Dave Catlow and Rob Flack were the stars of the show in the Yorkshire ECB Cricket League on Saturday when they helped to stabilise York's innings with innings of 73 and 33not out.

Flack went on to show his all-round ability taking four Appleby-Frodingham wickets for 28 in 17 overs.

But York failed to provide the vital killer punch to pull off a maximum eight points victory as Appleby-Frodingham hung on to their last wicket at 176-9 chasing York's total of 196-8.

York's innings resembled an England collapse against the Australians as they lost their front five batsmen for only 38 runs in 17 overs before Catlow, Nash Stone and Flack got to work, Stone (37) joining in a half century recovery stand before he was given out leg before off Richard King.

York's final total gave the visitors a sporting chance for a positive result and ensured an intriguing finish to an entertaining game.

Young Tom Pringle made York's first strike when he clean-bowled Appleby's opening bat Jim Windle, with only ten runs on the board. By the third over

Pringle struck again to end a half-century stand as Appleby staged a recovery at 63-1 in the 13th over, but after being 89-2 in the 22nd over Appleby-Frodingham's batsmen fell away badly losing their next six wickets for the addition of just 44 runs.

However, their skipper, Andy Ellis (31no), and Paul Hilton (5no) ultimately staved-off defeat with an unbeaten last wicket stand of 32 runs.

York's re-arranged game at home to Sheffield Collegiate was washed out by heavy rain at Clifton Park yesterday with York on 94-4 after 39 overs.

Harrogate bounced back after their recent setbacks with an emphatic 145-run victory at Driffield who were bowled out for 108 in 36 overs.

In-form John Inglis helped to lay the foundation for Harrogate's massive total of 253-5 with another century leaving Steve Jenson to mop up five Driffield wickets for 29 in 12 overs with the support of Dave Pennett, who took 3-29.

Scarborough's Chris Clifford and Rob Barlow took four wickets apiece helping to bowl Hull out for 155 in 53 overs, Darren Harland (68) and his skipper, Mark Cowell (53no) putting on 109 for the first wicket to overtake Hull's score in 37 overs.

Doncaster were bowled out for 64 in 28 overs at Cleethorpes, who chalked up a nine-wicket victory in just 15 overs.

Cleethorpes' Kiwi opening batsman Matthew Sinclair was out of luck when he was dismissed for only 13, the victim for the second time this season of Doncaster's 15-year-old wicket keeper, Andy Chadwick.

Nick Gaywood was run out on 109 as Sheffield Collegiate posted the highest score of the day - 251-9. But Castleford managed to deny Collegiate maximum points by hanging on to their last three wickets at 138-7.

YORKSHIRE ECB COUNTY PREMIER LEAGUE

YORK v APPLEBY-FRODINGHAM

York: M Wood b Hildreth 19, S Piercy c Taylor b Ellis 0, S Mason c Day b Ellis 11, N Kay lbw Ellis 1, M Mortimer c Day b Ellis 0, D Catlow c King b Ellis 73, N Stone lbw King 37, R Flack not out 33, N Durham b Ellis 0, J Cook not out 2, Extras 20, Total (8wkts) 196.

Bowling: A Ellis 19-1-75-6, P Hilton 8-1-19-0, D Hildreth 9-3-24-1, R King 13-4-33-1, J Parker 6-0-21-0.

Appleby-Frodingham: J Windle b Pringle 18, P Taylor lbw Stone 1, R King b Flack 29, J Taylor c Stone b Pringle 50, J Uddin c Stone b Flack 4, J Parker c Flack b Stone 3, M Bramley b Flack 2, G Day lbw Flack 1, D Hildreth b Stone 5, A Ellis not out 31, P Hilton not out 5, Extras 27, Total (9wkts) 176

Bowling: N Stone 13-3-47-3, J Cook 4-0-23-0, R Flack 17-8-28-4, T Pringle 14-3-45-2, S Piercy 5-2-12-0, M Mortimer 2-0-2-0, M Wood 1-0-10-0.

York (6pts) beat Appleby-Frodingham (1pt) 20 runs.

Umpires: G Wood and I Oakes.

CLEETHORPES v DONCASTER

Doncaster: W Graca c Wilson b Davies 0, R Johnson b Carrington 0, S Widdup b Davies 5, P Worthington lbw Davies 2, P Ellis c&b Carrington 0, A Parkin-Coates lbw Davies 8, G Dawson run out 0, A Chadwick b Davies 1, R Gilliatt b Davies 23, P Stokoe c Wilson b Airey 16, D Jones not out 7, Extras 2, Total 64.

Bowling: J Davies 13-6-24-6, A Carrington 12-4-26-2, G Thompson 2-0-8-0, S Airey 0.4-0-4.

Cleethorpes: M Sinclair c Chadwick b Gilliatt 13, M Smith not out 37, S Clifton not out 9, Extras 6, Total (1wkt) 65.

Bowling: P Worthington 7.5-1-38-0, R Gilliatt 7-1-25-1.

Cleethorpes (8pts) beat Doncaster (0pts) by nine wkts.

Umpires: G J Mellor and R E Lawson.

DRIFFIELD v HARROGATE

Harrogate: J Inglis lbw Southwick 103, J Proud c Kirk b Southwick 24, P Hepworth run out 0, R Bradshaw run out 30, M Cousen c M Drury b Southwick 0, O Hutton not out 24, P Pennett not out 18, Extras 54, Total (5wkts) 253.

Bowling: S Winterbottom 15-4-50-0, R Swiers 6-0-31-0, A Kirk 3-1-15-0, A Winterbottom 5-2-22-0, A Southwick 11-2-54-3, R Drury 10-0-53-0.

Driffield: R Gibbs c Hutton b Jenson 19, R Drury b Pennett 7, A Southwick b Pennett 40, J Doughty c Bradshaw b Jenson 5, M Drury lbw Jenson 5, M Dean c Rawlings b Hepworth 8, A Kirk b Louden 0, A Winterbottom c Louden b Pennett 4, S Winterbottom b Jenson 7, D Howe b Jenson 0, R Swiers not out 0, Extras 13, Total 108.

Bowling: D Pennett 11.5-3-29-3, S Jenson 12-4-29-5, P Hepworth 7-2-15-1, M Louden 5-0-26-1.

Harrogate (8pts) beat Driffield (0pts) by 145 runs.

Umpires: J Holliday and A Featherstone.

ROTHERHAM v YORKSHIRE ACADEMY

Rotherham: B Scrivens run out 5, A Swallow c Bhatti b Gilbert 14, D Kemp c Newton b Broadbent 61, S Guy c Gale b Pyrah 60, O Burford lbw Pyrah 3, J Allan b Broadbent 0, S Bailey c Bresnan b Broadbent 8, G Davies c Bhatti b Baker 4, A Bashford lbw Baker 0, L Jeffries c Pyrah b Gilbert 8, M Smallman not out 14, Extras 16, Total 173.

Bowling: C Gilbert 7.3-3-25-2, T Baker 7-1-19-2, P Bresnan 3-0-15-0, D Broadbent 18-1-62-3, C Brice 8-1-20-0, R Pyrah 7-2-17-2.

Yorkshire Academy: J Chervack c Swallow b Scrivens 20, A Gale b Scrivens 34, R Pyrah b Jeffries 34, P Bresnan not ut 68, G Newton b Jeffries 0, T Bhatti not out 1, Extras 17, Total (4wkts) 174.

Bowling: L Jeffries 9-1-38-2, M Smallman 8-1-23-0, B Scrivens 8-2-30-2, A Swallow 8-1-30-0, A Bashford 7-1-36-0, S Guy .1-0-4-0

Yorkshire Academy (8pts) beat Rotherham (0pts) by six wkts.

Umpires: J Millard and A Pawson.

SCARBOROUGH v HULL

Hull: A Simpson lbw Craven 11, J Dows b Craven 9, A Dani lbw Clifford 24, A Haller b Clifford 14, S Patterson c Barlow b Clifford 19, D Page b Barlow 8, W Kirby c Craven b Barlow 14, A Kirby not out 27, D Barrick c&b Barlow 19, T Londesborough c Craven b Clifford 2, A Dayes b Barlow 0, Extras 8, Total 155.

Bowling: V Craven 8-1-26-2, M Wells 12-3-28-0, C Clifford 20-4-44-4, R Barlow 13-2-51-4.

Scarborough: D Harland c W Kirby b Patterson 68, M Cowell not out 53, V Craven not out 24, Extras 15, Total (1wkts) 160.

Bowling: S Patterson 10-1-43-1, A Dayes 7-3-14-0, D Barrick 8-0-33-0, A Dani 7-0-25-0, J Dows 4-0-28-0, D Page .4-0-8-0.

Scarborough (8pts) beat Hull (0pts) by nine wkts.

Umpires: S Roberts and T Boldry.

SHEFFIELD COLLEGIATE v CASTLEFORD

Sheffield Collegiate: N Gaywood run out 109, N Priestley c Clayton b Hodson 2, R Kettleborough c&b Gray 37, E McKenna c Wilson b Burke 56, C Wall c Hodson b Bourke 0, R Moyser lbw Bourke 0, J Tasker b Gray 22, M Boocock not out 4, A Seger lbw Bourke 2, J Hespe run out 1, Extras 18, Total (9wkts) 251.

Bowling: G O'Neill 9-3-27-0, W Hodson 5-0-16-1, A Bourke 9-2-35-4, M McArdel 4-0-28-0, T Gray 16-2-84-2, L Clayton 9-0-31-0, A Wilson 3-0-22-0.

Castleford: M Thewlis c Kettleborough b Seger 2, A Hursthouse lbw Boocock 33, L Clayton run out 18, A Bourke lbw Boocock 0, J Randerson not out 27, D O'Neill b Boocock 22, W Hodson lbw Tasker 5, T Gray c Kettlebeorough b Boock 18, G O'Neill not out 0, Extras 13, Total (7wkts) 138.

Bowling: A Wylie 9-3-26-0, A Seger 7-2-14-1, C Wall 3-2-2-0, M Boocock 20-9-34-4, J Hespe 8-3-22-0, J Tasker 8-1-30-1.

Sheffield Collegiate (6pts) beat Castleford (0pts) by 113 runs.

Umpires: B Whitehead and J Abram.

SHEFFIELD UNITED v BARNSLEY

Barnsley: C Wood c Fletcher b Burden 58, B Kulbushan c Hirst b Swanepoel 18, R Holmes c Watson b Swanepoel 15, P Benson lbw Burden 24, B Hunsley c Hisrt b Swanepoel 10, D Brunt b Swanepoel 1, A Ivill lbw Burden 0, G Fenton lbw Swanepoel 0, M Ivill not out 22, D Clayton not out 8, Extras 11, Total (8wkts) 167.

Bowling: P Swanepoel 27-4-97-5, P Eastwoood 6-0-24-0, T Fletcher 7-3-13-0, d Burden 15-6-24-3.

Sheffield United: M Barlow b Wakefield 19, A Twigg lbw Fenton 32, M Cummins lbw Fenton 0, C Watson c Brunt b Wakefield 48, D Yarnley not out 43, P Swanepoel not out 10, Extras 17, Total (4wkts) 169.

Bowling: A Wakefield 13-3-49-2, B Hunsley 3-0-20-0, G Fenton 11-2-37-2, a Ivill 3-0-27-0, M Ivill 2-0-12-0, B Kulbushan 3.2-3-8-0.

Sheffield United (6pts) beat Barnsley (0pts) by six wkts.

Umpires: M Maddocks and T M Cottam.

Played yesterday

YORK v SHEFFIELD COLLEGIATE

York: S Piercy c Priestley b Wylie 0, D Catlow b Wylie 6, S Mason c Hespe b Wylie 35, N Kay c Wylie b Hespe 22, M Wood not out 28, Extras 3, Total (4wkts) 94.

Bowling: A Wylie 10.4-3-24-3, S Clarke 7-4-15-0, J Hespe 9-4-16-1, M Boocock 9-1-27-0, J Tasker 3-0-10-0.

Match abandoned - rain - three points each.