THERE were three centurions in the recent matches played by Somerset Pathway teams ,Lucy Delaney for Girls Under 13s, while Fin Hill and Kian Roberts scored theirs in the same match for the Boys Under 18s.
Against Wiltshire the Girls Under 13s scored 235 for three from their 35 overs, Lucy adding 135 with her opening partner Emma Chapman who made 40. Lucy then added a further 80 with Florie Weare who made 31, before she retired for 100 which she scored off 91 balls with 12 fours .
Wiltshire were then bowled out for 71 in 18.5 overs Isabelle Gallagher claiming four wickets for 17 runs.
The Boys Under 16s travelled to Thornbury where hosts Gloucestershire were put in and scored 135 all out in 33.4 overs, Harvey Richards claiming four for 30. When the visitors replied captain Jago Barclay hit 65 off 45 balls with 10 fours and a six and Harrison Martin made an unbeaten 30, the pair putting on 56 for the second wicket as Somerset reached 138 for three in 22.2 overs,
Somerset Under 18s faced their Devon counterparts at Sandford CC where batting first the hosts hit 296 for eight from their 50 overs, Rishabh Shimpi taking two for 17 and Jamie Ogborne two for 66.
Somerset were all out for 123 in 32.1 overs, Seb Linnett with 36 and James Matravers adding 53 at the top of the order, before later Theo Lamey with 28 added 28 for the ninth wicket.
In the three day championship match against Wales at Taunton Vale, Somerset were put in and scored 226 all out in 59 overs, Oscar Coleman top scoring with 65 off 90 balls with 11 fours and Lachlan Rice hitting 50 off 91 with five fours, before Blaise Baker added 37 lower in the order. Wales replied with 259 all out in 78 .1 overs Kian Roberts taking four for 45 and Rice two for 32.
Batting for a second time after losing a couple of early wickets Fin Hill and Thomas Rew added 88 for the third wicket before the latter was out for 52 off 53 balls with seven fours and a six, after which Roberts joined Hill.
The fourth wicket duo put on 125 in 20 overs before Hill was out for 105 off 115 balls which included 13 fours. Roberts saw the total to 308 before departing for 100 which came off 104 deliveries and contained 10 fours and two sixes after which Oscar Coleman hit 26 off 13 balls and Rice an unbeaten 21 from five balls before the hosts declared on 340 for seven off 57 overs. Chasing 306 the visitors ended 157 for seven before the game ended in a draw.