Flamborough step up despite Ravens loss
Flamborough secured promotiontoCPHScarborough Beckett Cricket League Division Two despite losing out by eight wickets at title rivals Ravenscar.
Jish Rewcroft and Farid Pardess took three wickets each as Boro were limited to 152-8,LukeDixontop-scoring with 26.
Opener Joe Bayes then smashed 81 and veteran Ivan Kirk 38no as the hosts eased to a winning 153-2 in 32 overs.
Boro are still firm favourites to win the league as they are 28 points clear of Ravenscar, who are 24 clear of thirdplaced Grosmont.
The latter’s promotion hopes were all-but dashed by a shock six-wicket loss at relegation-battlingWoldNewton.
Stuart Knaggs’ brilliant 92 was the mainstay of the visitors’ 172-7, Adam Stubbs and James Knaggs bagging three wickets apiece.
Kaleb Grevett took 3-34 to keep Grosmont in the game but Karl Ridsdale (57no), Zac Moore (54) and James Knaggs (42)steeredNewtontovictory with 2.2 overs and six wickets to spare.
Goathland’s relegation worries deepened with a 57run loss at Filey 2nds.
ScarboroughRugbyClub concededatrelegatedFlixton 3rds, while Muston conceded at Great Habton 2nds to boost their hopes of beating the drop.
Division One leaders Great Habton confirmed their promotion to the top flight with an eight-wicket homewinagainstrivals Sherburn.
Thevisitorscollapsedfrom 112-2 to 144 all out thanks to 5-19 from Stuart Watmore.
Rob Featherstone (55no) and Mark Aconley (47) fired Habton to a win that secured their promotion.
Sherburn did not lose much ground on secondplaced Forge Valley, though, as the latter were beaten by five wickets by visitors – and promotion rivals - Thornton Dale.
Valley were all out for 166, thenDalemadeittoawinning 172-5 in 34.5 overs.
Wykeham skipper James Bryant hammered an explo
sive 100no from 63 balls as his side strolled to a nine-wicket home win against relegated Thixendale.
Ian Spence took 4-42 and Liam Eyre 3-47 as Thixendale werealloutfor149,beforeBryant fired the hosts to victory.
Ebberston 2nds are on the brink of relegation after their dramatic one-wicket loss at home to fellow battlers Cloughton.
The hosts posted 170-8, then Cloughton scraped the win with 171-9 in 34.4 overs.
Sewerby took a step closer to safety after their 61-run hometriumphagainstFylingdales.
Steven Kitching struck 78 and Michael Artley 61 as the hosts racked up 253-6, Dan Artley and Alex Macdonald scoring 35 apiece.
Macdonald, Isaac Coates, Alex Shipley and Ash Porter took two wickets apiece as Dales slipped to 192 all out, Ryan Collinson hitting 32no.
Snainton’s Division Two promotion challenge was dented by a shock 49-run home defeat at the hands of Cayton 2nds.
Lee Pettitt’s excellent innings of 97 helped the visitors post an imposing 242-6, Joel Boyer adding a cracking 76 as the duo shared a brilliant 147run fourth-wicket stand.
OpenersTomPoor(68)and MichaelKipling(54)puton123 runs to give the hosts a strong
start,butspinnerKieranGlave (3-39) saw the hosts fall well short on 193-5.
This loss means Snainton are locked on 190 points with second-placed Mulgrave 2nds,afterthelatterlimpedto a two-wicket victory at home to Wykeham 2nds.
BenDuellbaggedabrilliant 5-23 as Wykeham struggled to 131-9, brother Aidan Duell scooping 3-26, David Stockhill scoring 31, Chris KirkhamKnowles 29 and Tyler Beck 29no.
GeorgeShannon’s3-21then sentMulgraveslumpingto658, but an undefeated ninthwicket stand between Oliver Stabler (33no) and Charlie Mckernon (19no) steered the hosts to victory.
Scalby 2nds boosted their hopes of beating the drop with a nine-wicket home success against 10-man Nawton Grange.
Tony Geall bagged 3-27 as Grangeweredismissedfor131, skipper Darren Smith hitting 38.
James Denton’s 38no then steeredthehomesidetoawinning 132-1 in 19.1 overs.
Settrington took another step closer to securing their DivisionTwostatuswithafivewicket home success against second-from-bottom Glaisdale.
The visitors slumped to 80 all out in 27.4 overs, Callum Morley the top bowler with 3-11.
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acrucial25inreplyasSettrington made their way to a winning 84-5 in 17.4 overs, Jack Allansontakingthreewickets.
Sherburn 2nds took over topspotinDivisionFourafter their 57-run triumph at title rivals Malton & Old Malton 3rds, both sides having alreadywrappeduppromotion.
Opener George Wilson’s brilliant knock of 78 helped the villagers post an impressive 222-7, Tom Pinder taking an impressive 5-39.
Dave Phillips (4-53) and Mike Holtby (3-39) helped reduce Malton to 82-8 before Pinder (55) and Gareth Driver (19no) shared a 10th-wicket stand of 64 before the hosts were finally all out for 165 in 31.5 overs.
Bridlington 3rds remain in the relegation zone after their 66-run loss at home to Pickering 3rds.
Keith Barber struck a cracking 84 and Alfie Messias 70no as Pikes posted 277-4.
Josh Harvey hit a brilliant 86noinreplyasBridmade2117, Steve Lount adding 43.
Jon Crick’s 70no and 3-7 helped Scarborough 3rds to a 194-run win at Forge Valley 2nds.
Brompton2ndsconceded theirgameathometoStaxton 2nds.
Division Five leaders Forge Valley 3rds powered to a 136-run win at Nawton Grange 2nds.