The Beamer

Simon Cole - One of the county's finest It’s the holy grail of all Pembrokeshire cricketers. To play in one is an honour. To play in more a blessing, to score a century in the Harrison-Allen final is as close to cricketing utopia as you can get and only five men have ever done it. Last year, in front of the Sky TV cameras, two achieved it. Neyland’s Ashley Sutton managed it in the first innings before Llangwm’s William Beresford  did it in the second, as he single headedly did his best to prise the trophy from Neyland’s hands. His efforts failed on that occasion yet he can console himself in the knowledge that his score of 114 remains the highest of all five. Prior to this record breaking knock, the highest score in a Harrison-Allen final belonged to Cresselly’s Simon Cole who raised his bat six years earlier in an epic win over Haverfordwest with a second innings knock of 103. Stephen Phillips, Geoff Cullen and Sutton scored 102 apiece. In the first innings of the...

Who will win the division one title this season? It’s a question that was asked before the first game and it’s a question that is still being asked now. Neyland are in the box seat, 26 points of Haverfordwest yet it’s still not over and with Carew to play away from home this weekend, it may not be until the final ball is bowled of 2014. Form would suggest that Neyland will win that game although Carew, denied a win by the rain last Saturday will not go down without a fight and will doubly motivated to win given they lost a club stalwart when Beryl Marsh, the daughter of one of the club’s founder members, tragically died while on her way to watch them take on St Ishmaels. A few miles up the road in Cresselly, second placed Haverfordwest will be the visitors. A batsman’s paradise, will the Town’s big guns come to the fore or will the home side, third in the league no less, show them how the game should be played? It promises to be an intriguing weekend. If Carew and Ha...