AIGBURTH scraped home by one wicket away to Cheshire Lines in Division One of the Bromborough Paints Merseyside Competition.

Tony Wilson played a key role with a 6-10 haul. Dave Jackson for Lines claimed 4-32.

Wayne Greve with 60 helped Port Sunlight to an eight-wicket victory at Huyton for whom Dave Conlon scored 77 and Muhamad Zahin an unbeaten 58.

Maritime were denied victory by the last Merseyside Commonwealth pair. Pratham Shetty scored 52 for the home side whilst best for the Commonwealth were Alagiah Suthakaran 5-30 and Ed Herbert 4-18.

Ian Carroll 57, Joe Lyons 43 and Gareth Holder 4-31 carried Old Xaverians to a 35 runs margin at Mossley Hill.

Birkenhead Park were crushed by nine wickets at Ashley in Division One of the Meller Braggins Cheshire League after being dismissed for a meagre 67.

Runcorn also fell by six wickets at Alvanley but posted a respectable 157.

Wirral and Ellesmere Port were winners in Division One of the Cheshire Alliance.

SCORES: Merseyside Competition Div One: Cheshire Lines 114, Aigburth 115-9; Huyton 151-4dec, Port Sunlight 152-2; Maritime 162, Merseyside CC 139-9; Mossley Hill 167. Old Xaverians 202-7dec. Div Two: Old Xaverians II 104, Huyton II 105-5 (John Roberts 64); Tranmere Vics 148-2 (Mike Edwards 74no, Mark O’Brian 49no), Crosby St Mary’s 147 (Jim Kelly 56, Rich Baker 4-17); Bromborough 116-4 (Andy van Beek 40), Maritime II 112 (Marugesu Kuperan 44, Simon Byrne 4-29); Singlehurst 91-3, Goodlass 90 (Alex Brown 6-40). Cheshire League Div One: Alvanley 158-4, Runcorn 157; Ashley 69-1, Birkenhead Park 67. Div.Three:- Over Peover 124-8, Chester County Officers 185-7dec. Cheshire Alliance Div One: Ellesmere Port 91-6, Parkonians 88; Glazebury 86, Wirral 158-8dec. Div Three: Eastham and Bromborough 111, Frodsham II 112-4.