Second-innings centuries to Alastair Taylor and Cam Lynch gave Launceston a chance at victory, but time wasn't their friend against Westbury.
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Resuming play at 5-218, already 95 runs clear of the Lions' first innings total of 123, the Shamrocks pushed forward to 8-291 courtesy of Dane Anderson's 68 and Hamish Sytsma's run-a-ball 23.
Lynch started his day with two wickets in his sole over to finish with 2-4, sitting 168 in arrears of Westbury's total, with an unlikely outright victory a distant possibility.
That was before Lynch and Taylor, despite losing Nick Haydon early, combined for a mammoth 241-run stand to give the Lions a major chance.
Kieren Hume broke through to grab Lynch for 104, but Taylor continued on, using Tom Gray (22 off 13) as a notable deputy to amass 172 before declaring on 6-314, 146 runs clear of their opponents.
Now given their chance at an outright victory, Westbury were put under pressure early, losing in-form duo Anderson and Joel Lloyd in consecutive Dan Smith balls before Matt Battle (51 off 41) smacked through the danger.
He and captain Dan Murfet (26 off 22) put their side in front before the Lions clawed back, taking 6-20 to leave Westbury with two wickets in hand and only 10 minutes to bat to save the match.
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Alex Kerrison and Hume saw out the remaining time and Westbury gained a tight victory on their first innings.
In the other match of the round, Mowbray put together their strongest two-day showing in their final game, pushing South Launceston to the limit.
Re-commencing at 0-43 with captain Luke Scott and key wicket John LeFevre at the crease staring down South's total of 339, the opening pair took a fair slice of the pie, putting on 119 before Scott was the first of Josh Freestone's six victims for 53.
LeFevre's partners became a revolving door until the former leader fell himself 40 runs and four wickets later for the Eagles' top score of 81.
Sam Canny, who had been opening for the Eagles in previous matches, and recent debutant Jason Snare showed some grit and determination towards the back half of the innings, scoring 46 and 51 respectively to give them hope before being dismissed for 306.
Young gun Jesse Price gave the Eagles something to smile about as South went back out to bat, claiming 3-4 in just two overs as the Knights were 4-37 at close of play.
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