South Petherwin win the 2025 Clive Rosevear Cup
Clive Rosevear Cup Finals Day at St Stephen CC
Semi-Final (1) Menheniot Looe 156-7 (F Farrell 61, S Jordan 34; J Bailey 3-32) beat
St Blazey II 102 (18.1) (D McErlain 20; M Maiden 3-11, P Nance 2-8, S Kidd 2-21, S Jordan 2-31) by 54 runs. Scorecard
Semi-Final (2) South Petherwin 216-7 (A Brenton 85no, A Creasey 71; T Trudgeon 3-19, P Trethewey 3-39) beat
Roche II 148-8 (J Cole 47, G Oakley 33; A Clements 2-22, S Pengelly 2-23, J Masters 2-29) by 68 runs. Scorecard
The Final
South Petherwin 161 (19.3) (A Brenton 35, B Martin 27, A Creasey 25; S Kidd 2-19, P Nance 2-26, S Jordan 2-38) beat
Menheniot Looe 159-4 (F Farrell 79, T Harris 46; S Pengelly 2-29) by two runs. Scorecard
Player of the Final: Findlay Farrell (Menheniot Looe)
Umpires: Keith Redford & Ian Wilkinson.
South Petherwin won the Clive Rosevear Cup for the first time when they narrowly defeated Menheniot Looe by two runs at St Stephen Cricket Club. Finals Day was delayed by three weeks due to poor weather on the original weekend and was thankfully played out under blue skies and warm sunshine. South Petherwin were put in and lost Sam Pengelly for 17 to Alex Caddy in the fifth over. Billy Martin fell to Steve Kidd in the next over for 27. Adrian Warne was dismissed without scoring to Sam Jordan to make it 62-3 off seven overs. Andrew Brenton (35) and Adam Creasey (25) saw the hundred up, and with Paul Clements (15no), Adrian Clements (13) and Kevin Horrell (18) all into double figures, the innings ended on 161 with three balls unused. Kidd, Jordan and Peter Nance took two wickets. Ten sixes were hit.
Menheniot Looe took eleven off the first over but lost Luke Ripley to Adrian Clements in the next. Kidd followed in the seventh over at 42-2. Opener Findlay Farrell and Tom Harris then added 108 for the third wicket. The hundred came up in the 13th over. Off the last two overs, 17 were required and nine off the last. However, Harris was bowled by Pengelly for 46 and two balls later, the Player of the Final, Farrell likewise for 79. Five were needed off the final ball, but Jordan only managed a two to leave the North Cornwall club celebrating. Pengelly’s two crucial wickets cost 29 runs.
In the morning semi-final, Farrell’s 61 set up a total of 156-7 against St Blazey Seconds, who were bowled out for 102 with eleven balls unused. In the second semi-final, Andrew Brenton (85no) and Adam Creasey (71) helped Menheniot Looe to the big total of 216-3 against Roche seconds, who made a creditable 148-8 in reply
