As usual at the end of each cricket season, the Webb family from Tavernspite have compiled the statistics from division one of the Nicholas Insurance- sponsored Pembroke County Cricket League – and interesting reading they make too.

Paul Webb, who has been kept busy late season in his role as chairman-elect of the league and excellent announcer at finals, would be the first to admit that this season’s batting and bowling stats would not have been completed but for the determination of much better half Janice, who has had to chase around finding a few late scoresheets – so well done Mrs Webb!

‘Jamer’ tops the bowling charts . . .

Adam James sits proudly atop the bowling averages, way ahead of all opposition with his pace stuff for Haverfordwest whilst Adam Chandler (Cresselly) scored far and away the most runs – but couldn’t match Simon Holliday (Haverfordwest) in terms of average because ‘The Doc’ averaged over three figures.

Holliday can also lay unopposed claims to being the best all-rounder in the league because for the first time ever there is only one player to appear in the batting and bowling lists – and that is him! 

James grabbed 50 victims as he steamed down the hill at The Racecourse and he could lay claim to helping his team mate to the best average because he had Chandler caught behind by Huw Scriven from the very first ball at Haverfordwest and second ball in Cresselly!

Second in the bowling stakes was Neyland’s canny leg spinner Andrew Miller with 36 wickets, still five ahead of Tom Davies (Carew) and Ben Quartermaine, who certainly led relegated Narberth by example. Llanrhian were the other team to make the ‘dreaded drop’ and understandably, there was no bowler from Llandigige Fawr to feature.

. . . Chandler rules the roost in terms of runs scored!

Geraint Morris was Llanrhian’s only batsman to feature as he slipped in at No 20 in the batting stakes, which had Chandler maintaining his fine form of the previous season – and his amazing consistency and concentration which saw him stroke six 50s and three centuries from his 15 innings, five of them not out.

Nick Koomen came second in terms of runs scored, and usually at a tempo that gave Neyland early boost, as did third-placed run-gatherer Iwan Izzard, who joined team mate Chandler in usually getting Cresselly off to a flying start.

Holliday finished in fifth place having batted three or four times fewer than his main opponents but still having six unbeaten innings out of 13 starts and two of the 10 hundreds scored.

Either side of Holliday came the Johnston duo of Steve Mills Jnr and Dan Sutton, whose end-of-season heroics with the bat not only showed what powerful batsmen they are but almost certainly kept the Glebelands Gang in the division for 2017.

 

Batsmen

 

Name	Club	Innings	N/0s	50s	100s	H/S	Runs	Average
Adam Chandler	Cresselly	16	5	6	3	144*	862	78.36
Nick Koomen	Neyland	17	3	8	0	94	807	57.64
Iwan Izzard	Cresselly	17	3	8	1	129*	776	55.42
Steve Mills	Johnston	16	3	6	1	108	737	56.69
Simon Holliday	Haverfordwest	13	6	4	2	133*	728	104
Dan Sutton	Johnston	16	2	5	2	147*	702	50.14
Phil Cockburn	St Ishmaels	14	3	5	0	79	547	49.72
Harry Thomas	Lawrenny	16	1	4	0	71*	488	32.53
Richard Adams	Narberth	15	3	3	1	104*	468	39
B McDermott- Jenkins	Lawrenny	16	3	2	0	98	466	35.84
Phil Williams	Cresselly	16	3	3	0	95*	462	35.53
Will Spreadbury	Whitland	12	1	3	0	88	398	36.18
Brian Hall	Carew	12	6	2	0	83*	393	65.5
Danny Potter	Haverfordwest	12	3	4	0	87*	379	42.11
Ashley Sutton	Neyland	12	2	3	0	95	371	37.1
Andrew Williams	St Ishmaels	13	1	2	0	57	367	30.58
Nick Scourfield	Carew	12	2	4	0	75*	354	35.4
Simon Cole	Cresselly	12	2	3	0	96	351	35.1
Dan Howells	St Ishmaels	12	2	3	0	59	345	34.5
Geraint Morris	Llanrhian	13	1	3	0	61*	343	28.58

 

Bowlers

 

Name	Club	Overs	Maidens	B/Figures	Runs	Wkts	Average
Adam James	Haverfordwest	147.5	29	5 for 20	508	50	10.16
Andrew Miller	Neyland	127.2	9	5 for20	414	36	11.5
Ben Quartermaine	Narberth	170.5	27	4 for15	609	31	19.64
Tom Davies	Carew	139.4	23	4 for23	487	31	15.7
Rob Williams	Lawrenny	151.5	22	6 for48	569	29	19.62
Nathan Banner	Neyland	120.5	26	5 for39	376	29	12.96
Ben Hughes	Narberth	151.4	26	5 for21	612	28	21.85
Dean John	St Ishmaels	131	19	5 for35	545	27	20.18
Sam Harts	Cresselly	146.5	23	4 for25	577	26	22.19
Tom Arthur	Cresselly	135	21	6 for59	590	25	23.6
Sean Whitfield	Carew	112	15	5 for19	458	23	19.91
Simon Holliday	Haverfordwest	83	20	5 for 8	291	23	12.65
Andrew Palmer	St Ishmaels	94	21	8 for 6	376	22	17.09
Ryan Lewis	Cresselly	131	15	3 for 39	514	21	24.47
Andrew Pawlett	St Ishmaels	139.5	18	4 for 8	502	21	23.9
Gareth Davies	Haverfordwest	45.5	5	4 for 35	198	20	9.9
Wayne Howells	Whitland	89.3	13	7 for 33	338	20	16.9
Iestyn Scourfield	Whitland	80.3	21	5 for 54	261	20	13.05
Jamie Lewis	Lawrenny	116	20	5 for 37	539	18	29.94
Chris Fitzpatrick	Johnston	82.2	6	5 for 22	429	18	23.83