Devon Cricket Board - D Division: Harris hits ton for table-topping Pens

D Division: Harris hits ton for table-topping Pens

D DIVISION 1st XI

LEADERS Ipplepen put previously unbeaten Whimple to the sword, defeating them by 146 runs on their own patch too!

Batting first the Pens made their way to 211-nine, led byy Dave Harris with a maiden league century.

Harris nailed 20 fours and a six on his way to 118 and shared in a stand of 97 for the first wicket with Jack Lewis on a bowler-friendly track.

Skipper Jono Burden (4-35) and Paul Gillard (3-37) were amongst the wickets for Whimple.

Whimple then faced the full force of Pens’ seamer Paul Thomas, who took 8-21 leaving then all out for just 65 in the 19th over.

Mason took the first seven wickets one after the other before Andrew Mason got in on the act.

Skipper Burden said: “That’s lowered my ambitions somewhat for this term.

"They (Ipplepen) played really well and, on the day the best team certainly won.

"But we will need to pick ourselves up and come back fighting next time out.”

Ottery St Mary made short work of visiting Countess Wear, whom they beat by nine wickets.

The Exeter side batted first and, but for a fine knock of 61 from Kav Diaz, had precious little else in the book as Rob Johns (4-22), Mark Woodman (3-20), Sam Loud (2-8) and Nick Dowman (1-22), took their wickets.

Matt Kirk then hit an unbeaten 69 to hurry the Otters across the winning line.

Steve Forbes was the other not out batsman at the close with 22 and George Biggs (9) was the only home batsmen to be dismissed.

Basement dwellers Bridestowe went down for the fourth time in as many outings when thumped by seven wickets by visiting Yelverton.

Phil Hatton (14) was the only Bridestowe batsman to make runs as Joel Avery claimed 5-17 in a humble Bridestowe offering of 66, passed for the loss of just three wickets by Yelverton for whom Rob Bennett hit 37.

Tom Foggerty sent down seven overs and took 1-5 for the losers.

Halberton were big winners at Plymouth Civil Service and Roborough where a Paul Robins century guided them to 252-7.

Robins (111), Tom Sambrook (62) and Dan Coles (30no), provided the bulk of the Halberton offering, then Jerry Turner claimed 6-40 as the home side were bowled out for 158.

Martin Swannell was dismissed a single shy of a century as Feniton scored 304-6 declared at Whitchurch who shared some of spoils on 226-5.

Former Sidmouth, Paignton and South Devon batsman Swannell (99), Alex Frankpitt (56), Adrian Pullin (42) and Charlie Selley (32), scored the Feniton runs.

Ashsley Woodrow (3-88) and Dave Sambells (2-63) claimed wickets for the home side who were led to their close of 226-5 by Richard Hall (70) and Woodrow (67).

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