Clyst St George carry on winning + Feniton scrape derby win

Kevin Kelly, who had to rush off to put out fire and missed the second half of Honiton

FENITON sit third behind Clyst St George, but only after a close-run derby date against Honiton.

Feniton were all out for 176 in the last of their 45 overs and Honiton got to 164 in reply before their curtain fell.

Having got to 128 for four with Graham Tucker (28), Jack Tucker (20) and Matt Davies (30) all contributing, Feniton’s final total was below par.

Only Adrian Pullin (27) made many runs as Ian Kelly (2-42) and Willy Graham (3-42) ran through the batting.

Rob Ingram had taken three for 42 while there was still some shine on the ball.

Dave Haysom (44) and Andrew Lapping (47) put on 94 for Honiton’s first wicket. But when they went three runs apart the momentum went with them.

Jon Pyle (5-27) reduced Honiton to 123 for five on his own then handed the batton to Jack Tucker (3-42) to finish the job. Kieran Conway was 29 not out when last man Kevin Kelly was timed out.

“Kevin is a firefighter and was called away about 20 minutes into our innings,” said Honiton skipper James Pickard.

“He was stuck in Taunton and did not get back until half an hour after we finished.”

HARRY Everett hit a top score of 89 not out in Sampford Peverell & Tiverton’s 66-run win over Sandford.

Lee Hooper (38) and Lewis Hough (38) also played a part in taking SP&T to 272 for six.

Sandford’s Matt Theedom, the former Somerset 2nd XI and Devon pace bowler, took three for 37.

Sandford lost wickets in pairs when they batted and that contributed to their down fall. The game had already got away from them when Ben Clement (36) and Jim Shepherd (45) were sixth and seventh out between 172 and 175.

Wickets were shared with two each for Tom Hatton, Paul Rendall and Chris Salter.

KENTISBEARE are up to fourth in the D Division East thanks to a crushing nine-wicket win away to Budleigh Salterton 2nd XI.

Budleigh must have felt reasonably secure at tea after amassing 263 for eight in 45 overs. Theo Northover made 55 and Harry Parkin was 43 not out when the overs ran out.

Kents raced to victory on the back of an undefeated 113 from Phil Tatterton. Matt Stewart went through 300 league runs for the season with his 89. Their stand of 203 for the first wicket rendered the outcome a foregone conclusion.

“There wasn't much in the deck for the bowlers, but Matt and Tats partnership was crucial,” said skipper Tom Martin.

“They ran well and it was great to see them come into form going into the second half of the season.”

Kents eased past Sandford into fourth place where they are just three points behind Feniton, who occupy the third promotion place.

CLYST St George added another 20 points to their tally at the top of the D Division East by inflicting a 102-run defeat on Clyst Hydon.

Run machine Sam Read, three tons already and with the power to add, may have been missing, but St George managed just fine without him.

Dan Kendall made 75, Jayak Nallala weighed in with 50 and top-ups from Inder Singh (32), Chris Ferro (25) and Steve Bourke took the total to 242 for eight.

Clinton Holmes (1-24) kept it tight for Hydon and there were wickets for Will Thornton (3-50) and James Pascoe (2-53).

Hydon were all out for 140 with more than five overs to go. Ian Sutton (37) and Keith Herselman (39) had the only scores above 20.

Singh (3-29) roughed up the Hydon batters, leaving Ferro (5-3) to spin through a collapsing lower order.

UPOTTERY hold on to second place behind Clyst St George courtesy of a five-wicket win over Chardstock.

Chardstock, who were without skipper and all-rounder Rob Hutchings, got to182 for eight in their 45 overs.

Ed Pyman (41) his dad Richard Pyman (27) and Ed Brown, who retired on 49, were the main run scorers for Chardstock. Jack Larcombe (3-31) shaded James Mitcham (2-32) and Paul Wakefield (2-33) in the bowling department.

Larcombe opened up after tea for Upottery and his 76 not out made the chase routine.

Mitcham (30) and Adam Pulman (24) were supporting acts.