Looking to advance to January's semi-finals unbeaten, the Lions appeared in danger of becoming Mowbray's second high-profile victim in as many weeks.

Chasing 184, Launceston collapsed to 6-81 before Taylor's 118 not out helped secure a two-wicket win with four balls to spare.

"It was a pretty nerve-racking game but it was good to get the result," Taylor said.

"We weren't in a good spot so I suppose it was a bit of belief - I didn't want to lose a game of cricket, I wanted to fight hard for the team.

"I haven't batted that well the last few games and I wanted to show some leadership and try and take it as deep as we could.

"I think that's what you need to do as a captain and I was lucky it came off for me today."

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Having lost both openers cheaply, Mowbray registered its first 100-run stand of the season as reliable skipper Luke Scott (38) found a dependable partner in Jarrod Freeman (65).

Lions paceman Daniel Smith (3-8) dismissed both in consecutive overs before Aaron Hughes (29 not out) led the Eagles near 200.

After a shaky start with the bat, Launceston kept its winning streak alive as Taylor and Tom Gray put on 57 for the eighth wicket.

"The lower order boys showed plenty of fight - Rowan Smith just dug in, we just tried to take some sting out of the game," Taylor said.

"Tom's an elite runner between the wickets and turned as lot of ones into twos and big Panda [Smith] at the end - he's perfect because I was cooked.

"He was the one that could clear the ropes, he was fresh and if he gets it in the slot he can hit it for six ... it's pretty good having those boys at the end - they could bat a lot higher in the order but we bat so deep."

WESTBURY locked in a semi-final rematch with Riverside after Murfet posted his maiden first-grade ton in a 41-run win.

Arriving in the third over, the Shamrocks skipper brought up the milestone with a sweetly-struck cover drive and finished unbeaten on 117.

He had scored two first-grade 90s - both against Riverside - before reaching the mark on Saturday.

"It was pretty relieving - I've had a couple of gos and got out in the 90s a couple of times so it was just a relief to get over that three-figure milestone," Murfet said.

"I feel like I've been batting okay, it's just a matter of taking it to the next step and putting in some partnerships."

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The Shamrocks finished 7-205 with Jesse Homan (2-19 off 10) the Blues' only multiple wicket-taker.

Riverside's chase never looked likely, reaching 7-87 before some late-order hitting from Sam Lockett (33 not out) and Aidan O'Connor added some respectability to the scorecard.

Liam Ryan (4-41) and Kieren Hume (3-30) were both potent with the ball.

"I think Riverside have been playing some good cricket, they've only dropped one game so far so we knew we needed to play some good cricket," Murfet said.

"Especially after a pretty disappointing week against Mowbray last week, it was important we bounce back.

"Liam and Kieren bowled in a really good partnership. We knew only having 205 on the board on that wicket at Westbury and the outfield - it's nowhere near enough if the team is going to come and play well, so we knew we had to really disciplined in the field and we did that from the first over right through to the last."

DEVONPORT will meet Launceston in the other semi-final despite being overrun at Sheffield.

The Orions were coasting at 2-84 but lost clumps of wickets as Marc Simonds, James Jennings and Hugh Clarkson all picked up two scalps each.

The Mountaineers then chased the 9-152 target with five overs to spare as Simonds (63 not out) and Joshua Aikman (37 not out) spearheaded victory.

James Wescombe as in a hurry to see LATROBE home to a seven-wicket win over Burnie.

Chasing just 118 after Nathan Bessell (3-24) ploughed through the Hurricanes' line-up, the Demons were 2-0 when Shaun Redman bowled Daniel Williams and Ben Chaplin in successive balls.

But Wescombe went beserk with a 67-ball 74 (eight fours, three sixes) to bring the hosts within three runs of victory.

Opener Callan Morse (33 not out) hit the winning runs in the 21^st over.

ULVERSTONE opener Jacob Snare narrowly missed a ton for the second week running in a convincing away win at Wynyard.

On 98 with one ball to go in the Black Caps' innings, Snare was unable to get Brodie Stokes away and the visitors' innings finished on 1-196 with Alex Wynwood (48 not out) also two runs short of raising his bat.

The Tigers were bowled out for 142 with Samuel Murfitt taking 3-24 and Damien DeVries and Ben Bott collecting matching figures of 10 overs, two maidens, 2-24.