Division 2: Burton, Llechryd, Whitland and Pembroke all win

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May 16, 2022

BURTON and Llechryd both picked up their third wins of the season on Saturday (May 14) while Whitland and Pembroke were also victorious in Division 2.

Burton see off Carew challenge

Burton earned a 64-run win over Carew seconds to move themselves up to third place in the table.

After Carew won the toss and chose to field, Burton reached a score of 237-8 from their 45 overs.

Jack Davies scored 48 for the home side, who also had Richard James score 37 and 28 from Martin James.

Luke Hayman was the mainstay of the innings though as he fell just short of a century with his score of 90.

Mark White took three wickets for Carew seconds for figures of 3-32 while George Waters finished on 2-40.

In reply, Morgan Grieve scored 30 and Ceri Brace scored 20. Hayden Shapcott scored 29 while Barry Evans finished unbeaten on the same score but it wasn’t enough.

Davies added to his earlier runs with a five-wicket haul, claiming figures of 5-28.

Hayman (1-14) also claimed a wicket while Morgan Scale finished with 2-37.

Llechryd prove too strong for Lamphey

Llechryd are up to second in Division 2 after they beat Lamphey by nine wickets.

Lamphey reached a score of 166-all out with David Dredge top scoring on 85. Andy Tait added 33 and Rob Mathias scored 15.

Udell Preville (3-26), James Heneker (2-31) and David Dunfee (2-34) all did the damage for the home side.

Nic Shelmerdine took an early wicket for Lamphey but that was as good as it got for the visitors.

Preville reached a score of 50 before he fell but David Dunfee finished unbeaten on 51 while Johnnie Lewis was not out on 61.

That saw Llechryd to victory in the 34th over.

Whitland win again

Whitland made it two wins in a row on Saturday as they beat Llanrhian by 119 runs.

Whitland batted first and made 207-8 in their innings with Dylan Blain their top scorer on 88.

Kevin Pearce added 43 while Jonathan Thomas added 19.

Llion Williams took three wickets for Llanrhian and Dafydd Williams took 2-33.

Llanrhian were unable to match Whitland’s score though as Jack Jones departed on 27 while Iwan James and Jon Strawbridge both fell on scores of 17.

Cian Rees was the pick of the bowlers as he finished with 3-36 while Scott Newton (2-16) and Jonathan Thomas (2-24) also bowled well.

It meant that Llanrhian were bowled out for 88 as they suffered their third defeat of the season.

Pembroke earn first win

Pembroke earned their first win of the season on Saturday as they beat Johnston by three wickets.

Johnston were bowled out for 191 in their innings after scores of 21 from Chris Fitzpatrick, 16 from Leigh Walters and 32 from Gary James.

Josh Hicks was the star of the innings as he was his side’s top scorer, hitting eight fours and three sixes in his score of 68.

For Pembroke, Jonathan Rogers (3-26) and Sam Davies (3-31) both bowled well while George Davies, Andrew Price and Jack Harries each claimed a wicket.

In reply, Luke Butler made an early score of 37 and Jack Harries added 29. Steve Durston also batted well as he hit nine fours in a knock of 47.

Lee Summons picked up the wicket of Durston and went on to finish with figures of 3-38. Andrew Harries claimed two wickets while Mark Hicks and Chris Fitzpatrick both claimed one each.

Summons grabbed the wicket of Andrew Price who had made his way to a score of 29 but they were unable to remove Phil Hay.

He finished unbeaten on 44 to see his side to victory in the 43rd over.

Fixtures for Saturday, May 21:

Carew II v Whitland
Hook v Llechryd
Johnston v Llanrhian
Lamphey v Burton
Pembroke v Herbrandston

Related Topics:Burton Carew Cricket Division 2 Llechryd Pembroke Whitland

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Match	Result
Cresselly 30-2 v Burton 203-7	Match abandoned
Narberth 301-7 v Herbrandston 51-0	Match abandoned
Whitland 10-0 v Lawrenny 297-7	Match abandoned
Saundersfoot 205-7 v Neyland	Match abandoned
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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Ab	Pts
1	Carew	2	2	0	0	36
2	Saundersfoot	2	1	0	1	27
3	Herbrandston	2	1	0	1	25
4	Neyland	2	1	0	1	25
5	Narberth	2	0	0	1	20
6	St Ishmaels	2	0	1	0	15
7	Burton	2	0	1	1	14
8	Whitland	2	0	1	1	14
9	Cresselly	2	0	1	1	11
10	Lawrenny	2	0	1	1	11

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Match	Result
Llechryd 41 all out v Cresselly II 44-1	Cresselly II won by 9 wickets
Llanrhian 155-5 v Fishguard 154-7	Llanrhian won by 5 wickets
Hook 143-6 v Haverfordwest 142-9	Hook won by 4 wickets
Llangwm 106 all out v Johnston 241-6	Johnston won by 135 runs
Pembroke Dock 152-2 v Pembroke 168-8	Match abandoned

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Ab	Pts
1	Johnston	2	2	0	0	40
2	Hook	2	2	0	0	37
3	Cresselly II	2	2	0	0	36
4	Pembroke	2	1	0	1	28
5	Haverfordwest	2	1	1	0	24
6	Pembroke Dock	2	0	1	1	23
7	Llanrhian	2	1	1	0	22
8	Fishguard	2	0	2	0	16
9	Llangwm	2	0	2	0	13
10	Llechryd	2	0	2	0	3

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Division 3 table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Ab	Pts
1	Kilgetty	2	2	0	0	38
2	Carew II	2	2	0	0	38
3	Laugharne	2	2	0	0	37
4	Lamphey	2	1	1	0	28
5	Saundersfoot II	2	1	0	1	26
6	Hundleton	2	1	1	0	24
7	Haverfordwest II	2	0	2	0	14
8	Stackpole	2	0	2	0	14
9	Pembroke II	2	0	1	1	13
10	Burton II	2	0	2	0	12

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Hook II edged a thriller by one wicket, while Haverfordwest III also maintained a perfect start.

Division 4 table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
1	Narberth II	2	2	0	39
2	Hook II	2	2	0	36
3	Haverfordwest III	2	2	0	36
4	Lawrenny II	2	2	0	35
5	Crymych	2	1	1	29
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7	Neyland II	2	0	2	15
8	St Ishmaels II	2	0	2	15
9	Herbrandston II	2	0	2	13
10	Carew III	2	0	2	11

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Ab	Pts
1	Llanrhian II	2	2	0	0	40
2	Cresselly III	2	2	0	0	40
3	Whitland II	2	1	1	0	25
4	Llangwm II	1	1	0	0	19
5	Pembroke III	2	0	1	1	14
6	Llechryd III	2	0	2	0	11
7	Pembroke Dock II	2	0	1	1	11
8	Hundleton II	1	0	1	0	6