Ben Rhydding held on for a draw in their Bradford League Division Two game against Great Horton after restricting their opponents to 145-9.

Great Horton lost early wickets to Harris and Horner but then 41 from M Hanson saw them to a more respectable score.

L Harris finished as Ben Rhydding's most successful bowler with 5-28 off his 12 overs.

Ben Rhydding made a good start in reply through openers Tim Wood (19) and Luke Smith (40) but then lost their way with a succession of low scores until L Harris came to the wicket to make 28.

BEN RHYDDING v GT HORTON

Great Horton.- S Haswell b Harris 1, S De c and b Horner 0, A Alishan b Harris 0, I Nottingham b Dobson 17, R Ramzan b Dobson 18, D Heath not out 21, M Hanson b Harris 41, D Maloney b Harris 9, C Smith run out 2, R Burston c Broadhead b Harris 3, D Holdsworth not out 7; x 26; ttl. 145-9.

Bowling: R Horner 19-4-51-1; L Harris 12-3-28-5; J Dobson 7-2-20-2; G Kirby 6-4-3-0; D Kelly 4-0-14-0; L Smith 2-0-9-0.

Ben Rhydding.- T Wood b Haswell 19, L Smith c Ramzan b Haswell 40, A Jennings lbw Hanson 0, D Kelly b Hanson 12, G Kirby c Holdsworth b Haswell 1, J Dobson b Hanson 0, L Harris b Maloney 28, R Horner run out 2, D Lane not out 4, A Broadhead not out 11; x 15; ttl. 133-8.

Bowling: D Maloney 9-1-28-1; D Holdsworth 8-2-20-0; R Burston 6-3-18-0; M Hanson 17-5-23-3; S Haswell 10-3-33-3.

Draw: 4-1 points.

Yeadon batsman Neil Elvidge continued his good form with a magnificebt knock at Keighley which set his side up for a 188 runs win.

Elvidge came in to open the Yeadon innings with Jon Carey and after they had produced a solid start with Carey making 21.

Elvidge went on to ammass a personal score of 147 as Yeadon made the Keighley bowlers toil. They totalled 267-3 declaring after 48 overs.

Following Carey's dismissal Elvidge gained good support from Andrew Pickering who made a fine 52 before being caught by Steve Mitchell off spinner David Batty.

Batty was his side's only successful bowler taking the only three wickets to fall.

Keighley were then shot out for a mere 79 with Elvidge's team mate from the Scarborough area Gary Hodgson producing his best form since joining the club at the start of the season.

He took 6-28 off 16 overs to shatter Keighley.

Support came from skipper Damon Gormley who claimed 3-18 off ten economical overs.

KEIGHLEY v YEADON

Yeadon.- J Carey c Wood b Batty 21, N Elvidge c McFarlane b Batty 142, A Pickering c Mitchell b Batty 52, D Gormley not out 22, D Smith not out 25; x 11; ttl. 267-3.

Bowling: R McFarlane 11-0-83-0; G Razak 2-0-22-0; D Towler 14-0-67-0; D Batty 19-1-74-3; Q Ali 4-0-21-0.

Keighley.- S Reape c and b Hodgson 7, A Broadley c Pickering b Hodgson 4, S Mitchell b Hodgson 7, Q Ali c Wood b Gormley 13, J Rowell c Carey b Hodgson 5, T Burnley c Wood b Gormley 1, R McFarlane b Hodgson 0, R Wood c and b Gormley 16, G Razak c Pickering b Thornton 9, D Towler b Hodgson 3, D Batty not out 6; x 89; ttl. 79.

Bowling: A Wood 12-6-18-0; G Hodgson 16.3-6-28-6; D Gormley 10-6-18-3; C Thornton 5-1-11-1.

Yeadon won by 188 runs.

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