SOUTH Devon were on the wrong end of a 213-run hammering when they encountered Kingsbridge on the Marsh Road ground.

James Westlake and Freddie Ford both made centuries against a South Devon attack missing leading bowlers Jon Martin and Jack Allen.

Ford top scored with 136 – 17 fours and a six – in Kingsbridge’s 45-over total of 339 for three.

Westlake’s 103 – 16 fours, no sixes – was his third ton of the season so far and took him to 497 league runs at an average of exactly 71.

Toby Goodman broke an opening stand of 192 by bowling Westlake 86 balls after he took guard.

Friend went on to add another 113 for the second wicket with James Fletcher (36) before Otty Yip (2-40) winkled him out.

Only three South Devon batters made it as far as double figures before they were bowled out in the 30th over for 126. Aaron Hammett made 20, Mali Marshall top scored with 37 and Goodman reached 16.

Freddie Weir (5-36) reduced South Devon to 47 for four all by himself. Bhanu de Silva (3-20) accounted for what was left of the middle order.

CHUDLEIGH defeated winless Plymstock buy 192 runs in the basement battle at Kate Brook.

Chudleigh have not been in great form – four successive weeks in the bottom two confirm that – but they carried way too much firepower for Plymstock.

Mark Solway (43) and George House (51) opened up with a stand of 94 –and that was just the start of Plymstock’s woes.

Will Heather (41) and Rob Clarke hoisted 53 for the third wicket as the total raced to 171 for three –and there were more runs where they came from.

Clarke stuck around to make 79 off 60 balls and share in a stand of 114 for the fifth wicket with Nick Halse (67) that contributed to Chudleigh’s total of 326 for six.

Wicket-taking balls were in short supply for Plymstock, although Jamie Palfreyman (2-41) did find a couple.

Plymstock were all out for 134 with no one making more than the 26 extras Chudleigh gave away. Dave Ling made 23.

Ben Sercombe (3-26) had the edge over Mark Russell (2-30) and Luke Quaintance (2-28) in Chudleigh’s bowling figures.

Solway said being able to put a full-strength side out was one of the reasons Chudleigh won, but not the only one.

“We batted well, built partnerships and bowled in the right areas,” said Solway.

ASHBURTON cruised to a 51-run win over Ipplepen 2nd XI in the derby clash on the Varwell Field.

Steve Edmonds (59), Matt Churchill (50) and Nick Martin (50no) all made half-centuries for second-placed Ashes in a 45-over total of 254 for five.

There were stands of 70 between Edmonds and Dan Coles ­ – he made nine – 57 between Churchill and Lloyd White (45) and 79 shared by Churchill and Martin.

Eight bowlers trundled in for Ipplepen- none took more than one wicket. Paul Thomas (3.67) and Steve Bowden (3.33) topped the economy table.

Keeping up with the asking rate soon became an issue for Pens once Bowden (30), Noah Sutton (45) and Freddie Harvey (25) bowed out. Aditya More slowed Pens to a crawl during nine overs that cost a mere five runs and garnered four wickets.

When Adam Peters was seventh out on 131 the asking rate was more than 12 across the final 10 overs. It was too many.

Marcus Green (30no) and Andrew Bligh (36) put together a stand of 73 that took Pens to their final total of 203 for eight.