WILBERFOSS moved to the top of the first division when they defeated Beverley Town by five wickets to go one point ahead of York who had a good win in a high scoring encounter with Crayke.

Batting first in a 30 over game, Beverley were restricted to 122-7 with Richard Taylor top scoring with 33. In reply, Dave Gilbertson made 30 to help Wilberfoss to a winning score of 123-5.

York's pitch is currently the best marked in the league and batsmen from both sides fared well. Dave Thomas made 53, Andrew Dawson 27 and Mark Hutchinson 34 as Crayke reached 184-5, however half centuries from John McGrady (55) and Kieron Barton (59) then saw York home with two wickets in hand.

The shock result of the day occurred at Goole where the home side gained a thrilling one wicket victory over divisonal hot favourites Dunnington.

In a game restricted to 40 overs, no Dunnington batsman was able to produce a significant innings as Dave England took 4 for 35 and Nigel Chatham 3 for 42 and the visitors could only reach 96-8.

West Indian speed-merchant Joe Grant then threatened to bowl his side to victory with a 5 for 31 stint that had Goole staring at defeat when their ninth wicket fell at 91. The experienced Steve Foster then saw his side to victory which he clinched by hitting the second ball off Dave Kitching's final over over mid-wicket for a six which not only gained victory for Goole but also earned them a batting point at 100-9.

The remaining three games in the division were all abandoned due to heavy rain showers at various stages of the game.

At Ripon, Stamford Bridge had made 57-1 after 21 overs whilst Duncombe Park were able to bat for 44 overs when entertaining Dringhouses.

In this spell of play, Andrew Peirson made 25 and Travis Friend 27 as former Riddleston player Kevin McGuinness claimed 5 for 20 with a mixture of leg spin and seam up. He was supported by Alistair Darnell who took 3 for 54 in a 22 over spell.

The bottom two sides met at Civil Service where Sessay were probably denied the chance of registering their first win, when, after making 173-5 they had captured two Civil Service wickets for 13 when the heavens opened.

For Sessay, Robert Till made 57 and Phil Hodgson 29 whilst Simon Brown captured 3 for 63 for the homesters.