FURNESS became the first team to beat Workington in the North Lancs and Cumbria League since 2015 with a two-wicket win in west Cumbria.

The Premier Division’s top two teams met at Workington, and with such capable batting on both sides it was surprisingly a low scoring game. Workington decided to have first knock and lost wickets regularly, and when top scorer Greg Platten went for 29, Workington were 79 for 8.

The tail-enders worked hard but the home side were all out for 105 in the 44th over. Furness opening bowlers, Seth Rance, 3 for 36 and Peter Lawson, 2 for 19, both bowled their 15 overs to great effect.

Furness were soon 11 for 2 in reply. Nathan Waterston, with 25, and Mark Daly, 22, improved the position and Scott Pearcey and Ryan Griffiths got into the teens, but at 91 for 7 the game was evenly balanced.

However, Seth Rance made an important 15 not out to see Furness home at 106 for 8 in the 35th over.

Workington professional Kaushalya Gajasinghe took 3 for 19 in 9 overs.

In first against Carlisle, Dalton worked hard for their runs and were all out in the 44th over, for 163, professional Warnapura making 50. Carlisle’s pro Justin Greaves returned 5 for 24 in 12 overs.

Carlisle were made to fight for their runs, and it was the last over when the winning run was made, with the board showing 164 for 8, Marc Brown top scoring with 53. Dalton’s Jon Bell took 4 for 47 in his 15 overs.

Keswick made a good start, with an opening stand of 54 by Andrew Bryson, 42 and Arran Davies, 18. Another good stand of 78, between Geeth Kumara, 70, and Glen Weightman, 41, saw Keswick to 224 for 7 at tea.

Cleator’s David Blackwell took 4 for 52 in 14 overs.

Cleator’s openers also started well, Robert Mason, 57, and Chris Quin, 22, putting on 82, and with pro Kavindu Kulasekara making an unbeaten 55, Cleator won in 48 overs with 226 for 7. Keswick pro Kumara took 4 for 41 in his 15 overs.

In a highly-contested game at Cockermouth, the home side were put in by Wigton and batted well to be 205 for 9 at tea. In reply Wigton came so close to a win, but were all out in the last over for 199 to lose by six runs.

Haverigg were in first and found the Whitehaven attack difficult to handle in their Division One match.

Only Drew Postlethwaite, with 66, and Robbie Evans, 26, got into double figures, making three quarters of Haverigg’s all out total of 123.

Whitehaven pro Mohammad Yasin took 6 for 27 in 9.3 overs.

In reply, Whitehaven openers Dom Chambers, with 39, and Stephen Holliday, 36, gave their side a good start, and they went to a comfortable win, scoring 124 for 5. Joseph Lovell taking 3 for 23 in 10.4 overs.

Winning the toss and batting, against Workington A, Lindal Moor openers Chris Brookshaw, 33. and Alastair Grunshaw, 78, made a good start, and with 95 from Kenroy Peters, saw 258 for 8 on the board when the overs ran out. Paul McKeown took 4 for 70 in 11 overs.

In reply Workington A had a poor day with the bat to be 92 all out in the 36th over, Craig Crawford taking 3 for 36 in his 15 overs, and Jack Cumberbatch, 3 for 21 in 5 overs.

Put into bat, Seascale made 262 for 7 in the allotted 50 overs, Adam Brown made 92 and J Hammond 69.

Ulverston also batted well, but were 185 all out in the 41st over. David Blain top scored with 60 with good support from Ben Dryden’s 38. Seascale’s A Mawson, 4 for 44, and Danny Lee, 4 for 50 doing the damage.

Millom decided to bat first at Vickerstown and were all out in the 49th over for 175.Vickerstown struggled with the bat, and were all out in the 43rd over for 96.

Furness seconds were put in to bat against Egremont and made 241 for 5 in their 50 overs. Elliott Maxfield top scored with 59 not out.

Egremont batted well in reply but were all out in 39 overs for 178, Dave Raynor making an excellent 89.

Cockermouth A decided to bat first against Hawcoat Park and, with Andrew Dodds making 102, they were all out in 50 overs for 202.

In reply, despite 66 from David Thorburn, Hawcoat Park were all out in the 32nd over for 124. Cockermouth’s Mark Cowen taking 4 for 43.

In first, Dalton were soon two down, but Matthew Jones led a good recovery with 48, supported by Matthew Bamber, 25, and Kevin Edwards, 22.

However the tail-enders made few runs and the visitors were all out for 113 in 36 overs. Kirkby’s Mark Etchells returned 6 for 18 in 12 overs and Brad Marshall, 3 for 47 in 15 overs. After tea, Kirkby skipper James Thornton was soon in full flow and made 86 not out as Kirkby went to the win, making 117 for 1 in 17.1 overs.

It was a high scoring game at Egremont where Lindal Moor had first knock and, mainly due to Chris Scrogham’s 139, they were 236 for 7 in their 40 overs. Egremont’s Carl Jackson took 4 for 32 in six overs.

After a shaky start, Egremont made a good recovery as Lee Cruden batted well to make 85, but when overs ran out Egremont were 178 for 8, and the Moor had 10 more points. Chris Moore returned 4 for 34 in his 10 overs,

Millom A batted first and struggled to be all out in the 24th over for 112. Vickerstown A made a slowish reply but won easily at 113 for 4 in the 38th over.

Whitehaven A won the toss and decided to bat and made 145 for 8 in their 40 overs. Haverigg seconds were soon in trouble and struggled to 102 for 7 in their 40 overs to give Whitehaven a comfortable win.

Aussie pro Aaron Keverne Onyon produced a devastating spell of seven for 19 as Barrow beat Preston in their Northern League Division One clash at Ernest Pass.

Batting first, Barrow struggled to 117 all out, but with Keverne Onyon in great form with the ball, backed up by 3 for 30 from Daryl Wearing the visitors were shot out for just 55. Barrow seconds lost their match at Preston seconds.