‘HOUSES DROP CRUCIAL POINT

In failing to gain a maximum five points off Roe Green, Woodhouses left the door open for Saint Lawrence, who in beating Dukinfield had an extra five point win. Paul Green (50) scored his 122nd fifty and Mark Williams (65) his first as Roe Green scored 165-7d (John Seeary 3-28, Darryl Sloan 3-16). Mike Cassidy’s 10th ton (117*) was enough to earn Woodhouses an eight wicket win.

Jason Bennett took 3-43 as Dukinfield were bowled out for 113 (Paul Turner 28) and 49 from scott Kirwin held D.S.L. together as they won by five wickets.

Prestwich’s miserable weekend continued with Denton completing the double over them. Ian Walker’s unbeaten 49 could only take them to 129-9d (Andrew Neill 6-37) and after being 66-4, Imran Mirza (55*) and Modi Ali (35*), two ex Prestwich players, took Denton to 133-4.

Denton West leapfrogged Prestwich into third place when they scored 254-8d against Stand. Robin Morris’s 57 was his 10th fifty of the season and Glenn Bullock was unbeaten on 59 to complete a good weekend for him. Carl Sutcliffe took 5-109 for Stand and Trent Scott scored 86 in their reply of 189-10 (Jason Stringer 4-88, Robin Morris 3-35).

Irlam moved ahead of Stand into seventh place when they beat Thornham at home. Chris Hilton scored 64 and Pervez Shah 40 in their 205-9d (Chandi Wathukarage 6-68) and John Willman scored 51 for Thornham as they replied with 147-10 (Saj Ahmed 6-49).

Woodbank and Flowery Field changed places when the home side just failed to reach Woodbank’s 213-5d. Steve Loster scored 47 and Neil Ridehaugh’s unbeaten 64 was his 94th fifty. Damien Eyre took 4-79 for Flowery Field and Sajid Shah 4-59 for Woodbank as Flowery finished on 209-9 (Neil Mistry 55, David Dickin 70).

Glossop recorded the highest score of the season when they made 347-3d with Bhatiya Perera’s 40th fifty continuing on to 179 not out. 253* was added for the fourth wicket with Dale Pennington (106*). Cheetham Hill could only muster 108 in reply, Perera taking 3-14 and Will Hargreaves 3-18.