Jono Colegate - runs and wickets for D&T in the win over Ashburton<br>credit: Mark Lockett

JAMES Toms and Dave Burke both hit half-centuries in Plymouth 2nd XI’s 110-run win over visiting Bridestowe.

Sam Knapman was the only one of the top-six batters to miss out as Plymouth amassed 267 for five.

Toms (57) and Ollie Parsons (32) put on 90 for the first wicket, followed by Jon Cummings (34) and Burke (55) adding 68. Adam Talbott (23) and Clare Varcoe (20no) both chipped in.

Tom Boother (3-34) posted Bridestowe’s best bowling figues.

Bridestowe were all out for 157 in reply, which was more than they looked like reaching when they were 68 for six.

Boother (44no) and Pat Ewen (15) delayed Plymouth’s victory charge for 35 runs.

Plymouth’s wicket taking was shared with three each for skipper Phil Taylor and Dan Farnham and two for Varcoe.

YELVERTON won for the first time this season, but only, just when they beat Stoke Gabriel by four runs.

Geoff Brain hit six fours and two sixes on his way to a top score of 72 not out in relegated Yelverton’s total of 202 for seven.

Along the way there was a stand  of 86 for the sixth wicket with Steve Colmer, who made 42. James Casey chipped in with 32.

Stoke skipper Jack Tolley (4-35) led his side’s bowling effort.

Andy Kingdon (77) and Mike Meech (25) put Stoke in a useful position at 109 for three in reply. 

Three wickets fell cheaply – two to Steve Crompton (3-38) – as 109 for three became 118 for six.

Kingdon kept going and had veteran Neil Robinson (27) for company in  stand of 71 that revived the chase.

Richard Townsend (4-32) broke the stand by dismissing Robinson and the Stoke chase ended soon after on 198.

CORNWOOD 2nd XI came a proper cropper away to Shaldon, who beat them by 109 runs.

Richard Fisher top scored with 50 for Shaldon – he and Adam Dowsing (20) put on 79 for the fifth wicket – and with Ruben Minnaar (26) and Josh Couch (20) chipping in a total of 208 was posted.

Ben Griffiths and Josh Goodliffe had three wickets each for Cornwood, who were bowled out for 99 in reply.

Opener Ciaran Gray made 33 at run-a-ball rate. No one else made more than 14.

Todd Ballman (4-17) was aided an abetted by Minnaar (2-28) and Fisher (2-30) in bowling out Cornwood.

KINSGBRIDGE maintained their hopes of dodging the drop into the D Division West by inflicting a 90-run defeat on Babbacombe.

Kingsbridge have two games left to do something about the 23 points between them and getting out of the bottom three. They play relegated Yelverton this Saturday.

Babbacombe are in a similar position to Kingsbridge as they are 25 points away from safety. A win at Cornwood this Saturday will keep their hopes alive.

Kingsbridge batted the full 45 overs at Walls Hill to make 202 for four. Openers Bhanu de Silva (28) and Richard Carr (79) supplied a 115-run start that Steve Inch (34) and Dan Hardy (23) built on.

Wily left-armer Paul Bates kept the runs down by bowling nine overs for 25 runs conceded.

Dean Durrant (23) and Bowman (22) were the only Babbacombe batters to make it past 20. 

The game got away in the time it took to slump from 73 for three to 81 for seven. There were three wicket each for Neal Peach, Matt Hammett and de Silva as Babbacombe were bowled out for 112.

DARTINGTON & Totnes showed the form that has made them C Division West champions with a resounding eight-wicket win at Ashburton.

Ashes, who are second behind the long-term leaders, were bundled out for 107 with more than four overs to go.

Arun Karthick top scored on 37 after going in at 38 for three. Next best were 28 extras. The last five wickets went for just 10 runs.

There were three wickets each for D&T bowlers Chris Cook, Jono Colegate and J P Snyman.

Steve Edmonds, who back in 2000 was the Devon League’s young player of the year, struck twice for Ashburton to leave D&T 18 for two.

Snyman (57no) was still there and his stand of 90 unbroken with Colegate (30no) put the game to bed.

Defeated captain Ashley Berry said:

"Always difficult to be put in on a wet one and get anything significant. 

“While we made it very difficult at the start of their chase, credit to Darts for being clinical. 

“We now go to our final two games and look to consolidate our position.”

In a division with just one promotion place there is nothing for coming second.