Taken from The League Cricketer's Association, published on 1/8/2011
Barnsley and Castleford played out a thrilling tie after both teams racked up 249 from their 55 overs.
It was Barnsley who made first use of the pitch, and had Matt Wilson (70*), Jason Booth (64) and Steve Nuttall (55*) to thank as they posted a very competitive score. Chris Young was the pick of the Castleford bowlers as he returned figures of 5-122.
Andrew Chadwick was the main stay of the reply as he made 66, whilst Jamie Pickering (38) and Scott Hopkinson (31) both chipped in as the league’s sixth place side equalled the score of their opponents, despite Oliver Hannon-Dalby taking 4-60.
Leaders York extended their lead at the top as they posted two victories over the weekend. On Saturday they crushed Appleby Frodingham by 179 runs. The champions again set a score of over 300, with Nick Kay (72*), Andrew Tute (64) and Oliver Hairs (63) all making half-centuries.
Appleby never got close to reaching their target of 321 as Tom Pringle (4-33), Kay (3-23) and Ryan McKendry (3-32) shared all ten wickets.
The following day, the league’s top side again posted a large score, as they made 322-9, with Liam McKendry hitting 141. Nick Taylor was the pick of Harrogate’s bowlers as he took 5-72.
York again tasted victory as they restricted their opponents to 232-7, although their failure to take all ten wickets meant that they only took six points from the match. Ross Sedgley’s unbeaten 86 secured a point for his team, despite Dan Woods returning figures of 4-90.
Rotherham remain in second place after a five-wicket victory over Harrogate. Excellent bowling from Nathan Smith (5-37) and Gurman Randhawa (3-48) restricted the North Yorkshire side to 197. Smith then made 58 in support of Jordan Lowe (84*) as Rotherham reached their target in less than 49 overs.
Cleethorpes now sit in third place after a brace of victories. It was the Osmond’s who starred on Saturday as first Alex took 6-19 as Doncaster were bowled out for 107 before Rory struck an unbeaten 62 to see his side home by seven wickets.
On Sunday, it was Sheffield Collegiate who fell to defeat as it was again the same family who did the damage. Collegiate made 235-9 from their 55 overs as Alex and James Osmond shared six wickets.
It was then left to Rory to again provide the runs as he made 112, despite Will Street taking five wickets.
Elsewhere, there were victories for Yorkshire Academy, Scarborough and Sheffield Collegiate over Driffield Town, Sheffield United and Hull respectively.
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