WAVERTREE sneaked home by five runs at Whitefield to step over them into top place in the Bromborough Paints Merseyside and Southport Alliance.

Neil Clarkson took 4-19 for the winners and Nareen Ashraf 6-30 for Whitefield in a low scoring affair.

Alder went third with a five-wicket success at Norley Hall. Mohammed Masroor made an undefeated 61 and Mark Brick 46 with Andrew Aitchison taking 5-30.

Sean Robson 63 and Kevin Murray 59 helped Southport Trinity see off Caldy by five wickets. Kirk Bunting contributed 83 for the losers.

Mohammed Zaheed 7-57 and Dave Conlon 73 starred for Huyton in a 103-run victory over Birkenhead St Mary’s.

Prescot & Odyssey had 108 runs to spare over Haydock and Parkfield Liscard beat Moorfield by 146 runs with Kamran Hussein scoring a half century and Amir Baig finishing with 4-10.

Maritime held on for a draw at Sutton whose batsmen in form were Phil Frost 51, Mike Rimmer 48 and Joe Harvey 40.

SCORES: Merseyside and Southport Alliance: Caldy 196-9dec (K Bunting 83), Southport Trinity 197-5 (S Robson 63, K Murray 59); Haydock 98, Prescot & Odyssey 206-7dec; Huyton 197-9dec (D Conlon 73, F Vincent 4-53), Birkenhead St Mary’s 94 (M Zaheed 7-57); Norley Hall 121 (A Aitchison 5-30), Alder 127-5 (M.Masroor 61no, M Brick 46); Parkfield Liscard 198 (K Hussein 50), Moorfield 52 (A Baig 4-10); Sutton 194 (P Frost 51, M Rimmer 48, J Harvey 40), Maritime 119-9; Whitefield 104 (N Clarkson 4-19), Wavertree 109 (N Ashraf 6-30).

Merseyside Competition: Aigburth 85-2, Tranmere Vics 81; Cheshire Lines 184-3dec, Mossley Hill 115; Old Xaverians 95-4, Goodlass 92; Port Sunlight 147-8, Manweb 180-3dec; St Mary’s College OB 133, Merseyside Commonwealth 134-4.