Cornwood Oaks v Plymouth C.S.

Plymouth C.S.    211

Cornwood Oaks  214      

Cornwood Oaks win by 3 runs

Plympton v Ivybridge

Ivybridge   164

Plympton   326

Plympton won by 162 runs

Whitchurch v Plymstock

Plymstock 116

Whitchurch 246

Whitchurch won by 130 runs

Cornwood Oaks v Ford Park Girls

Ford Park Girls  238

Cornwood Oaks 262

Cornwood Oaks won by 24 runs

With week 2 of the league being a complete wash out due to the bad weather, week 3 which is set a-side to play the 1st round of cup matches turned out to be a better week.  There were two games also played in the league catching up on some of the games missed the previous week. 

Plymstock opened their account against Cornwood Delamore.  Plymstock Batted first and scored 221 with M. Blackmore  leading the way with a un-beaten 13.   R. Boase of Cornwood was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4 overs 19 runs 2 wkts.  Cornwood fell short though on the target set for them and finished their innings with 210 runs.  24 extras was the biggest earner for Cornwood and the pick of the Plymstock bowlers was C.O’Higgins with 4 overs 1 maiden 9 runs 2 wkts & T. Eliott-Smith 3 overs 8 runs 2 wkts. 

Plymsock v Cornwood Delamore

Plymstock 221

Cornwood Dealamore 210

Plymstock won by 11 runs

The other league game saw Plymouth U10 beat Ford Park Girls.  Ford Park Girls lost wickets steadily through their innings and struggled to 171.  J.Charlick being the pick of the bowlers with 4 overs 1 maiden 10 runs 2 wkts.  Plymouth never looked in danger of losing the match and went on to make a total of 283.  42 extras were a big factor in the Plymouth innings given away by the Ford Park Girls bowlers.

Ford Park Girls v Plymouth U 10s

Ford Park Girls 171

PLymouth under 10s 283

Plymouth won by 112 runs

In the cup Cornwood Delamore made it a good week winning their second match in the week this time against Plymouth C.S.  Cornwood made 76 with J.Horgan top scoring with 22 before being run out.  E.Thomas bowled well with figures of 4 overs 1 maiden 4 runs 2 wkts.  Plymouth C.S only playing 8 players in a 11-aside game only managed to make 20 runs. Cornwood Delamore now go on to play Plymstock in the next round.

Cup - Cornwood Delamore v Plymouth C.S

Cornwood Delamorw 76-4

Plymouth C.S. 20

Cornwood won by 56 runs

In another cup game Yelverton took on Ivybridge.  Yelverton batted first and made a good 102-3 with D.Ackford 27*, D.Cooper 26* scoring the major runs for the team.  Ivybridge in return struggled against a strong Yelverton team to 44 All Out.  Yelverton await the winners of the Plymstock V Cornwood Delamore.

Cup - Yelverton v Ivybridge

Yelverton 102-3

Ivybridge 44-8

Yelverton won by 58 runs

The last game in week 3 saw Cornwood Oaks take on Plymouth U11.  Plymouth U11 batted first and made 64 - 3 in their 20 overs. C.Connaris leading the way with the bat making 24*.  Plymouth’s bowlers put the Cornwood Batsman under pressure from the start and went on to ball out Cornwood for 34, with Man of the Match C.Connaris finishing with figures of 3 overs 2 maidens 3 runs 3 wkts.  Plymouth U11 await the winners of Whitchurch V Plympton for a semi-final showdown. 

Cup - Cornwood Oaks v Plymouth U 11

Plymouth u 11 64-3

Cornwood Oaks 34-8

Plymouth won by 30 runs

The big question this week lies with Plympton have they found the new Shane Warne in their Under 9 ranks? Joshua Smith who only turned 9 years old this month, stepped up two years above his age to play for Plympton Under 11 team, after learning the true art of Leg Spin at such a young age. Josh in his debut game of Cricket spun his way to figures of 3 overs 10 runs 5 wkts figures that must cricketers would be proud of after their 500th game let alone their first ever game.Fellow bowler J.Mullin who bowled figures of 4 overs 2 maidens 8 runs 5 wkts, reduced Plymouth U10’s to 146 after their 20 overs had been bowled.  Plympton who had batted first posted a large team score of 286 with J.Mullin scoring 20 showed he could have a bright future with both bat and ball.  With good batting and bowling by the young Plympton team this led to a 140 run win for Plympton.

Plympton v  Plymouth U10

Plympton            286

Plymouth U10     146

Plympton won by 140 runs

Ford Park Girls were put into bat by Plymstock and soon found they were up against a tight balling attack. D. Mulberry was the pick of the bowlers finishing with figures of 4 Overs 2 Maidens 2 Runs 4 Wkts.  These figures help reduce Ford Park Girls to 162 with K.Greenwood the only batter to be in plus figures with a 14 not out. In return Plymstock struggled slightly at the start and wickets started to fall.  K.Greenwood bowled well with figures of 3 overs 21 runs 3 wkts.  A score of 21 by M.Blackmore and a 26 by C.O’Higgins was the telling factor to the Plymstock innings and helped their team reach 252 and a win over Ford Park Girls by 90 Runs.

Plymstock v Ford Park Girls

Ford Park Girls    162

Plymstock U11     252

Plymstock won by 90 runs

In a match which so far this season proved to be the closet run contest this season, Plymstock just had the edge to beat a gallant Ivybridge team.  Plymstock batted first and made 247 thanks to 21 extras bowled by Ivybridge and a good knock from the ever improving C.O’higgins who scored 15. Ivybridge in return took the game to Plymstock and again was helped by 23 extras being bowled by the Plymstock bowlers.  A good knock D.Wilmott 12 helped this game to be in the balance until the last ball of the Ivybridge innings. Ivybridge failed to get the runs they required, leaving Plymstock to take the 2 points by a 3 run margin.Plymstock now lead the U11 league with 3 wins to take their tally to 6 points.

Ivybridge v  Plymstock

Plymstock U11     247

Ivybridge U11       244

Plymstock won by 3 runs

Yelverton continued on where they left off the week before in the cup tournament with a euphoric win over Ford Park Girls.Yelverton batted first and made 281 with C.Dawe top scoring with 23 and D.Dawe following up with 21.  In Return Ford Park Girls made only 207 with K.Greenwood scoring 16, continuing her good start to the season with the bat.  The pick of the Yelverton bowlers was D.Cooper with figures of 4 overs 3 maidens 4 runs 3 wkts and W.Johnson who also chipped in to the 74 win for Yelverton with figures of 2 overs 2 maidens 0 runs 2 wkts.

Yelverton v Ford Park Girls

Yelverton           281

Ford Park Girls   207

Yelverton won by 74 runs

Cornwood Dels v Cornwood Oaks

Cornwood Dels 233

Cornwood Oaks 212

Dels won by 21 runs