Neyland back on top after excellent chase

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6 days ago

July 19, 2021

NEYLAND moved back to the top of the Division 1 table on Saturday (July 17) as they beat Haverfordwest by four wickets.

Their result gave them the maximum 20 points while rivals Lawrenny picked up two points less in their win over Saundersfoot.

Haverfordwest won the toss and batted first and saw two of their batsmen reach half centuries before being bowled 227 with two balls of their innings to spare.

The home side removed Ben Field early on as he was caught by Henry Durrant off the bowling of Nathan Banner.

James Marchant and Mikey Jones shared 31 runs for the second wicket but Marchant was then trapped leg before by Ross Hardy.

Jones and Dai Davies added another 33 runs for the third wicket before Jones was caught and bowled by Andrew Miller on a score of 42.

Davies was joined by Danny Potter and the pair shared the best stand of the innings worth 73 runs.

Davies was the first to reach his half century but he was then trapped leg before by Banner on a score of 52.

Archie Thomas also fell to the bowling of Banner when he was caught by Andrew Miller as Town slipped to 166-5.

Potter then reached his half century and went on to reach 63, with eight fours, before he was run out by Miller.

Ashley James hit three fours and a six in his score of 24 from 13 balls but he was then bowled by Henry Durrant.

Brad McDermott-Jenkins bowled Jack Scriven on a score of 14 before Durrant removed Danny Dewstowe and Johnny White.

That set Neyland a target of 228 to win the game but they lost Gregg Miller early on when he was caught by White off the bowling of Ashley James.

Nick Koomen scored 16 before he was trapped leg before by Archie Thomas and when Nathan Banner was caught by Jack Scriven off the bowling of Thomas, Neyland had slipped to 61-3.

However, Ashley Sutton and Ross Hardy saw the visitors to within touching distance of their target with a stand of 141.

Hardy hit eleven fours and four sixes in his score of 97 from 64 balls before he was caught by Thomas off the bowling of White.

Ashley Sutton hit nine fours and a six in his score of 75 but he was caught by Thomas off the bowling of James Marchant.

McDermott-Jenkins scored 19 before he was caught by Thomas off the bowling of Marchant as Town began to hit back.

Sean Hannon found the ropes as he finished unbeaten on 4 to see Neyland to victory.

Phillips takes a hat trick as Cresselly seal Alec Colley final spot

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3 days ago

July 22, 2021

James Hemingray

CRESSELLY are through to the final of the Alec Colley Cup after beating Hook on Wednesday night (July 21) at Narberth Cricket Club.

Chris Phillips took a hat trick for Cresselly as they restricted Hook to 133-8 in their innings before going to pass their target for the loss of only one wicket.

Hook won the toss and batted first on another warm evening and openers Jamie Phelps and George James shared 37 runs for the first wicket.

Phelps scored 18 but he was then caught and bowled as Phillips picked up the first of his four wickets.

James hit five fours and six in his score of 33 but Phillips had him caught by Scott Arthur.

Phillips then removed Brennan Martin with the next ball before bowling Oscar Willington to claim his hat trick.

It left Hook reeling on 64-4 but scores of 32 from Liam Miller and 21 from Will Goronwy rescued Hook.

Matthew Lewis claimed the wicket of Miller and he later bowled Andrew Thomas to finish with figures of 2-29.

There was also two wickets for Corey Lewis but it was Phillips’ figures of 4-33 that stood out.

Scott Arthur and Neil Williams got Cresselly’s reply off to a great start as they shared 50 runs for the first wicket.

Williams was bowled by Oscar Willington on a score of 6 but that was the only wicket to fall.

Arthur and Chris Phillips shared 84 runs to take Cresselly into the Alec Colley Cup final.

Phillips added to his earlier wickets with a score of 25 not out that included four fours.

Arthur was the star of the innings however, as he hit 12 fours to finish not out on 73.

They will now play the winners of the tie between Neyland and Saundersfoot who play tonight at Carew Cricket Club.

Serrant-Green signs for Haverfordwest County

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3 days ago

July 22, 2021

James Hemingray

HAVERFORDWEST COUNTY AFC has announced the signing of forward Jack Serrant-Green.

The 27-year-old puts pen-to-paper on a deal that will see him play his football at the Bridge Meadow Stadium for the 2021/22 Cymru Premier season.

Serrant-Green arrives in West Wales having recently played in the League of Ireland for Finn Harps and becomes the Bluebirds’ sixth signing of the summer.

Born in Nottingham, he began his career at Burton Albion, playing for their Under-18s side.

In 2013, he moved abroad to play for Swedish outfit Gottne IF. After two years in the Ettan Norra, he moved around to other clubs like Gällivare-Malmbergets, IFK Umeå, Kiruna FF, Söderhamns FF and Bodens BK.

The prolific striker accumulated a total of 92 goals in 149 appearances during his spell in the third, fourth and fifth tiers of Sweden.

Jack has been assigned the number 15 shirt and is available for sponsorship. If you are interested in sponsoring our newest recruit, please contact r.edwards@hcafc1899.football.

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Pembroke U11s earn first win of season

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5 days ago

July 20, 2021

James Hemingray

PEMBROKE Under 11s earned their first win of the season recently as they beat Lamphey.

Pembroke scored 255-4 while Lamphey could only reach 245-4. Elsewhere in the Under 11s leagues, Narberth beat Haverfordwest.

Narberth U11s (250-5) beat Haverfordwest U11s (231-7)

Narberth: Iddgoda 2/2 & 9, O Johns 3/2, Z Aspurra 2/10.

Haverfordwest: Will D 1/6, Brandon D 2/5, Osian M 1/2, Imogen H 1/2.

The Under 11’s Semi Finals will both be played on Monday July 26.

Hook will host St Ishmaels and Saundersfoot are at home to Llechryd. The winners of the two games will contest the final which will be played at Hook on Monday, August 9.

Under 13’s

Hook (121-2) beat St Ishmaels (34-all out)

Hook: Oscar Willington 27 retired & 3-0, Ifan Williams 25 retired & 1-0, Rhys Phelps 17, William Harries 13 retired, Charlie Holder 7, Edward Johnson 2-6, Callum Nutty 1-6, Harri Evans 1-7

St Ishmaels: Dylan McGuire 4, Alfie Thomas 4, Ethan Dawes 4, Sammy Wilson 1-14

Under 15’s

Whitland (73-5) beat Llechryd (72-6)

Whitland: Charles Bujega 27 not out, Rhys Jones 18, Ethan Ryan 13, Cai lewis 1-3, Dai James 1-12 Cian Rees 1-16

Llechryd: Tomos Lewis 19 & 2-7, Ifan WJ 9, Joe Dow 1-8

Cresselly (28-all out) lost to Lawrenny (29-0)

Cresselly: Charlie Arthur 9, Ollie Arthur 9

Lawrenny: Finley Lewis 17 not out, Will Allen 10 not out, Rhydian Eynon 1-0, Mark White 1-3, Corey Hall 3-9, Noah Williams 5-1