Lewis Beasley had a fine game for Sewerby who strengthened their hold at the top of division two by beating third placed York III by eight wickets at Clifton Park.

Home players Kyle Waite (25) and Toby Clemminson (35) both made handy scores, but Beasley’s 5-46, in tandem with Ben Dobson’s 3-14, had the home side all out for 126.

Beasley then hit 66 before Chris Chapman’s unbeaten 27 saw Sewerby canter to victory.

Second-placed Bolton Percy maintained their successful run with an advantage draw over Pocklington in which both sides gleaned maximum batting points.

Tom Atkinson top-scored with an unbeaten 82 as Percy batted first. Additional runs from Danny White (36) and Ali Rigby (26) helped counteract Jamie Kember’s 4-53 to take Bolton to 234-7.

In reply, Neil Jackson made 79 but ex-Clifton Alliance man White claimed 3-59 to exercise control as Pock closed on 201-7.

Londesborough Park leapt above Osbaldwick when they had the advantage in another drawn game.

Neil Stephenson made an early 33 for Park who then prospered via a third-wicket stand of 154 which was compiled by Charle Rook (89) and Sam Medley (93).

Alex Kirby took 3-23 in a cameo spell but Londesborough were still able to reach 246-7.

In reply, Rob Bispham (40) and Dave West (45) made runs for Osso as Darren Moody claimed 3-33. But it was an unbeaten 29 by Tom Magee that gained the visitors a draw at 196-8.

A fine unbeaten century by Tom Summerville enabled Malton & Old Malton to post a total of 269-3 but he must have been very disappointed when his efforts were to no avail.

Visiting Beverley Town mounted the day’s highest successful run chase. With Summerville hitting 113no, Steve Linsley 54 and Mark Haines 61, Malton were well placed on 269-3 at the halfway stage.

But Beverley proved they could do better, successfully chasing down the total to win by six wickets with an over to spare.

Tim Smith (105) hit the second century of the match, while Ben Fish (70) and Ian Gilyon (27) helped to compound the hosts’ distress.

Whitkirk eased into third place with a three-wicket win over Dringhouses who are 30 points adrift at the foot of the division after suffering their fourth defeat.

Their loss cannot be attributed to Ian Wilson, who hit 81, or Lewis Chipchase, who was unbeaten with 33.

However, their team-mates made minimal impact with the bat as Same Bateman (3-22) and Paul Johnson (4-48) terminated their innings on 169.

Mick Kenyon can always be relied upon to pose problems for the opposition and he did so in this game with 4-46.

Nevertheless runs from Grant Galloway (39), Richard Simpson (51) and Mark Murphy (32) saw Whitkirk home at 170-7.