The Beamer

The scorer took great delight in colouring this in as it was none other than Murray's wife, Nicola. ‘No wise man ever wished to be younger’, said the Author of Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift. It’s not for me to dispute a literary giant such as Swift but he’d have reason to dispute his own views had he seen the team Lamphey put out at the weekend against Pembroke Dock. A couple of players apart, the majority of the team resembled the cast of Dad’s Army and nowhere was this highlighted more than when the once mighty Stags took the field against their youthful opponents. There are a couple of wise men at Lamphey and on Saturday, we all wished we could go back in time. As any ageing player will tell you, it’s not your ability that goes first, it’s your reaction times and agility and when trying to defend a total on the motorway that Pembroke Dock has become, a team with the dexterity and manoeuvrability of a rhinoceros will always struggle and struggle we did as Lu...

Matthew Lewis: One wicket and he was away Pic: www.pembrokeshiresport.co.uk You need a bit of luck to get on in the world. Hard work certainly pays but ask any successful person how they reached the top and you’re pretty much guaranteed that luck has played its part. Consider Matthew Lewis then. On a day that saw the all-rounders of the county come to the fore, this unassuming left arm swing bowler from Cresselly seconds was finding life pretty difficult at Whitland seconds with his first few overs going no-where.  He was due to come off after four overs to be replaced by Lyn Richards, an all-rounder of veteran status these days but no less effective as players younger than him. Richards began to warm up eager to come on the over after next to try and snare a few of the Borderers’ batsmen when all of a sudden, Lewis took a wicket with the final ball of what was going to be his last over and was given another over as a reward. He didn’t look back as the wickets soon...