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Collingham take over at top as Beckwithshaw batsman Critchley maintains great start to season
Aire Wharfe
Last season's leading batsman in Division One, Vivek Mahajan, scored 56 on his return to action with new club Silsden.
But he got little help for his team-mates as Nick Louden
(6-37) and James Lilley (3-25) tore through them for a dismal 85. That was just about enough to allow Phil Critchley (51no) to maintain his record of passing a half-century in every match this season as Beckwithshaw clinched a nine-wicket win. Critchley has 385 runs under his belt at an average of 128.
With Green Lane crashing to their first defeat, Collingham took over at the top of Division One with a seven-wicket win against Calverley.
Toby Jacklin took his second successive four-wicket haul and with the help of Steve Booth
(4-30) restricted the visitors to 131. Opener Brian Leigh (63) provided the platform for victory.
North Leeds are level on points with Collingham, Martin Kellaway (40) leading the run race as they overtook Otley's 160-9 with six wickets to spare.
Green Lane had only dropped two points in their first four games but could find no answer to the attack of Mark Shires
(4-21) and Dave Mather (5-30) and were dismissed for 64. Adel took just 16.4 overs to notch their first win, Mark Whitehead (33) the top scorer.
A 14-over spell of 5-16 by Marcus Brown had Burley struggling to 109 before Guiseley recovered from 13-3 to win by seven wickets thanks to Adam Waite (45no) and Dan Foster (53no).
Rain reduced the number of overs Rawdon had to chase Kirkstall's 165-9 and they were one run short at the close and both sides had to settle for a point.
Follifoot opened a five-point lead at the top of Division Two after crushing third-placed Tong Park Esholt. Oral Blackford's 5-20 and Anthony Yelding's 4-23 skittled the visitors for 57 to set up a six-wicket win.
Illingworth, who had been matching Follifoot, dropped back as their rain-affected match at Bilton ended in a point apiece.
Mahir Ali followed up a knock of 49 with a 16-over spell of 7-16 as Thackley beat Bardsey by 54 runs, and an unbeaten 45 from Lewis Holdsworth helped Pool to a two-wicket win at Harden after Sam Wilkinson (5-41) and Chris Loveridge (4-29) dismissed the home side 100.
Jye Sampson's century included 17 fours and with the help of John Akrigg (86no), Steeton reached 252-9. But they had to settle for four points against Knaresborough because of the stubborn resistance of Adam Pryor (73).
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