Week 7 beginning 7^th June 2009

11/06/09

Plymouth Mt. Wise 88 all out (C. Varcoe 15, S. Colmer 13, M. Martin 3-16, W. Farrell 2-9)

Plymouth Peverell 67 for 8 (J. Bellerby 15, M. Martin 14, B. Couldwell 2-6, J. Dodge 2-23)

Plymouth Mount Wise beat Plymouth Peverell by 21 runs

Plymouth Mount Wise (Year 7 Team) upset their older opponents Plymouth Peverell (Year 8 Team) in a local derby. Mount Wise batted first and at one stage were 54 for 1. Claire Varcoe top scored with 15. Steve Colmer and George Price were the only others to reach double figures. The wickets then tumbled and Mount Wise were all out for 88 in 19 overs. Best of Peverell’s bowlers were Will Farrell (2-9 off 4) and McCauley Martin (3-16 off 4).

In reply miserly bowling from Barney Couldwell (2-6 off 4) and Stevie Colmer (1-7 off 4) soon had Peverell in trouble. Peverell lost their way early on with dangerman Will Caufield brilliantly caught by Jack Dodge. James Bellerby (15) and McCauley Martin (14) tried to get Peverell back into it but with Dodge (2-23 off 4) wrapping things up Peverell closed on 67 for 8, losing by 21 runs to their younger rivals

Week 8 beginning 14^th June 2009

15/06/09

Plympton 41 all out (J. Mullan 11, R. Boase 4-9, J. Horgan 3-17)

Cornwood Dels 42 for 0 (M. Skeemer 33*, J. Mullins 0-10)

Cornwood Dels beat Plympton by 10 wkts

No Match Report Submitted

15/06/09

Tideford 121 for 2 (B. Carter 57, T. Martin 20, W. Caufield 1-18)

Plymouth Peverell 122 for 5 (W. Caufield 29, J. Bell 18*, B. Carter 2-27)

Plymouth Peverell beat Tideford by 5wkts

A high-scoring match between Plymouth Peverell and Tideford was won byPeverell thanks to a team batting display.Tideford won the toss, on an evening that had spells of both bright sunshine and rain showers, and set about the Plymouth bowling, with Ben Carter and Tom Martin putting on 56 for the opening stand, before Martin was run out thanks to a direct hit by Darryl Pinnegar. Oliver Price joined Carter at the crease, and moved the score on to 99, with some quick singles, and some good hitting, before Carter found James Bellerby at point, for a score of 57, from the bowling of Will Caufield. Oliver Demaine joined Price to move the score to 121-2 at the end of the 20overs.Plymouth's reply started quickly, despite the loss of opener Will Farrow in the first over. Will Caufield (29) set about the Tideford bowling from the beginning, and with valuable assistance from Ross Martin (9), James Bellerby (11), and Macauley Martin (14), the score after 10 overs was virtually on track with the required total of 122. With the score on 79, Caufield fell to the bowling of Nathan Summers, and with Macauley Martin going to Carter in the next over, Jo Bell and Matthew Sewell anaged to keep the scoring going to reach the target with 7 balls to spare. Sewell not out for 14, Bell not out for 18.

18/06/09

Whitchurch 183 for 3 (W. Barriball 105*, C. Barriball 20, B. Couldwell 1-31)

Plymouth Mount Wise 79 for 8 (J. Cummings 19, B. Hodge 5-0, L. Cummins 1-4)

Whitchurch beat Plymouth Mount Wise by 104 runs

Whitchurch decided to bat first, but soon lost Ben Hodge to Barney Couldwell. Billy Barriball and Josh Towl then got the scoreboard ticking and put on 46 before Towl (16) was caught off Jack Dodge. Billy was then joined by his brother Charlie with both boys hitting some glorious boundaries. Billy reached his 50 with a continuous assault on the Mount Wise bowlers only for Charlie to be bowled by Ben Singlehurst. Josh Monger (18 not out) started with a six and stayed with Billy right up to when reached his second century of the season, finishing with 105 not out. Whitchurch amassed 183 in their 20overs. Mount Wise started well but Luke Cummins was bowling well and soon got the wicket of Claire Varcoe, an easy catch for Monger. Good spells for Tom Phillips, Christian Hodges, David Northey, Towl & Monger could only muster 2 wickets. The ball was then given to opening bat Ben Hodge; first ball a great catch by Towl, second ball a plumb lbw, third ball a dot ball, fourth ball Hodge bowled Singlehurst, fifth ball plumb lbw again, sixth ball & Hodge bowled Travis Collins for a hat-trick. 5 wickets in 6 ball for 0 runs. After this the resistance had gone- a win for Whitchurch by 104 runs.

Week 9 beginning 21^st June 2009

22/06/09

Tavistock 104 for 9 (H. Taylor 23, J. Reid 2-11, M. White 2-11, B. Verran 2-9)

Cornwood Oaks 105 for 5 (J. Reid 37, D. Milligan 1-22, R. Passmore 1-23)

Cornwood Oaks beat Tavistock by 5 wkts

At a sunny kissed Cornwood Tavistock won the toss and chose to bat. The Tavistock opening pair of R. Bone and D. Milligan made a solid start and saw off the quick but wayward opening spell from the Cornwood Oaks strike bowlers Josh O'Hare and James Reid. The change of bowling to Matt White and Ben Verran proved decisive and between them they picked up 4 wickets and slowed the run rate considerably. Fortunately for Tavi, Taylor came in at the end and hit the ball all over the park for an excellent 23. In reply Cornwood lost Matt Maller early on the a fine piece of slow bowling from Bone but James Reid kept a cool head and with a season high 37 set up a tense finale. With a couple of quick wickets falling in the 15th over it needed some inspired running between the wickets from Anna Gower and Michael Johnson to see Cornwood home in the 19th over.

Cornwood Dels 125 for 9 (B. Nicholls 54, M. Skeemer 29, W. Farrow 2-11, R. Martin 2-27)

Plymouth Peverell 117 for 5 (W. Caufield 63*, R. Martin 17, D. Cummings 2-15)

Cornwood Dels beat Plymouth Peverell by 8 runs

No Match Report Submitted

23/06/09

Plympton 113 for 7 (C. Connaris 37, E. Dalby 30*, T. Waller 3-16, M. Blackmore 2-22)

Plymstock 115 for 5 (D. Mulberry 29*, J. Sumner 19, C. Connaris 2-7, T. Rossouw 2-14)

Plymstock beat Plympton by 5 wkts

The Plymstock U13s team have become expert at taking things into the last exciting over & the latest game was no exception. Plympton batted first on their home ground & an aggressive 1st wicket stand between Connaris (37) & Mullin (20) took the score to 44 in 5 overs before the latter was bowled by Blackmore. Only Dalby (30*) & Webber (11) reached double figures as Plymstock bowlers found their accuracy. Tom Waller was outstanding with 3-16 in his 4 overs. Plymstock’s reply started steadily with Josh Sumner (19) & Mike Blackmore (13). When they went, Tom Hunt (20) joined Dom Mulberry. Excellent bowling from Connaris (2-7 in 4 overs) halted the away team’s chase & they needed 20 off the last 4 overs. With boundaries difficult to hit, it was left to Alex Wilson (12*) to scamper some pressure runs with Mulberry. With adventurous running & not a little luck they drew the scores level on the second last ball & Mulberry hit the winner from the last ball.

25/06/09

Plymouth Mount Wise 94 for 5 (J. Cummings 20, D. Hosgood 2-1, H. Bennett 1-15)

Ivybridge 70 for 6 (G. McArdle 22*, J. Dale-Burrows 2-9, B. Singlehurst 1-9)

Plymouth Mount Wise beat Ivybridge by 24 runs

Ivybridge won the toss and put Mount Wise in. Mt. Wise batted steadily making 94-5 with Cummings scoring 20, Price 16 and Taylor scoring 7 on his debut. Ivybridge shared the wickets around with D Hosgood with the best figures: 1-2. Ivybridge in reply never got going thanks to some tight bowling from B. Couldwell (0-6 off 4) overs and J Dale-Burrows taking 2-9 on his debut. G McArdle showed great resilience by batting all 20 overs for a well-earned 27 not out in a total of 70-6.

Lewdown 111 for 6 (J. Williams 29, A. Craddock 27, M. Adams 2-9, W. Johnson 1-10)

Yelverton Typhoons 115 for 4 (D. Ackford 61*, J. Weeks 2-28, A. Craddock 1-22)

Yelverton Typhoons beat Lewdown by 6 wkts

No Match Report Submitted

Week 10 beginning 28^th June 2009

29/06/09

Plymouth Mount Wise 134 for 6 (N. Fennell 37*, J. Cummings 33, R. Bone 2-16, R. Passmore 2-30)

Tavistock 124 for 8 (D. Milligan 36, R. Bone 25, S. Colmer 2-20, D. Street 2-40)

Plymouth Mount Wise beat Tavistock by 10 runs

Tavistock put

Mt. Wise in on a glorious evening at The Ring. They posted 134 with J. Cummings (33) and N Fennell (37 not out) just beating extras which scored 34. Mt. Wise closed on 134 for 6. Bowling for Tavistock, R. Bone (4-0-16-2) and R. Passmore (4-0-30-2). In reply Tavistock were always a handful of runs behind Mt. Wise thanks to Mt. Wise bowling less wides and J. Dodge bowling (4-0-13-0). D. Milligan was suicidally run out for 36 (including one 6). R. Bone made 25, D. Hammil (10) and T. Howard (8) swung the bat but it was all in vain as Mt. Wise fielded well when necessary. Tavistock needed 14 off the last over, but Mt. Wise's captain S. Colmer kept his head and took two wickets for 4 runs leaving Mt. Wise victors by 10 runs.

Cornwood Dels 119 for 8 (W. Sargent 19, B. Elliott 17, D. Fogarty 2-12, A. Craddock 2-12)

Lewdown 120 for 9 (D. Fogarty 24, P.Ewen 21, C. Marais 21, M. Maller 2-24)

Lewdown beat Cornwood Oaks by 1 run

No Match Report Submitted

Whitchurch 237 for 1 (W. Barriball 153, C. Barriball 50*, J. Richardson 1-11)

Cornwood dels 113 for 8 (M. Skeemer 52, J. Horgan 13, D. Northey 2-3)

Whitchurch beat Cornwood Dels by 124 runs

Whitchurch won the toss and on current form were looking for a big score. Skipper Billy Barriball started like a train hitting 18 off the first over. Despite some accurate bowling by Matt Skeemer & Brad Nicholls (both: 4-0-21-0). Billy and his brother Charlie continued to score at will, particularly punishing any full tosses and putting on a stand of 216 that was sheer pleasure to witness. Billy scored 4 fours in his first 50, and went on to score 153 before being caught behind for 153. This was his third hundred in 3 games, including 18 fours and 8 sixes. Charlie and Josh Monger continued the onslaught with Charlie finishing on a well deserved 50 not-out & Josh scoring 21 runs off 7 balls; Whitchurch finishing on an astonishing 237 for 1.

Cornwood Dels started briskly, but Billy Barriball chipping-in with a wicket and a run-out left the Dels 21for 2. Only Matt Skeemer showed any real resistance. Whitchurch gave all their players a couple of overs. Pick of the bowlers were David Northey (2-0-3-2), Dan Towl (2-0-1-10) and Livvy Hodge (2-1-2-1). Cornwood reached 113 for 8 at the close, Whitchurch’s 9 year-old Dan Towl showing his team-mates how to field. Whitchurch won by 124 runs.

01/07/09

Ivybridge 78 all out (G. Berry 23, D. Dawe 15, M. Martin 3-9, A. Hick 1-6)

Plymouth Peverell 82 for 1 (W. Caufield 47*, J. Bellerby 12*, G. Berry 1-13)

Plymouth Peverell beat Ivybridge by 9 wkts

Plymouth Peverell recorded a comfortable win against Ivybridge Eagles. Having been asked to bat, a regular fall of wickets restricted Ivybridge to 78 all out, with all of Plymouth Peverell's outfielders bowling at least one over each, and tidy fielding contributing to a fairly low score on a fast outfield. Macauley Martin taking 3 wickets, and AJ Hick taking three catches in the field, with five other bowlers getting a wicket apiece.
In response, despite the earliy loss of opener Ross Martin, batsmen Will Caufield (47no) and James Bellerby (12no) stayed at the crease to knock the required runs off with six overs to spare. The pick of the Ivybridge bowlers was G. Berry (3-0-13-1).

Week 13 beginning 19^th July 2009

19/07/09

Whitchurch 135 for 3 (C. Barriball 63*, B. Megicks 17*, B. Elliott 2-28, W. Sargent 1-15)

Cornwood Oaks 75 all out (M. Maller 25, C. Barriball 3-12, D. Towl 3-14, B. Barriball 2-14)

Whitchurch beat Cornwood Oaks by 60 runs

Whitchurch won the toss and decided to bat. There was a steady start from Josh Towl and Ryan Alford before Bradley Elliott bowled Alford. Towl was joined by Billy Barriball who hit a quick 15 before being bowled by another good ball from Elliott. Billy was then replaced by his younger brother Charlie who, with Towl, put together a good stand of 29. Charlie was quite dominant, hitting to leg particularly well. Will Sargent then bowled Towl. With Charlie going well Barney Megicks then kept him company and together put a stand of 62 runs. Charlie completed a splendid 50, finishing on 65 not-out and Megicks on 17 not out. Whitchurch finished with 135 for 5 in their 20 overs.

Cornwood Oaks’ batting started slowly, with good spells of bowling from Christian Hodges (4-0-14-1) and Dominick Monger (4-1-16-0) who kept scoring opportunities to a minimum. Only Matt Maller with some exquisitely-timed straight drives in his 25 caused Whitchurch any problems, no other Oaks player reaching double figures. When Maller departed the Oaks seemed to loose heart and the Barriballs took 5 wickets between them. This enabled Dan Towl to come on & finish off the tail with 3 wickets for 14 in 3 overs leaving Whitchurch victorious by 60 runs. Great fielding, particularly by Ben Hodge and Dan Towl with Barney Megicks behind the stumps all helped Whitchurch toward another League win, their eighth in a row.

Yelverton 91 for 9 (H. Lopes 21, W. Johnson 20, S. Stocker 3-9, P. Steward 1-5)

Plymstock 53 for 8 (P. Steward 16, H. Lopes 3-5, J. Dent 3-9)

Yelverton Typhoons beat Plymstock by 38 runs

Yelverton won the toss and batted first. Yelverton openers D. Ackford & W. Johnson started well, putting on 36 for the first wicket before Ackford was first to fall caught on the sweep off the bowling of P. Steward for 14. Johnson fell almost immediately after for 20, LBW off the bowling of W. Ward. The new batsmen H. Lopes & D. Cooper took the score to 48 before Cooper was run-out. C. Dawe joined Lopes and the pair put on 33 for the 4^th wicket. Dawe fell LBW for 17 with the score on 81, and further tight bowling from Plymstock kept the scoring rate under control and the Yelverton innings closed on 91 – 9. H Lopes top scored for Yelverton with 21 and S. Stocker (2-0-9-3) was the most successful Plymstock bowler.

In reply, the Plymstock batsmen found run scoring difficult in particular against H. Lopes (4-1-5-3) who with prodigious swing claimed 3 early wickets for only 5 runs. J. Dent (4-1-9-3) also chipped in with 3 wickets and only P. Steward with 16 could make much headway against the accurate bowling as the Plymstock innings closed on 53 – 8 to leave Yelverton winners by 38 runs.

21/07/09

Plympton 50 for 6 (J. Sykes 15*, D,. Cooper 3-7, H. Lopes 1-7, D. Ackford 1-9)

Yelverton 51 for 1 (D. Ackford 20*, H. Lopes 15*, A. Wass 1-21)

Yelverton Typhoons beat Plympton by 9 wkts

In a low scoring game at Langton Park on Tuesday, despite the heavy rain in the morning, the Yelverton Groundstaff managed to get the game ‘on’. The game was reduced to 18 overs per side.

Yelverton fielded first and struck almost immediately as Plympton opener C. Connaris was caught behind off D. Ackford without scoring. J. Mullin & E. Dalby tried to make headway against Ackford (4-1-9-1) & H. Lopes (4-1-7-1) but found run scoring difficult. J. Sykes (15 n/o) & J. Lee put together a stand of 25 for the 6^th wicket but D. Cooper (4-0-7-3) kept a tight control on the scoring rate and the Plympton innings closed on 50 – 6 off their 18 overs.

In reply, Yelverton lost W. Johnson for 8, bowled behind his legs by A. Wass with the score on 16. Then Ackford (20 n/o) and Lopes (15 n/o) put on 35 for the 2^nd wicket to take the Typhoons home and seal a 9 wicket victory in 10 overs.

22/07/09

Plymstock 113 for 3 (C. O’Higgins 42, M. Blackmore 30*, J. Sumner 19, R. Martin 1-20)

Plymouth Peverell 34 all out (D. Pinnegar 6, F. Cowan 4-5, W. Ward 2-6, D. Mulberry 1-8)

Plymstock beat Plymouth Peverell by 79 runs

Plymstock batted first on a rare fine July evening. Some accurate bowling from Caufield & Farrow restricted early runs. Josh Sumner (19) put on 34 with Charles O'Higgins before being well caught at short cover. Mike Blackmore joined the partnership & these two took the score to 106 before O'Higgins was run out looking for runs at the end of the innings. Blackmore was 30 not out in Plymstock’s final total of 113 -3.

Peverell started badly with Caufield, Martin & Bellerby registering one run between them thanks to Dom Mulberry’s 4 over spell (1-8). The star of the show though was U 11 Fraser Cowan who took an incredible 4 wickets for 5 runs in his 4 overs. William Ward took 2-6 in 1.4 overs as Plymouth could only muster 34 in reply.

23/07/09

Cornwood Dels 121 for 5 (B. Nicholls 59*, M. Skeemer 14, M. Lugger 2-23)

Ivybridge 37 all out (J. Brazier 11, J. Whitfield 2-0, M. Skeemer 2-2, K. Lee 1-3)

Cornwood Dels beat Ivybridge by 84 runs

No Match Report Submitted

Whitchurch 111 for 5 (C. Barriball 52*, W. Barriball 26, M. Adams 1-18)

Yelverton 93 for 9 (D. Ackford 49*, M. Adams 14, W. Barriball 3-10, D. Monger 3-17)

Whitchurch beat Yelverton Typhoons by 18 runs

With only a few matches left and both unbeaten in the League, Whitchurch won the toss and decided to bat on a damp grass pitch at Yelverton. Openers Josh Towl and Charlie Barriball started cautiously but well, until Towl was run out for 10 by H. Lopes backing-up. This brought Billy Barriball to the crease. Charlie & Billy built a good partnership with Charlie being the more dominant. After reaching their 50 partnership Billy was superbly caught by J. Dent above his head at mid-wicket. Charlie was still timing the ball well, and together with Josh Monger, Ryan Alford and Dom Monger enabled Whitchurch to finish on 111 for 5 from the allotted 20 overs. Charlie finished 52 not out.

Yelverton had a bad start, losing opener W. Johnson in the first over but David Ackford was hitting the ball well. Billy Barriball resorted to spin and got 2 wickets in his next over reducing Yelverton to 11 for 3. A good stand of 24 between Ackford and B. Pearson (10) then followed until a great catch by Billy made it 35 for 4. Christian Hodges and Dom Monger came on to bowl and a further 2 wickets from Dom reduced Yelverton to 67 for 7. All this time Ackford was batting superbly at the other end. But Whitchurch were fielding like demons; a catch by Josh Towl, a couple of wickets from Ryan Alford, including a superb one-handed catch by Christian Hodges, reduced Yelverton to a final score of 93 for 9. Ackford was left on 49 not out. Whitchurch’s fielding was superb, especially Ben Hodge’s ground fielding and throwing. This game was played in a very good spirit, both teams a credit to the League.

Week 14 beginning 26^th July 2009

24/07/09 (From Week 13)

Whitchurch 108 for 6 (R. Alford 19, B. Hodge 16, M. Blackmore 2-20, D. Mulberry 1-19))

Plymstock 51 all out (J. Sumner 13, C. Barriball 3-8, D. Northey 2-6, C. Hodges 1-2)

Whitchurch U13s batted first on a damp artificial pitch and did not find it as easy as in previous games. Openers Josh Towl and Charlie Barriball found runs hard to get but they put on 23 before Charlie was bowled by Michael Blackmore. Billy Barriball joined Towl and hit a few boundaries before being caught by Josh Sumner. Ryan Alford joined Towl and put on 22 runs before Alford was bowled by Dom Mulberry. All these partnerships were adding-up. Ben Hodge came in and again kept the score ticking. 2 good partnerships, 24 with Towl and 12 with Barney Megicks enabled Hodge to score his highest this year of 16. Whitchurch finished on 108 for 6. The pick of the Plymstock bowlers was Blackmore (4-0-20-2). Plymstock lost their opener O’Brien lbw to Hodges with just 3 on the board. Billy (4-1-11-1) and Charlie (4-2-8-3) Barriball kept the scoring to a minimum along with some excellent ground fielding and catching. Particularly a stunning catch from Ryan Alford at mid-off – (a full drive low by his feet) and David Northey keeping Whitchurch on top. Northey (2-0-6-2) came on to bowl and with Dan Towl (1-0-1-1) finished off the tail. Josh Sumner (13) the only Plymstock batsman to reach double figures. 2 Fielders stood out for Whitchurch- Ryan Alford and keeper Barry Megicks. Whitchurch winning by 57 runs. Ten league games – ten wins now achieved this year.