County Finals

Delight & despair for St Minver & Camborne in a last ball win.

HM Queen Elizabeth II Mourning Guidance

 

Scorecards

Bond Timber Cornwall Cricket League County Finals

Division 2

Veryan – Penzance II 172-9 (R Edwards 46, N Kitchen 38, L Devine 25, F Butcher 22; S May 5-32, S Trudgeon 2-30) beat Roche 141 (N Trudgeon 30, L Burr 25; F Rogers 3-21, J Ralph 2-27) by 31 runs.

 

Division 3

Redruth – Hayle II 131 (J Netherway 35, P Glanville 30, L Smitheram 22; R Hawken 5-31, D Jeffery 4-21) lost to St Minver 132-6 (R Pooley 83no; Jamie Cameron 2-23, M Smitheram 2-29) by four wickets.

 

Division 4

Lanhydrock – Gerrans 123 (Jason Holt 60; P Bassett 4-19, B Sleeman 4-38) lost to Pencarrow 124-2 (G Williams 72no, I Jago 26) by eight wickets.

 

Division 5

St Stephen – St Minver II 206-6 (M Gilbert 98, C Edwards 44; D Pascoe 2-39, O Pascoe 2-50) beat Camborne III 203-9 (J Moore 52, L Verran 39, D Pascoe 28, G Head 21; J Gill 2-40, B Lamb 2-42, N Hosking 2-45) by three runs.

 

Division 6

St Gluvias – St Austell IV 182-6 (H Meacock 69, M Mills 56no, T Clarke 29; G Jones 2-26) beat St Day 149 (L Bray 67, Sophie Richards 27no; J Mallet 3-24, D Roach 3-28, J Higman 2-30) by 33 runs.

 

The traditional five East v West County Finals were played in September sunshine to conclude the Bond Timber Cornwall Cricket League season on Saturday,

Captain Ryan Edwards, contributing a canny 46 and a brace of wickets in the closing stages, led Penzance 2nd XI to the Cornwall Division 2 championship title with a 31-run victory over Roche at Veryan. 

Invited to bat first on a typical autumn surface, saturated by heavy rainfall over the previous fortnight, Penzance had to work hard for runs against a lively Roche attack let down at crucial moments by the spilling of half a dozen catches.

Penzance, thanks to Flynn Butcher (22), Liam Devine (25),  Edwards (46) and Noah Kitchen (38), built a solid total of 172 for 9 in 45 overs. Best bowling figures for Roche were returned by seamer Stewart May (5 for 32).

On one of Cornwall’s largest playing areas, with a slow outfield, that total was always going to be tough to beat, especially as Roche were without four of their key players. With Penzance slow left armer Jack Ralph (2 for 27) and promising paceman Finn Rogers (3 for 21) proving a handful, and taking early wickets, Roche were never in serious contention but battled on to reach a commendable 141 all out. The experienced Neil Trudgeon (30), supported by Lawrence Burr (25) and Jacob Rowe (21), led the Roche resistance.

 St Minver won the division three final at Redruth defeating Hayle seconds by four wickets with three overs to spare. Hayle openers Joe Netherway (35) and Paul Glanville (30) put on 67  before both fell to Rob Hawken in quick succession. Only Liam Smitheram (22) then got double figures in the 131 with Hawken taking 5-31 and Dean Jeffery 4-21. St Minver slipped to 14-3 but were rescued by Ryan Pooley who made an unbeaten 83 made off 120 balls to win off the first ball of the 42nd over..

Pencarrow dominated at Lanhydrock to win the division four final by eight wickets. After reaching 25-1 Gerrans collapsed to 36-6 and were indebted to Jason Holt’s 60 to muster 123 all out. Peter Bassett (4-19) and Ben Sleeman (4-38) did the damage. Gareth Williams then made 72 not out and Isaac Jago made 26 to secure victory in the 35th over.

St Minver seconds made it a club double in an excellent division five final at St Stephen. They beat Camborne thirds by just three runs in a game of over 400 runs. A third-wicket stand of 134 between Matthew Gilbert (98) and skipper Charlie Edwards (44) set up St Minver’s 206-6. Then Jack Moore (52) and Lewis Verran (39) put on exactly 100 for Camborne’s first wicket. They got to 162-2 before the game swung with Darren Pascoe (28) and Giles Head (21) falling in successive balls, with eight overs remaining. With the last pair at the crease, and eight needed off the final over, 13-year-old Jack Gill held his nerve conceding just four singles.

St Austell fourths took the division six crown at St Gluvias beating St Day by 33 runs after making 182-6. That was mainly thanks to a sixth-wicket stand between Henry Meacock (69) and Mark Mills (56no). The St Day reply was held together by opener Liam Bray who made 67. Sophie Richards was unbeaten on 27 when the end came at 149 with sixteen balls remaining.