STEETON went down by six wickets at home to North Leeds as they failed to shake off the inconsistency which has plagued them this season in Division One.

Top scorer for the hosts, who were put in to bat, was Andrew Foulds with an excellent 68 from 100 deliveries with three sixes and six fours.

He put on 61 for the fourth wicket with 40th birthday boy Craig Walton (27) after Adam Hardwick had also made 27.

But Foulds' dismissal at 166-6 sparked a collapse as their final four wickets tumbled for just a further eight runs as Steeton fell one run short of a third batting point on 174 all out.

In reply, a 55-run opening partnership helped keep the visitors always ahead of the game. James Emmott was the pick of the Steeton bowlers with 3-43 as Larry Audain completed a man of the match performance for the visitors with 40, having earlier taken 4-36.

That saw North Leeds home by four wickets in 40.4 overs, leaving Steeton struggling in third-from-bottom spot in the table.

Silsden may have regretted inviting their hosts to bat in Division Three as Leeds Modernians racked up 284-8.

A fifth-wicket partnership of 133, which was dominated by Jarran Cook (109 in 73 balls), laid the platform as several other Mods batsmen made cameos, including former Leeds United goalkeeper Nigel Martyn (27). Zabeeh Ullah was the plus point for Silsden with 5-65.

The Cobbydalers had no answer in reply as man of the match Cook (3-23) and Mansoor Hussain (4-20) saw them off for just 101.

In Division Two, Harden invited visitors Thackley to bat and they progressed to 216-7 wickets as Amer Ayoub (85) led the way. Veteran Phil Leng produced figures of 5-56.

The hosts then crashed to 117 all out as Andy Stothart claimed 5-19, Devin Pollack (28) being the pick of the batsmen.

Second teams

Steeton slumped from 45-0 to 72-6 at North Leeds. Oliver Gledhill top-scored with 39 to help them to 136 but the hosts got home with four wickets to spare in their reply.

Steeton had them reeling at 36-4 wickets down before a 53-run fifth-wicket stand eased the pressure.

Chief destroyer for the visitors was Callum Lowe, with 3-33 from 15 overs.

The bowling of Robin Hopwood (3-42) and Scott Hartley (5-32) put Harden in good shape as Kirkstall were bowled out for 132 but the visitors fared even worse as they were hurried out by Will Watson (3-22) and Matteo Nisri (5-14), totalling only 93 as Hartley made 32.

Kieran Lawrence starred with the ball for Silsden at home to Leeds Modernians, taking 7-25 to help dismiss them for a below-par 137 all out.

But they were put to the sword by David Clapham (4-22) and man of the match Matt Walker (4-25) as they were bowled out for 93.