Divisional leading scorer Jerrard Loughman reached the half-century mark for the eighth time when he made exactly 50 to help Studley Royal beat Rowntrees by five wickets.

Earlier, Richard Tuite's 53 took him to almost 600 runs, while Gerry Capelin made 32 and Dave Whittle 25. However, Charlie Scatchard, who had 5-34 and Mark Peacock (4-14), were on target for the Royals who dismissed Rowntrees for a below-par 140 in the division two duel.

Scatchard then added an unbeaten 35 to the Aussie's half-century as, with Anthony Mackle making 29, Studley gained a comfortable triumph.

Having opted to bat first at St George's Road, Stillington were dismissed for 154 by Jake Capper, who took 5-64 in 16 overs. Stillington's main contributors were Ben Drummond who made 63, Shami Dissanayake 39 and Rich Coultas, who made 30.

Stillington made major inroads into Harrogate's batting as they dismissed three home batsmen for ducks.

However, their success then dried up totally as Aussie Kane Gordon combined with Miles Rawlings to knock off the runs without further loss. Gordon closed with 82no. while his home-grown partner had reached an unbeaten 66 when the issue was settled.

Ian Bews spun Dringhouses into a winning position when his 5-39 had Castleford struggling to 144-8 in their 45 overs.

Andy Hursthouse with 34 and Phil Geering 33 were the most successful of the home batsmen, but John Crowe (49) and Steve Jacques (44) proved to be more than a match as the York-based side reached their target for the loss of three wickets.

Scarborough's young opener Dave Morris cracked a century and Mark Welford made 68 as the Seasiders reached 225-4 at Wilberfoss for whom Steve Cooper took 3-58.

Arjun Kundi then caused problems among the home ranks as he took 3-23, but John Chaplin hit a more than useful 72 and his knock, allied with Geoff Room's 26, enabled Wilberfoss to gain a creditable draw at 171-8.

Updated: 09:52 Monday, August 04, 2003