KENN’S roller-coaster season in the D Division West – win one, lose one – continued with a 51-run defeat by Yelverton.

Babbacombe’s surprise win over Chagford could have taken them out of the bottom two at Yelverton’s expense had they lost at Trehill.

Yelverton found the bowling of Harry Gaydon (3-40) and James Gosling (4-36) tough to get away and had to work hard for a total of 167 all out.

Dave Ackford (21) and Rob Grove (25) made runs up top; Ed Sorensen hit 25 in the middle and Josh Stevenson added a priceless 38 down the order. A stand of 48 between Stevenson and Elias McGill (21no) for the ninth wicket proved critical.

Kenn lost the game in the time it took them to fade from 51 for two to 69 for six. Ben Chaloner (30) made more than anyone as Ben Grove (4-33) winkled out the batters.

Alistair Horler finished the job with three for 16 as Kenn crumbled to 116 all out.

TORQUAY & Kingskerswell 2nd XI eased their relegation worries in the D Division West with a 57-run win over Ivybridge 2nd XI. They are now 29 points clear of the relegation places.

New Zealander Tobias Delahunty was the man of the moment for Torquay & Kingskerswell with 108 in their all-out tally of 200.

The Seasiders had struggled at times against the bowling of James Bullock (2-23) and Harry Drew (3-31) and were 90 for five after losing three wickets for just 10 runs added.

Delahunty and Ant Nadar (29) put on 76 for the sixth wicket to revive T&Ks fortunes.

Owen Howard (3-13) picked-up late wickets during the dash for runs in the later overs.

The game got away from Ivybridge during the seven-over spell that saw them slump from50 for one to 78 for six.

Spin proved Ivybridge’s undoing with wickets falling to Towkir Chowdhury (4-21) and Delahunty (3-19).

Drew (36no), in at 66 for four, was still there at the end when Chowdhury claimed two wickets in two balls to dismiss the Bridge for 143.

Meanwhile in the E Division, Stokeinteignhead trounced Teignmouth & Shaldon 2nd XI by 200 runs in the derby date at Hazeldown Oval.

A stand of 139 between Stoke batters Hugo Longrigg (95) and in-form Andrew Thornton-Clarke (51) was a foretaste of what came next.

Anuj Tiwai (71), S K Kuriakose (43) and Chako John (38) took the score up to 383 for eight. Fifty-one extras helped.

Eight bowlers had a go for T&S. Only Mark Lilley (3-54) made much headway.

Teignmouth & Shaldon slumped to 45 for five in reply as Jamie Clinkett (2-29) and Lishoy George (2-37) to the fore for Stoke.

Veteran Kevin Jones (48), Riley Jones (28) and Ben Jones (32) fashioned a recovery of sorts – Kevin and Ben put on 67 – that got T&S to a respectable 183 all out.

Longrigg (3-11) wrapped up the innings.