman of the Pembroke County Cricket Club for the past two seasons but readily admits that he is a cricket 'anorak' who enjoys compiling statistics - and as usual has sent us, ably assisted by equally committed wife Janice, the facts regarding the season just passed in the Thomas Carroll Pembroke County Cricket Club's first division.
 

‘The Doc’ rules the batting roost

 
In the batting stakes there is no doubt that Simon Holliday (Haverfordwest Cricket Club) had a bumper season with the bat as he reached an amazing 1,085 runs and, assisted by five not outs, ended up with an average of 108.5 runs!
 
He was followed in terms of runs by Dan Sutton (Cresselly's opening bat) who scored 758 runs at an average of 54.14 and then Kurtis Marsh (Kilgetty) with 601 runs at an average of 46.23.
 
Holliday would still rule the roost if positions were decided on an average basis but the other two would be unseated by Neyland’s 7th-placed Paul Murray (69.42) and Whitland’s Matthew Davies (10^th) would be close on 55.14.












 

Runs galore in the sun

 
In a dry summer made for batting it was interesting that there were no fewer than 15 centuries scored, with Holliday claiming four of them and Sutton collecting two alongside nine other centurions listed in Paul's statistics.
 
Holliday also shared the number of innings that were not out with Henry Durrant (Neyland), who batted lower down the order and was unbeaten on five occasions whilstas Murray, Lee Summons (Haverfordwest) and Dan Cherry (Cresselly) were next un the undefeated stakes with four apiece.
 
To round off the batting side of things it was also interesting to note that Neyland and Cresselly, who finished respectively in first and second, had the most batsmen in the top 20 with three run- makers each!
 

Interesting tie in the bowling stats

 
On the bowling front it is interesting that there was a tie for top spot from opposite ends of the spectrum on 40 wickets, in terms of style and age. Johnny White is very much the 'new kid on the block'; the teenage fast bowler delivering his left arm quickies for Haverfordwest from the top end at The Racecourse and catching the eye of the county and Welsh youth selectors in the process.
 
Andrew Miller has bowled his tantalising slow stuff for Neyland for two decades and still torments not only local players but those from 'up the line', like those who were stunned this season in the Welsh Cup as he helped Neyland to the final at Sophia gardens. Well done 'Windy'!
 
Whitland skipper Iestyn Scourfield finished third in the averages with 37 scalps and could also boast the best figures of the season with a 9 for 39 haul, closely followed by Tom Arthur (Cresselly) with 9 for 47. In terms of runs per wicket, another talented young player was Geraint Rees (Neyland) with 8.65, followed by Scourfield (9.67) as the only two in single figures.











 

And finally . . .

 
Haverfordwest were the leading club as they had four bowlers in the top 20, followed by Neyland, Whitland, Llangwm and Cresselly, all with three players listed.
 
Interestingly, there fewer all-rounders to come out of the stats as only four players featured with both bat and ball.

Simon Holliday was the leading all-rounder as he followed his batting top spot with sixth in the bowling of his left-arm spin, followed by Matthew Davies (10th and 20th), Noah Davies (20th and 13th) and Henry Durrant (18th and 12th).
 
It all adds up to a fascinating read and as usual we at PembrokeshireSport.co.uk would like to thank Paul and Janice for taking so much time in carefully compiling the statistics for us to enjoy!
 

Batting average top 20                 Name Club  Runs Innings H/S N/O Comp.ins Average 50's 100's 1 Simon Holiday H'west 1085 15 136 5 10 108.5 6 4 2 Dan Sutton Cresselly 758 17   104* 3 14 54.14 4 2 3 Kurtis Marsh Kilgetty 601 14   113* 1 13 46.23 5 1 4 Peter Bradshaw Tish 552 15     77* 3 12 46 3 0 5 Nick Kooman Neyland 513 14   107* 2 12 42.75 3 1 6 Adam Chandler Cresselly 507 16     69* 3 13 39 5 0 7 Paul Murray Neyland 486 11     94* 4 7 69.42 3 0 8 Toby Hayman Burton 478 16 116 1 15 31.86 3 1 9 Phil Cockburn Tish 433 15 60 2 13 33.3 3 0 10 Matthew Davies Whitland 411 13   101* 5 8 51.37 2 1 11 Ross Hardy Kilgetty 401 16 106 0 16 25.06 0 1 12 Lee Summons H'west 394 15 62 4 11 35.81 3 0 13 Wil Beresford Llangwm 388 12 90 2 10 38.8 3 0 14 Steffan James Whitland 386 9   128* 2 7 55.14 0 1 15 Dylan Blain Whitland 376 10 85 2 8 47 5 0 16 Richard Jones Burton 373 16 95 1 15 24.86 2 0 17 Dan Cherry Cresselly 356 8   103* 4 4 89 1 1 18 Henry Durrant Neyland 345 12   100* 5 7 49.28 1 1 19 Matthew Kiff Llangwm 342 12 105 1 11 31.09 1 1 20 Noah Davies Llangwm 342 17     57* 1 16 21.37 2 0

 

Bowling average top 20
	Name	Clubs	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Averages	Best figures
1	Johnny White	H'west	130.3	36	421	40	10.52	6 for 18
2	Andrew Miller	Neyland	157.2	12	506	40	12.65	5 for 19
3	Iestyn Scourfield	Whitland	170.5	30	358	37	9.67	9 for 39
4	Morgan Scale	Burton	124.1	12	509	32	15.9	5 for 11
5	Adam James	H'west	125.3	23	457	31	14.74	6 for15
6	Simon Holiday	H'west	112.2	24	428	31	13.8	5 for 21
7	Andrew Pawlett	Tish	136.2	14	642	31	20.7	6 for28
8	Rob Williams	Lawrenny	140.1	29	498	29	14.71	5 for 26
9	Brad McDJenkins	Lawrenny	101.5	18	412	28	14.71	6 for 38
10	Ollie Davies	Llangwm	106.4	14	573	28	20.46	5 for 32
11	Ross Hardy	Kilgetty	176.1	39	640	26	24.61	4 for 46
12	Henry Durrant	Neyland	118	33	381	26	14.65	5 for 9
13	Noah Davies	Llangwm	133.1	23	398	25	15.92	3 for 24
14	Geraint Rees	Neyland	79.1	19	216	25	8.64	6 for 6
15	Johnny Scale	Burton	134.4	29	382	25	15.28	6 for 25
16	Ryan Lewis	Cresselly	114	17	378	25	15.12	5 for 25
17	Dan James	Cresselly	103.4	17	374	25	14.96	4 for 13
18	Kerion O'Connor	H'west	91.2	13	364	22	16.54	5 for 28
19	Ben Harvey	Whitland	74.4	12	281	21	13.38	5 for 36
20	Matthew Davies	Whitland	119	16	490	21	23.33	3 for 35
21	Tom Arthur	Cresselly	109.1	17	420	21	20	7 for 47