TON-UP Simon Mason made a triumphant return to York Cricket Club as he made his former Harrogate side suffer.

Mason, back at Clifton Park for a second spell after his move from Harrogate, scored an unbeaten 138 to steer York to a comfortable seven-wicket victory in their Yorkshire County ECB Premier League clash.

He had been one of several players to leave St George's Road over the summer, but Harrogate appeared to have recruited well in new skipper Paul Allegretto.

The Aussie won the toss and opted to bat on a flat Clifton Park track and he made the most of it by hammering 147 before being caught by Lloyd Devlin off Nick Kay on the boundary off the final ball of the innings.

He had smashed five sixes and struck 17 boundaries in his blistering 91-ball innings which saw him reach his hundred off only 64 balls.

Allegretto's efforts helped Harrogate post 275-6 off their 55 overs and he soon had York in a bit of trouble with the ball.

Coming on as first change after the home side had lost opener Dan Broadbent cheaply, he removed Stephen Piercy and Duncan Snell with successive balls as York slipped to 59-3.

However, Mason and Kay gradually turned the tide so just 92 were required off the final 20 overs. The pair hurried to victory with over 11 overs to spare as they crafted an unbroken 217 stand.

Mason hit 20 fours and three sixes in his innings, while Kay was undefeated with 86, having scored a dozen boundaries and a couple of maximums.

York, who took six points from the game, travel to champions Barnsley on Saturday and go to Appleby Frodingham on Bank Holiday Monday.

YORKSHIRE LEAGUE

York v Harrogate

Harrogate: A Patel lbw Piercy 43, M Raikes st Durham b Broadbent 20, P Allegretto c Devlin b Kay 147, G Ormesher c and b Palmer 0, R Sedgeley lbw Piercy 6, I Patel c Snell b Thornicroft 22. extras 6. Total 275-6 (55overs).

Bowling: N D Thornicroft 15-2-70-1, L Devlin 6-2-21-0, S Piercy 21-2-77-2, D Broadbent 4-0-33-1, C palmer 2-0-20-1, M Wood 3-0-16-0, N Kay 4-0-34-1.

York: S Piercy c A Patel b Allegretto 25, D Broadbent b Ormesher 4, S Mason not out 138, D Snell c Sedgeley b Allegretto 0, N Kay not out 86. Extras 23. Total: 276-3 (43.4 overs).

Bowling: G Ormesher 8-0-45-1, N McLelland 6-0-37-0, P Allegretto 7-0-38-2, Hanif Mohammed 13.4-2-80-0, D Craven 8-2-47-0, M Raikes 1-0-16-0.

York won by 7 wickets.

Other Yorkshire League results:

Castleford 198 (C Young 106) beat Doncaster 184 (G Attenborough; D Wainwright 8-63); Sheffield Collegiate 189 lost to Barnsley 192-0 by ten wkts; Cleethorpes 271-4 (S Roberts 98, W Kirby 72; R Gilbert 3-77) lost to Scarborough 272-5 (A Lyth 139, S Hogg 76) by 5 wkts; Appleby Frodingham 241-3 lost tp Driffield 245-2 by 8 wkts; Sheffield United 242 beat Hull 235-9 by 7 runs; Yorkshire Academy 202-8 (A Rafiq 41; G Norton 3-48) lost to Rotherham 207-9 (N Smith 54; B Sanderson 3-26, J Finch 3-61) by 1 wkt.