B Division 2nd XI: Heathcoat almost there

 B DIVISION 2nd XI

HEATHCOAT took another step closer to promotion from the B Division when they beat lowly Kingsbridge by 81 runs.

Matt Parkes hit a top score of 51 for Heathcoat and Guy Bucknell made 183 for seven in a tally of 183 for seven.

Veteran Tony Treeby bagged three for 53 for Heathcoat, who were dismissed for 102 in reply.

Skipper Shaun Taylor (32) and Ed Church (25) had the only scores of note for Kings as Joe Wadham (6-13) and Dylan Penberthy (3-38) shot them out.,

Heathcoat need 28 points from their last four games to go up, the first of which is against South Devon this Saturday.

Second-placed Stoke Gabriel knocked off 125 to win against ailing Yelverton – Jamie Day hitting an unbeaten 60 along the way.

South Devon eased their relegation concerns in the B Division with a thumpiong 140-run win over Alphington which opened up a 46-point safety margin.

Brian Allen ran out of time on 97 not out in a South Devon total of 223 for four, Skipper Neil Matthews made 57.

Jonty Parsons (4-31) and Dan Ball (4-25) did most of the damage as Alphington were shot out for 83 in reply.

Brixham beat Shobrooke Park by two wickets to push them within one more defeat of relegation.

Shobrooke scraped up 149 for four in 46 overs with Cliff Dare (57no) and Pete Rose (32) getting most of them. Rhys Dallow (3-32) was Brixham’s best bowler.,

Tom Hopper (43) and Joe Hyde (25no) got Brixham home after getting past Mark Goodman (2-21), Dare (2-28) and Dan Pyle (2-17).

Bideford overwhelmed Abbotskersell by 135 runs after racking up a hefty 305 for seven at Westwaryd Ho.

George Lang (79), in-form Alex Crisp (77) and John Weeks (51) all cashed in as Abbots struggled with the ball.

Man of the match Crisp (3-32) and Darrenn Wilcox (4-49) dismissed Abbots for 170 in reply, Toby Codd (34) and Guy Harrison-Roberts (33) the only batters to resist for long.


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