DIVISION six leaders Selby came within one delivery of losing their cherished unbeaten record when their last pair were at the crease as they held out for a draw in a high scoring game against local rivals Cawood.

Bottom placed Cawood belied their lowly status by hitting a massive 251-7 with Andy Cliffe topping the charts with 106.

His backing group consisted of Naseer Shefta, who made 36 and Keith Towndrow, who hit 49.

Selby's most successful bowlers were Gareth Roberts with 3-74 and Carl Patterson who took 4-71 whereas cawood's attack was firmly in the hands of John Gibson who took 6 for 109.

Despite his erstwhile effort, Selby retained their unbeaten record as Scott Smith became the second centurion in the match when he hit 5 fours and seven sixes in an exact 100.

Gareth Roberts' 25 also played a part as Selby held on at 209-9.

Second-placed Dringhouses lost ground when they fell five runs short of a modest home score of 130 at Stillington, whose score owed much to the perennial talents of Dennis North who made 62.

Peter Dalton helped the cause with 35 whilst John Lohan took 6 for 57 and R. Lindsay 3-19.

In the second innings, John Futter made 35 and Lee Graham 36 but Mike Whitwell, with 3-22, headed the Stillington attack and Dringhouses were all out for 125.

At Mille Crux, Rowntrees were given their best start of the season when Alan Roberts 25 and Tony Thomson 40 reached 67 before both departed on the same score.

Civil Service fought back with panache as Alex Livie took 5-43 with only Chris Todd 26no of the remaining batsmen making a telling contribution in a total of 138-8.

Thomson then took two early wickets to help reduce Service to 15-3 before assuming his more familiar position behind the stumps.

Livie then masterminded his side's response, making 64no as together with firstly Lancelot 27 and latterly with Richard Wells 31no he took service to a comfortable 6 wicket win in 37 overs.

Updated: 10:01 Monday, July 26, 2004