The visitor's skipper won the toss, and despite the early loss of Mick Wilson to Liam Mulligan, they made a good start.
Declan Adams struggled to control the new ball, and was replaced by Lewis Bolton. The ex-Pool man struck almost instantly as he had Tennant caught behind.
Mick Gray was then introduced into the attack and got rid of the dangerous Robinson, whilst Paul Wilkinson bowled Adam Hardwick with a turning delivery.
Gray picked up a further two wickets to leave last year's champions on 130-6 and in danger of being bowled out for a well under-par score.
A 59-run partnership between Julian Higginson and James Emmott brought the visitors back into the match, and despite Wilkinson and Mulligan both picking up further wickets, Steeton posted a decent score of 235-8
In reply, Bolton and Wolfenden started well as the three seamers were hit to all areas of the ground.
However, after reaching his half-century, Bolton got bogged down against the spin of Zach Pearson and Hardwick and was caught on the leg side.
Neil Mullins and Wolfenden soon followed him back to the pavilion as Paul and Mark Wilkinson began re-building the innings.
At 130-3 the match looked evenly poised, but the wicket of the skipper changed all this, as his side lost a flurry of wickets to leave the score at 140-8 with ten overs remaining.
This brought Adams and Tom Maston together, and they saw out the final overs to seal a point.
Steeton 2nd XI 235-8 (M.Gray 3-35)
Otley 2nd XI 169-8 (L.Bolton 53, G.Wolfenden 34)
Otley 2nd XI 169-8 (L.Bolton 53, G.Wolfenden 34)
The full scorecard can be found here
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