Manning lets lose on final day of the season

TAVISTOCK BATTER HIT 100 OFF 108 BALLS

-  CONRAD SUTCLIFFE

PREMIER DIVISION

CORNWOOD'S Premier Division season fizzled out with the minimum of fuss when new Premier champions Sandford stuffed them by nine wickets.

Jackson Thompson, the former Cornwood captain who moved to Heathcoat two seasons ago, now skippers Sandford and was presented with the champions' trophy before the game got under way.

Cornwood were depleted before they started as Devon trio Ben Beaumont, Matt Skeemer and Max Finzel were all due to travel to Birmingham ready for the National Counties play-off final against Buckinghamshire, which started yesterday.

Those left behind quickly subsided to 29 for four- losing opener Ben Griffiths in the first over did not help and without Elliott Staddon (31) and Adam Goodliffe (24), the Corns would have struggled to get anywhere near 102 all out.

Sandford's only casualty in an 11.2-over run chase was opener Ciaran Gray another Cornwood old boy who was dismissed by Chris Parker with the score on 99.

Dikshan Negi (70no) wiped off the four runs needed to win without next man in Adam Small having to face a ball.

PLYMPTON'S

Premier season also ended on a low note when they were six-wicket losers away at relegated North Devon.

Plympton, similarly short of three regulars due to Devon commitments, made a respectable 199 all out.

Jeremy Williams, the former Devon keeper-batsman, marked his return to the first team after an absence of seven seasons with a top score of 47. Jack Martin made 27 not out down the order and best of the bits and pieces was 19 from opener Surya Suresh.