Division One
When Haverfordwest were 92 for seven after 29 overs at Narberth it looked as if Narberth might have caused the upset of the day. It was not to be however as the visitors showed their all round strength in the shape of spin bowler Nick Dyer and wicket keeper Huw Scriven. The pair took the total to 129 before Scriven was bowled over by Ollie Cook but Dyer went on to score 32 not out and for good measure hit two sixes from the last over bowled by Ian Hughes to take the visitors to a total of 144 for eight. Ceri Jones and Ben Hughes had done the early damage for Narberth although opening batsman Danny Potter had offered resistance with 30 and Vice Captain Karl Rhead with 21. However the visitors were in real difficulty until Dyer and Scriven came to the rescue with Scriven scoring 25 of the 37 runs added for the eighth wicket. Narberth had done extremely well to contain the strong Haverfordwest batting line-up but conceded 45 runs in the last five overs as Nick Dyer and Scriven took the game away. Cook finished with three for 29 from his ten overs whilst Jones and Hughes both made the batsmen concentrate as Ben Hughes took two for 28 and Jones two for 29 in their respective 12 over spells. Narberth's skipper Marc Hughes played a captain's innings and at 69 for three Narberth were sitting comfortably. However Hughes was caught by Huw Scriven off the bowling of Stephen Phillips for 55, a breezy innings from 65 balls which included three sixes and five fours. Remarkably no other batsmen reached double figures and Narberth were dismissed for 101. Paceman Simon Williams made the first breakthrough by having Thomas Richards caught by Danny Potter with the total on 20 and after the departure of Hughes on 69 wickets fell at regular intervals. Nick Dyer added four for 20 in nine overs to his contribution with the bat and Simon Williams finished with four for 43. Narberth had done extremely well to contain the strong Haverfordwest batting line-up but conceded 45 runs in the last five overs as Nick Dyer and Scriven took the game away. Cresselly are still snapping at the heels of the Division One leaders Haverfordwest and had a big win at home to Neyland by a margin of 158 runs. Cresselly reached a total of 248 for seven with six batsmen reaching more than 20 but all being dismissed for under 50! Middle order batsmen Phil Williams led the way with 42 supported by Julian Arthur with 38 including six fours and Ryan Lewis who hit 33 from 14 deliveries including two sixes and four fours. Other useful contributions came from Simon Cole with a stylish 28, Adam Chandler with 27 and Andrew Harris with 24. Harris had helped Julian Arthur put on 75 for the first wicket before Harris was bowled by Neyland spinner Gary Lloyd who finished with three for 57 and Greg Miller took three for 74. Paul Murray and Greg Miller gave the visitors a reasonable start in an opening partnership of 39 which ended when Miller was trapped leg before wicket to Richard Harris for 22. At one stage Neyland were 81 for three but their innings fell away when Murray was dismissed for 27 and Phil Sutton for 11 as spinner Ryan Lewis had a match winning spell of six for 25 and all rounder Richard Harris ended with four for 25. The visitors collapsed and were all out for 90. Hook were bowled out for 92 at home to Carew who won by seven wickets to keep in touch with the Division One leaders. Mick Haltam had a defiant innings of 25 with both Keith James and Brennan Lay scoring 17. Five Carew bowlers took wickets with Simon Wood taking three for ten in eight overs and skipper Rob Scourfield three for 11 in just over five overs and all rounder Tim Hicks finished with two for 19. The total was insufficient to test the qualities of the Carew batsmen and left hander Brian Hall scored 35 not out including five fours and another left hander Robert Hicks 27 not out to take the visitors to victory in an unbroken fourth wicket partnership, after three wickets had fallen comparatively cheaply including Nick Scourfield for 19. Andrew Thomas had made the breakthrough and finished with two for 28. Pembroke have found life rather difficult back in Division One but managed to hold on for a draw away to St. Ishmaels chasing a total of 174 for five. Last pair Nigel Phillips and Anton John kept the Tish bowlers out for the last four overs of the match. Phillip Hay top scored for Pembroke with 36 supported by Dan Scourfield with 22 after the leading batsmen Mathew Mitchell and Barry Evans were both dismissed for ten. For Tish Jonathan Pawlett took three for 20 with Andrew Palmer, Daniel Flynn and Andrew Williams each picking up two wickets in a Pembroke total of 112 for nine. Before tea Andrew Palmer with 49 and Phillip Cockburn with 32 added 84 for the second wicket before Palmer was bowled by Nigel Phillips for 49. All rounder Andrew Williams reached 25 not out and Andrew Pawlett 24. Spinner Nigel Phillips was the pick of the Pembroke bowlers and he commanded respect from all of the batsmen in his three for 16 spell. Whitland reached a total of 155 for eight at home to Lawrenny. Cardiff student Edward John, a product of the club's junior and youth section cemented the innings together with an excellent knock of 67 not out. The left hander added 65 in the fourth wicket partnership with Mark Lee who contributed 23. For Lawrenny Simon Cole took three for 34, skipper Steve Lewis three for 36 and opening bowler Robert Williams was a little unlucky not to take more than two for 12 in his ten overs. Lawrenny were never able to keep up with the required run rate and in the end settled for a draw on a total of 122 for eight. Andrew Cole senior scored 31 with four fours and one six supported by all rounder Simon Cole with 23. Hugh Griffiths with 16 not out and Chris Buckle batted out the last five overs in an undefeated ninth wicket partnership. Whitland skipper Paul Webb has an impressive spell of four for 22 and young opening bowler Owen Edwards finished with three for 40.
Division Two
Saundersfoot and Lamphey were both relegated from Division One last season and both teams produced some excellent cricket before Lamphey won by five wickets to a reply to a Saundersfoot total of 166 for nine. Saundersfoot openers David Parcell and Steve Cole had a first wicket partnership of 50. It was broken when Cole was bowled by leg spinner Paul White for 25 having hit one six and four fours in his innings. Parcell went on to score 32 again with one six and four fours before he was also bowled by White, Paul Mansbridge chipped in with 22 and later young all rounder Simon Stanford scored 23. Spinner White finished with four for 30 and appears to be enjoying the chance of a regular opportunity to bowl in Division Two. In support, Haydn Cole took three for 34 and former wicket keeper Mark Yea two for 38. An opening partnership of 87 between skipper Robert Matthias and Vice Captain Hywel Gibbs laid the platform for the Lamphey win. Gibbs scored 53 from 57 deliveries including one six and six fours before being trapped with his pads in front by Saundersfoot skipper Chris Parker and Matthias produced a solid innings of 54 from 93 deliveries before being stumped by Ian Poole off the bowling of Chris Parker. After Mark Yea became another Parker victim for 14, when he was caught by Simon Stanford, Nick Shelmerdine with 20 not out assisted by Grant Cole took the visitors to a winning total of 169 for five. Chris Parker took four for 45 for Saundersfoot and his son Yannick picked up the other wicket to fall. Carew Seconds were bowled out for 72 at home to Stackpole who had scored 138 for nine. Anthony Canton, the younger brother of Carewís John Canton scored 34 supported by Al an Webster with 29 and Richard McKay with 24. Darren Thomas showed his experience to take three from 26 from nine overs, Steve Ive three from 32 from 12 overs and Seb Palin finished with two for 28. Anthony Canton ripped through the Carew batting line-up and took the first six wickets to fall to finish with six for 13 from 12 tight overs. At one stage Carew Seconds were 46 for eight but lower order batsman Nick Cope scored 15 to give the Carew total a degree of respectability at 72. Richard McKay finished with two for five. In other Division Two matches Haverfordwest finished with 106 for five in reply to a Burton total of 188 for seven. Newly promoted Herbrandston had an exciting two wickets win at home to Llangwm who were bowled out for 79 and lowly Johnston were dismissed for 95 at home to Llanharan after the visitors had reached 168 all out.
Division Three
Whitland Seconds won by 91 runs away to Burton Seconds and have moved into third place in Division Three. A second wicket partnership of 66 between teenager Martin Thomas and Kevin Pearce set up the Whitland total of 163 for seven. Pearce scored 53 including nine fours and Thomas 42 and other useful contributions came from Simon Davies with 16 and James Davies with 16 not out. For the Burton team John Scale, Joe Dickson and Dean Hayes each collected two wickets. In reply superb bowling by Shaun Lynch who took six for 21 and Simon Davies who took two for 22 resulted in Burton Seconds being bundled out for 72 with young opening batsman James Cromwell top scoring on 14. Narberth Seconds were dismissed for 83 away to Fishguard. Chris Richards did his best to hold everything together in his innings of 15. For the Fishguard team Ben Watson took four for 23 and Nigel Morgan three for five. Opener David Haynes with 42 not out steered Fishguard to a five wickets win and evergreen spinner Nick Evans took two for 19 for Narberth. Manorbier elected to bat against Hundleton and posted useful total of 149 for nine. The middle order batsmen contributed strongly as Jeremy Smith scored 22, Phil Lawrence 37, Keith May 28 not out and Mark Meyrick 19 to provide the bulk of runs. Jonathan Williams bowling spin took thee for 13 and Richard Allen bowled well with two for 19 off 12 overs. In reply Phil Kidney proved something of handful for the Hundleton batsmen, taking 4 for 40, but there was no back up for him. Morgan Allen compiled 60, Mark Williams a quick- fire 31 and Jon Tysoe 22 as Hundleton reached target for the loss of six wickets and also picked up an extra bonus point on reaching 150.
Division Four
Pembroke Dock continued to lead Division Four closely followed by Kilgetty and Cresselly Seconds. The Dock travelled to Lawrenny on Saturday and managed to bowl out Lawrenny Seconds for 118 despite the efforts of opener Adrian Harris who scored 57 including seven fours. The only other batsmen in double figures were John Fuller with 11 and Alun Evans with ten. Spinner Jason Coles had an outstanding spell of seven for eight in just over seven overs. The Dock won by four wickets on reaching 120 for six. Opener Peter Jones had an important contribution of 43 supported by Andrew Wood with 19, all rounder John Davies with 25 not out and Nick Daley with 14. For the Lawrenny team John Fuller took two for 23 and Alun Evans two for 27. At Pembroke the visitors Kilgetty recovered from 25 for three to reach 151 for four and win by four wickets against the Pembroke Seconds team who had been restricted to 146 for nine. Opening batsman Tim Gould had a patient innings of 56 not out for Pembroke Seconds, there were 24 extras including 17 wides, skipper Simon Smith Wrench reached 22 as did all rounder Lee Jenkins backed up by Paul Rogers with 15. Kilgetty spinner Allen Hurst took four for 32 in his ten overs with both Anthony Bevan and Jamie Morgan collecting two wickets each. As might be expected the Kilgetty recovery was led by skipper Graham Jenkins with 85 not out from just 64 deliveries including ten fours. He had invaluable support from Richard Prout, the Kilgetty opening bowler with 28 not out. Prout injured his foot whilst bowling and batted with a runner and his innings included one six and two fours as he added 85 for the fifth wicket with Jenkins. Earlier Josh Bevan helped Jenkins add 41 for the fourth wicket and then stayed in to act as a runner for Prout who hit the winning six off the bowling of County Club Assistant Secretary John Harries. For Pembroke Seconds Lee Jenkins had an excellent spell of two for 32 and opened his spell with four successive maidens and Paul Rogers took two for 24. Cresselly Seconds had a comfortable ten wickets win at Lamphey after bowling out Lamphey Seconds for 88. Andrew Skeels scored 24 for the Lamphey team before being caught by Scott Arthur off the bowling of Richard Arthur and Rizwan Hassan had a supporting knock of 16. Cresselly Seconds skipper Richard Arthur finished with five for 28 to set up a win for his team after Philip James had taken two for 13 in 12 overs and Mathew Lewis two for 21. Scott Arthur and Rhydian Rees had no difficulty in knocking off the winning runs with Arthur scoring 46 not out including two sixes and five fours and Rees 37 not out in the Cresselly total of 82 without loss.
Division Five
Carew Thirds travelled to Llechryd with an inexperienced side and were bowled out for 78 by Llechryd Seconds. Teenager Adam Mahrleine took four for five and caused problems for all of the Carew batsmen apart from the experienced Clive Cole who scored 30. Oliver Roberts with 33 not out was the main contributor as Llechryd Seconds won by eight wickets. Although Whitland Thirds were bowled out for 104 away to Stackpole Seconds they came within a whisker of winning the match. 16 year old Carl Smith top scored for the visitors with 35, a powerful innings which included five fours and one six and the more experienced Dawood Parker scored 25. All rounder Phil Tallett took six for 18 for Stackpole and Katherine Huxley two for 15. Stackpole Seconds held out for a draw on 90 for nine with Phil Tallett top scoring on 26. Whitland skipper Gwyn Phillips took five for 32 in his 12 overs and received excellent support from another experienced player Ashley Evans who took three for 11. St. Florence had an exciting one wicket win away to Johnston Seconds after dismissing the visitors for 87. Tommy Roberts took five for 19 and Ben McDonnell three for 34. Paul Davies was the pick of the Johnston batsmen and he scored 31 before being bowled by St. Florence skipper Steve Wilkins with his first delivery of the match. The other Johnston batsman in double figures was Glen Murray with 18. Wilkins played an important part in steering the Saints to victory. Batting at number seven he had an undefeated knock of 36 with two sixes and three fours and was supported at the end by young James Thomas who was playing his first game of senior cricket. Earlier Will Thomas had helped Wilkins add an important 25 runs for the ninth wicket. For the visitors Paul Davies took three for 18 and Nathan James three for 29.
Division Six
The match between Stackpole Thirds and Saundersfoot Seconds did not last very long as Saundersfoot skipper Chris Hawkes produced a match winning spell of five for five supported by Joe Kidney who took three for eight. Stackpole Thirds were bowled out for just 18, a total which the visitors passed for the loss of one wicket as Joe Duffy scored 16 not out. It was a similar story at Kilgetty where the visitors Fishguard Seconds struggled to reach 35 after 28 overs before being dismissed. Duane Rossiter took four for five and Brian Slate conceded just two runs in eight overs during which he picked up one wicket. Kilgetty Seconds had no difficulty in reaching 36 for three in the 12th over with Fishguard's Brian Hughes taking three for 20. In a high scoring match at Pembroke Dock, Pembroke Dock Seconds were held to 140 for eight by the visitors Haverfordwest Fourths. 15 year old Julian Edwards had an excellent knock of 42 for the Dock team supported by Malcolm Morris and Luke Murray with 14 a piece. Stephen H. Phillips took five for 20 for the visitors and Paul Jenkins took two for 34. The experienced Graham Morris top scored for the visitors with 53, Mike James chipped in with 22 and Colin Slater was 17 not out at the end when Haverfordwest Fourths won by six wickets. Jeff Moseley took two for 36 for the Dock team. Narberth Thirds declared upon reaching 189 for eight after 38 overs home to Hundleton Seconds at the Llanddewi Velfrey Ground. Opener Mathew Davies struck nine fours in his innings of 46, middle order batsman Ceri Davies reached 37 with three sixes and two fours and opener Rob Simons knuckled down to score 26. Richard Evans also scored 26 and Sam Mills was the other batsman in double figures with ten. Craig Williams took two for 20 for the visitors and Jamie Brenchley two for 55. Both teams had to be satisfied with a draw in the end with the Hundleton innings closing on 135 for six. Stephen Williams who batted with a runner held the Hundleton innings together with an undefeated 52 including six fours and Jamie Brenchley followed up his two wickets by having a useful innings of 21 before being bowled by Ceri Davies. Sam Mills finished with two for 19 for Narberth Thirds.