Division One

Carew's ninth win of the season and Cresselly's eighth draw has increased the Carew lead at the top of the table to 25 points making it more difficult for Cresselly to prevent Carew from being Division One champions this season.

An opening stand of 65 between Ian Sefton and Nick Scourfield plus a third wicket partnership of 86 between Brian Hall and Simon Wood took Carew to a total of 182-6 at home to Llangwm.

Hall top scored on 50 with five fours and two sixes followed by Wood with 43, Sefton with 34 and Scourfield with 30.

For Llangwm, Andrew Brock finished with figures of 3-43 and Richard Brock took 2-25. The three wickets for Andrew Brock came in successive deliveries when he dismissed Brian Hall, Phil Jones and Martin Scourfield to complete a fine hat-trick.

Llangwm were dismissed for 96 in reply with most of the runs coming from the bat of Chris Inward who hit two sixes and six fours in an exemplary innings of 62 before being bowled by Rhys Davies who finished with 3-42.

Skipper Rob Scourfield took 4-19 and leg spinner Ceri Brace 3-15.

Cresselly were bowled out for 185 away to Neyland on the last ball of the innings which had been reduced to 43 overs following a delayed start.

Left hander Damian Arthur finished with 44no, opener Phil Williams scored 37, James Venables 31 and Julian Arthur 21.

Henry Durrant took 3-22 for Neyland who held on for a draw at 131-8.

Andrew Miller held things together in his determined innings of 50, Scott John scored 21 and after the dismissal of Miller when he was bowled by Jack Murphy, Sean Hannon with 19no and Henry Durrant with 10no prevented any further wickets from falling.

For Cresselly Richard Harris took 3-17.

Lawrenny were bowled out for 106 away to Haverfordwest who won by eight wickets with a total of 112-2.

Opener Andrew Cole scored 34 for the visitors and James Buckle 23.

Simon Williams who has worked his way up through the Haverfordwest teams this year took 5-27 and spinner Clive Tucker 4-21.

Opener Danny Potter continued his good form for Haverfordwest to finish with 67no including 11 fours and Dan Field finished on 33no with all but one of the runs coming from fours or sixes.

Steve Lewis took 2-19 for Lawrenny.

At Whitland it was a must win match for both teams but a single by Carl Smith off the last ball of the innings gave Whitland a narrow one wicket win by reaching 171-9 in response to a Hook total of 170 all out.

For the visitors Ben Field with 59 and Jamie Phelps with 31 put on 86 runs for the first wicket. Their efforts were followed by Martyn Rees who scored 35.

Whitland skipper Mark Lee had a match winning spell of 6-55 and spinner Paul Webb took 4-36.

Not for the first time this season, Matthew Davies led the Whitland scoring with 67 including 12 fours supported by Mark Lee with 24 and there were 22 extras.

Ross Martin took 5-27 from his 12 tight overs with two of the wickets falling in the last over.

Although it was a thrilling, nail biting finish the loss of this tight game in the bottom of the table clash could have a miserable outcome for the visitors unless Carew Seconds manage to finish the season in a top two position.

Rain prevented play in the match between Narberth and St Ishmaels.

Division Two

Leaders Herbrandston have widened the gap between second placed Saundersfoot after dismissing Pembroke for 76. Paul White top scored for the visitors with 46 as Nathan Banner took 4-18 and Jonty Bennett 3-10.

Herbie won by six wickets on reaching 77-4 with Jonty Bennett 37. Rob Weston took 2-7 for the visitors.

At Burton the visitors Saundersfoot were bowled out for 154. Paul Mansbridge scored 41 of the runs, supported by James Caine with 23.

For Burton, James Scale took 4-28 and Steve Jones 3-29.

In reply, an innings of 36no by Luke Hayman and 24 apiece by Steve Jones and Chris Campbell enabled Burton to hold on for a draw at 129-8. Danny Caine took 3-27 and Yannick Parker 3-28.

Carew Seconds are snapping at the heels of the Division Two leaders and picked up their seventh win of the season at Stackpole.

The visitors scored 252-4. Robert Hicks had an excellent innings of 91 before being trapped leg-before by Alan Webster, wicket-keeper Christian Phillips had an aggressive innings of 63 not out and James Hinchcliffe hit 10 fours in his innings of 56.

Stackpole were dismissed for 105 as Darren Thomas took 3-26, with two wickets apiece for Steffan Davies and Mathew Whitfield.

Opener Josh Davies scored over half of his team's runs with 61.

Cresselly Seconds had a comfortable eight wickets win at home to Fishguard after the visitors were dismissed for 96, despite the efforts of David Haynes with 50.

Cresselly skipper Richard Arthur took 4-7 and left arm seam bowler Matthew Lewis 4-16.

In reply Cresselly Seconds strolled to 99-2 with Scott Arthur leading the way on 41 with the main support coming from Neal Williams with 29no and Steve Williams with 23no.

Johnston scored 202-9 at home to Haverfordwest Seconds who were dismissed for 128 in reply.

Division Three

Division Three leaders Whitland Seconds had a five wickets win away to Pembroke Dock after the Dock had reached 193-8.

Wales and Lions scrum-half Mike Phillips had a tremendous game and took 4-40 with the ball as Peter Kingdom top scored for the Dock with 54 backed up by Julian Edwards on 32 and Scott Griffiths on 26.

Mike Phillips then blasted 12 fours and two sixes in a match winning innings of 90no and added 133 for the fourth wicket with skipper Shane Morgan who scored 47.

David Dunfee and left arm spinner Jason Coles had two wickets each for the Dock.

Narberth Seconds were bowled out for 117 away to Hundleton. Ben Hughes top scored on 27 supported by Richard Howell with 24.

Craig Williams and Chris Stapleton were the leading bowlers for Hundleton with returns of 4-36 and 3-28 respectively.

An attacking innings of 28 by John Tysoe took Hundleton to 118-7 in reply despite the efforts of Ben Hughes with 3-23 and Jordan Howell with 2-9.

Lamphey won by 38 runs away to St Ishmaels Seconds after bowling out the Tish team for 65 chasing a Lamphey total of 103 all out.

Teenager James Skeels celebrated his birthday by top scoring for the visitors with 30 an innings which included one huge straight six. He forged an important partnership with middle order batsman Robert Mathias who scored 21 as the pair held the Lamphey innings which enabled the visitors to recover from being 13-3.

Gareth Cheshire bowled well to take 3-8 and there were two wickets each for Daniel Flynn, Lennie Rees and Paul Palmer.

Although Daniel Flynn had a quick fire innings of 27, the Tish team failed to recover from being 7-3 as spinner Hywel Gibbs took 5-22, his spin twin Andrew Skeels took 2-3 and opener Steve Vale took 2-17.

Division Four

Kilgetty were bowled out for 80 away to Llangwm Seconds and the total was boosted by 39 from Robert Beynon lower down the order.

Paul Morgan took 4-16 for Llangwm Seconds who won by four wickets on reaching 81-6 after Hugh Brock scored 26.

Left arm opening bowler Jamie Morgan took 4-45 for the visitors.

Burton Seconds were dismissed for 62 away to Pembroke Seconds after Lee Jenkins took 4-12 and Mathew Mitchell 3-7.

Mitchell also top scored in the Pembroke reply and helped his team record a win by seven wickets with a total of 63-3. Graham Morris took 2-8 for the visitors.

Lawrenny Seconds were held to a total of 147-7 at home to Johnston Seconds and the second placed team won by four wickets with a total of 149-6.

There was consistent batting from the Lawrenny batsmen as John Fuller scored 36, Barry Phillips 35, Steve Campbell 27 and David Jones 21.

Liam James took 3-36 for the visitors.

Steve James was the pick of the Johnston batsmen in his innings of 50 and Chris Goodridge chipped in with 25.

Division Five

Only two matches were played in Division Five, one of which involved Saundersfoot Seconds at home to Whitland Thirds who slipped into the relegation zone after losing by nine wickets.

Although Gwyn Phillips scored 66 and fifteen year old Rhys Davies 40 supported by John Coney with 20, the visitors were held to 155-9 as Sam Franklin took 3-21, Chris Parker 3-29 and Richard Cope 3-42.

An opening stand of 138 between the father and son combination of Mike and Sam Franklin set up a Saundersfoot total of 158-1.

Mike Franklin found the boundary 12 times and cleared it twice in his undefeated knock of 95 and Sam Franklin scored 57.

A combination of rain and wet pitches ruled out matches at Saundersfoot where Llangwm Thirds were the visitors and at Carew where Carew Thirds should have been home to Carew Thirds in a local derby.

No play at all was possible in any match in Division Six.