BURLEY’S Shane Etherington and Nick Brook combined to inflict a first Aire-Wharfe League defeat of the campaign on seemingly invincible Division One leaders Beckwithshaw.

It looked like business as usual when Beckwithshaw’s opening pair of John Inglis and Alexis Twigg played their way to 74 but after Brook had Twigg caught, Etherington took over and soon picked up two wickets in two balls as the visitors stumbled to 93-4.

Etherington went on to take 6-29 and restricted Beckwithshaw to 185.

Burley didn’t find batting much easier, but Brook (88no) saw them home by one wicket, including a vital half-century, seventh-wicket stand with Tom Day (32).

Horsforth have looked like the only side capable of chasing down Beckwithshaw but they also came unstuck as resurgent Otley overcame them by 84 runs and took over second spot in the table.

As expected, there were plenty of runs, with Jamie Pickering (49) and James Davies (105) leading the way in Otley’s 288-9.

But it was bowler Ricky Halloran who had the last word, picking up five wickets for the second week in a row. Only Chris Gordon (55) showed anything like normal form for Horsforth.

Half-centuries from Andrew Foulds and Craig Walton helped Steeton past Pool’s 220-8 with five wickets and 11 balls to spare and lifted them out of the bottom two at their opponents' expense.

Nick Cockcroft (4-46) and Rob Spivey (3-44) restricted Bilton to 178-9 and then combined to see Ilkley to victory, with Cockcroft hitting 30 not out and Spivey 26 not out.

Ben Heritage (83) and Kuda Samunderu (112) put on 205 for the second wicket as Rawdon set a target of 282-7, which was 100 runs too hot for Collingham.

There was another big stand as Division Two leaders Guiseley overcame Skipton by 116 runs.

Michael Truswell (63) and Richard Nichols, who hit 17 fours in an unbeaten 101, added 168 for Guiseley’s fourth wicket. Duncan Reeve then took 4-40 as Skipton were bowled out for 162.

Ted Haggas took 5-66 in Follifoot’s 187-8 and Ricky Palacio (80no) saw Addingham to a two-wicket win.

Luke Tinsley marked his Ben Rhydding debut with an unbeaten 42 not out but finished on the losing side after Alastair Long (59no) helped Calverley past the 184-8 target.

Andrew Parratt (4-43) and Amer Ayoub (3-42) managed to keep Colton to a modest 185-8 but Thackley were unable to respond and were dismissed for 99.

Devan Pollock’s 53 not out was the backbone of Harden’s 125 but they are bottom of the heap after fellow strugglers Adel overtook them with eight wickets to spare.

The bowling feat of the day came in Division Three, where Josh Hobson included a hat-trick in a 3.1 over spell of 4-9 that helped keep Hall Park clear at the top of the table.

With Jonathan Postle (3-29) and Mark McEneaney (3-54) also in good form, Olicanian were bowled out for 96, and Steve Phillips (37no) and Tashmail Henry (34no) clinched the win after only 25.3 overs.

Varun Devesher (40) top-scored in Bolton Villas 219-9 but the fireworks came in Green Lane’s successful reply. Michael Sanderson (42) and Azhar Mehmood (42) provided support for Michael Abbott, who smashed ten fours and three sixes in an unbeaten 76 in 56 balls.

There was more big hitting at Bardsey, where David Brook hit 14 fours and four sixes in racing to 114 as Silsden edged past the home side’s 221-7 with one wicket in hand.