Palladium West Devon Youth Cricket League

U11 — Plympton beat Kingsbridge by 65 runs; United Services beat Plymouth A by 8 runs; Cornwood beat Ivybridge by 1 run; Kingsbridge beat Whitchurch; Plymstock beat Whitchurch by 150 runs; Plympton beat United Services by 1 run.

Whitchurch found the going tough against a strong Plymstock side. Plymstock batted solidly, however an extras total of 52 was fundamental in a daunting total of 285.

Whitchurch were never really in the hunt, with virtually all the Plymstock bowlers taking wickets, Manson 3-11 and Dyer 3-2 being the pick.

Fielder of the match: Whitchurch, T Honey; Plymstock, D Dyer.

Under 15 results — Kingsbridge beat Saltash by 8 wickets; Plymstock beat Plymouth by 96 runs; Plymouth A beat Yelverton by 60 runs; Whitchurch beat Civil Service by 84 runs.

Under 17s: Plympton beat Tavistock by 79 runs; Kingsbridge beat Plymouth.

Plympton scored a comfortable opening victory over Tavistock, J Weekes 90, S Gunn 24 and T Dennerley 22 the main scorers of a formidable 192-5.

Tavistock's reply was based largely on M Ewings 27 and P Freedman 24 not out. J Weekes capped a fine individual performance taking 3-18 from five overs.

Fielder of the match: Plympton, R Smith; Tavistock, S Williams.

Palladium League U15s

Saltash v Tavistock

TAVISTOCK lost a close game by two runs against a fairly strong Saltash XI.

Fielding first, the visitors did well to contain the home side to 64. The wickets were shared by the bowlers although B Busby did well taking 3-10.

In reply Tavistock lost early wickets. A good stand by W Simpson and D Downham gave them the chance of victory, but once they had gone the tail never wagged.

For their first game together the lads can feel very pleased. Ben Neale captained well, whilst D Downham was man of the match.

Next game v Kingsbridge at the Ring today (Thursday).

Plymouth v Whitchurch

PLYMOUTH CC A on winning the toss put Whitchurch into bat and brought pressure to bear with accurate seam bowling backed by superb fielding.

Whitchurch struggled all the way with only Tom Pilbeam (32) and James Lampe (15) making double figures in a total of 86 for 5. D Henwood and J Tucker were pick of the bowlers with two wickets apiece and Tucker bringing about a superb stumping from keeper P Evans.

The Plymouth reply hit trouble from the start with wickets falling to leave them reeling at 15 for 5, only Carl Bradshaw (24) making any significant progress.

Throughout the Plymouth innings the showers started to disrupt further progress and with two stoppages for rain and deteriorating light the match was finally abandoned with Whitchurch tantalisingly close to victory, having their opponents 55 for 9.

The Whitchurch bowling was as tight as ever with an even spread of wickets for all the bowlers and as in Plymouth's case the fielding was a joy to watch, especially under the damp conditions, with Richard Rouse bringing off a direct hit run out from the covers.

James Aggiss for Whitchurch and Richard Lehane for Plymouth were awarded fielders of the match.