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WHIMPLE sit second in the E Division thanks to an 88-run home win in a derby match with Upottery.
Kevin Thompson led the batting honours, top scoring with 77 and there was another impressive half century from the cultured bat of Henry Gordon-Lennox (52) as well as contributions from Paul Gillard (43) and Steve Palfrey, the latter cracking a splendid half century in an imposing home total of 278-7.
That proved beyond the visitors who closed on 190-9 with Mark Joyce (37), Sean Kennard (33) and Gary Kennard (31) the only major contributors.
Steve Hathaway bowled superbly with the new ball and Luke Whitton also delivered the goods as the opening pair put the blocks on the Upottery batsmen! Jibu Varghese continued his fine start to life at Whimple with 4-28 and Phil Hope picked up three wickets for 45 as Upottery closed on 190-9.
Whimple skipper Ben Silk said: “That was a very pleasing all-round show. What I really enjoyed was the way we approached the contest after being stuck in. It would have been very easy for batsmen to get over concerned about the damp conditions and look for excuses. However, there was none of that and everybody applied themselves superbly.”
IT’S starting to get tougher for Babbacombe in the E Division as their next appointment is at home to third-placed Yarcombe.
The table-toppers were reminded there are no easy games when they travelled to lowly Kilmington last time out and won by four wickets.
One off the bottom they might be, but Kilmington proved a real handful.
“It was a decent result against what looked the better of the three teams we have played so far,” said Babbacombe skipper Steve Broad.
“What made it most pleasing was were missing four bowling options, plus Mike Pugh in the middle order.
“To win the toss and bowl them out at their place for 152 was a solid performance with four bowlers missing and Andy Kingdon bowling off two paces with a shoulder injury!
“We made it harder than it needed to be with some poor fielding and some dropped catches.
“This has been the only real negative to our season so far, all three games we haven’t fielded well enough and I don’t understand why as we have trained hard and practiced.
“Mind you 60 points in 3 games with room for improvement I guess is ok.”
Paul Bates (5-36) and Marcus Thompson (3-21) took the wickets that bowled Kilmington out.
Tom Gooding hit a splendid 71, but the only other significant knock came from Andrew Parr with 29.
Home skipper Hal Cook then claimed three of the six wickets to be taken to finish with tidy figures of 3-30, but Babbacombe got home in a degree of comfort as Kingdon hit 73 and Broad made 27 not out.
Cook said: “We got the thick end of the wedge, and not for the first time this season. We have been unfortunate so far and I am looking at the next game as being the opportunity to finally get our season up and running.”
He continued: “I am confident about the season ahead, especially when we get our best eleven out and I am expecting availability to be much once this next game is out of the way. We all need to be positive about this, I certainly am!”
Yarcombe and Stockland were five wicket winners at home to Kentisbeare.
Richard Reed claimed 5-25 and Darren Copp took 3-19 as the Kent’s were bowled out for 111.
John Rich then struck 32 ands Simon Hovell was not out 29 when a five wicket win was sealed.
Yarcombe skipper James Mitchum said: “It was a very comprehensive win for us. We did almost everything right on the day. What was most pleasing was that we were faced with a similar target the previous week and had made a mess of it, so to get it right this week was really good. I think we could do well this season and am confident we shall, if we get good availability.”
On Saturday Mitchum leads the side to Babbacombe and says: “I would like to think we can take a strong side to South Devon. That’s something we did not do last season and if we are to do well this term then a decent result at Babbacombe is probably necessary.”