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Burton seal surprise win
BURTON won their third game of the season on Saturday (Jun 29) as half centuries from Toby Hayman and Jonathan Venables set them on their way to victory against Haverfordwest.
Town had earlier scored 229-5 in their innings as Simon Holliday rediscovered his early season form with another century.
He and Mike Jones shared 30 runs as Town got off to a steady start before Jones was caught by Matthew Davies off the bowling of Matthew Webb.
Holliday then shared another 37 runs with Lee Summons with the latter scoring 13 before being bowled by John Scale.
Ben Field joined Holliday in the middle and they shared the best partnership of the match worth 146 runs for the third wicket.
Field hit six fours and a six as he scored 56 but he was then caught by Luke Hayman off the bowling of Webb.
Holliday had already reached his century at that stage as he hit 11 fours and six sixes in his knock of 127.
He was eventually removed when he was caught by Iestyn Evans off the bowling of Hayman.
Webb then took the wicket of Dai Davies as Town edged towards their total.
Burton knew they would need to bat well if they were to stand a chance of victory and they did just that in an excellent start.
Toby Hayman and Jonathan Venables shared 144 runs for the first wicket to put the visitors in control.
Hayman hit ten fours and three sixes as he top scored with 77 but he was then caught and bowled by Dai Davies.
Davies then ran out Matthew Webb before also bowling Venables who had hit seven fours in a score of 60.
Luke Hayman scored 17 before he was run out by Chris Phillips as Burton slipped to 185-4.
Morgan Scale and Martin James took over and they were untroubled as they guided Burton to a six-wicket win.
Scale finished not out on 19 while James was unbeaten on a score of 33. Town were also guilty of giving away 20 runs in extras.
It was an excellent victory for Burton and on Saturday (Jul 6) they host Neyland. Town will look to get back to winning ways when they take on Whitland.
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Clarby stand in the way of Goodwick double
Two thrilling semi finals last weekend has meant Goodwick United and Clarbeston Road will meet in the senior cup final this coming Saturday.
Goodwick faced Pennar Robins in their semi final who pushed the champions very hard. Carl Vincent will be disappointed but proud of the Robins as they gave a great account of themselves. However in the end Goodwick’s quality and experience just was too much for Vincent’s team.
The other semi was an absolute thriller, and after a nail biting game Matthew Fox’ Clarby progressed to the final. A offside call has sparked a lot of debate around the county. However it seems that linesman Jenkins made an absolute perfect call so credit to him for that.
Both teams would have wanted a nice week of preparation for the final, maybe without any games to play. Unfortunately this hasn’t been possible due to the fixture backlog and both outfits have played already this week.
Goodwick will be favourites of course, however if anyone can upset the apple cart Saturday it’s this Clarbeston Road team. Fox’ outfit have impressed over and over this season. Without too much pressure on them, they are in a good place going into the final.
The double at one staged looked like the minimum Goodwick would be aiming for this season. However losses in other cup competitions, means its Senior Cup success or just the league title for the outstanding team of the season. Oddly becoming champions with no cup success maybe seen as a huge disappointment considering their dominance this season. A unique pressure. However if anyone can handle that pressure it’s O’Sullivans outfit.
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Swifts eyes on double.
Monkton Swifts reserves have blown away the second division this season and now have the double in their sights. They face Merlins Bridge reserves in the semi final of the second division cup and lived up to their favourites tag.
Swifts won comfortably with key player Butland getting three assists and Josh Sture grabbing a brace. Waterman and Rhys Sture added the other goals as outstanding Monkton won 4-0.
Herbrandston and Johnston played in the other semi final and this was a much harder fixture to call. The promoted Herbie a younger and perhaps less physical outfit in comparison to the Tigers. Johnston quickly took control of the game when they found themselves two up after just 29 minutes.
However when Scott Murray was shown a red card just eight minutes later, Herbie would have been confident of staging a comeback. Despite being a man light, Johnston held Herbie until the final minute of the 90, when Alex Ouzman gave Herbie late hope. The Tigers held firm however and progress to the final where they will be underdogs. A tag that I’m sure the players and manager Steven Allen won’t mind too much.
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Tenby hit five against downbeat Bridge
On a beautiful day in Tenby, the hosts welcomed Merlins Bridge to The Clicketts, fresh from their West Wales semi final defeat midweek.
The Bridge squad was missing some influential players after picking up some injuries and the visiting team asked questions over the fitness of the pitch, which, according to the Bridge management, was too hard.
The referee waved these away and the game was on, with the Tenby squad clearly thinking they were already in the heads of the Bridge team.
Almost straight from Kick off Tenby set their stall out with some great attacking play, which Jerome Mansbridge benefitted from in just the second minute putting the home team ahead.
The bridge players weren’t at the races and Tenby capitalised scoring a further 4 first half goals, including a Mansbridge hat trick, leaving the away team bewildered and 5-0 down at half time.
What could have been a hugely embarrassing defeat for a team that harboured title hopes at the beginning of the season, turned around somewhat at half time, when Dai Davies, the club captain, almost singlehandedly dragged them to a much higher level in the second half, ensuring his players kept their discipline and worked hard against a very good Tenby team. Undoubtedly Merlin’s Bridge were the better team in the second period, but the damage had already been done in the first half, and despite Bridges best efforts, the score remained 5-0 to the home team.
In a game which saw Tenby jump to 4th in the league, they can be hugely proud of their season and will look to build on that for their next in Division one.
A fantastic game on a beautiful day with a good home crowd watching, the team from the Clicketts will be justifiably happy with their afternoons work.
Tenby 5-0 Merlins Bridge.
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