CRICKET: SCHOOLS: Cheslin stars for U-15s.COVENTRY Under-15s were in top form as they stormed to four wins in a week - overcoming Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. at Highway and then Pembroke, South West Wales West Wales is the western area of Wales bordered by South Wales to the east. The area is loosely-defined, but is generally considered to include Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, southern areas of Ceredigion, and sometimes the city of Swansea, . and Llanelli on tour. Chris Cheslin (Princethorpe College Princethorpe College is a Catholic independent day school located in Princethorpe, near Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It was founded in the late 1950s as St Bede's College in Royal Leamington Spa, before moving to its current site in 1966. ) sparkled in the four wicket defeat of Northern Ireland , taking 4-20 as the visitors were dismissed for 190 and then rattling 58 as Coventry won with four of their 45 overs in hand. Mark Lewis, also of Princethorpe College, weighed in with 39. Coventry destroyed Pembroke, reaching 233-7 in their 40 overs - skipper Scott Gillies (Coundon Court) making 33, Robert Jones (Cardinal Newman) 36, Ray Waite (Finham Park) 31 and Ben Fleming (King Henry VIII) 44 - and then dismissing the hosts for just 56 with Daniel Brookes (Coundon Court) taking 2-10, Andy Funnell (Finham Park) 2-11 and Nathan Watts (Woodlands) 2-10. Richard Swaffield (Woodlands) notched 64 and Fleming 48 not out as Coventry overhauled South West Wales' 202 (Funnell 3-20) for the loss of six wickets. Then Watts led the way with 31 and Gordon Townsend (Finham Park) made 22 in the three-wicket defeat of Llanelli who made 181, Gillies returning a superb 2-16 off eight overs bowled in temperatures of 90 degrees. |
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