FORMER Seaton and Sandford batsman Ian Sutton is in form, but not enough of his Clyst Hydon team-mates are matching him as the four-wicket defeat at Ivybridge showed.
Ian Sutton (65) top scored for the second week running for Clyst Hydon as they made 183 for seven. Sutton and skipper Graham Trude (24) put on 73 for Clyst, who were 113 for two then suffered a slump as Adam Birch (2-18) removed Trude and Clinton Lewis with successive balls.
Sutton went at 117 for five and with Matt Anderson (2-35) keeping the pressure on Clyst slowed dramatically.
Will Gregg with 32 off 28 balls helped Martin Dudley add a 49 in the last eight overs, but for all their efforts the total didn't look enough.
Ivybridge big hitter Kelvin Trent thought so as his quckfire 82 not out off 80 balls with 13 fours and two sixes win the game with time to spare.
Andy Johnson and Gareth Andrews (28) got Ivybridge up to 50 when both of them and Del Soloman went for the addition of just one run.
Trent and Karl Prescott (25) soothed jangling nerves in the Ivybridge camp by adding 80, then Kevin Sercombe (3-55) struck twice in quick succession to remove Prescott, Andy Coker and Anderson is short order.
Trent was still there though and saw it through with Paul Bell to end the match with a six hit out of the ground.
DAWLISH & Teignmouth's batting collapsed for the second game in a row as they dipped to a 32-run defeat at Babbacombe which leaves them at the bottom of the table.
D&T skipper Andy Lockyer had some harsh words for his team after they were bowled out cheaply against Kingsbridge seven days earlier – and will have been furious by a repeat display.
What made it worse this time was that D&T were 92 for two chasing 142 to win – and were bowled out for 109. Losing eight wickets for 17 runs will have done nothing for Lockyer's sense of humour.
Babbacombe were made to work hard for their total of 141 for eight as Jamie Day (4-42) and Gary Ward (3-12) kept it tight with the ball.
Openers Paul Sutherland (31) and Marcus Thompson (26) put on 70, but the only other stand of note was one worth 49 for the sixth wicket between Steve Cocker (23) and Marcus Tanton (20).
Dawlish & Teignmouth looked in control while Billy Alcock (38) and Day (20) were at the crease, but the reply became bogged down by a misery spell of 10 overs for 17 runs by Dave Williams.
Trying to force the pace proved costly for D&T as Paul Bates (5-25) and Terry Farkins (2-22) sent them spinning to defeat.
STOKE Gabriel made Feniton pay for failing to finish them off when they had the chance by bringing a winning draw back from Station Road.
Indeed, Stoke Gabriel were unlucky not to come away with a win as Feniton were nine wickets down and blocking for all they were worth at the end.
Russell Witton (3-39) and Jonathan Pyle (3-34) had Stoke in all sorts of trouble at 54 for seven. Steve Tolley (28) was the only batsman to hang around long.
But Stoke wriggled off the hook thanks to Dave Pruysers (39), Doug Ansley (26) and Nick Sandbrook (20), who hoisted the score to 163 for nine.
Feniton made early inroads into the target thanks to Dave Haysom (25) and Dave Carnall (20), but hit a glitch when they slipped from 68 for one to 68 for four and never really recovered.
Pruysers (2-20), Sean Dwyer (3-40) and Rob Baker (2-0) all took wickets to leave Feniton hanging on at 118 for nine.
KINGSBRIDGE'S early season form continued when they took the thick end of a draw off visiting Heathcoat.
Kingsbridge set Heathcoat 188 to win and had their guests hanging clinging on for the last six overs to close on 155 for nine.
The Kingsbridge total of 187 for seven was built around a stand of 105 for the second wicket between Steve Inch (82) and Mark Stacey (32). Steve Gledhill made 23.
Top scorer Inch took a liking to the spin bowling of Bryn Latchem (3-51), whacking him for three sixes. Heathcoat captain Darren Drew (3-56) posted tidy figures.
Heathcoat were in trouble right from the start as Neil Peach (3-31) was largely responsible for them being 18 for four.
Chris Parkes hung around to make 25 then Paul Randerson dug in to make an unbeaten 62 which just about earned the draw.
However, it was touch and go at times with Drew having to block out the final six overs to avoid defeat.
COCKINGTON'S flying start to life back in the C Division continued with a convincing five wicket win over Kilmington which installs them as the early table toppers.
Kilmington were bowled out for 163 and lost the match with more than 10 overs to go.
Skipper Ian Gooding, who hit a half-century for Kilmington, said two defeats wasn't a good start but he isn't about to press the alarm bells just yet.
“Conditions didn't make for easy cricket and it's still very much a learning curve for all of us in the side.
“We might have lost our first two but I have seen enough in those games to know that we can comfortably compete at this level.
“Maurice (Beviss) bowled magnificently and on another day would have had a lot of wickets.”
Gooding (55) and the unrelated Tom Gooding (70) were Kilmington's main run getters. The Needham brothers – Pete (5-27) and Chris (3-45) – proved too lively for most of the Kilmington batsmen.
Opener Shaun Needham anchored the Cockington reply with an unbeaten 71 and when brother Pete joined him at 89 for four the run-rate accelerated.
By the time Peter Needham was out for 50 another 73 had been added to the Cockington total and only two more runs were needed for victory.
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