Twelve-year-old Jack Murphy's exploits in cricket have been well documented so far, but even he surpassed some of his previous achievements as he took four wickets in four balls for Cresselly against Lawrenny to help his team into the third round of the competition. The tall left arm seamer finished with 5-19, with the last four wickets coming in his fifth and final over as Lawrenny chased Cresselly's 121-7. Thanks to Murphy they didn't even come close, being bundled out for 80, despite Steve Cole, James Phillips and Barry Phillips all getting into double figures. Cresselly's total was built around a solid team performance, aided by scores of 25 and 23, respectively, by Scott Arthur and Steve Davies. Lawrenny's bowlers did a good job of restricting them to this total, with Barry Phillips the chief wicket taker with 2 for 31. In reply, Lawrenny were always behind the eight ball as Cresselly's bowlers, who ply their league trade a division above their opponents, were just too good on the day, and none was better than Murphy. Llangwm eased their way passed Pembroke Dock to record a nine-wicket win away from home. The visitors were too strong all round as they hustled the home team out for 86, with Andrew Phillips, one of the county's quickest bowlers, charging in to take 6-28. Only Geoff Moseley with 20 and Julian Edwards with 16 offered any real resistance. Llangwm made no mistake in getting the runs, with John Lewis the only batsman to depart scoring 35. The other score of note came from Peter Morgan, who was unbeaten on 36. Crymych gained a three-wicket win over Saundersfoot as they restricted the home side to 119 for 6 in their allotted overs, despite an opening stand of 61 between Steve Cook and Paul Morris. The classy Cook hit 27 off 34 balls with three 4s, while Morris went even better, hitting six boundaries in his 30-ball knock of 40. For Crymych, Marc Thomas took 2 for 15 and Neil Godden 2 for 24. Crymych made no mistake in getting the runs as they took 18.4 overs to score 123 for 7. Rob Nicholas led the way with 62 not out, an innings that took just 48 balls with eight 4s. Brother Gary struck 17, while Dafydd Jones scored 10, despite the efforts of Andrew Evans, who took 4 for 31, and David Parcell, who took 3 for 29. The game between Pembroke and Haverfordwest ended in an easy with for the Town as they asked Pembroke to bat first at Crickmarren and restricted the home side to 81 for 6 off their 20 overs. Tight bowling by John Wilmot, who took 2 for 26, and Andrew Rolston, who took 2 for 8, made sure of a low total to chase despite a fifth wicket partnership of 48 between Simon Smith-Wrench, who scored 26 not out, and Andrew Price, who hit 24 not out. So tight was the bowling that Pembroke only managed three boundaries in their innings. Haverfordwest had no trouble passing the total as they reached 85 for 2 in just 12.2 overs, Richard James hitting 30 and Mark Jones 34 not out, despite the efforts of Charlie Allen and Sean Powell, who took a wicket apiece. Meanwhile, Fishguard had little trouble beating Hundleton as they batted first to score 131 for 5, with Kevin Bowen and Sam Kurtz scoring 45 and 42, respectively. In reply, the home side could only muster 72 for 7 as Bowen took 4 for 10, despite a fine 30 by Liam Williams. Two games were scheduled for last (Thursday) night, with Burton entertaining Johnston and Whitland at home to Neyland.
Tavernspite Garden Centre Alan Brown Cup semi- final Manorbier win by seven wickets. Struggling to raise a team at the start of the season let alone win a match in Division Four, things have been looking up for Manorbier in recent weeks. Some players have recovered from injury and others who were unavailable because of work commitments are now playing on a regular basis. The club's fortunes had a terrific boost with this seven wickets win at home to Third Division Lamphey to book a place for Manorbier in the final of the Alan Brown Cup. Lamphey were bowled out for 49, which represented a recovery for the visitors, who were 5 for 4 and later 9 for 7. Paul Oeppen and Phillip Kidney were almost unplayable as Oeppen took 4 for 17 and Kidney 3 for 2 in five overs. Although Grant Cole offered some resistance with an undefeated innings of 15, which included a four and a six, Justin Evans took 2 for 15 and Neil Powling 1 for 15 to dismiss the visitors for under 50. The Manorbier batsmen had little difficulty in knocking off the winning runs, despite the 2 for 4 spell by Haydn Cole and accurate bowling by skipper Steve Vale, who finished with 1 for 7. Led by opener Mike May, who hit five 4s in his innings of 27 not out, Manorbier registered their comprehensive win upon reaching 50 for 3. Paul Oeppen was the second highest scorer with 12. The final of the Tavernspite Garden Centre Alan Brown Cup will be played at Whitland on Sunday, July 9, commencing at 12.30 pm. The umpires will be Dennis Chiffi, of Cresselly, and Walter Dash, of Camrose and Spittal. Manorbier will meet Crymych in the final, who won the other semi-final at the second attempt with a win by five wickets at Pembroke Dock. The teams tied the original match last week after both teams had scored 141 for six.