RYAN Gladwin and Anthony Gilks clinched an unlikely Aire-Wharfe League victory for Rawdon in a high-scoring Division One thriller against Ilkley.

Rory Kroon (62no) shared a 165-run fourth-wicket stand with Alex Bailey, who smashed 104 off 95 balls to take Ilkley to 261-5.

That looked to be a match-winning total when Rawdon lost two wickets at 67 but Kuda Samunderu steadied things with a well-crafted 83.

He and Gladwin moved things back towards Rawdon but they faced another crisis when Rob Spivey dismissed Andrew Doidge and Jake Hodges in the same over.

Rawdon were still 55 runs short of victory with eight overs and two wickets left – but Gilks provided the support needed by Gladwin, whose half-century included six fours and two sixes, and they clinched the win with an over to spare.

There was another tight finish at Steeton, where Guiseley appeared about to register their first win of the campaign after Peter Towner (78) put them within touching distance of the home side's 172.

But James Freebury was called into the attack and in 1.4 overs he took three wickets without conceding a run to dismiss Guiseley ten runs short of victory.

Ricky Halloran picked up 4-45 and Sam Blake 3-45 as Kirkstall were bowled out for 203 but Otley's batting struggled and they went down to their first defeat of the season.

Meanwhile, Beckwithshaw were making short work of Burley, their 89-run win putting them 14 points clear at the top of the table.

Green Lane took over at the Division Two summit as Waleed Akhtar (133) and Asif Yusef (54) starred in their 235-7, a total Thackley never looked like matching despite a half-century from Brad Goodaire.

Tong Park Esholt leapt off bottom spot after beating overnight leaders Illingworth, thanks mainly to Ajantha Weerapuli (73no), Danny Bell (4-40) and Nadeem Hanif, who followed up his 27 not out with 3-34.

Richard Nichols hit 66 and shared a 117-run opening stand with Kevin Owens (54) as Skipton set early pacesetters Colton a 203-9 target.

Nichols then took 4-47 and, with Iqbal Khan (3-46) and Andrew Fergie (3-60), dismissed the home side for 157.

Paul Quinlan (58no) top-scored in Harden's 181-8 but Leon Harber (54) and Ryan Sharrocks (45no) saw Horsforth to a five-wicket win.

Charlie Swallow hit 60 as Ben Rhydding chased Pool's 220-2 but his side still fell 43 runs short.

A sixth-wicket stand of 89 between Majid Inayat (93no) and Sadir Khan (56) helped Division Three bottom club Silsden to 240-9 but it still was not enough for a first win.

Will Atkins (43) laid the foundation of Addingham's reply before Ricky Palacio (98no) and Laurie O'Connor (68no) clinched the win with seven wickets in hand.

That keeps Adddingham hot on the heels of Alwoodley, who beat Hall Park by 121 runs – despite the efforts of James Carlill and Bev Williams, who each picked up four wickets.

With Lewis Brown (4-47) and Adam Sutcliffe (3-18) in good form, Menston never recovered from losing their first three wickets for nine runs and Bolton Villas passed their 124 with two wickets to spare.

Olicanian climbed out of the bottom two with a decisive win over Calverley.

Scott Sanderson (47), Harry Smallwood (46) and William Pearson (41no) starred in their 200-8 before Bernard Hughes (4-46) and Smallwood (3-9) skittled Calverley for 113.