Pembroke County Cricket Club Under 13's Junior League Final 2024

Cresselly (Doves) 112-4 Beat   Hook   44 all out

 

Sponsor Colin John – Llewelyn Davies & Co Chartered Accountants

Umpires      Chris Stapleton  & Steve Williams

Scorers   Chris Holder Haydon Shapcott

Coaches   Christian Phillips,Grant James ,Haydyn Shapcott   and Matthew Holder

Venue   Cresselly  CC

 

 The years  final  was a repeat of the Under 11's final two years ago with the same four sides in the semi final with Cresselly defeating llechryd and Hook overcoming Narberth.

 

Captain of  Hook  Charlie Holder won the toss against his counterpart Phoenix Phillips of  Cresselly and  chose to Bowl.The game was a superb advert for Pembrokeshire Under 13's cricket and certainly lived  up to its expectation with  an excellent  and a high standard of cricket in all three departments by both teams.

 

 The Hook bowlers started well with Holder having excellent figures of  2 -5 removing the dangerous Harry Broadhurst and  Ieuan Prout,he was backed up  by Rhys Tennick 3 overs for 9 runs who kept things  tight. At this stage Ollie Toy(18) held the innings together for Cresselly before Mason Hughes  1-23 struck for Hook and with Morgan Jones (1-23) removing Cody James (9) the game was evenly poised.

Enter  Captain Phoenix and  Alfie Morgan who both defended the good ball with some classic defence and the momentum swung. Phillips and Morgan despatched the ball to all parts of the ground running well between the wicket and both retired on 25 with 3 fours each ,facing 52 balls between them. At the end of the day this proved to be the winning partnership with the Innings closing at 112-4 in the 20th over. Mention must also be made of Olly Stamp the Hook wicket keeper who had an excellent game picking up one catch.

 

 Both coaches would have been pleased with their teams first innings performance. With Cresselly winning their League encounter by one run they were aware of the capabilities of the Hook batsmen. However the opening attack of  Cody James 1-2 (2 maidens) removing  the stroke maker  Olly Nutty and Ollie Toy backing up his batting with  2-2 (1 maiden) bowling the dangerous Rhys Tennick and George Wonnacott, Cresselly seemed  to be on top.

 

Charlie Holder (6) Joe Warrender (7) Mason Hughes(6) tried to get the initiative back for Hook but an inspired bowling spell by George Hughes  4-6 including one maiden ripped the heart out of the Hooks batting. Harry Broadhurst 1-5 and Alfie Morgan  1-4 were the other wicket takers aided by catches from Bobby Shapcott and Phoenix Phillips who also had a suburb run out of Morgan Jones who had put up some stubborn resistance Hook finished on 44 all out.

 

On the night Cresselly fully deserved their victory with a excellent team performance with Hook putting up a battling display on the night ,they  have had an excellent season also.

 

It was great to see a supportive crowd on a gorgeous sunny evening with the ground looking a picture with all the hard work of the Cresselly Team.

 

In the presentation after the match Martin Jones ( Junior Organiser)  congratulated both sides on reaching the final  and both clubs should be proud of their Junior sections. He thanked  Cresselly  for hosting the final  including  Richard Arthur and team with the ground looking first class. To Diane James aided by Ollie Arthur on the  BBQ who fed the players ,official's and the crowd.

 

Mention was made of all the coaches for their hard work in developing the talented cricketers we saw on the night.

 

He thanked Umpires  Chris Stapleton and  Steve Williams , Scorers   Chris Holder and Haydon Shapcott  who all contributed to the evenings entertainment.

 

Last and by no means least he thanked  Sponsors Colin John of Llewelyn Davies & Co Chartered Accountants for his continued and valuable support of Junior Cricket in the County.  It was great to see the County President Trefor Evans there on the night  who presented the cups and medals to both teams on behalf of Colin.

 

 The player of the match award sponsored by the Williams family in memory of the late John Williams, who had umpired this final for countless years  and whom was a distinguished umpire, highly respected by all in Pembrokeshire cricket and further afield was  presented by Hilary Williams, widow with her sons Mark and Jonathan.   The award  picked by the Umpires   highlighted all those mentioned but with  the suburb way she Captained the team and her own performance the player  of the match quite rightly  went to Phoenix Phillips

 

 Cresselly Team

 

Phoenix Phillips(C),Ieuan Prout(WK),Mari Cole,Cody James,Ollie Toy, Finley Rowlands,Jack Mears, George Hughes, Bobby Shapcott, Alfie Morgan and Harry Broadhurst.

 

Hook Team

 

Charlie Holder(C) ,Olly Stamp(WK), Olly Nutty, Morgan Jones,Rhys Tennick, Joe Warrender, Mason Hughes, Rowan Nickerson, George Wonnacott, Jac Llewellyn and Oliver Rowe. Kian Flood , Callan Gibbs ,Dylan Keen

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