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PREMIER 2 nd XI leaders Plympton walked off with the derby spoils after beating Plymouth by five-wickets to stay out in front of Sidmouth at the top of the table.

   Plymouth captain Dave Watson will have been furious with his side for a miserable batting performance that saw them collapse from 72 for one to 114 for five and on to 118 all out.

   Father-and-son pair Phil (33) and Harry Stephenson (29) put on 59 for Plymouth's second wicket and after that it was downhill all the way.

   Danny Hawker collected six for 28 and Tony Brown two for 45 as Plymouth were dismissed for the sort of total that was never going to trouble Plympton unduly. It didn't as they won with 38 overs to spare.

   Dave Walter fired 52 then Richard Coles thumped 22 not out of 14 balls to give Plympton victory.

   Skipper Saj Patidar hit his second league century of the season to help Sidmouth towards a 101-run win over bottom club North Devon .

   Patidar's 101, which came off 110 balls and included 10 fours and four sixes, was the rock around which Sidmouth's total of 239 for three was anchored.

   Along the way there were stands of 69 with James Macey (42), 64 with Luke Bess (25) and 103 for the third wicket with Fraser Hanson (59no). Patidar got out three balls after reaching his ton when he was caught by Gary Chatham trying to hit Tom Cooke (2-46) out of the ground.

   North Devon, who have now lost four games in a row, got into difficulty in the time it took them to slip from 67 for three to 69 for seven. Chatham (28) and veteran Tom Stanton (26) got the score up to 115 for eight, but when they went the tail didn't lasts long.

   Hanson (4-24) did most of the damage with Bess (2-13) and James Pickard (2-34) picking off the stragglers.

   South Devon dropped back from second to third when they lost their way on the chase at Sandford and had to settle for a losing draw.

   Geoff Murch (88no) and the luckless Mike Canning (99no) set a new divisional record of 187 for the seventh wicket that rescued Sandford from a perilous 81 for six.

   Pat Duke (5-74) did the early damage for South Devon, who ended up chasing 269 to win after Murch and Canning's heroics.

   The previous record was 173 set by Ashton Collinge and Jeremy Tozer for Exmouth against Torquay in 2000.

   Canning won't have been hugely pleased to finish on 99 not out as it was the second ton he had missed out in the space of a week. A couple of days earlier he was dismissed for 97 playing for Devon O50s against the Isle of Wight.

   South Devon set off in hot pursuit of the total with Duke (63) and Jon Norrish (24) posting 89 for the first wicket. Former Devon bowlers Richard Coupe (4-61) and John Rhodes (3-37) slowed the South Devon charge and with Dave Stubbs hitting 40 they closed on 182 for nine.

   Exeter were frustrated by Exmouth's tail enders as the derby clash on the County Ground ended in a draw.

   Robin Wass (73), Ollie Rimmer (58) and Simon Yeo (69) all hit half-centuries, and James Tuck (46no) just missed out on one, as Exeter totted up 277 for six declared in 47 of their 50 overs.

   Stand of the day was one of 95 between Tuck and Yeo that took Exeter from 167 for four to 261 for five.

   Exmouth's best bowling figures were modest returns of two for 50 by Damian Price and two for 49 from Dave Owen.

   Price (42) and Adam Buzza (38) gave Exmouth a start of sorts, but Christian Bostock (5-48) and Lloyd White (2-41) derailed the chase between them.

   Four overs out injured opener Roger Wensley, who hadn't planned on batting after being injured while fielding, came out last to join Lowman (26no) and the pair saw Exmouth to a draw at 215 for nine.

   Jason Woodcock's tenure as Paignton 2 nd XI captain started in a low-key manner with a five-wicket defeat by visiting Barton.

   Woodcock, who has stepped into the breach following the unexpected resignation of Neil Edmonds, top scored with 37 in an all-out total of 130. Liam Bryan (26) was the only other scorer of note.

   Mike Lievesley claimed three for 51 for Barton, but the star of the bowling show with four for 11 was Tom Whittle.

   Bryan (2-35) and Chris Smith (2-41) posed the odd problem   for Barton, but nothing Lievesley (26no), Tom Field (23) and Dave Cadwallader (39) couldn't cope with on a routine chase.