Uplyme keep promotion hopes alive

UPLYME and LYME REGIS 2ND XI 233-5dec (20PTS) beat CULMSTOCK 2ND XI 39 (2) by 194 runs

UPLYME seconds are one game away from clinching promotion back to D Division East.

Solid batting from openers Dave Jones (62), Roger Jones (36) and Dave Norman (42) enabled them to declare at 233-5.

Stand-in skipper Mark Colley led the bowling attack with a brilliant 5-12, removing inexperienced Culmstock, playing with just nine men, for 39.

UPLYME 2ND XI

D Jones b Gush 62; R Jones c&b Stoker 36; Norman b Essex 46; Adam Caddy lbw Essex 11; Finnigan lbw Stoker 21; Rowe not out 14; Edwards not out 21; Extras 22

Total 938 overs, 5 wkts) 233

Bowling: Kittow 11-0-58-0; Essex 7-0-48-0; Aldridge 6-0-33-0; Stoker 6-1-40-2; Gush 4-1-21-1; Bakehouse 4-0-22-0

CULMSTOCK 2ND XI

Whitell not out 20; Kittow b Colley 8; Aldridge lbw Colley 0; Jones c Adam Caddy b Finnigan 1; Holme st D Jones b Colley 1; Stoker lbw Colley 0; Gush run out 0; Essex b Finnigan 0; Bakehouse b Colley 0; Extras 7

Total (14 overs) 39

Bowling: Finnigan 7-2-20-2; Colley 7-3-12-5