- South Dartmoor back to winning ways in cups
- Tom Allin tournament raised more than £5,000 for air ambulance
- Taverners kit bag delivered to Sri Lankan youngsters
- Devon trying to contact the class of 56
- Paceman Tshepo running in Virgin London Marathon
- Five Devon women in Western Storm squad for Kia Super League
- Registration night for all ages at Topsham on Monday
- Lots pouring in for auction at Allin Memorial tournament
- Thames Valley Gentlemen Cricket Club
- Bradninch add Argentinian flavour to Devon League
- Ipplepen youth registration night on Friday
- Final call for Groundsmans first seminar this year
- Devon League official tackling London Marathon for charity
- Bovey on familiar territory in Aaron Printers Cup
- Brockman Cup - Cup Kings lie in wait for holders
- Shepherd Trust helps Kingsbridge build for sustainable future
- DCL - Umpire Appointments 2016 (May 7th - July 2nd)
- Long standing records beaten
- North Devon see off Paignton chase
C DIVISION
CLYST Hydon had too many runs for Bideford in a drawn game at Merryfield.
Chris Jelley (92) just missed out on a century, Andy Feather cracked 83 and Graham Trude was stuck on 49 not out in a Clyst total of 274 for five.
James Ford bagged three Clyst wickets for 57 runs with his off-spin.
South African Mike Young from Durban then blasted 103 in Bideford’s reply of 200 for nine.
Dhanuja Haturusingha with five for 52 was the pick of the Clyst bowlers.
Clyst remain second behind leaders Lewdown, who trounced Hatherleigh by 92 runs to open up a nine-points advantage at the top.
Lewdown skipper Charlie Hughes had every reason to feel anxious after his side stumbled to 128 all out in 41 overs.
They were in trouble from the start at 39 for four, recovered to 79 for five them plunged to 96 for eight. Anthony Weeks (17) got the total past 100.
Rob Fishley (3-19) led the bowling effort, aided an abetted by Nick Scott-Rogers and Simon Gillespie with two each.
Hatherleigh were in an even worse state when they batted at 11 four and only survived for 13.2 overs.
Rob Mutch (5-25) and Phil Yeo (5-10) skittled Hatherleigh out for 35 with Rob Cockwill posting the best of a sorry set of scores.
Third-placed Kingsbridge got half a game in against Ivybridge before rain stopped play.
The runs were shared around in a total of 184 all out between James Fletcher (37), Rickie Carr (30) and Ashley Treeby (26). Jeewan deSilva (5-43) was the most effective of the Ivybridge bowlers.
Seaton claimed a 68-run win at home to Cockington with Ben Libby the star of the show with his first ever five wicket haul for the club.
Batting first, Charlie Clode (74), Mark Bray (40) and Andy Carter (32), took Seaton to a total of 217-4.
Libby then got early wickets to set the visitors back and finished with 5-17. Skipper Ben Morgan bagged a brace and the reply ended with the final wicket being taken at 149.
Former Devon player Andy Hele top scored on 57 not out for Cockington. He hit seven fours and two sixes from 41 balls faced having come in down the order at 57 for six.
A delighted Morgan said: “It was a good all-round effort. I felt 217 was sufficient but you always wonder, especially if the team replying get off to a good start.
“Fortunately, Ben (Libby) got amongst them early on, from which point we never looked back.”
On the Seaton start to the campaign, the skipper says: “We have lost a few players over the winter, but it seems as if the team are all playing in a unified spirit and everyone seems to be chipping in for the cause.
“It’s been a promising start and we can build from this.”
Ashburton pulled off an unlikely win over Stoke Gabriel in a low-scoring derby date.
Ashes were bundled out for a paltry 106 with five overs to go. Destroyer in chief was Sean Phillips (3-15), backed up by Matt Smyth (3-22).
Top score came from Martin Causey 37 closely followed by Adam Peters 32. As for the rest only Kris Connabeer 14 got into double figures.
Ashburton were 11 for four at one stage, but stands of 45 and 30 got something half respectable on the board.
At tea it looked odds on for Stoke Gabriel to win. Gordon Colwill and Ashley Harvey thought otherwise.
Inspired bowling by Colwill (4-30) and Harvey (3-26) backed up by keen fielding, saw Stoke subside to 98 all out.
Rob Baker made 17 and there were 27 extras in a Stoke total that had skipper Dave Bolland in despair.
“Poor shots and lack of application against good bowling, by Colwill in particular, were our undoing,” said Bolland.
Meanwhile, Ashburton have said good bye to a club stalwart from the past, who has died aged 92.
George Coon – know in cricket circles as Geoff – was buried last Saturday morning.
A retired geography teacher at Torquay Boys’ Grammar School, Coon had been a player and official with the club in the 1960s and 70.
When son Vernon made the short trip to South Devon, Geoff followed and took up residency in the scorebox for a number of seasons.
His funeral took place at St Andrews Church in Ashburton.
Afterwards grandson Matt went off to play with the second team, who defeated Plympton 3rd XI.