Bowled over by 'Gate attack

Defending a total of 220 for five, Harrogate bowled York out for 156 in 50 overs, four out of Harrogate's five bowlers taking at least two wickets.

After a start delayed for 15 minutes because of the wet conditions, the hosts batted first with John Inglis scoring 63, Ryan Bradshaw 61 and Dave Pennett 42.

The main bright spot for York was the bowling of young Stephen Piercy, newly recovered from a thumb injury, who bowled 16 overs for a return of three for 58 including the valuable wickets of John Proud (22), Peter Hepworth,clean bowled for seven, and Bradshaw, who later had an excellent game keeping wicket for Harrogate.

Teenager Bradshaw held five catches as York plunged to their first defeat of the three-day Bank Holiday weekend.

There were runs galore for a select few of the batsmen in the league. Cleethorpes' Kiwi Test star, Matthew Sinclair, scored another double century, while Indian Amit Dani hit 116 for Hull against Sheffield Collegiate whose Charlie Wall made 117 to no avail as Collegiate ended up six runs short of Hull's total of 273 for five.

There was disappointment, however, for Doncaster's Peter Ellis who was taken out for 98 in the last over of their innings in the match against Sheffield United

YORKSHIRE ECB COUNTY PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS

HARROGATE v YORK

Harrogate: J Inglis c Durham b Gilbert 63, J Proud c Stone b Piercy 22, P Hepworth b Piercy 7, R Bradshaw b Piercy 61, D Pennett st Durham b Quick 42, R Kneller not out 6, D Crowther not out 2, Extras 17, Total (5 wkts) 220.

Bowling: R Gilbert 17-4-54-1, G McFall 10-0-39-0, M Mortimer 4-0-28-0, N Kay 6-2-22-0, S Piercy 16-0-58-3, B Quick 2-0-6-1.

York: M Wood c Bradshaw b Pennett 17, S Mason c Pennett b Jenson 5, N Kay lbw Pennett 5, N Stone c Bradshaw b Jenson 46, M Mortimer c Bradshaw b Crowther 5, B Quick b Jenson 18, E Senneck c Bradshaw b Crowther 17, S Piercy c Louden b Hepworth 5, N Durham c Inglis b Hepworth 1, R Gilbert c Bradshaw b Crowther 16, G McFall not out 0, Extras 21, Total 156.

Bowling: D Pennett 13-2-34-2, S Jenson 12-2-32-3, N Louden 6-1-25-0, D Crowther 11-1-34-3, P Hepworth 8-1-21-2.

Umpires: A Pawson and A Featherstone.

Harrogate (8pts) beat York (0pts) by 64 runs.

SCARBOROUGH v CASTLEFORD

Castleford: J Parkin c Whitmarsh b Craven 0, L Clayton lbw Craven 6, M Thewlis c Whitmarsh b Clifford 42, D Wainwright b Wells 4, J Randerson b Clifford 33, D O'Neill b Gray 16, G O'Neill c Tubbs b Clifford 2, W Hodson st Whitmarsh 19, c Jackson c Harland b Gray, M Driscoll st Whitmarsh b Gray 2, P Wainwright not out 0, Extras 8, Total 135.

Bowling: V Craven 9-1-26-2, M Wells 7-2-19-1, A Gray 15.5-3-34-3, C Clifford 13-2-28-3, R Barlow 8-0-22-1.

Scarborough: V Craven b O'Neill 10, D Harland c Thewlis b Hodson 37, M Cowell b Wainwright 19, P Seed lbw Hodson 17, A Gray not out 24, N Tubbs lbw Hodson 0, N Fletcher not out 19, Extras 11, Total (5 wkts)137.

Bowling: G O'Neill 11.2-1-54-1, P Wainwright 17-8-32-1, J Randerson 5-2-12-0, W Hodson 6-2-17-3, M Driscoll 4-0-16-0.

Umpires: R E Lawson and K Jackson.

Scarborough (8pts) beat Castleford (0pts) by 5 wkts.

Other results:

Cleethorpes 283-8 (M Sinclair 202), Yorkshire Academy 202-9 (C Elstub 53, A Gale 47, D Wigley 45; J Davies 3-27, I Dews 3-42, A Carrington 3-51) - Cleethorpes 6pts, Yorkshire Academy 2pts.

Driffield 198-8 (R Gibbs 83, M Drury 45; A Ellis 4-47), Appleby-Frodingham 199-1 (R King 123, P Taylor 57) - Driffield 8pts, Appleby-Frodingham 0pts.

Rotherham 245 (J Trower 60, B Scrivens 30, P McGann 42; Kulbashan 3-13), Barnsley 129 (Kulbashan 32; A Swallow 3-31, L Jeffries 3-28) - Rotherham 8pts, Barnsley 0pts.

Hull 273-5 (A Dani 116, A Simpson 91, J Dows 37), Sheffield Collegiate 268-6 (C Wall 117, R Kettleborough 72; M Robinson 3-52) - Hull 6pts, Sheffield Collegiate 2pts.

Doncaster 220-7 (P Ellis 98, G Dawson 54; P Swanepoel 4-47), Sheffield United 178-8 (B Hunsley 68; P Worthington 3-69) - Doncaster 6pts, Sheffield United 1pt.

Updated: 16:09 Tuesday, May 29, 2001