POST Office moved into second place in Sharples Lettings Furness Bowling League Division One following a fine 11-4 at Dalton CC.

Stuart Walker and Jono Kell both recorded 21-6 successes.

King Alfred lead the division after picking up 12 points at Red River. Dave Whitehead, 21-3, and Danny Edmonds, 21-7, excelled for the Alfred, with Andy McDonald, 21-7, replying best for River.

North Scale and King Alfred A are setting the pace in Division Two.

Steve Porter, 21-7, and John Lindsay, 21-9, helped the Villagers beat Co-op SC A 11-3.

King Alfred A inflicted a first defeat on Glaxo SC in sensational style, with only Rod Lewis preventing a whitewash. Ces Turnbull, 21-4, was the Alfred’s best.

Barrow Island surprisingly won their first match this year by inflicting a 10-4 defeat on Lindal A. Steve Hunter and Peter Minnis had fine victories against class opponents.

In Division Three, Dalton CC A head the table after a 15-0 win at West Shore A, with Neil Pickthall, Geoff May, Bryan Woodburn and Dave Grainger all triumphing to single figures.

Police A are one point behind the Cricketers, dropping just one game at home to Co-op SC B. Arthur Adams, 21-2, and Ian McBride, 21-3, were best for the Bobbies. Veteran Allan Turner produced the reply.

Walney Park A beat their B-team 12-3, w hile West Mount also picked up 12 points at home to Barrow Island A.

RESULTS

DIVISION ONE

DALTON CC v POST OFFICE

K Alexander 19 Z Walker 21, G Mills 21 I Pullin 12, S Davey 21 B Beard 16, A Edwards 18 J Boardman 21, K Banks 6 S Walker 21, M Steele 19 B Woodall 21, E Wall 17 A Oldfield 21, N Jones 20 M Lavender 21, R Griffiths 6 J Kells 21, D Monk 19 A Boardman 21, R Lindsay 21 M Fieldhouse 17, G Jones 21 D Mellen 15. Totals: 4 (208) and 11 (228).

SALTHOUSE v ROOSE

J Park 13 J Duffin 21, D Rogers 14 P Lewis 21, J Mason 21 C Whitehouse 20, J Wardman 17 B Bowes 21, J Taylor 20 G Gedling 21, A Asbury 15 D Yates 21, B Asbury 21 M Watt 19, C Lloyd 21 R Rhodes 17, B Thompson 21 B Burgess 19, S Edmondson 21 C Corkill 16, M Marshall 21 J Howard 5, D Thompson 21 M Irving 16. Totals: 9 (226) and 5 (217).

HAWCOAT PARK A v ASKAM

D Hodgson 10 D Logan 21, M Procter 13 C Taylor 21, N Reilly 12 K Knowles 21, R Woods 21 I Clough 11, G Maudsley 21 C Atkinson 12, J Curphey 21 N Milburn 8, B Stewart 21 A Rigg 15, J Bowden 7 M Askew 21, B Parkinson 21 G Knowles 6, K Judge 9 G Rigg 21, G McFarlane 14 A Foster 21, E France 7 L Knowles 21. Totals: 5 (177) and 10 (199).

RED RIVER v KING ALFRED

D Jones 16 B Lowden 21, M Coulter 21 P Harris 16, R Jones 20 T Whitehouse 21, S Aspinall 21 G Hall 11, K Roebuck 16 J Hinde 21, N Aspinall 17 M Barrow 21, A McDonald 21 P Bennett 7, P Ryan 11 I McDonald 21, D Shaw 7 D Edmonds 21, D Pullin 14 S Fullard 21, T Pitts 3 D Whitehead 21, K Wood 8 S Atkinson 21. Totals: 3 (175) and 12 (223).

DIVISION TWO

KING ALFRED A v GLAXO SK

R Holmes 21 T Gorman 10, J McDonald 15 R Lewis 21, A Mason 21 D Bell 14, P Roberts 21 N McLeod Jnr 19, I Gomersall 21 D Kavanagh 12, B Cleasby 21 D Steel 12, R Price 21 D Nicholson 13, E Backhouse 21 L Worsley 18, G Rawley 21 P Viney 19, L Barnard 21 C D'Leny 16, C Turnbull 21 P Dickson 4, J Kolbe 21 D Sankey 11. Totals: 13 (246) and 1 (169).

KIRKBY A v KIRKBY

G Preston 21 J Battersby 12, R Bainbridge 21 D Tray 13, D Turnough 15 M Cleasby 21, A Stevenson 9 N McAlley 21, P Lee 21 S Goodwin 11, A Waring 21 D Marshall 13, I Broome 21 J Leigh 6, M Wright 21 D Slater 7, T Taylor 21 B Banks 9, I Parkinson 21 B Deason 8, B Rigg 21 M Hind 5, M Delbridge 14 G Leatherland 21. Totals: 11 (227) and 3 (147).

BARROW ISLAND v LINDAL A

S Hunter 21 D Naylor 15, K Slowey 21 R Barclay 19, P Minnis 21 K Rooney 15, D Slowey 12 P Rooney 21, F McKechnie 21 T Macpake 11, R Walmsley 14 D Rooney 21, D Dent 21 A Spelman 15, D Leece 21 B Andrews 20, M Jones 20 J Crompton 21, T Marshall 10 K Johnson 21, J Hulston 21 S Naylor 11, K Magee 21 D Mackenzie 15. Totals: 10 (224) and 4 (205).

NORTH SCALE v CO-OP SC A

G Walker 21 M Gordon 20, S Porter 21 P Phizacklea 7, L Johnson 21 R Wood 11, J Charnley 19 L Vickers 21, I Thompson 21 R Orrell 17, J Johnson 21 D Southward 18, K Hurley 21 B Corkill 11, G Stevens 21 J Atkinson 14, M Comish 11 J Proudfoot 21, J Lindsay 21 D Watterson 9, J Simpson 15 S Urmston 21, R Sturgeon 21 S Pryer 11. Totals: 11 (234) and 3 (181).

ASKAM A v HAWCOAT PARK B

C Haworth 21 J Tongue 14, F Rigg 21 A Artis 13, J Hamilton 21 S Lidicott 7, K Rigg 7 I France 21, R Kitchin 21 J Hartley 7, S Currie 21 J Lavender 9, O Richards 21 R May 10, D Porter 21 A Woods 16, G Caine 21 T Lashmar 20, R Proctor 3 R Twiname 21, B Sears 20 G Dodd 21, W Coates 13 F Ratcliffe 21. Totals: 10 (211) and 4 (180).

WEST SHORE v KING ALFRED B

P Chesworth 21 J Reilly 15, R Holmes 19 J Kolbe 21, B Chelton 21 E Lowden 13, J Richardson 20 M Wall 21, L Wilson 18 G Hogg 21, G Batte 21 G Pritchard 4, T White 19 C Callister 21, T Richardson 15 T George 21, P Lavender 21 M Tinning 11, G Edwards 3 F Holmes 21, M Burns 15 S Hogg 21, D Leach 17 I Pearson 21. Totals: 4 (210) and 11 (211).

ROOSE A v SALTHOUSE A

R Nicholson 21 P Millar 10, J Crabtree 21 G Carlisle 11, N Whitehouse 19 A Woods 21, T Fitzsimmons 2 K Howarth 21, J Johnson 15 J Weston 21, C Burton 21 M Smith 13, B Ashworth 10 P Tompkinson 21, R Fisher 21 T Benson 19, N McKinnon 17 I Walker 21, B Maltman 1 A Smith 21, K Delves 21 R Smith 11, D Staunton 21 R Crompton 18. Totals: 6 (190) and 9 (208).

DIVISION THREE

POLICE A v CO-OP SC B

D Little 21 D Jackson 8, J Shipley 21 P Jeffries 20, A Salisbury 21 D Barrow 9, N Burns 21 T Weir 11, N Chanin 21 G McDonald 17, B Winder 21 K Stirzaker 13, I McBride 21 G Ackred 3, B Clegg 12 A Turner 21, A Adams 21 M Ellis 2, K Churchman 21 A Thompson 16, J Cotton 21 J Huitson 17, S Fleet 21 J Benn 15. Totals: 13 (243) and 1 (152).

SALTHOUSE B v RED RIVER A

M Smith 21 J Jackson 15, T Potter 18 C Sharples 21, D Mountford 21 J Sharples 13, J Truman 9 B Burrows 21, S Barrow 21 H Curwen 12, D Smith 16 G Mayor 21, J Last 21 R Hall 7, M Last 7 I Perry 21, A Miller 21 D Bell 6, N Emerson 21 A Sharp 4, R Carroll 21 D Thompson 13, K Thompson 21 T Armistead 7. Totals: 10 (218) and 4 (161).

HAWCOAT PARK C v WEST MOUNT B

M Kittley 16 A Hopkins 21, J Sutherland 9 C Johnson 21, M Muldoon 11 A Hudson 21, S Sloan 21 J Sutherland 18, A McNicol 21 K Hudson 16, D Williams 10 R Massey-Holmes 21, N Parker 9 S Holmes 21, R Tooze 4 J Crosthwaite 21, A Troughton 21 C Butler 12, N Coward 1 I Littlewood 21, J Hendley 21 R McKenna 14, R Williams 21 J Brannon 12. Totals: 5 (165) and 10 (219).

WALNEY PARK B v WALNEY PARK A

G Bartlett 11 P Gauntlett 21, N McMillan 21 M Davey 16, T McDougal 13 J Wood 21, R Quayle 21 T Ducie 15, J McHale 3 R Repton 21, T Muldoon-Smith 1 I Worthington 21, R Visick 16 R Smith 21, D Artis 6 I Fairclough 21, K Irvine 16 M McKellar 21, K Law 2 P Cargan 21, B Holland 14 R Keegan 21, I Dalton 21 L Smith 14. Totals: 3 (145) and 12 (234).

WEST SHORE A v DALTON CC A

P Fieldhouse 3 N Picthall 21, K Johnson 12 H Dagger 21, P Fogharty 18 S Jones 21, B Carson 6 B Woodburn 21, W Kerr 3 G May 21, T McCall 16 C Norman 21, P Knott 10 J Benson 21, S Woods 18 J Bridle 21, R Clements 18 C May 21, E Western 18 D Smith 21, L Clarke 8 D Grainger 21, F Myerscough 12 A Newsham 21. Totals: 0 (142) and 15 (252).

WEST MOUNT v BARROW ISLAND A

S Benson 20 D Heron 21, M Hodgson 21 B Crawford 20, C Taylor 21 B Walker 17, M Boulton 21 E Harkins 19, B Ward 21 K Wilson 15, B Morrow 21 J Hunter 1, P Crosthwaite 21 T Elliott 19, M Grainger 21 K Goude 18, M Pritchard 15 P Woodall 21, B Sharp 21 J O'Leary 19, J Cross 21 D Dale 12, K Quinn 21 J Heads 15. Totals: 12 (245) and 2 (197).

GLAXO SK A v ROOSE B

C Adshead 21 R Chissim 13, T Wright 21 B Taylor 7, E Worsley 11 D Graham 21, S Peters 21 T Chissim 16, H Tomsett 21 A Taylor 11, D Ashburner 21 V Pollock 6, A Houlden 8 E O'Hare 21, B Smith 21 D Swarbrick 20, A Slater 21 Unlisted Player 17, S McElroy 21 N Brindley 19, P Brown 21 Walk Over 0, G Fisher 21 Walk Over 0. Totals: 12 (229) and 2 (151).