After early visits to the pool and gym Devon left on time at 9.15pm knowing they were in for a long day as the one day game, the following day, was to be played at one of Wales most westerly grounds in Pembrokeshire. This would necessitate a journey, including a meal, of at least three hours later in the day. The morning fielding and bowling warm up was completed under heavy cloud cover and this was the weather conditions when the second over of the innings was completed fifteen and a half hours after it had commenced. Charles FitzRoy took over from Goodey and Goodey changed ends to replace Rudolph. Devon bowled another eleven overs, giving Oli Read his first bowl at this level before rain interrupted proceedings with Wales on fifty-five for one. The break only lasted eleven minutes and at the restart Rudolph was reintroduced. Wales chanced their arm against the Ottery seamers and Petherbridge and the captain entered the attack. This brought an early result with Petherbridge bowling the hard hitting Peace with the final ball of his third over. This was in the twenty-second over of Wales innings and they had reached 118, with the second wicket pair putting on one hundred. Petherbridge then bowled eight dot balls before he took his second wicket bowling Roberts with only four runs added to the total. The captain then trapped Carlson in front leaving Wales 125-4 off twenty-seven overs. Lunch, again a Barbeque, was taken with Wales on 137 and Devon had bowled thirty-one overs. Andrady was well set on sixty-six. Wales added another twenty-three post lunch runs when keeper Sam Maunder took a catch off the captain to remove the dangerous Andrady for seventy-eight. The home side were now ninety-eight behind with five wickets in hand. Devon were not helping their own cause by not taking every opportunity created. Wales were six down in the fifty-eighth over when Maunder took another excellent leg side catch, this time off Toby Codd. It was the sort of catch that often turns a game. In this case it did not as the seventh wicket took the home side up to and past their target as the second highest partnership of the innings was accumulated. Tea was taken with Wales thirty-two behind. The seventh wicket pair put on seventy-nine in eighty-three minutes off one hundred and sixty-seven balls. Dan Pyle rang the changes and the pair were eventually parted after the new ball was taken as Goodey bowled Sisodiya. Wales were now seventeen ahead. Wales did not pick up an additional and final batting point as Read bowled Ward in the eighty-seventh over - 279-8, Wolf held another good catch to remove Davey to give Oli Read a second wicket and in the ninety-second over Goodey bowled last man Murphy. Wales had a lead of thirty and the Welsh management scented second innings bonus points. Despite losing Toby Codd second ball, completing a pair, and Harvey Sargent in the twelfth over neither side picked up a point. The decision to bowl twenty overs at Devon did not help the relationship behind the two sides as it took sixty-seven valuable minutes and delayed Devon on their cross county trek to West Wales furthest coast. Great credit to both batsmen, Charles FitzRoy and Dan Wolf for not giving Wales a sniff at a bonus point and time was called at twelve minutes to seven with Devon 50-2.

The host Club could not have been more helpful but we experienced some of the coldest cricket conditions ever in July. Wind breaks would have been welcome and record layers were applied with beanies making a first appearance since the winter. The Petherbridge Clan had spent some very happy years in the Village and the three generations met up with many old friends but it was fully understandable why they migrated to Devon if these were two typical summer days. A fifty-third wedding anniversary was celebrated by one of our most loyal supporters. Devon booked a Harvester mid way in Carmarthen. This transpired to be located in a modern shopping centre with a car park with height restrictions! Sandy Allen's ability behind the wheel was tested to the full. We eventually arrived at the Pembroke Dock Travelodge past eleven o'clock. An errant flask delayed the management even further. This was the sides first first innings defeat in their two years together,