YORK Cricket Club enjoyed a home Yorkshire ECB Premier League and Cup double with victories over Appleby Frodingham and Cleethorpes at the weekend.

However, they received a serious blow when influential all-rounder Rob Flack collapsed in his delivery stride with suspect knee ligament trouble which could keep him out of the key part of York's season.

Against Appleby Frodingham, York amassed a huge total when Michael Sheedy and Simon Mason put on 183 for the second wicket. Useful knocks from Nick Kay and Rob Flack enabled skipper Marcus Wood to declare four overs early at 297-4.

Wood might have worried at his generosity when Frod openers Anders Vermeulen and Miles Morland looked well set at 84 off 20 overs. However, spinners Mark Bell and Dan Broadbent got together in harness to share nine victims. The fielding was excellent with the first nine wickets falling to catches. With their closest rivals all taking maximum points, Yorks lead remains at 15 points

In yesterday's Sunday League Cup quarter-final against Cleetrhorpes, York lost two early wickets to veteran paceman Andy Carrington. All York's main batters got a start but none went on to make a commanding score so that a total of 234 with 13 deliveries unused seemed slightly disappointing.

After Nick Kay grabbed a wicket, Will Kirby and former West Indian Test batter Sherwin Campbell put on 61 at over four an over and seemed a real threat but this was snuffed out when Broadbent took a phenomenal return catch to dismiss Campbell.

Thereafter, the innings had little permanency and wickets fell regularly to Broadbent's off spin. Mike Mortimer took over from the injured Flack and grabbed three scalps himself. Broadbent added six wickets to his haul of five the previous day to make a thoroughly satisfactory weekend for the Clifton Park club.

Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB

County Premier League

York v Appleby Frodingham

York: Sheedy st Coy b Taylor 113, Bartram c C Taylor b ver Meuden 22, Mason b C Taylor 85, Kay not out 20, Flack c Uddin b J Taylor 31, Wood not out 1. Extras 25; Total 297-4.

Bowling: C Taylor 10-0-59-1; O Shafquat 13-0-59-0; ver Meuden 10-1-53-1; Yousuf 6-0-50-0; Uddin 5-0-29-0; J Taylor 7-0-30-2.

Appleby-Frodingham: Morland c Bell b Broadbent 35, ver Meuden c and b Broadbent 75, Yousuf c and b Bell 2, Parker c Bell b Broadbent 5, J Taylor c Broadbent b Kay 31, Uddin c Flack b Bell 7, Coy c Flack b Broadbent 4, Ali c Hough b Bell 8, C Taylor c Flack b Broadbent 0, D Shafquat b Bell 0, O Shafquat not out 0. Extras 12; Total 179.

Bowling: Snell 5-0-15-0; Flack 9-0-45-0; Kay 5-1-22-1; Broadbent 17-4-49-5; Bell 14.1-4-40-4.

Other scores:

Castleford 258-5, Barnsley 108; Cleethorpes 133, Doncaster 134-4; Harrogate 263-4 (A Twigg 34, V Craven, K Butt 42, R Bradshaw 47no, M Cousen 27no), Driffield 122 (D Pennett 5-29, T Glover 3-10); Scarborough 160-9 (D Harland 61, N Zakrewski 25; R Barlow 4-38), Sheffield Collegiate 161-4 (J Tasker 60); Yorkshire Academy 228-6, Sheffield United 225-8.

York v Cleethorpes

York: D Broadbent c Wilson b Carrington 12, M Sheedy b Carrington 4, S Mason b Ellis 31, N Kay c Campbell b Thompson 42, D Snell run out 22, M Wood c Kirby b Zielinski 31, R Flack c Kirby b Carrington 40, T Bartram run out 10, M Mortimer not out 2, A Boyle st Wilson b Carrington 0, N Durham c Campbell b Kirby 2, Extras 38 Total 234.

Bowling: A Carrington 8-0-41-4, P Thompson 7-1-33-1, S Campbell 7-2-26-0, A Ellis 10-4-27-1, J Zielinski 8-0-45-1, R Dales 3-0-27-0, W Kirby 4-0-18-1.

Cleethorpes: W Kirby lbw b Broadbent 41, N Wheeler c Flack b Kay 5, S Campbell c & b Broadbent 32, G Wilson lbw b Broadbent 3, P Ridley c Durham b Mortimer 9, R Dales b Mortimer 4, A Ellis b Broadbent 0, G Carlton st Durham b Broadbent 0, A Carrington c Mason b Mortimer 0, P Thompson b Broadbent 23. Extras 15. Total 140.

Bowling: D Snell 4-1-19-0, A Boyle 2-016-0, N Kay 8-2-20-1, R Flack 4.4-1-13-0, M Mortimer 9.4-0-45-3, D Broadbent 9.4-3-22-6.

Heworth and Bolton Percy, meet in the Acomb Invitation Cricket trophy semi-final tonight (6.30pm).

The winners will play Woodhouse Grange in the final on Wednesday when the umpires will be Alan Wilkinson and Keith Castle.

Updated: 12:11 Monday, July 11, 2005