Leeper Hare York and District League premier division leaders Dringhouses were given a fright at bottom of the table Copmanthorpe, where they found themselves 2-0 down at half-time through goals from Ashley Burnett and a cracking strike from Danny Parker.

However, normal service was resumed after the interval with Dringhouses scoring five goals without reply through Craig McShane, Lee Atkinson, Graham Mitchell, Shane Laverack and joint top scorer Mark Woodward, who added the fifth.

For the second week in succession Malton Bacon Factory beat Dunnington by the same 4-1 scoreline.

They were two up inside the first seven minutes with goals from Nigel Allen and Tom Oxtoby. A Darrell Craggs penalty on the half-hour gave the Malton side a comfortable half-time advantage. Dunnington's Robert Hart pulled one back within five minutes of the re-start but another Oxtoby strike ten minutes from time settled the issue.

Despite taking the lead twice Pocklington went down 6-2 away at Huntington. Paul Chatterton gave the visitors an early lead but within 60 seconds Paul Downes had equalised. Sammy Bayoder restored Pock's lead only for Graham McDonald and Paul Smyth to nudge Huntington 3-2 up.

In the second period a Jack Wilson free-kick extended the lead and two late goals from Chris Dyson and another McDonald effort saw Huntington consolidate third place in the table.

Bishopthorpe lost their fourth consecutive away game in the league when they went down 3-1 at Haxby.

The scores were level at 1-1 at the interval with Mark Scoreby putting Haxby in front and Dave Kettlewell hitting the equaliser. But second half strikes from Scoreby and Richard Igguland gave Haxby the points.

Old Malton notched up their third away draw of the season after they shared the spoils with Wiggington Grasshoppers.

The visitors should have been at least three goals up by the break as a missed penalty and a couple of gilt-edge chances went begging. So all they had to show for their efforts was a Paul Boyes goal.

The home side had the better of the second half and equalised when man of the match Paul Dicks' free-kick was headed home by veteran Richard Metcalfe.

Updated: 11:04 Monday, October 18, 2004