CARLTON Towers gained their second 30-pointer in division one when they inflicted a heavy defeat on Duncombe Park who lost by 113 runs.

With Carlton batting first, Stuart Coleman made 72 and Paul Wright 50 shared a 132-run stand for the second wicket which set their side towards maximum batting points at 220-7. Paul Wilkie's 3-43 was the best bowling return for Park.

When the visitors batted, former Pickering star Brian Leckenby made 34 while Peter Humpleby helped him add 66 for the second wicket, making 38. Park seemed to be well poised to push for victory after reaching 84-2 in 16 overs but the Carlton's spinners then changed the game with Kashif Siddique earning 4-21 and Chris Pitts 4-30 to bowl the visitors out for 107.

Dringhouses suffered their third defeat when their batsmen failed badly at St Helen's Road. Nick Harrison 41 and Matt Till 49 had helped visiting Sessay make 160-9 despite a good stint from spinners Ian Bews who took 5-50 and Mick Kenyon who took 3-26. Kenyon then made a modest top score of 24 as his side were dismissed for 92 by Richard Till 3-24 and Steve Frare 3-6.

Second-placed Crayke lost ground on the leaders when they had to settle for the worst of a draw at Goole who are likely to be without the services of their overseas player who has suffered an injury in India.

Nevertheless, Goole made a good score as Anthony Gibbins led the way with 61 and Jamie Pierce added 29 in a total of 180-9. Dave Thomas was Crayke's most effective bowler with 3-41 while Paul Hutchinson and Dave Allitt each claimed two wickets. Eric Watson was Crayke's top scorer with 58 while Jon Wright followed his good knock on Saturday with 47. Steve Lloyd posed problems with 3-37 and Richard Mann helped contain Crayke to 164-8 by taking 2-14.

There was a high scoring game at Hull where Zingari successfully chased Stillington's 204-6 in a game which finished in a the gloom at 8.45pm. Aussie Mark Maddock hit his first ton for Stillington when he reached 103no while other runs came from Wayne Linton (41). In reply, Anthony Knowles made 42 and Alistair Markham 40 but the home star was Andy Hanson who piloted the Humber side to a four-wicket victory with an unbeaten 73.

A fine all-round performance by Gary Blackburn saw Ripon inflict a first defeat of the season on Whitkirk whose late order failed to capitalise on a sound start and slipped to 176 all out. Home skipper Craig Shipton lost the toss for the third time but then made early runs, reaching 34 after his team were invited to take first knock. Jamaican Darren Grey struck some useful blows in reaching 44 while Stuart Pickles showed a more circumspect approach in reaching 45no.

Andrew Cook took 3-68 for the Citizens but it was Gary Blackburn who dictated terms in the latter stages of the innings, finishing with 5-48 as Whitkirk's tail failed to give Pickles adequate support. Matt Wright (3-28) then gave the home supporters cause for optimism as Ripon were reduced to 26-3 but Blackburn was then associated with Peter Squires in a decisive fourth-wicket stand which had prospered to 118 before the allrounder fell for 55. Squires went on to reach an unbeaten 72 while Dave Bickel clinched a six-wicket win by finishing the game with two successive sixes.

Old East Yorkshire Cup rivals were in opposition at Clifton Park where hosts York II had the better of a draw with Driffield II thanks to a decisive spell of bowling by Ed Sennick who had 6-64. York were able to post a handy 191-7 when batting first due to the efforts of John McGrady 47, Brendan O'Donovan 46 and Kent Stone 38.

Phil Woodcock then responded with 76 while Wayne Sygrove 38 and Andy Morfitt 25 tried to earn a victory only to see their side's innings close on 180-8.

Updated: 12:19 Tuesday, May 07, 2002