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Dafydd Bowen smashes a boundary. Picture by Brian McKehon
 

Carew Seconds cruise to victory

Carew 2nds (135 for 1) beat Llanrhian (133 for 6) by 9 wickets

Carew Seconds produced a solid all-round performance to comfortably account for visitors Llanrhian by nine wickets as they bowled and fielded really well before Rob Hicks, Daf Bevan and Haydn Shapcott saw them home with plenty of overs and wickets in hand.

Llanrhian had useful innings from Jack Jones (47) and Paul Lewis (22) but only James Morris (15) of the rest of their lineup could manage double figures against Carew’s ‘Young Guns’ Iori Hicks (2 for 16), Harry Cook (1 for 37) and Max Brindley (1 for 24).

Rob Hicks contributed 41 to the Carew tally before Daf Bevan (61 not out) and Haydn Shapcott (24 not out) sealed success and Jack Jones (1 for 42) was the only successful Llanrhian bowler.
 

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Dafydd Bevan - batted really well for Carew 2nds

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Haverfordwest 2nds in batting action at the Racecourse

 

Llangwm winning run continues on The Racecourse

Haverfordwest 2nds (114 all out) lost to Llangwm (115 for 4) by 6 wickets

Umpires: Les Hastings & Bob Elliott
Scorers: Kelly Williams & Janice Brick

Llangwm maintained their concerted push for a speedy return to the top flight of Pembrokeshire Cricket with a comfortable win on The Racecourse against Haverfordwest Seconds.

Put in to bat first, Haverfordwest struggled to 48 for 5 as only Nigel Morgan ever looked settled against Matthew Kiff (4 for 21) and Noah Davies (3 for 18).

Morgan eventually departed for 35 as his team battled their way to 114 all out with minor contributions from Ashley James and Jack Scriven (11 apiece) and a late 21 not out by Jack Wilson as Ollie Davies (1 for 43) and Luke Brock (1 for 17) were the other Llangwm wicket-takers.

Simon Williams (2 for 24) and Archie Thomas (1 for 39) claimed wickets for the homesters before Nigel Morgan’s solitary late over gave him figures of 1 for 1 but James Venables (33) and Noah Davies (19) laid the foundations for Llangwm before Joseph Kiff finished things off in swashbuckling style as he blasted five fours and three sixes in his undefeated 47.
 

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Matthew Kiff - bowled well for Llangwm

 

Quartermaine brothers help Narberth win well

Narberth (177 for 5) beat Stackpole (174 for 9) by 5 wickets

Umpires: Huw Davies & Simon Richards
Scorers: Emma Richards & Clare Cox

Good performances bb brothers Ben and Kyle Quartermaine helped Narberth beat Stackpole at the Lewis Lloyd Ground as they successfully chased down a target of 175 runs to stay a close second behind Llangwm in the section table.

Stackpole’s final tally owed much to some stylish stroke play by Simon Bevan which gave him a boundary-sprinkled 70 not out, with support coming from Richard Gibby (28) and James Adey (32) as Ben Quartermaine (4 for 23), Jordan Howell (2 for 42) and Owen Richards (1 for 20) were the wicket-takers for Narberth.

Narberth made a good start to their response as Richard Adams (45) steered them to 104 for 1 but they lost three wickets in ten balls against James Adey (2 for 57) and Richard Mackay (1 for 24) but then Kyle Quartermaine hit 45 runs and brother Ben contributed 40 not out to take them home, despite Alan Webster’s 2 for 38 spell.
 

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Ben Quartermaine - runs and wickets for Narberth

 

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Tom Mansbridge on his way to a brilliant ton. Picture by Brian McKehon

 

Burton hold on for a draw but lose ground on leaders

Saundersfoot (254 for 6) drew with Burton (216 for 7)

Umpire: Neil Croucher
Scorers: Adge John & Jean Jones

There were runs aplenty on the Saundersfoot Cricket Club’s ground as they amassed a huge 254 for 6 against Burton, who also batted well to respond with 216 for 7.

The undoubted star of the match was the home club’s talented teenager Tom Mansbridge, who stroked a superb undefeated 115 and then claimed two wickets after tea.

Mansbridge had 11 fours and four sixes as he had support from Nick Cope (49) and skipper Sam Franklyn (48) against the Burton bowling of Johnny Scale (2 for 35), Luke Hayman (2 for 48) and Morgan Scale (1 for 41).

When Burton batted the platform for their response was laid by brothers Jack and James Davies, with respective scores of 49 and 59, whilst Luke Hayman chipped in with 45 alongside Morgan Scale (19) as James Caine’s slow stuff earned him an excellent 4 for 17 haul and Tom Mansbridge supported with 2 for 32.
 

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Tom Mansbridge - superb unbeaten century for Saundersfoot

 

Curran continues incredible form

Whitland 2nds (153 for 6) lost to Llechryd (158 for 0) by 10 wickets

Umpires: Robert Ridge & Tony Pasternak
Scorers: Alys John & Laurence Harries

John Curran’s brilliant batting continued as he took Llechryd to a ten-wicket success against Whitland 2nds, striking a boundary-laden 109 not out in chasing down a home score of 153 for 6.

He was joined by Dewi Davies, who provided the perfect foil with his 43 not out as all the Whitland bowlers toiled in vain.

Gethin Scourfield (40), James Thomas (35), Paul Oeppen (17) and Jack Bowen (29 not out) batted well for Whitland as Graham Keen returned figures of 4 for 32, whilst pensioner Peter Betterley applied the break on run-scoring with remarkable figures of 2 for 5 in 12 overs, ten of them maidens.

But in the final analysis it was Curran’s century, following his 206 not out in his only previous match, which proved decisive as his runs continue to accumulate at a terrific rate!


 

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John Curran - terrific unbeaten  ton for Llechryd