TEN runs from the next to last over meant that Warton retained their 100 per cent record in the Cumberland View-Volkswagen Westmor-land League, but they were made to fight hard by Arnside.

Warton won the toss and on a damp wicket Arnside made a respectable score of 169-5, with Adam Richardson (40), Adrian Lee (51no) and Ian Bullough (39) the main contributors.

In reply Warton made good progress through openers T. Barrow (28) and N. Jones (35).

P. Weatherill weighed in with 34 and it became a tight match with Warton eight men men down before Ricky Nelson (26) smashed 10 from the penultimate over.

They finished 171-8 for their third successive victory of the new season.

The luck of the toss was with Windermere enabling them to invite Sedgwick to bat first on a damp track.

Jonathan Cooper and Matt Hartnett are a lively pair of opening bowlers, but Simon Dalzell (25) showed that it was possible to combat them with the correct sort of application.

The other batsmen played too expansively, and Hartnett (5-32) was soon among the wickets, having Ian Wilson caught behind, Mike Bracken lbw and bowling Adam Hornby. When Nick Lewthwaite 5-14) replaced Cooper the lower order soon followed. Keeper Andrew Wright bagged four catches.

Sedgwick's 68 all out was unlikely to be enough and opener John Baines quickly put a hole in the target with a hard-hitting 29. Mike Lewthwaite and skipper Joe Stephenson then steered the visitors to victory.

A solid 29 from batsmen Dave Irvine was the major factor in Ibis holding on for a losing draw against last season's champions Milnthorpe.

Ibis won the toss and put Milnthorpe in, with Mike Wills (45) and Chris Baldwin (65) putting on 114 for the opening partnership.

There was good support from Nathan Burr (18) and a final flurry of 27 from C. Postlethwaite saw the innings close on 178-4. Steve Hugginson and Dave Irvine took two wickets apiece.

Ibis lost two wickets with the score on 15 and had to dig in, but thanks to Irvine they held on for a draw at 78-6.

Bob Baldwin and J. Naylor took two wickets each.

Put in to bat by Burneside, Bare made slow progress with only number nine P. Sinclair (31no) making a significant score. They finished their innings on just 113-8 and Burneside looked good to take the 10 points for a win.

The damp conditions suited Bare's bowling, however, and it proved too good for Burneside's batsmen to make any inroads.

Again it was left to a lower order bat, M. Wilson (24no) at number six, to make the highest score as Burneside held on for 93-7, picking up two bonus points.

After an hour's delay because of heavy rain, Shireshead were inserted by Silverdale and made good progress thanks to Colin Twiname (27) and Mike Park (23). Nigel Cunliffe (37) was again the pick of the batsmen as Jonny Mason bowled a tidy spell for three wickets. David Carter (20 not out) and Mark Sutcliffe (18 not out) acccelerated to give the home side a score of 158-6 from their 35 overs.

Silverdale's Paul Yates took the early wicket of A. Rayner, but Mason hit the ball well, surviving two chances, to give the innings impetus, before being caught by a diving Sutcliffe. Thompson (22) scored at a run a ball while Phil Bovis was settling in.

Bovis worked the ball superbly to manufacture gaps in the field and his well-crafted 60 guided Silverdale to victory on 159-5, their first at Shireshead since their return to the top division.

Westgate were put in to bat by Heysham, but the damp wicket did not seem to bother openers S. Creed (53) and N Parkinson (26).

Westgate made steady progress and declared on 184 3 with 42 overs gone.

In reply Heysham never got into the game, losing their top six for just 22 runs and were all out for 57.

There were no surprises in the first round matches in the Hackney & Leigh Trophy, the first division clubs mostly recording comfortable victories.