Bryan open account as the leaders tumble

An opening partnership of 75 by Willy Knight and Colin Garnett was followed by a third wicket partnership of 151 between Roger Mackerell and Mark Grewer as Askham Bryan raced to 256-4.

Thixendale started well enough but slipped to 56-6 as Grewer dominated with six wickets.

Tony Hall picked up up the other four wickets as the College side collected maximum points.

Ovington bounced back to winning ways inflicting the season's first defeat on leaders Hemingbrough.

Taking first knock they reached 183-7 with John Sharples anchoring the innings with 69.

Hemingbrough never got going against the accurate Ovington attack, led by Ian Holmes, and while Brian Lakin and Bill Bodycombe both got into the thirties they fell short by 33 runs.

Ben Jackson and Brian Room provided Wilberfoss with the bulk of their runs at Westow reaching 124-9.

Westow continue to struggle for runs and with Des Healey and Tony Peters sharing eight wickets, it was no different against Wilberfoss as they fell ten short.

The batting honours went to Fulfordgate, who had a shocking start losing two wickets for four runs, but that was the end of any joy for hosts Woodhouse Grange.

Skipper Keith Pepper raced to 111, and with 69 from Steve Rose they put on 205 for an unbroken second wicket partnership.

Grange never managed to get on top of the Gate bowling, Alistair Inglis reaching 36 before becoming one of Gavin Cowley's four victims as they succumbed at 104-8.

There was a low scoring affair as York Post Office, having been held to 94, bowled out Kelfield for 77.

Ray Baggaley and Paul Thornton both shone with bat and ball for the Postmen, while Kelfield welcomed back Rob Cole who responded with five wickets.

The top game in division one saw leaders Burythorpe take on second placed Aldby Park with the honours going to the home side.

Batting first, under strength Aldby were all out for 61, Andrew Milner returning 3-36 and Alan Day 3-14, and while Burythorpe lost early wickets a solid 20 not out from Phil Hill saw them safely home.

Bishopthorpe moved into second place after beating York by 69 runs.

Bishop's shrugged off the loss of David Mallory for a duck to reach 131-6 with Jason Whitworth and Will Reynolds prominent.

Derek Gardiner and Mike Brown, seam and spin, bowled unchanged for the Bishops and helped by good fielding allowed York no respite, getting them out for 62.

Drax were well contained by Heworth's opening bowlers Andy Bonarius and Richard Winterburn and their 105 owed much to 30 from Mick Brook coming in at number ten.

Mal Caddie and John Bonarius gave Heworth a bright start before both fell to David Cartwright and from there on in it became a struggle as the middle order fell to Brook. Sensible batting from Steve Quinn and Andy Bonarius saw Heworth edge home.

A half-century from Stuart Nesbitt and 30 from David Prime helped Burn to 164-9 at home to local rivals Thorpe Willoughby.

Nigel Emery's all round performance of 3-17 and 32 went unrewarded as Thorpe were dismissed for 125. They remain at the foot of the table.

Bowlers were very much on top in division three where none of the four teams batting first made it into three figures.

North Duffield are top after beating Selby but had a struggle.

Selby were well placed at 57-2 with both Matthew Huddlestone and Roger Philipot reaching 20, but the last eight wickets fell for 20 runs - John Patrick and Carl Patterson both taking five wickets.

John Griffin produced a match-winning 40 for Driffield, but after being well placed at 47-2 they lost wickets at an alarming rate until Patterson stopped the rot and victory was gained with two wickets to spare.

Another good spell came from British Sugar's Wayne Bellerby as Burton struggled to 91.

In reply British Sugar collapsed to 36-7 against Colin Driscoll and Martin Senior and it took the experienced Derek Quinn to shepherd his side to a narrow win and second place in the league.

A difficult wicket at Melbourne was exploited by Clifton Alliance bowlers Tony Edwards and Jim Ledgeway as the home side struggled to 93-9.

Alliance had few problems as Paul Thorpe and Steve Arundale raced away to secure an emphatic eight wicket win.

Copmanthorpe's Dave Purdy found some form reaching 46, and his son Neil chipped in with 22, but the rest had no answer to Ben Johnson bowlers Steve Wragg and Martin Reynolds.

Copmanthorpe fell for 97 and then Reynolds laid into the Copmanthorpe bowling with 67 not out as Ben Johnson raced to success in just 16 overs.

In division four Stillingfleet won two games in a busy weekend, and retained their unbeaten tag and emerged as divisional leaders.

They first had Richard Elcock and Mark Livesey to thank as they reached 134 against Tadcaster Magnet.

Wilson's superb 56 not out kept Tadcaster in the game but they fell short by 18 runs with Chris Walker taking 5-40.

That was followed by a century from Rob Murray, 31 from Wayne Livesey and 44 from Walker as they set an impressive 215-5 at Acomb.

Alistair Ingle carried his bat for 79 and a knock of 62 from Leon Sachs saw Acomb to a very respectable 175-2 and maximum batting points.

Burn's win at Heslington lifted them into second place, closely followed by Huntington who overwhelmed Bishopthorpe.

Huntington's run spree was led by Darren Willis who made 73, and Tim Kniveton helped keep the scoreboard moving as they realised 205-6.

Andy Spence and John Ind both reached double figures for Bishops, but Mal Storey and Zaq Ali held the upper hand as they were ousted for 70.

Terry Fannon was prominent with the ball as Heworth dismissed Acomb for 125 before opener John Dale carried his bat for 69 to lead Heworth home.

David Kerrison was among the runs for Stockton and Hopgrove reaching 69 as they posted 173-6 against the University Staff side.

A patient second wicket partnership of 81 between Jan Heaton and Pete O'Brien was followed by some rapid scoring from G Newbold and Jeff Hardy as the Staff side battled through to win by seven wickets.