BROMBOROUGH Paints Merseyside Competition leaders Old Xaverians cruised home by 116 runs against Tranmere Vics.
Ian Carroll 125 and Ian Knox 70 not out put on 200 for the first wicket.
Huyton stayed second with a three-wicket victory at Port Sunlight. Muhamid Zahin finished with 8-63 and Dave Conlon top scored with 51.
Kevin Butler and Darren Williams, each with half centuries, batted well for Cheshire Lines who made it by 59 runs at Maritime.
Runcorn maintained winning form in Division Two of the Meller Braggins Cheshire League but it was close against Lymm OP with the last pair seeing them home.
Scores: Merseyside Competition Div.One: Maritime 138, Cheshire Lines 197-8dec; Merseyside CC 141-9, Aigburth 178; Old Xaverians 210-3dec, Tranmere Vics 94; Port Sunlight 160, Huyton 161-7. Div.Two: St Mary’s College OB 123, Manweb 127-2; Goodlass 97, Singlehurst 191-8dec; Bromborough 114, Mossley Hill 118-1. Cheshire League Div.Two: Runcorn 168-9, Lymm OP 164. Div.Three: Chester CO 238-1dec, Wirral 230; Sandbach 251, Parkonians 223.






