THE Leeper Hare York and District division three title is developing into a three-horse race with long-time leaders Moor Lane still heading the field.

The Lane had a comfortable 5-0 win over York Railway Institute with five names on the score-sheet - Andy Innes, Simon Gaines (pen) John Lohan, Danny Yates and Paul Jones.

Wilberfoss eventually overcame the challenge of Rawcliffe Rangers, but the result was by no means sure until veteran defender Frank Carlin was sent-off for hand ball on the line.

Jon Parkin twiced scored only for Ian Robertson and Darren Heels to equalise before the Carlin incident.

With Carlin off, the home side ran riot with Parkin completing his hat-trick, with Olly Newby also netting three and Richie Ramshaw one as the game ended 7-2 in favour of Wilberfoss.

Selby RSSC's late promotion tilt maintained its momentum with a 7-1 win at Hemingbrough.

Andy Jones (4), Darren Crossland, Matty Williamson (pen) and Max Walker were their marksmen. Lee Young gave the home side some consolation with a penalty.

Jimmy Baxter netted the only goal of the game after 35 minutes to give Amotherby the points at home to Heworth.

Strensall beat Marton cum Grafton 3-1 with goals from Matthew Brown, Chris Graham and Derrick Smith.

Norton Utd dominated the second half of their game at Wheldrake and managed a goal from Chris Moxon, but it was not enough as the home side were already two-up with first half strikes from Nick Henshaw and Adrian Ogden.

Huntington Rovers, currently bottom of Reserve 'A', fielded a strong side as they entertained Malton Bacon Factory and they recorded only their second win of the season with a goal from Graham MacDonald and a last-minute winner from Andy Noon.

Kartiers pulled away from the foot of the table with a 3-1 win over Bishopthorpe.

Richard Broadbent included a penalty in his two-goal tally and Simon O'Neil hit the third, with Joe Turner responding for Bishopthorpe.

Jamie Calvert struck the only goal of the match for Dunnington two minutes before the break to give them a win over Wigginton Grasshoppers.

South Bank and Old Malton played a 'double header' but could only manage one goal between them.

The first game ended 0-0 and South Bank won the second game 1-0 with a Darren Smith effort.

The top two in Reserve 'B' met at Wigginton and the game ended all square at 2-2.

Black Horse raced into a two-goal first-half lead with a brace from James Wood, but Copmanthorpe responded with goals from Simon Evans and Andrew Manns in the second half.

Third-placed Poppleton were held 3-3 at Barmby Moor despite going two-up in the first half.

The home side drew level before half-time and there was nothing to separate the teams in the second half.

Gavin Young (2) and Dave O'Connor scored for Barmby Moor with Jamie Agnew (2) and Chris Cooke on target for the visitors.

Easingwold's Phil Bell scored the quickest goal of the day, timed at 44 seconds, and it proved to be the only goal of the game as they won at Riccall.

Chris Allen scored three times for Stamford Bridge as they won 3-1 against Moor Lane. His namesake, Matt Allen, responded for The Lane.

Heslington surrendered a two-goal lead at home to Civil Service and went down 3-2.

Rob Cockerill and Will Robertson had given them a first-half lead, but they relaxed in the second half and were punished with goals from John Hampton (2) and Dominic Barry.

Haxby & Wigginton were 5-0 up after goals from Guy Hunt (2), Gary Rylance, Jamie McConnell and Ross Tymon before Rufforth managed a consolation.

The match of the day in Reserve 'C' was on Little Knavesmire where Hamilton Panthers and White Horse served up an 11-goal feast.

White Horse were in the lead no less than five times before going down 6-5 to a Danny Midgley winner late in the game.

Steve Gagan (3), Gavin Orrey and Ian Rankiellor were the other Panthers marksmen while for White Horse, Lenny Mason (3), Jon Marshall and Les Hayes were on target.

LNER Builders pulled away from the re-election zone with a resounding 6-1 win over bottom-of-the-table Heworth.

Goals from Steve Crosby (3), Chris Hague (2) and Lee Jefferson did the damage.

Nestl Rowntree won 4-2 at Norton thanks to goals from Richard Blake, Ken Davis and Steve Fratson (2). Will Spowitt scored both the Norton goals.

Stillington drew 1-1 with Wheldrake thanks to a deflected shot in the last minute which cancelled out a Richard Taylor goal.

Elsewhere, Thorpe United won comfortably 4-0 at Fulford with goals from Meredith, Ward, Tiplady and Almond.

The out-standing Reserve Cup quarter-final went to the form book with Dringhouses winning 7-0 over Hemingbrough.

Danny Cocker (3), Paul Cooper, Jamie Backhouse, Grant McLean and Alex Dewhirst were their marksmen. Dringhouses go through to a semi-final at Old Malton on April 19.

Updated: 12:04 Monday, April 07, 2003