FOLLOWING their defeat at Baildon on Saturday Yeadon hit back with a battling performance against Hanging Heaton on Sunday lsoing by just ten runs.

At Baildon Yeadon batted first and were dismissed for 144. Damon Gormley batted superbly as he constructed 67 and he shared a third wicket stand of 56 with Habeeb Ullah (22).

Gormley had got his innings off to a great start with a straight six into the rugby field off Carl Smith.

Yeadon however struggled in the main against the bowling of Mustaq Ahmed who finished with 5-38 off 15 overs.

Yeadon had been 97-2 with 19 overs left but with the dismissal of Gormley, caught by the substitute fielder off Ahmed,Yeadon struggled and no other player reached double figures after this.

Paul Spragg led the victory charge with an unbeaten 74 and Richard Robinson made an unbeaten 26.

Yeadon.- W Munawar b Ahmed 27, I Philliskirk c Robinson b Abbas 9, D Gormley c sub b Ahmed 67, H Ullah lbw Ahmed 22, N Khan c Duce b Bray 5, J Carney b Ahmed 0, G Ahmed lbw Bray 1, C Thornton lbw Ahmed 0, G Somes lbw Bray 0, P Hebden b Bray 7, J Roper not out 9; x 9; ttl. 144.

Bowling: C Smith 12-2-28-0, A Abbas 12-2-47-1, M Ahmed 15-2-38-5, M Bray 10.2-3-23-4.

*Baildon 145-2 (S Davies c Munawar b Ahmed 11, J Goldthorp lbw Ullah 18, P Spragg not out 74, R Robinson not out 26; x 16; ttl.145-2.

Bowling: J Roper 8-0-31-0, G Ahmed 11-1-36-1, N Khan 14-2-32-0, H Ullah 11-2-32-1.

Baildon won by eight wickets.

On Sunday Hanging Heaton notched 142-9 as they struggled to dominate some tidy Yeadon bowling with spinners Naeem Khan and Grant Soames bearing the brunt of the workload.

Khan took 4-61 off 23 overs while the youngster Soames had 4-50 off 21 overs. Former Yeadon opener Steve Bartle was sent back for 22 being stumped by Paul Hebden off Soames.

Yeadon had a poor start in reply losing both Munawar and Gormley cheaply but Iain Philliskirk (35) and Habeeb Ullah (41) stuck to their guns and took the score to 50-3 before they were parted.

Simon Purdy (4-56) and Oldham (3-51) then gradually turned the screw and Yeadon were forced into errors with three batsmen run out in a quest for quick runs. In the end they finished ten runs short but it was a valiant effort.

Hanging Heaton.- S Foster b Khan 23, S Bartle st Hebden b Soames 22, I Dawood run out 23, S Bourne st Hebden b Soames 1, P Marlow lbw Soames 8, P Oldham c Khan b Soames 16, U Umarji b Khan 21, M Inwood not out 10, J Carruthers c & b Khan 0, N Summerscales c Gormley b Khan 6, S Purdy not out 0; x 12; ttl. 142-9.

Bowling: J Roper 4-1-11-0, G Ahmed 2-0-13-0, N Khan 23-4-61-4, G Soames 21-3-50-4.

*Yeadon.- W Munawar lbw Purdy 6, I Philliskirk b Oldham 35, D Gormley B Oldham 7, H Ullah lbw Oldham 41, N Khan c Carruthers b Purdy 4, J Carey c & b Purdy 6, C Thornton run out 6, G Soames not out 16, G Ahmed run out 7, P Hebden run out 1, G Roper b Purdy 2; x1; 132.

Bowling: J Carruthers 6-1-13-0, N Summerscales 2-0-11-0, S Purdy 23.1-3-56-4, P Oldham 19-4-51-3.

Hanging Heaton won by ten runs.

Richard Machell claimed 5-26 for Yeadon Seconds but it was not enough to give his side victory at Hanging Heaton. The home side struggled to 152-9 in reply to Yeadon's 175-9.

This was a brave fightback by Yeadon who had been dismissed for a mere 52 by Baildon on Saturday.

Esholt lost by six wickets to Mirfield for whom Guiseley AFC centre-back Andy Butler made 32. Esholt totalled 126 with S Shuttleworth top scoring with 31.

TEAMS

On Saturday Yeadon viusit Gomersal. Team - C Thornton, P Hebden, I Philliskirk, W Munawar, D Gormley, H Ullah, N Khan, J Carey, G Ahmed, G Soames, J Roper. (Meet at Noon).

Seconds, home to Gomersal - A Pickering, A Jaqub, K Hanogue, D Summerscales, R Machell, J Todd, R Wood, A McInnis, N Darfield, S Ejaz, S Gilks. (Noon).