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ADAM ONION brought tears to the eyes of the Halsall West End bowlers as Sutton extended their 100% record at the top of the Southport & District League Premier Division on Saturday.

His unbeaten 116 underpinned a massive total of 262/3 off just 38 overs – he put on 95 with James York, 72 with Jamie Greener and 63 with Jack York as the leaders put the Halsall attack to the sword.

In reply, the home side could only manage 139/8 as the visitors went 28 points clear at the top.

Cheshire Lines moved up to second with an impressive bowling performance at home to Newburgh. Having been asked to bat, Lines were reeling at 71/8 but Paul Sheron’s unbeaten 41 lifted them to a final total of 136/9.

And Sheron played a big part in making that competitive total look like a mountain to Newburgh – he took 4/6, and Aaron Doran 4/1 – as the visitors were skittled for just 36.

New Victoria slip to third after a three-wicket defeat at Norley Hall. Fifties from Matty Howard and Matthew Walsh helped Vics to 186/7, for maximum batting points. But after an early burst from Barry Mills left Hall 23/4, Ryan Wood (66) and Simon Hatch (48) took the home side within striking distance of the target, which they reached with seven overs to spare.

Fourth-placed Haydock comfortably overhauled bottom side Aigburth’s 137 for a nine-wicket win. Steven Southward made the visitors regret their decision to bat by taking 4/20, before a captain’s knock of 79 not out from Stephen Gornall saw Haydock home.

Birkenhead St Mary’s beat Goose Green by 46 runs, despite Jim Taylor snapping up 5/49 in the hosts’ 166 all out. The match was nicely poised after a 46-run stand for the sixth wicket between Sam Melling and Tristan Hore, but Goose Green lost their last five wickets for 11 runs.

Second bottom Mossley Hill recorded their first win of the season, by three wickets at Hesketh Bank. Richard Banister top scored with 43 in Bank’s 157/9, then took three wickets in the chase – but Mossley Hill made it, thanks largely to Tom Sutcliffe’s 47.

There’s still little to choose between Merseyside Commonwealth Conference and Cheshire Lines 2nds at the top of Division Two. MCC remain a point ahead after a 111-run win over Aughton – Dishantha Badalge’s 75 and Roshendra Aberwickrama’s 53 helped them to 261/7, and while Adam Waterhouse’s 58 helped Aughton bat out their overs, they never really got close to the target.

Peter Strange (85) and Steven Delve (53*) were the stars with the bat for Lines as they chased 154 to beat bottom side Moss Side Maghull by three wickets. Earlier, Graham Humphries’ 3/14 had set the tone, while Tom Williams (41) and Ian Gilbertson (47) kept Moss Side competitive.

Birkenhead St Mary’s 2nds are third after they won by 49 runs at Whitefield. Twin 53s from Tanjot Singh and Umair Riaz helped the visitors to 224/9, and despite Ian Friar’s 66 in reply, the Roby side ran out of batters as Fahd Malik took 4/44.

Winstanley Park won a nailbiter at New Victoria 2nds by just 15 runs, thanks to a magnificent unbeaten stand of 192 between Keiran Crompton (98*) and Alex Oldfield (83*). Their total of 203/2 seemed secure enough with the home side’s reply foundering at 27/5, but first Ste Hawksworth (64) then Andrew McKeating (47) made a game of it before McKeating fell with the target just a few blows away.

Churchtown won a low-scoring encounter at Sutton 2nds. Opener Carl Jackson struck 57 for but there were five ducks below him as the visitors succumbed for 97, with Lewis Bolton taking 5/15. But Phil Jones, Ryan Buck and Carl Foster took three wickets each to skittle Sutton for just 73.

Andrew Turner’s 4/10 set up a six-wicket win for Bretherton at Dalton, who could only manage 90. Stuart Iddon struck 56 as the visitors made short work of the chase.

In Division Three, Earlestown are still top after Goose Green 2nds failed to field a side. Aigburth 2nds kept up the pursuit with a low-scoring five-wicket win over Whitefield 2nds, who had Lee Brown’s 49 to thank for getting their total as high as 88 as Steven Spencer took 4/24. Despite a wobble, Aigburth reached their target in the 28th over.

Bedford Park’s Chris Morrison was unplayable as he ran through Norley Hall’s 2nd XI with 7/15. Park had racked up 133 batting first; thanks to Morrison, Hall fell 81 runs short.

Newburgh’s 2nd XI won by nine wickets at home to Dalton’s 2nd XI, with Tom Travis scoring an unbeaten 50 seeing them to their target of 108.

Mossley Hill’s 2nds won their basement clash with Hesketh Bank 2nds by nine wickets.