Leyland and Blackpool continued their charge at the top of the Chorley Building Society Northern Premier Cricket League incorporating Readers Cricket Balls with Darwen starting to fall away.
Blackpool defeated Darwen by 100 runs at Birch Hall, Paul Danons team bowled out for 170. Alex Smith top scored with 45, Steven Mercer with 30 and Stephen Twist with 32 while Kamran Anwar returned figures of 4-55.
In reply Darwen had no answer to Richard Gleeson and Chrisiti Viljeon, as Gleeson returned figures of 5-31, with Viljeon taking 4-31. Darwen were all out for a low score of 70 in 25.3 overs.
Fleetwood overcame Preston by 10 runs at Broadwater. Preston put up a very good display despite their troubles this season. Fleetwood were bowled out for 180, Saeed Bariwala returning stunning figures of 7-41. Fleetwood were thankful to Adam Parker (31), JP De Villiers (34), Mike Clinning (35) and Tom Wilsons unbeaten 21.
Preston in reply were bowled out for 170, JP De Villiers 4-60, and Adam Parker 3-37, Prestons Soyeb Dukanwala top scored with 50.
A hat trick by Stu Parkin wasn't enough as Kendal lost by 3 wickets to St Annes in action packed encounter at Shap Road. Parkin left St Annes in a hole on one for three with Andy Kellett, Lukman Vahaluwala and Matthew Taaffe all falling.
St Annes did recover, despite losing Nanthesh Kiruparen for 23. Toby Bulcock for 6 and Nathan Bolus for 20. However the unbeaten 21 by Mitchell Bolus and unbeaten 7 by Mikey Harling saw St Annes over the line closing on 109 for seven in 36.3 overs.
Earlier Kendal were bowled out for 108, with Matthew Grindley 4-24 and Toby Bulcocks 4-47. Adam Cowperthwaite made a useful 23 runs whilst Darren Moore started the innings off in positive fashion with 21 before falling victim to Lukman Vahaluwala,
Leyland remained top of the League after coming out on top by 9 runs in a close encounter with Netherfield. The hosts did well to win after being earlier bowled out for a low total of 144. Nathan Chambers with a spell of 5-24. Henry Thompson was top scorer with 86 off 117 balls.
In reply Netherfield fell short as they were bowled out for 135, returning 4-41 for David Makinson and 4-31 for Tayyab Afsar. Marc Browns 38 and John Hucks 36 kept the visitors in touch before the collapse.
Sam Dutton hit a top scoring 86 off 113 balls, as Barrow had to settle for a Winning Draw at Morecambe. The visitors set the hosts a chase of 208 for nine, Dutton making 86 and Graham Dawson 30.
In reply Morecambe closed on 170 for nine, Ikram Ullah finishing with 35 and Dawson taking 4-49.
Penrith made light work of Lancaster defeating them by 9 wickets. Lancaster were all out for 120 in 32 Overs, Paul Hindmarch returning figures of 5-45. Michael Barry the top scorer for the visitors with 36.
In reply, Penrith knocked the runs off in 16.2 Overs, Ryan Carruthers with an Unbeaten 77, Karanjit Bansal with 51 off 95 balls, John Huck with 42 off 76 balls. Saliya Saman hit an unbeaten 29 off 45 balls seeing the game home for the hosts.