Dave Johnson fires Dunnington joint-top of York Senior League premier division

Beverley posted a target of 248-8, but the York side powered to a seven-wicket victory thanks largely to Dave Johnson’s 104 not out.

Earlier, Beverley’s Peter Groves hit 105 and had excellent support from Faisal Abid (55) and Andy Hamson (41), despite the efforts of Dunnington’s Adam Iyer, who sent down 18 overs to emerge with figures of 5-83.

Collis King led Dunnington’s reply with 50 and Jack Bolam added 57 in support of Johnson’s knock.

Previous clear leaders Clifton Alliance were frustrated by the rain when closing in on a victory over lowly Selby.

Former Castleford player Scott Hopkinson had a fine game for Alliance in making 70 and then claiming 3-11 in six overs.

Jason Gatus aided with 51 as the Clifton side made 185-9 in a 40-over game. Josh Cruise took 4-39 in 13 overs for Selby.

Hopkinson then put Selby on the rack, but Eddie Rosa’s unbeaten 37 held the hosts at bay until rain ended the proceedings after 35.1 overs with Selby at 98-7.

Hosts Sheriff Hutton Bridge were left needing only one more wicket to clinch a win over Goole when the game was called off with three overs left.

Mark Fisher made 38 at the top of the Bridge order before heavy rain caused a lengthy interruption.

After the break Adam Fisher (53) and Nick Scaling (40) took them to 167-7.

In reply, Dave Cooper made 33 and Steve Hicks 27 not out as Matt Fisher took 6-31 in fine nine-over stint, but the rain came at 131-9.

Woodhouse Grange leapfrogged over Sheriff Hutton Bridge when they had the better of a draw over Sessay in a game reduced to 39 overs.

Grange made 170-4 after Chris Bilton (56) and Mike Burdett (62) shared a 107-run third-wicket stand.

Jacob Spencer then replied with 40, but Steve Burdett claimed 3-42 to leave Sessay second best at 102-8.

Easingwold were in a strong position when their home game against York fell victim to heavy rain.

They had accumulated maximum batting points due to a fine opening stand of 144 between Martin Piercy (70) and Jonathon Marwood (54) before the pair were parted at 144.

Carl Blundell took 3-51 for the visitors but the hosts were boosted by Matt Turnbull whose five balls faced saw him hit six, six, four, two and one to finish with 19 not out in the last over to take the total to 218-5.

When York replied, they lost two quick wickets in the same over when Simon Lambert was run out and Iain Jarvis bowled by Andy Metcalfe for a duck.

They were 6-2 before the rain had the final say after only 3.2 overs.

After a delayed start, only 12 overs were possible at Stamford Bridge, where visiting Studley Royal had reached 41 without loss as Steve Walmsley (26no) and Rob Nicholson remained unbeaten.

LEADERS Acomb edged to victory over basement side Thirsk in division one.

Hosts Acomb won by only four runs when Thirsk’s last man was bowled by skipper Simon Brown.

Good batting by Richard Sykes (46) and Andy Green (30) was augmented by Matt Dickinson, whose unbeaten 56 hoisted the home total to 185-6 in a 40-over match.

Ben England took 3-61 for Thirsk.

In reply, Keiron Fenwick and Stuart Christon each made 30, but Brown bowled throughout and was rewarded when, in deteriorating weather, he captured the final wicket off the penultimate delivery to record figures of 6-63 as Thirsk fell to 181 all out.

Heworth moved into the top half of the table by defeating Bolton Percy by 67 runs at Elmpark Way.

David Simpson was top scorer with 49, while Ian Lynch hit 47.

With Salman Syed adding 35 and Chris Barrett 29, Heworth were able to make a useful 193-6 in the allocated 39 overs.

Danny White then made the game’s highest score of 52, but saw his side overturned for 126.

Two sides with promotion aspirations met at St George’s Road but were thwarted by the rain after 38 overs of the first innings.

During that period of play, Pickering reached 150-7, with Colin Frank making 32 and Dave Greenlay an unbeaten 45 as Ashley Griffin claimed 3-35.

In reply, Harrogate had made 18 without loss before the heavens opened.

Sewerby stayed second after a four-wicket win over neighbouring Bridlington, who remain in the relegation zone.

Bridlington’s Richard Lount made 60, but Adrian Long’s 6-20 put Sewerby in charge and Ben Dobson made 47 in their successful reply.

Further up the coast, the game at Flixton failed to reach the halfway stage when a halt was called after 36.2 overs.

By that time Fenner had reached 173-6.

Third-placed Hull Zingari maintained their challenge with a comfortable win over East Yorkshire rivals Driffield at Chanterlands.

No Driffield batsman made any memorable impact as they batted first and struggled against Usman Khalid, who returned 6-30.

Zingari moved to a comfortable six-wicket win in the 21st over.

CLIFTON Alliance lifted themselves out of the division two relegation zone when they won in fine style at Dringhouses.

Alliance successfully chased a home target of 158-8 in a 40-over game.

Chris Evans made 53, Lewis Chipchase 34 and Elliott Shires 32 not out for Dringhouses as Dave Friend claimed 5-92 and John Thornton 3-64.

Three batsmen then figured in the Clifton reply, with John Myers making 30, John Hetherton 38 and Ryan Partington 34. Mick Kenyon claimed 3-20 for the hosts, but was unable to prevent Clifton gaining a five-wicket victory with ten balls to spare.

York III lost ground at the foot of the table when they suffered a 15-run defeat at Hull. Hull were 100-1 but slipped to 153-6 before a revival enabled them to post a total of 202-9. Tom Forsdike took 2-51 for York.

When his side responded, number three Will Stevens was ninth out for 98, but Anthony Carter’s 20 provided the only feasible support as they were bowled out for 187.

Leaders Tadcaster Magnet were toppled by visitors Beverley Town, who won by two wickets with two balls to spare to claim pole position.

In a game reduced to 35 overs, Tadcaster were all out for 104 in the final over as Nick Robinson captured 5-22.

Paul Clark hit back with 3-45 but was unable to defend his side’s below par total as Beverley reached 108-8 in 34.4 overs.

Zak Wheatley turned in a match-winning performance as Thorp Arch defeated Osbaldwick by three wickets.

Rich Carew made 56 and Rob Bispham 36 for Osbaldwick, who made 186-9 in a game trimmed to 33 overs.

Wheatley emerged with impressive figures of 5-46 in 12 overs and then followed with 39. Niti Kasana, in his final match for the club before returning to India, then crashed 39 off 24 deliveries to take Boston to 189-7 in the 31st over.

Paul Clappison hit 57 as Hornsea had the better of a draw with Malton & Old Malton.

The Coasters were 203 all out, with Tony Linsley taking 3-49 for the visitors. Malton were then reduced to 121-9, with runs from George Rounthwaite (28), Mike Linsley (24) and Wayne Dawson (33no).

Hosts Whitkirk had the better of a tight draw with Londesborough Park.

’Kirk made 126-5 in 36 overs and then George Drewery made 50 as Park’s innings closed on 118-7.

Division three title-chasers Duncombe Park were frustrated by the weather in their home game against New Earswick.

Park reduced struggling New Earswick to 38-6 before the game was abandoned after 23.5 overs.

The only Earswick player to emerge with credit was Andy Routledge, who was unbeaten with 20 as his team-mates floundered.

Alistair Holmes took 2-17 for Park and was assisted by two run outs as Earswick sank deep into the mire.

Eddie Hull made 49 and Andy Franks 31 not out when Sheriff Hutton batted first at Carlton Towers, whose Mark Spetch took 3-27 before the rain came with Sheriff on 149-6.

Bottom-placed Malton & Old Malton II were no match for Welton & Brough and struggled to 48-9 in a game reduced to 30 overs.

Welton then raced to a nine-wicket win in ten overs which enabled them to leap from third to the top of the division.

Hovingham batted first at Pocklington in a 34-over game and made 162-8 thanks to the efforts of Will Prest (38), Rich Brown (25) and Paul Deverell (31).

Greg Nesbitt took 3-23 for Pocklington, who had made 43 in only 8.3 overs for the loss of Andy Inns (21) when the game was called off.

Ripon’s home game against Scarborough failed to restart after the tea break.

Scarborough were restricted to 125-8 in 38 overs by John Gains (3-31) and Chris Hazzard (3-14). Kowsar Hamed made 31 and Nick Sumpton 25 not out.

Woodhouse Grange were in a strong position at Sessay when their innings was washed out at 57-0 in pursuit of 122-8.

Paul Grewer had taken 5-25 as Sessay made modest progress in a 40-over game.

Matt Wass (28) and Rob Fountain (22) were the pick of their batsmen. Grange’s innings of 14 overs saw Andy Anderson make 33 not out.

PICKERING II and Huby were thwarted by the weather in division four.

Tom Piercy hit 60 in Huby’s total of 134-4 at Pickering.

The home side were on 52-2 when the match was abandoned.

Easingwold looked to be on course for a useful total at Drax as Rob Alexander and Alan Robinson both reached unbeaten scores of 67 but the game was washed out after 33.1 overs with the total on 150-2.

N Collings took 3-29 and made 30 not out for Huntington against Acomb, but he was on the worst end of a draw when his side could only make 92-7 in response to Acomb’s 131-9.

The 23 points earned by Acomb moved them to the top of the division.

However, the result of the game between previous leaders Hull Zingari and Goole had not yet been received.

THERE was no joy for the bottom two sides in division five.

Yapham lost by 101 runs at Selby, whose players claimed all the plaudits.

Kev Lamb (54) and Mal Bowden (42) were the main contributors to Selby’s 175-6, then Alex Bowden (4-12) and Rich Sherwood (3-12) dismissed Yapham for 74.

Basement side Whitkirk conceded their game at Londesborough Park due to many of their players attending a memorial service.

Thirsk were dismissed for 116 at home to Stamford Bridge as Mark Fairweather took 6-19.

Stamford cruised to 39-0 when rain set in.

Heworth II had the better of a draw at Welton & Brough and moved into second place.

Joe Johnson made 54 in Heworth’s 157 all out and Tom Neal’s 4-20 restricted the reply to 121-8.

Sheriff Hutton Bridge captured nine opposing wickets but could only gain an advantage draw with York IV.

Bridge totalled 154-5, with Mike Smith making 44 and Steve Clipston an unbeaten 34, but York held out for a draw at 136-9.

Ben Harrison claimed 4-53, while Smith had 3-32.

Bolton Percy’s Martin Pears took 3-45 and made 30 at home to Hornsea, but his side closed on 121-6 chasing a target of 130.

Ed Gallagher made 37 in Pocklington’s 127-7 at Rowntrees. Simon Hill followed with 4-9 but 25 from Chris Todd helped the home side to a draw at 108-8.

Ashley Cattle hit 48 as Woodhouse Grange made 202-5 at home to Tadcaster Magnet, who drew at 113-6.

Division seven leaders Carlton Towers crushed Sheriff Hutton by ten wickets. Sheriff had made 114-3.

New Earswick went second with a nine-wicket win over Stillington.