SILSDEN head Division B of the Airedale and Wharfedale League following their eight wicket win over Ilkley.

Ilkley were restricted to 162 for nine with former Horsforth stalwart John Roberts and New Zealander Darren Crook each claiming three wickets.

Anthony Cadman with 43 and Richard Simpson with 33 no led Ilkley's rearguard action.

Any hopes Ilkley had of making progress after opener A Waggett was run out for 40 were stemmed by Jon Akrigg.

He steered his side to an eight wickets win with a fine knock of 73 not out.

Ilkley's bowlers lacked penetration although Simpson bowled steadily enough fornought for 51 off 16 overs while Anthony Giles had one for 45 off 13 overs.

Rawdon took five points from a drawn game with Tong Park after setting their hosts a target of 218 for eight.

Openers Craig Walsh and David Whittaker each made 52 for Rawdon and Bruce Percy chipped in with a fine 44.

Steve Young claimed four for 73 off 19 overs for Tong Park and then opened their innings with a knock of 28.

Tong lost cheap wickets with Ian Gilks going for four and Nick Murden for one but their overseas signing Chandar Sheikar from India and Brendan Ryan (24) steadied things a little.

J Law contributed an unbeaten 27 from the number eight spot but in the end though they had to hang on at 147 for eight to get a share of the spoils.

Pool took all six points from their game against Harden who were dismissed for a modest 132 as Pool's Australian import Oliver Wilhem claimed a superb six for 43 off 19 overs.

The venerable doctor gained excellent support from skipper Phil Dibb with three for 21 off ten overs and Pool went on to win by seven wickets. Opener Richard Carlton led the way with a good knock of 42 and he got support from David Singleton with 33 and Wilhelm with an unbeaten 28.

Kirkstall were another side to claim maximum points. They made 182 for seven against Bardsey thanks to a mid-order 84 from Mick Missett.

Bardsey threw it all away when they looked to have victory in sight at 160 for six.

Burley gained an excellent ten wicket win over Knaresborough. They restricted Knaresborough to 146 for seven with Nick Brook bowling superbly to take five for 49 off 18 overs with Richard Harrison providing sound support with one for 40 off 17.

Richard Brook made an excellent start to the Burley innings and had made 52 before he had to retire hurt.

Chris Wheeler (45no) and Ben Harris (41no) completed the job.

Late fireworks from Calverley saw them recover from 79 for six to post a superb 287 for eight.

This was thanks to the efforts of number seven J Hanson with 65 not out and number ten P Valkovics with a stunning 96 not out.

Thackley made a brave effort to forge victory and eventually finished on 262 for nine with major contributions from P Emerson (76) and G Greenwood (75).