Guiseley put up a dogged performance to overcome the challenge of Second Division Otley in Sunday's Waddilove Cup to earn a third round tie at home to Rawdon.

Guiseley had restricted Otley to 96-8 with only Paul Kelley's 38 providing resistence as Andrew Paley took 3-14 off his nine overs and Martin Knowles 2-7 off his nine.

Charlie Martin and Andrew Mitchell were miserly in their bowling as Guiseley struggled to get the runs Martin finishing with a very commendable 1-5 off his nine overs and Mitchell 1-11 off his nine. Only 28 from Glen Taylor and 28 from Neil Allitt turned the game Guiseley's way as they lost seven wickets in gaining victory.

Horsforth set Thackley a target of 228-4 thanks to a superb unbeaten 106 from N Gonsolkorale. He had excellent support from Andrew Bentley with 39 and S Collings with 31. Thackley were then dismissed for 148 as T Linley, B Scott and Bruce Rainford each picked up two wickets.

Rawdon's 214-9 proved too high a target for Collingham who were dismissed for 175 as four of their batsmen were run out. Opener D Holmes with 45 and T Kilby with 56 had looked match winners for Collingham but their colleagues lost their heads. For Rawdon Bruce Percy had made an excellent 72 before being run out.

Adel gained a passage to the third round thanks to some solid all round bowling with the wickets shared amongst five bowlers. C Ray had the best haul with 4-37 off his nine overs. Adel had totalled 165 and North Leeds fell 13 runs short at 152-9 with number 10 Ray producing a one-man effort to force victory with a battling unbeaten 20.

Excellent batting from S Hargreaves (63) and S Willis (47 no) took Green Lane to a seven wickets win over Bardsey who had set a target of 166-8 thanks in the main to the excellent 88 from C Newton.

Beckwithshaw gained a six wickets win over Woodhouse who had totalled 179-7. Beckwithshaw produced a solid batting display led by Andrew Gott with 48.

Both Burley teams progressed to next round of the cup at the expense of newcomers Pool. The first team put behind them their poor league form and won quite comfortably against a side playing well in the new division in a game which had the makings of a cup upset.

Excellent bowling by Roy Broadley, recalled to the first team, restricted Pool and the back up bowlers maintained a disciplined approach to deny Pool no more than 138 runs.

Richard Bolton top scored for Pool with 38.

Burley took no risks and batted steadily with this season's new signing from the Huddersfield League Lee Saddique (46) providing the main platform in their chase for victory.

Others showing form with the bat for Burley were Jamie Davey with 32 and David Brook with 29.

THIRD ROUND DRAW

The draw for the third round, to be played on June 25, is - Skipton v Adel, Burley v Green Lane, Beckwithshaw v Horsforth, Guiseley v Rawdon.

Birtwhistle Cup

A superb display by Guiseley Seconds took them into the third round of the Birtwhistle Cup at the expense of Otley.

Guiseley batted first and led from the front by opener Simon Ross, who scored a brilliant 96, Guiseley totalled 231-7.

Other major contributions came from Graeme Wolfenden with 32, Nick Fraser with 31 and Chris Cooper with 26.

Otley made a valiant reply but were dismissed for 191 with Jeff Atkinson taking 3-31 and Steve Dickinson 3-40. Jonny McGee produced an excellent mid-order knock of 68 that put Otley right back in the game after they had been 66-5.

Kirkstall and Colton carried the Division C hopes into the next round, Kirkstall accounting for Beckwithshaw and Colton for Bilton.

Kirkstall set Beckwithshaw a target of 198-8 with opener S Wilkinson making 52. R Ashworth then produced an amazing return of 3-0 to help N Baker (3-8) and C Stevenson (3-34) put Beckwithshaw out for 88.

Colton made 158 which proved too much for Bilton who made 115-8 in reply. In the north Leeds derby Adel's 188 was too many for North Leeds who fell for 130 in reply. Adel batted solidly and then with Don Helme taking 4-30 they went on to win by 58 runs.

Rawdon powered to a six wickets win over Collingham who had set a target of 161. Opener David Bell led the way with a knock of 40 and there was excellent support from M Giles with 22, P Haigh with 44 no and P Davies with 25 no.

Illingworth and Knaresborough will re-play on Sunday after tieing their game. Illingworth were dismissed for 194 and Knaresborough had four wickets in hand when the overs ran out with them on 194-6. For Illingworth R Hargreaves had an excellent knock of 82 well supported by 50 from J Harris.

Knaresborough opener D Pickles produced the right response with an unbeaten 108.

Ilkley gained an eight wickets win over Pool Mills who fell for 79 as C Appleyard took an excellent 5-11 off nine overs. Young Craig Rackham then led the victory romp with 38.

THIRD ROUND

The third round matches to be played on June 25 are - Adel v Colton, Illingworth or Knaresborough v Burley, Ilkley v Kirkstall, Rawdon v Guiseley.

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