CHRIS Harrison and Mitch Trewin had competing claims for man-of-the-match in Stoke Gabriel 2nd XI’s 107-run win over visitors Lewdown.
Trewin launched the Stoke Gabriel innings with 75 in a stand of 134 for the XXS wicket with Harrison.
Harrison went on to make 91 and looked odds on for a ton when he was bowled by Lewdown’s Will Mallinson. That wicket broke a partnership with Dan Bullock worth 73.
One Mallinson got a taste for wicket-taking there was no stopping him with four more in his second spell including two in successive balls on the way to match figures of six for 47.
Bullock was the ninth and last man out for Stoke for 60 in their total of 291.
Harrison and Trewin took seven wickets between them – four for Harrison, three for Trewin – to bowl Lewdown out for 184.
In a running total of 135 for nine only Sid Yarrow (22) and Matt Maynard (21) got past 20.
Last-wicket pair Mallinson (32no) and Jimmy Simmons (22) put on 49 to give the scoreline added respectability.
CORNWOOD 3rd XI stay in the thick of the E West promotion race after demolishing Bridestowe & Belstone 2nd XI by seven wickets.
In what looks like a three-horse race for two promotion places, the one-two-three is Babbacombe (187pts), Kenn (173) and Cornwood (168).
As Cornwood still have to play Babbacombe and Kenn, there is everything to play for in the final third of the season.
Phil Woods played the anchorman role with the bat for B&B with 69. He was fourth out on 164 in an eventual total of 208 all out.
Charlie Martin (3-32) and San Rhode (3-46) were the Wood’s main wicket-taking bowlers. Andy Bees figures of 9-4-12-0 were frugal in the extreme.
Cornwood Opener Bruno Warwick-James batted from start to finish for 88 not out in the run chase. He lost Ewan Grewal (47) on 66 then Aviral Srivastava (21) and Charlie Farmer (8) on 109 and 151 respectively.
Anthony Chapman (25no) joined Warwick-James for a 59-run stand to wrap things up.
BABBACOMBE’S comfortable 58-run win over Paignton 3rd XI ensured they stayed 14 points clear of Kenn at the top of the E West standings.
Skipper Rob Redding went through 400 league runs for the season so far with 81 in Babbacombe’s total of 274 for five.
Getting Redding out didn’t slow things down as Adrian Lipton (94) and Nathan Snape (32) carried on in the same way. Andy Singh (3-56) was Paignton’s leading wicket taker.
Paignton opener Jason Woodcock showed there were some runs left in his old legs a top score of 61. Eleven fours kept dashing between the stumps to a minimum.
Numerous batters got in, got settled and got out without making the big scores Paignton needed. Best of the bunch were Singh (32) and Ward (39no) in a reply of 216 for seven.
KENN walloped Stokeinteignhead by 130 runs to stay on station behind Babbacombe in the E East title race.
Half-century stands involving combinations of James Gosling (26), Chris May (68), Charlie Francis (59), Sam Plumb (20) and skipper James Mason (43no) generated a total of 286 for six.
Joshimon Joshimon (1-33) was the sole Stoke bowler to stay below for runs an over.
A new-ball duffing up from Hugh Stronge (5-23) was largely the reason Stoke were 26 for six at one stage.
Shinto Kurlakose (31), Andrew Thornton-Clarke (24), Chako John (33) and Vivek Vithlani (45no) got the final score up to 156 all out.
WHITCHURCH Wayfarers put some distance between themselves and the E West drop spots with a 35-run win over Plympton 2nd XI.
What was only a six-point safety margin has now widened to 19 points thanks to this win and helpful results elsewhere.
Losing skipper Richard Potts first ball was a blow Whitchurch could have done without, but a ton-up stand between Richard Hall (83) and Peter Freedman more than repaired the damage.
Chip-ins from Charlie Goodfellow (20) and Jack McKenzie (27) – plus 28 wides shunted the final score up to 230 all out.
Jack Sellick’s impressive form for Plympton continued with a four-wicket haul and there were two wickets for Chris Dunstan.
Darren Sambells (4-35) and Ben Hodge (3-35) were the Whitchurch bowlers who largely did the damage as Plympton were bowled out for 195.
There was a game to be won either way when Plympton were 159 for four in reply. Potts removing Jack Martin for 67, followed by McKenzie running out Jake Agnew (43) tilted the game Whitchurch’s way.
