Munowar Samsodien claimed a season’s best 5-18 and skipper Isaac Allen scored a crucial 48 not out as Mold edged a one-wicket win over Hawarden Park on Saturday.
The visitors won the toss and decided to bat, being bowled out for 136 in 44 overs, Philip Bradfield top-scoring with 49.
Samsodien’s five-for included the vital wicket of Bradfield, while Luca Davies claimed 2-24 and Thomas North 2-34.
Mold looked fairly comfortable at 97-4 in reply, but then a mini-collapse had them 133-9, Allen and last-man George Godwin seeing them over the line
Evan Shaw picked up 4-31, James Martin 2-15 off nine and Matthew Gentry 2-23 for Park.
Abergele have been in fine form of late and they continued to impress as they pushed leaders Northop seconds all the way only to lose out narrowly at the end.
Put into bat, Gele were all out for 159 in 42.1 overs, Lalmon TV leading the way with 59 off 53 balls, including seven fours and a six.
Rhys Johnson snapped up 3-15, Scott Oates 3-25 and Tom Sudder 2-20 for the visitors.
In response, Northop made it to 160-8 in 42.2, Henry Dowd 49, Rana Das 2-33 for the home side.
Opener Matthew Harrington’s crucial 76 and 6-22 from Andrew Day were the key factors in an emphatic Bethesda home win.
Pesda were invited to bat and started well, skipper Carwyn L Williams putting on 60 with Harrington before falling for 36.
Nicholas Parry (32) added 69 with Harrington for the third wicket, the Ogwen Valley side ending on 200-7 off 45 overs.
Day’s 6-22 was a career-best, ensuring Pont could only muster 119 all out in reply, James Hughes 37, Carwyn L Williams also gathering an excellent 3-10 off nine for the hosts.
Sion Francis (77) and David Jenkins (46) were the mainstays of Dolgellau’s winning effort of 220-9, the pair forming a stand of 87 for the fourth wicket.
Louis Parry bagged 3-31 for Buckley, who were then dismissed for 130, Danny Peover 41 not out and Ollie Fellows 33, Lafras Van Vuuren 5-32, Jack Williams 3-36 and Francis 2-23 for the visitors, who won by 90 runs and 14-1 on points.
Australian Brody Camp struck a magnificent 125 not out and passed 500 league runs for the season as Connah’s Quay romped to a maximum points success over Halkyn.
Camp hit 16 fours in his 123-ball maiden century for the team, Tom Hooson adding 34 and Rhys Stout 29 not out as the Deesiders amassed 276-4 off 45.
Joshua Clarke then scooped 4-23, Rhys Jones 2-24 and Mali Auty 2-25 as Halkyn were skittled out for 94.
Skipper Jonathon Davies and number seven bat Patrick Jelley rescued Conwy from a precarious 46-6 with a match-turning seventh-wicket stand of 131 at Bodlondeb.
Davies made 73 and Jelley 52 as the hosts eventually set 181 all out after winning the toss and deciding to bat.
Sion Edwards took a stunning 5-13 off nine overs for the Steelmen, Harri Davies pocketing 3-17.
Brymbo seconds were sent packing for just 80, Blake Stocks 2-8, Graham Meredith 2-21 and Jelley 2-22.
Emphatic Division Two leaders Marchwiel and Wrexham suffered a surprise home defeat to second-place Llay at the weekend.
Invited to bat, Welfare chalked up a useful 199-6 off 45 overs, opener Jacob Roberts best with 61, Jack Edwards 42 and Jack Honey 41, Muhammad Ghufran and Matt Oddie both 2-24 for the hosts.
Despite an outstanding 91 from George Forgrave and Sam Heard Edwards’ 30, Marchwiel and Wrexham were bowled out for 171 in response, Jack Edwards 3-5 off four, Nathan Humphreys 2-15 from eight sealing a 12-3 points success for the travellers.
Marchwiel and Wrexham still hold a 24-point lead at the summit.
Aron Hughes claimed 4-4 and Caron Williams 3-12 as Llanrwst demolished Corwen’s batting for just 78 and then took only 14.3 overs to reach a winning 82-0, Trefor Williams 49 not out.
Great bowling from Owen Sidney (4-8), Chetan Upadhyaya (2-4) and Roger Cloete (2-16) ensured St Asaph removed hosts Gresford for just 93.
Saints then coasted to 97-3 in 20 overs for a 14-1 triumph, skipper Andy Mearns 37, Danny Griffin 2-16 from eight for the home side.
Owen Opie (37) and Dan Miller (36) put on a vital 69 for the fourth wicket to set Mochdre up for a winning score at Swan Road.
Put into bat, the hosts posted 149-9 off 34 overs, Nilanka De Silva snaring 4-17 and Anirudh Menon 2-36 for the Colliers.
Finlay Jones then poached an impressive 4-17 as Bersham were rolled over for just 67, Alex J Davies with 3-17 and Kyle Brown 2-20.
Skipper Andrew Wannop’s remarkable career-best 101 out of a team total of just 136 was not enough to save Menai Bridge seconds from defeat at Alder Meadow.
Number five bat Wannop’s maiden century completely overshadowed everything else in what was an otherwise disappointing away batting effort, Frazer Keay collecting 5-17 off eight and Gareth Jones 3-22 for the hosts.
Pont got home on 137-7 off 28.4, skipper Dave Evans topping the chart with 41, while for Menai, Phil Smith snatched 3-20 and Oliver Hind 2-7.
A narrow two-run win for Caernarfon at Coed Helen.
Skipper Monis Altaf was the star of the show for the Cofis with a career-best 105 – his maiden century.
Grant Peisley added 56 as the hosts chalked up 203-6 off 40 overs after being inserted by the opposition, Henry Roberts taking 2-24 for the visitors.
Mold seconds went mighty close in reply, but finished on 201-4, Craig Roberts 75 and Liam Roberts 32.
Another close encounter in Division Three saw Hawarden Park seconds nudge out Conwy seconds by just three runs.
Asked to bat, Hawarden were 61-4 before an unbroken stand of 82 for the fourth wicket between Harry Black (45 not out) and skipper Owen Ford (36 no) enabled them to record 143-6 off their allocation of 40 overs.
Conwy seconds were limited to 140-6 from 40, skipper Philip Davies 45, Robert Goodwin 3-31 for the winners.
Ben Cowper grabbed 5-14 and Harri Adams 3-10 as Pwllheli blitzed out Quay seconds for just 42 and then hit back with 46-0 in 7.4 overs, Craig Edwards 31 not out, to wrap up a 10-wicket, 15-0 victory.
Nine-player Bethesda seconds were blasted out for just 85, Ashley Rowlands 28, Jac Evans 2-3 and Joshua Duckworth 2-33 for hosts Ruthin, who eased to 89-2 off 13.2, openers Osian Roberts (40) and Jac Evans (29) putting on 65.
Jithin Joseph (3-6), Sindo Mathew (2-7), Derick Dineshan (2-8) and Vipin Shylajan (2-12) all played their part in Bersham seconds bowling Ruthin seconds out for a paltry 55.
The hosts needed just six overs to make a winning 58-2, Aneesh Pattali (24) and Sujeesh Vazhadan (22 no).
Dan Jones (3-21) and Dan Gwynne (3-23) did most to ensure Carmel seconds were all out for a modest 110, Vishal Mony 35, before Llandudno skipped to a winning 112-3 off 22, Dan Jones 43 no, Harley Owen 2-12 for the hosts.
Good win for Llanrwst seconds who put Marchwiel and Wrexham seconds into bat and kept them down to 163-8 off 40, opener Nick Husbands an impressive 68.
Gaz Jones claimed 3-41 and Stuart Hughes 2-19 for the Rwsters, who made it to 164-8 in response with a ball to spare.
Alwyn Williams (31 no), Aled Hughes (28), Ian Nicholls (27) and skipper Matty Lloyd (26) all helped the hosts reach their target, Husbands 3-18 and Paul Baines 2-33 for the visitors, who had a rare off day as a club.
You write reports on a succession of low-scoring matches and right at the bottom of the list you come across a team that scores 291-9!
Take a bow Mynydd Isa and Maeshafn, who were put into bat by visitors Hawarden Park thirds and certainly made the most of it.
Stuart Applewhite led the way with 102 not out, the fourth century of his career and a fourth highest individual score, Aryaman Arora adding 55 and Umang Desai 39, Myles Bennett 3-35 for the visitors, who were knocked over for 32.
Nazeem Ahmadzai took 3-11, Venkat Sundaram 2-2, Arora 2-2 and Prasad Jadhav 2-10 for the dominant hosts.
The highest and lowest totals of the day outside of the Premier Division – both in the same match.
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