Division One
After being bowled out for a meagre total of 24 on Bank Holiday Monday, Narberth appeared to be heading in the same direction on Saturday in their home match with Haverfordwest.
There was the familiar clatter of early wickets until Marc Hughes staged his one man rescue act with a breath-taking innings of 124 to steer his team to a total of 191 for 8.
Hughes dominated the bowling to such an extent that the next highest score was that of Daniel James with 15. Hughes faced 124 balls and hit seven sixes and 11 fours in a superb counter attacking innings.
He received support from his brother Ian with 11, Daniel James with 15 and Gary Hughes with 14. Paul Thomas was the pick of the Town bowlers with a spell of three for 18 from 11 overs.
After the match Town skipper Jonathan Twig described the innings of Marc Hughes as the best he has seen against Haverfordwest in a decade.
The Narberth team had an unfamiliar look with a number of regulars missing, but the players rose to the occasion. Ian Hughes caused problems with his 3 for 16 spell from 12 overs, Richard Prout making his bowling debut for the first team took two for 12 in 10 overs and Richard Howell who has not bowled for the first team for five years took 2 for 24.
Haverfordwest struggled to stay in the game and they were indebted to left hander Phillip Kirkby who scored 82 not out from 98 deliveries. The next highest scorer was skipper Jonathan Twig with 11.
Kirkby kept his team in the game and managed to salvage a draw with some help from the lower order and Haverfordwest were 120 for nine at the end of the game.
Carew had an excellent six wickets win at Llangwm after restricting the home team to 155 for 5.
The Carew bowlers imposed a stranglehold over the Llangwm batsmen, although George Thomas did increase the tempo towards the end of his innings of 75 not out.
He received support from Alastair Platten with 22. Robert Scourfield took two for 30 for Carew who reached 159 for 4 in reply with Nick Scourfield undefeated on 70 including 11 fours supported by Simon Wood with 46. Llangwm skipper Darren Brick took 2 for 30.
Whitland travelled to Cresselly and found the Arthur brothers in free scoring mode as Cresselly stroked their way to 234 for four.
Damian Arthur had a splendid innings of 76 and Julian Arthur a swashbuckling innings of 62. The Arthur brothers received support from Adam Chandler with 30 not out, Ryan Lewis 22 not out and Simon Cole with 22.
Meyrick Rowlands was the most penetrative Whitland bowler with a spell of 3 for 54 and Mark Lee kept the runs in check going for less than two runs in each of his 12 overs as well as collecting the valuable scalp of Richard Harris.
Whitland went for the runs initially, but gradually put up the shutters as wickets fell and Cresselly won the match with one ball to spare when Andrew Williams was trapped with his pads in front of the wicket by skipper Richard Harris.
Colin John held the innings together with 35 and was backed up Rhidian Harries with 21, David Lee with 19 and Paul Webb with 18.
Lawrenny were bowled out for 133 at Hook after Julian Green had taken 4 for 21 and Gary Martin 3 for 21.
The main contributors to the Lawrenny total were opener Adrian Harries with 50 and Andrew Cole Junior who hit four 6s in his brief knock of 27 including three in succession off Julian Green.
Lawrenny put up a great fight but Hook had a narrow two wickets win in the last over largely due to the efforts of Jamie Phelps with 41 and Gary Martin with 25. Lawrenny skipper Robert Williams took 4 for 23 and all rounder Ian Jenkins took 2 for 17.
Pembroke had a disappointing day at St. Ishmaels after dismissing the home team for 184. Spinner Paul White took 4 for 53, pace man Jonathan Hyde 3 for 47 with other wickets going to Gwyn Griffiths and Martin Fletcher. For Tish Andrew Williams scored 47, Steven Williams 53 and Michael Symons 22.
A brilliant spell of 5 wickets for 6 runs by Jonathan Pawlett proved to be the downfall of the Pembroke team who were bowled out for 83 after Mark Fraser had scored 25. Steven Williams and Graham Salter chipped in with two wickets apiece.
Division Two
Carew Seconds had an impressive win at home to Johnston who were bowled out for 85 in response to a Carew Seconds total of 196 for 3.
The experienced Gerald Hicks scored 67 not out supported by teenagers Ben Evans with 63 and Steve Ive with 23. Wesley Cole also scored 27.
Johnston collapsed after openers Gary Stevens and John Summons had put on 30 for the first wicket. Skipper Ceri Davies took 4 for 7 in 11 overs and Matthew Phillips took 5 for 19.
In the Division Two match of the day at Lamphey, the visitors Saundersfoot had the Lamphey batsmen in all sorts of trouble at 27 for 4, but all rounder Hywel Gibbs led a Lamphey revival with his maiden century reaching 109 not out from 116 deliveries with 11 fours and two sixes. Gibbs scratched around for a while and survived a couple of chances, but as his innings blossomed he dominated the Lamphey innings with a splendid array of shots in a controlled batting display.
Steve Vale with 25 not out helped Gibbs add 66 during an unbroken ninth wicket partnership and Mark Yea was the other batsman with double figures with 15.
Wickets were shared amongst the Saundersfoot bowlers with Kevin Sykes taking 3 for 14 and there were two wickets each for David Parcell and Danny Caine.
When Saundersfoot replied Ian Poole had a brisk 22 and Paul Mansbridge exuded class in his innings of 37, which included eight fours. Apart from his usual trademark front foot drives Mansbridge also played wristy shots off his legs.
Saundersfoot were in the hunt when Mansbridge was at the crease but when he was bowled by Greg England the lower order eventually crumbled despite the efforts of Roger Stanford with a valiant 18 not out. Greg England ended with four for 30 for Lamphey and there were two wickets each for Tim Haggar and Hywel Gibbs.
Division Three
Manorbier travelled to Llechryd and were involved in a tense finish after being dismissed for 94. Kevin Evans with 4 for 9 backed up by Steve Curran
With 3 for 33 caused the damage despite the efforts of Neil Powling with 32, Mike May with 15 and Phil Lawrence with 14.
Llechryd openers Kevin Evans and Ray Hasler gave their team a good start with an opening partnership of 51. However when Hasler fell to a superb catch by Gareth Lawrence off the bowling of Justin Evans for 20 it triggered off a collapse. Kevin Evans held the innings together until he was run out by Neil Powling and it was left to the last pair of Brian Slark and Darren Davies to take Llechryd to a winning total of 97 for 9.
Justin Evans finished with 3 for 17 and Neil Powling took 2 for 24.
Cresselly Seconds also made the journey North and their batsmen prospered at Crymych in a total of 170 for 4. Steve Thomas scored 53 and Jim Kinnear 46.
Crymych opener Malory Stanford scored 62 as Crymych held on to a draw at 145 for 8.
Cresselly's Richard Arthur had a day to remember with his four wicket haul which included his first ever hat trick.
Lawrenny Seconds had a comfortable nine wickets win over the visitors from Narberth. The consistent Owen Williams took 4 for 26 supported by Ken Small with 2 for 18 to restrict Narberth Seconds total of 124 for eight.
All rounder Greg Morris top scored for the visitors with 41 and received support from skipper Mathew Davies with 19, Peter Hughes with 15 and 13-year-old Joe Allen with 12.
Although opener Stephen Cole was dismissed for 25 skipper David Jones with 31 not out and Mark Cross with 46 not out including six fours and one six took Lawrenny Seconds to a total of 128 for 1.
Division Four
Whitland Seconds were denied a game on Saturday as they should have been playing Cardigan who have dropped out of the League.
Pembroke Seconds were home to Haverfordwest Thirds and had a comfortable win by five wickets after dismissing the visitors for 96.
Opener Alan Sexton top scored for the Haverfordwest team with 19. Danny Williams took 5 for 11 and Paul Rogers took 4 for 12 with all four victims being leg before wicket.
Pembroke Seconds reached a total of 99 for 5 with opener Tim Gould scoring 24 supported by Colin Kaijaks with 17 not out.
Carew Thirds were home to Stackpole Seconds and had the better of a drawn encounter after being bowled out for exactly 100. Russell Knox scored 24 supported by David Sefton with 21. Stackpole skipper Steve Alford took 4 for 18.
The visitors managed to hold on to a draw as the last wicket pair of Katherine Huxley and Anton John played out the last seven overs.
Steve Alford followed up his bowling to top score with 16 and for the Carew team Neil Hallett, 14-year-old Steve Handicott and Neil Gregory each took two wickets.
Camrose and Spittal Seconds managed to secure a draw scoring 107 for 9 in their home match against Lamphey Seconds after the visitors had scored 147 for 9.
Division Five
Pembroke Dock had an eight wickets win in their away match against Narberth Thirds after dismissing the home team for 85.
The Narberth total would have been in a sorry state without the innings of Clive James who scored 57 with three sixes and six fours and the experienced player received excellent support from 13-year-old Thomas Richards with 23 not out.
Pembroke Dock skipper Steve Larne took 7 for 24 and all the other wickets fell to runouts.
In reply the Dock cruised to a total of 86 for 2 after Peter Jones scored 56 and Nicky Daley 23. Henry Probert took both of the wickets to fall.
Whitland Thirds had an excellent seven wickets win at Letterston after the home team were dismissed for 118. John Gwilt, Chris Sampson and Darren Osborne were each dismissed for a personal total of 28, as Malcolm Thomas took 3 for 22 and Stuart Harris 3 for 18. Skipper John Davies took out the lower order with a spell of 4 for 5.
Whitland opener, Huw Davies dropped anchor to hold one end together with his knock of 50. John Davies scored 21 not out from 21 deliveries and 13- year-old Owen Edwards was 14 not out. Darren Osborne took two of the wickets to fall.
St Florence had their second win in succession after totalling 133 for 7 in their home match against Hook Seconds who were bowled out for 74 in reply.
For the St Florence team James Ruff and Stephen Hughes shared a third wicket partnership of 56 and when Hughes was dismissed for 18 Ruff went on to score 55.
Sion Jenkins took 3 for 22 for the visitors. Ben McDonnell was the bowling hero for St. Florence as he took 6 for 5 with his medium paced cutters. He was backed up by Scott Smith with 2 for 17.
For Hook Seconds Nigel Badham scored 23 and John Palmer 16.
Division Six
In their first competitive game for over a year Kilgetty enjoyed a successful return to League action with a 10 wickets win against Llanrhian thirds at St. Davids.
The Llanrhian batsmen had no answer to the pace Duane Reynolds who took 5 for 20 and Peter Mogg was the only batsman in double figures with 12 not out as Llanrhian were dismissed for 58.
There were also two wickets each for Brian Slate and debutante Mike Johns. Kilgetty had no difficulty in reaching a total of 63 without loss. After Mike Johns retired hurt with 18, Craig Hurst and Tommy James made sure of a Kilgetty win.
At Saundersfoot, the visitors Herbranston scored 166 for 6. D Scourfield was the pick of the batsmen with 54 as John Austin and Jason Bridges collected two wickets each. Despite a knock of 39 from James Llama and 18 from Saul Swinglehurst, the Saundersfoot team were bowled out for 109 in reply.
Can you believe it?
Kilgetty all rounder Allen Hurst was looking forward to his first game of cricket since the 2001 season as he was travelling to St Davids with his Kilgetty team mates for their away fixture against Llanrhian thirds.
Enroute to St Davids, Allen received a telephone call from the police calling him back to his office as an alarm had gone off at his place of work.
He duly complied with the request and was driven back to Kilgetty by his nephew Craig Hurst.
On arriving at his office he left his kit bag outside so as to make a quick dash to St Davids.
Although the alarm fortunately turned out to be a false alarm Allen had to remain at the office until the alarm system was reset so he lost out on his game of cricket on Saturday.
To make matters worse when the police car drove off it drove over his cricket kit!
In Allen's absence from, club chairman Ted George took his place in the team and kept wicket at the age of 71!
Results
Division One: Cresselly (30) 234-4 beat Whitland (6) 138-10; Hook (29) 134-8 beat Lawrenny (8) 133-10; Narberth (24) 191-8 drew with Haverfordwest (8) 120-9; St. Ishmaels (30) 184-10 beat Pembroke (7) 83-10; Llangwm (7) 155-5 lost to Carew (27) 159-4.
Division Two: Haverfordwest II (30) 186-6 beat Maenclochog (4) 51-10; Carew II (30) 196-3 beat Johnston (3) 85-10; Stackpole (10) 130-9 drew with Burton (21) 180-7; Lamphey (30) 184-8 beat Saundersfoot (8) 137-10; Llanrhian (5) 117-9 lost to Neyland (28) 120-4.
Division Three: Burton II (6) 154-5 lost to Fishguard (27) 155-2; Llechryd (28) 97-9 beat Manorbier (7) 94-10; Crymych (11) 145-8 drew with Cresselly II (19) 170-4; Lawrenny II (28) 128-1 beat Narberth II (4) 124-8; Hundleton (15) 169-5 drew with Camrose & Spittal (17) 191-10.
Division Four: Herbrandston (27) 62-2 beat Llangwm II (2) 58-10; Camrose & Spittal II (10) 107-9 drew with Lamphey II (19) 147-9; Pembroke II (28) 97-5 beat Haverfordwest III (5) 96-10; Carew III (17) 100-10 drew with Stackpole II (13) 90-9.
Division Five: Dinas (18) 139-7 drew with Llanrhian II (10) 103-7; Neyland II (29) 122-9 beat St. Ishmaels II (6) 79-10; Narberth III (3) 85-10 lost to Pembroke Dock (27) 86-2; Letterston (4) 118-10 lost to Whitland III (29) 122-3; St. Florence (29) 133-7 beat Hook II (5) 74-10.
Division Six: Haverfordwest IV (18) 124-9 drew with Hundleton II (12) 105-9; Burton III (30) 151-7 beat Letterston II (5) 61-10; Saundersfoot II (6) 109-10 lost to Herbrandston II (30) 166-6; Johnston II (30) 217-10 beat Crymych II (6) 45-10; Fishguard II (4) 43-10 lost to Llechryd II (26) 44-7; Llanrhian III (1) 58-10 lost to Kilgetty (27) 63-0.
PERFORMANCES
Division One: Cresselly; D. Arthur 76, J. Arthur 62, S. Jenkins 4 for 32, L. Richards 4 for 26. Whitland; C. John 35. Hook; G. Martin 3 for 21, J. Green 4 for 21, J. Phelps 41. Lawrenny; A Harries 50, A. Cole Jnr 27, Narberth; Marc Hughes 124, Haverfordwest; P. Kirkby 82 no. St. Ishmaels; A. Williams 47, S. Williams 53, J. Pawlett 5 for 6; Pembroke; P. White 5 for 53. Llangwm; G. Thomas 75 no. Carew; N. Scourfield 70 no.
Division Two: Haverfordwest II; D. Potter 64. Stackpole; A. Canton 25, J. Coles 4 for 33. Burton; C. Campbell 73 no, S. Jones 4 for 24. Lamphey; H. Gibbs 109 no, G. England 4 for 30. Saundersfoot; P. Mansbridge 37. Llanrhian; G. Davies 16, C. Couzins 53 no, C. Couzins 2 for 18. Neyland; J. Charles 35 no, G. Miller 25, P. Burton 4 for 14, G. Lloyd 3 for 16.
division three: Burton II; G. Bevan 49 no. Fishguard; R. Hall 63, N. Morgan 41. Llechryd; S. Curran 3 for 33, K. Evans 4 for 9, K. Evans 38. Manorbier; N. Powling 32, J. Evans 3 for 17, N. Powling 3 for 24. Crymych; M. Stanford 69 Cresselly II; S. Thomas 53, J. Kinnear 46. Lawrenny; O. Williams 4 for 26, M. Cross 46 no, D. Jones 31 no. Narberth II; G. Morris 41. Hundleton; S. Williams 36.
DIVISION FOUR: Herbrandston; A. Mc Clelland 23, P. Hood 3 for 10, P. Davies 3 for 5. Llangwm II; J. Venables 15. Lamphey; D. Vine 47. Pembroke II; D. Williams 5 for 11, P. Rogers 4 for 12.
Division Five: Dinas; R. Cousins 42, A Cousins 5 for 21. Llanrhian II; C. Morgan 44. Neyland II; M. Jones 56, I. Charles 2 for 3, I. Milson 4 for 21. St. Ishmaels; L. Rees 4 for 33, R. Riggs 21. Narberth III; C. James 57. Pembroke Dock; P. Jones 56, S. Laugharne 7 for 22. St. Florence; J. Roff 55, B. MacDonald 6 for 5. Hook II; S. Jenkins 3 for 22, N. Badham 23.
DIVISION SIX: Herbrandston II; D. Scourfield 54. Johnston II R. Murray 43. Crymych II; D. Sawyer 5 for 40. Haverfordwest IV; N. Jenkins 66, R. Dewstowe 5 for 20. Hundleton II; J. Brenchley 3 for 19, J. Harries 31, C. James 20.
Fixtures
Division One: Carew v Cresselly; Pembroke v Hook; Lawrenny v St. Ishmaels; Haverfordwest v Llangwm; Whitland v Narberth.
Division Two: Neyland v Haverfordwest II; Saundersfoot v Carew II; Johnston v Lamphey; Burton v Llanrhian; Maenchlochog v Stackpole.
Division Three: Burton II v Fishguard; Llechryd v Manorbier; Crymych v Cresselly II; Lawrenny II v Narberth II; Hundleton v Camrose & Spittal.
Division Four: Cardigan v Herbrandston; Stackpole II v Camrose & Spittal II; Lamphey II v Carew III; Haverfordwest III v Whitland II; Llangwm 11 v Pembroke II.
Division Five: Hook II v Dinas; Whitland III v Neyland II; St. Ishmaels II v Letterston; Pembroke Dock v St. Florence; Llanrhian II v Narberth III.
Division Six: Llechryd II v Haverfordwest IV; Crymych II v Burton III; Letterston II v Johnston II; Herbrandston II v Llanrhian III; Hundleton II v Stackpole III; Kilgetty v Saundersfoot II.