LOUTH missed out on a place in the final of the Grimsby Town CC/Grimsby Institute Knock Out after defeat to a Ross Davy-inspired Fenner.

Man-of-the-match Davy put in a sparkling display, hitting an unbeaten 61 and then taking three Louth wickets, two of them in two balls.

Having won the toss and elected to bat, Fenner lost former Gloucestershire player Steve Sergeant, bowled by Seth Rance, with only 14 on the board.

The second wicket fell to Stewart West on 35 but from there, Fenner gradually upped the run rate per over, Davy and Dominic Rhodes putting on 42 before Rhodes was caught off Mark Roberts.

Rory Osmond and Graeme Bell each chipped in with a wicket but the last four overs produced 40 runs as Fenner finished on 140 for five, Davy's 61 coming off 58 balls with six fours.

Sergeant then struck in his first over, trapping Bell lbw and Rhodes' first over brought the wicket of Morgan, out to a sharp catch by wicketkeeper Mike Cooke.

But after four overs Louth were just ahead of the run rate and continued to push the score along until, on 47 for three, Davy came into the attack to take two wickets with his first two balls.

Graham West was still at the crease and he and Jason Collinson took Louth to 70 before West was caught on the boundary by Danny Parker off Davy for 25.

From here wickets fell steadily, Luke Robinson taking two and Sergeant making the final dismissal as Louth were all out for 87.

Davy finished with three for 21 off 24 balls and was presented with the man-of-the-match award by Chris Broadburn on behalf of sponsors E A Broadburn Chemists.

Fenner will now play the winners of the other semi-final between Grimsby Town and Messingham next week, with the final taking place on August 2.