Division One
Second placed Cresselly maintained the pressure on Haverfordwest at the top of the table with a comfortable five wickets win at Lamphey in a high scoring match.
Daniel Sutton's innings of 101, with a six and six 4s, took Lamphey to a total of 208 for 5. The Lamphey skipper's innings was supplemented by Peter Hall's 54 in an opening partnership of 123, which ended when Hall was caught by Julian Arthur off spinner Simon Cole after hitting eight 4s.
Craig Nutty contributed 25 to the total as Simon Cole ended with a return of 2 for 42.
An exhilarating second wicket partnership of 123 between Julian Arthur and Simon Cole turned the game in Cresselly's favour.
The flamboyant Arthur scored 87 with five 6s and eight 4s and the stylish Cole 46. Both left-handers fell to brilliant catches by Gareth Lewis at deep midwicket off the bowling of spinner Will Silcox.
In an unusual incident which happened when Arthur was on 81, a ball from pace bowler Greg England hit the stumps and dislodged the bail, but the bail did not fall off!
After the Lord Mayor's Show and the departure of both batsmen, Adam Chandler was dismissed cheaply, but skipper Lyn Richards and Richard Harris ensured that there were no further setbacks, as the experienced pair played each ball on its merits.
Richards scored 23 and Harris 16 not out as Cresselly reached 209 for 5. Will Silcox weathered the early storm and ended with 3 for 36.
Carew had a comprehensive win at Saundersfoot by a margin of 143 runs after totalling 213 for 6. Openers Ian Sefton and Nick Scourfield gave the visitors a solid start in their first wicket partnership of 66, which ended when Sefton was caught at short mid-wicket by James Caine off the bowling of Kevin Sykes for 31.
Robert Scourfield joined his brother at the crease and the pair took the total to 105 before Robert Scourfield fell to the first ball bowled by Chris Parker when he hit a long hop outside leg stick straight into the hands of Steve Cook at square leg.
Two balls later, Parker also trapped Simon Wood leg before wicket without scoring.
Carew had scored 125 for 4 after 35 overs when Nick Scourfield was dismissed, but Phil Jones and Steve Cole plundered 75 runs during their fifth wicket partnership.
Cole opened his shoulders to hit three successive sixes off the bowling of David Parcell. He scored 51 from 36 deliveries with five 6s and four 4s, before being bowled by Chris Parker, but with Jones 33 not out, Carew took the total past the 200 mark.
Chris Parker ended with figures of 3 for 42.
Saundersfoot used David Parcell to open the innings as a pinch hitter. The ploy was successful in the short term as Parcell hit two fours immediately. He also hit a six off Carew skipper Darren Thomas, which went over the stream and into the adjoining field.
The ball was lost, but Carew did not lose the match as Thomas had revenge in a superb 12-over spell during which he took six wickets for nine runs as Saundersfoot were bowled out for a meagre total of 70.
Parcell scored 15 before being caught by Robert Scourfield off the bowling of Thomas, wicket-keeper Ian Poole top scored with 22 and Daniel Caine was the only other batsman in double figures with 11.
Spinner John Canton supported Thomas in a spell of 2 for 13.
Haverfordwest continue to lead the Division One table after defeating the visitors Lawrenny by 87 runs.
A lot of runs have been scored at the Racecourse this season and Saturday was no exception as the Town built up a total of 202 for 6. David Davies paved the way for the total with his innings of 83 not out, supported by Andrew Phillips, who returned to form with his knock of 65. His brother Stephen Phillips had a supporting role with 18.
Lawrenny skipper Robert Williams took 2 for 44 and Stephen Rees 2 for 53.
Lawrenny were bowled out for 115 in reply. All-rounder Ian Jenkins had a fine innings of 26, opener Andrew Cole senior scored 22 with five 4s and fellow opener Adrian Harries 21.
Town skipper Adrian Griffiths took 3 for 24, Naeem Akhtar had a lively spell of 3 for 27, Phil Kirkby took 2 for 19 and spinner Mathew Johns 2 for 20.
In an exciting finish, Llangwm picked up their first win of the season at home to Whitland who were bowled out for 122 in response to Llangwm's low total of 125 all out.
For Llangwm, Andrew Harries had a breezy innings of 28 with two 6s and three 4s.
Left-hander Mark Davies found the boundary five times in his 27 and Chris Inward supported with 24.
Leg-spinner Meyrick Rowlands took 4 for 20 in 12 accurate overs, seamer Mathew Davies took 3 for 35 and Mark Lee 2 for 20.
Remarkably, five of the bowlers used by Llangwm, Chris Inward, Darren Brick, Andrew Phillips, Andrew Brock and Richard Brock, took two wickets each as Whitland lost the match by just three runs.
Colin John top scored with 22, including five 4s, and received support towards the end of the Whitland innings from his son Edward, who batted well for his 13. Earlier Nick Davies and Paul Davies had both scored 20 for the visitors.
Chris Inward won the plaudits of his team-mates when Kevin Preece was adjudged leg before wicket and his was the last wicket to fall.
Narberth travelled to St. Ishmaels and the visitors would have been in a sorry state without the grit and tenacity of all-rounder Wayne Howells.
Arriving at the crease with the total on four, Howells faced 136 balls in his defiant innings of 78 not out and the only blot on his copybook was that three of his partners, Marc Hughes, Daniel James and Ben Hughes, were each run out due to a misunderstanding.
Howells dominated the innings to such an extent against the highly promising young Tish team, that the next highest score was that of Daniel James with 12, and Garry Hughes was the only other batsman in double figures with 10.
Jonathan Pawlett continued his development to take 4 for 47 and opening bowler Kristan Bennett took 2 for 21.
The visitors could take satisfaction from making the Tish batsmen fight all the way for the runs. Richard Prout got Narberth off to a good start by having danger man Steven Williams caught by Ceri Jones without scoring with the total on two.
Although Peter Bradshaw and Andrew Williams added 57 for the second wicket before Williams was caught and bowled by Wayne Howells for 31, with all but three runs coming in boundaries, after that wickets fell at regular intervals.
Bradshaw had a captain's innings of 32 before giving a return catch to Ceri Jones and was the fifth batsman to be dismissed when the total was 105.
Andrew Palmer chipped in with 23, Jonathan Pawlett 14 and Michael Symons 13.
Kristan Bennett steered Tish home with his undefeated innings of 14 with some help from Chris Wilson in an unbroken eighth wicket partnership of 16.
For Narberth, Ceri Jones took 3 for 46, Richard Prout 2 for 24 and Wayne Howells 2 for 32.
Division Two
Carew won the battle between the top two Seconds teams in the league after defeating the visitors from Haverfordwest by a margin of 53 runs.
The father and son combination of Gerald and Tim Hicks scored the bulk of the runs in a Carew Seconds total of 190 for 4. Gerald finished with 57 not out after Tim had been dismissed for 54. Earlier, Brian Hall scored 30.
Colin Williams took 2 for 38 for Haverfordwest and then did his best to save the day before Haverfordwest Seconds were dismissed for 137.
Batting at number nine, Williams had a fighting innings of 45 not out.
Mathew Phillips cut up the Haverfordwest batting line-up with a spell of 4 for 35, Michael Scourfield took 2 for 19 and skipper Ceri Davies 2 for 30.
Pembroke are in danger of going into free fall after suffering yet another defeat. On Saturday, the visitors Burton reached a total of 226 for 6 following a second wicket partnership of 98 between Ollie Sheldrake and Richard Hayman.
Hayman, who has been in good form this season, scored 42 and Sheldrake showed the full range of his shots in a stylish innings of 68, which included two 6s and eight 4s.
Chris Campbell with 39 not out and John Griffiths with a hard-hitting 34 maintained the momentum during their sixth wicket partnership of 68.
Spinner Nigel Phillips took 4 for 41 for Pembroke, who were bowled out for 97 in reply.
As might be expected, Barry Evans top scored for Pembroke with a valiant innings of 31 and the next highest score was that of Paul White with 18.
Kevin Roberts took 4 for 26 for the visitors and John Scale finished with 2 for 2.
In other Division Two matches, the leaders Llanrhian maintained their grip at the top of the table with a nine wickets win at home to Maenclochog, who were dismissed for 42.
Fishguard won by five wickets at home to Llechryd, despite the efforts of Kevin Evans, who scored 47 in the Llechryd total of 143 for 9 and then took 4 for 16 as Fishguard responded with 145 for 5.
In a high scoring drawn match at Neyland, Paul Murray with 96 and Andrew Miller with 81 took Neyland to 235 for 8. Hook went for the runs, but were unable to obtain the 14 runs needed off the last over with three wickets left. Two wickets were lost during the over bowled by Neyland captain Andrew Miller and the day ended with Hook on 228 for 9. Phil Griffiths scored 61 and Mathew Rowlands 53.
Division Three
Leaders Hundleton had the better of a drawn game at Cresselly after accumulating 191 runs for the loss of three wickets.
Opener Morgan Allen and Jonathan Williams featured in a second wicket partnership of 110. Williams stayed in the middle until the end of the Hundleton innings with 84 not out, including two 6s and nine 4s, whereas Allen was dismissed for 40.
Gareth Hughes took 2 for 61 for Cresselly Seconds, who held out for a draw on a total of 168 for 7.
Experienced opener Selwyn Cole led the Cresselly reply with a well-struck innings of 65 and the talented Rhydian Rees saved the day for Cresselly with an excellent innings of 66 not out after hitting six 4s and a six.
For Hundleton, Jason Oatley took 4 for 37 and former Cresselly player Nigel Arthur took 2 for 24.
Manorbier totalled 129 for 9 at home to Stackpole, who remain in second place after achieving a winning total of 130 for 4.
Mark Meyrick scored the bulk of the Manorbier runs with 62 not out, supported by Geoff Marsh with 20.
Anthony Canton took 4 for 13 for Stackpole who had a comfortable six wickets win.
Phil Stevens anchored one end with 57 not out, supported by Anthony Canton with 24.
For Manorbier, Paul Oeppen took 2 for 12 and Mick May 2 for 24.
At Narberth, experienced campaigners Byron Williams and David Isaac held a depleted Camrose and Spittal team together with such success that the visitors totalled 197 for 8.
Williams opened the innings and scored 55 with seven 4s and Isaac, batting at number five, also hit seven 4s in his sound innings of 52 not out.
Support came from opener Andrew Hartley with 18 and Steve Williams with 17.
Richard Howell took 4 for 49 for Narberth and Ben Quartermaine 2 for 38.
In reply, Narberth Seconds scored 170 for 8. Richard Howell, batting at number eight, secured a draw for the Narberth team with 52 not out, including six 4s, after Ceri Davies had scored 23 with five 4s playing his last game of the season before travelling to the United States.
Thomas Richards scored 20 and Clive Jones 19, while skipper Mathew Davies helped Richard Howell hold out for a draw with his knock of 11 not out.
For the visitors, Darren Osborne took 3 for 37 and James Griffiths 2 for 38.
Division Four
Lawrenny Seconds remain on top of Division Four, but left it rather late to win their match at home to Pembroke Seconds, who had been dismissed for 142.
Two runs were required to win off the last ball with two old-stagers, David Jones and Owen Williams, at the crease.
Only one wicket was left, but the cool Jones scored the two runs required to win.
When Pembroke Seconds batted, opener Kevin Jenkins scored 44, including six 4s, supported by Mark Fraser with 35.
For Lawrenny, Simon Cole, still bowling off a short run, did most of the damage in his spell of 5 for 29, backed up by Willie Morris with 2 for 8 and Alun Evans with 2 for 37.
Simon Cole opened the Lawrenny innings and smashed three 6s and three 4s before being dismissed for 36. Fellow opener Steve Campbell scored 19.
After the youngsters had been given a chance in the middle of the order, the experienced Chris Williams played a big part in the Lawrenny victory with 35, until the heroics of Jones and Owen Williams at the end when Jones was 10 not out.
Paul Rogers took 3 for 31 for the visitors, supported by spinner David Jones with 2 for 7 and Chris Thomas with 2 for 42.
Lamphey Seconds, who are in second place in the table, were unable to take the 10 Stackpole wickets required to win their away match as the home team held on at 133 for 9, chasing a Lamphey total of 185 for 5.
Gareth Nicholas scored 61 for the visitors, backed up by Rizwan with 33, John MacPherson with 23, skipper Andrew Skeels with 24 not out and Nic Johnson with 22.
Steve Alford took 3 for 41 for the Stackpole team and when Stackpole batted, the Lamphey spinners took the bulk of the wickets, with Keith Silcox taking 3 for 27 and Andrew Skeels 3 for 29.
Pembroke Dock had a comfortable away win against Carew Thirds, who scored 125 for 9.
The experienced David Sefton top scored with a very quick innings of 38, including seven 4s, supported by David Rees with 15 and Rhys Davies with 14.
Andrew Wood took 3 for 17 for the Dock, backed up by all-rounder John Davies, who took 2 for 23.
The Carew resources were a little depleted, with Martyn Cole and Gareth Brace being called up for second team duty and the Dock enjoyed the batting conditions at Kilgetty to win by nine wickets on reaching a total of 128 for 1.
Opener Peter Jones returned to form with a bang to score 94 not out, including 14 fours, supported by the left-handed John Davies with 23 not out.
Whitland Seconds have leap-frogged over Crymych in the table to move into fourth position after defeating Crymych by 96 runs.
The Whitland team declared on a total of 224 for 5 after 39 overs. Opener Peter Wright, who is having a good season, top scored with 69 and featured in a second wicket partnership of 105 with Dylan Blain, who hit 11 fours in his cultured innings of 65.
Simon Davies supported with 20, but Crymych were guilty of conceding 39 extras.
Andrew Gaunt took 2 for 59 for the visitors, who were bowled out for 130, despite the efforts of Jacob Lloyd with 41 not out, including eight 4s and Andrew Gaunt with 30.
Huw Devonald had a lively spell of 4 for 20 and Andrew Williams took 3 for 21.
Division Five
Narberth Thirds were away to Division Five leaders Hook Seconds and lost by 117 runs after being bowled out for 71 in reply to a Hook Seconds total of 188 for 4.
Brennan Lay and Nigel Badham had a first wicket partnership of 115. Lay went on to complete a fine century, hitting two 6s and 16 fours in his undefeated innings of 104 after Badham had been dismissed for 44.
The openers dominated the Hook innings and the next highest score was that of Simon Brick with 16 not out.
For the Narberth team, Mathew Evans took 2 for 19 and Aaron Keane took 2 for 46.
Number 10 batsman Rob Gazelle top scored for the visitors with 22 and the only other batsmen in double figures were skipper Rob Simons with 12 and Aaron Keane with 19.
Opening bowlers Simon Brick and Sion Jenkins took all of the Narberth wickets. Brick finished with 6 for 17 and Jenkins finished with 4 for 48.
Kilgetty kept in touch with the leaders after winning their away match at Dinas by 136 runs.
Openers Mike Johns and Craig Hurst had a huge opening partnership of 179 for Kilgetty, before Johns retired hurt on 77 after hitting 11 fours.
His younger colleague looked to be proceeding towards a deserved maiden century, but he was caught on the boundary by Andrew Waddupp off the bowling of Diane Morris for 99.
Hurst was going for another big hit after finding the boundary 14 times and clearing it twice.
Delme Jones took 2 for 31 for the Dinas team.
Anthony Couzens scored 51 of the team total of 90 for Dinas, before being bowled by Steve Merchant, who finished with a return of 3 for 22.
Two other bowlers took three wickets for the visitors, with Brian Slate finishing with 3 for 2 and Duane Reynolds 3 for 20.
Whitland Thirds totalled 105 for 9 for their home match against Haverfordwest Thirds. Carl Roach was the pick of the batsmen with his innings of 36, supported by Rhys Bowen with 23.
Wily campaigner Micky Phillips took 5 for 35 for the visitors, who won by four wickets, largely due to the efforts of James Marchant with an innings of 37.
Young Bobby Webb had the best return of the Whitland bowlers with 2 for 5 and there was a wicket each for Ashley Evans, Rhys Bowen and Daniel Newton.
St. Florence lost by six wickets at home to Llanrhian Seconds, who got to a winning total of 131 for 4 with just over an over to spare after the Saints had scored 128 for 9.
Teenager James Ruff top scored for the St. Florence team with a mature innings of 44, which included five 4s and a six. Richard Jones made 17, while Chris Iddon, Malcolm Ruff and Paul Varallo each scored 13 as they played the supporting roles.
For Llanrhian Seconds, Gary Robb took 3 for 21, Tony Kitchell 2 for 12 and Gwynant Watson 2 for 19.
Mathew Bennett with 41 and Peter Sterling with 33 led the Llanrhian victory bid, backed up by David Lewis with 16 not out and Tim Kitchell with 17 not out.
Rupert Fleming took 2 for 11 for St. Florence and Ben McDonnell took 2 for 31.
Division Six
Saundersfoot Seconds travelled to Hundleton and reached a total of 147 before being dismissed.
Steve Badham top scored with an aggressive innings of 35, including five 4s and a six, supported by the experienced Roger Stanford with 23, Chris Hawkes with 21 and Paul Brooks with 17.
For Hundleton Seconds, David Pratt took 3 for 23, Colin James t3 for 35 and Riaan Strydom 2 for 46.
Hostile bowling by Chris Williams and Ben Armstrong destroyed the Hundleton innings, with Pete MacKay being the only batsman in double figures as Hundleton Seconds were bundled out for 43.
Chris Williams ended with 6 for 21 and the first team selectors will take note that Ben Armstrong took 4 for 18.