DARWEN enjoyed two victories over Leyland Motors at Birch Hall.

On Saturday they took 12 points in a Northern Premier League encounter winning by eight wickets. Then on Sunday they won by 10 wickets in the Thwaite's Smooth Cup.

With Motors batting first on Saturday they were soon in trouble as their prolific run scorer Ashraf was dismissed by Mercer for six in only the second over.

Despite valiant efforts by Patel (21) and Aspinwall (14) no other batsmen troubled Darwen.

Neil Cordingley claimed four wickets from his 10 overs and Mercer and Hacking claimed two a-piece as Motors were dismissed for just 72.

The Darwen reply was led by Jackson who scored an undefeated 53 as Darwen romped home with two wickets down.

It was a similar story on Sunday with Motors batting first and only managing to total only 124.

Darwen then knocked off the runs without losing a wicket as Jackson and John Cordingley both hit half centuries.

NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE : CHORLEY 216 for 9 (dec.), LEYLAND 169. Chorley (15 pts) won by 47 runs. ***Full card has been faxed to the office by Chorley CC scorer, Dave Hindle.

A FINE all-round performance by talented teenager Tom Smith carried Chorley to a maximum 15- points Northern Premier League victory over Leyland at Windsor Park.

Opener Smith struck 89 and strong support from fellow-opener Nicky Woods (27) and pro Stephen John (44) carried Chorley to 161-1 before wickets tumbled in a chase for quick runs.

Even so, deputy skipper Neil Senior was able to declare on 216-9.

Leyland put up prolonged resistance in their reply, led by captain Alex Mercer who made 43, but he was eventually dismissed by Tom Smith, who returned figures of 4-21 from 14 very tight overs. Billy Smith offered his elder brother fine support with 3-27 as Leyland were bowled out in the 55th over for 169.

Smith shines

CHORLEY 216-9

LEYLAND 169

Chorley 15 pts, Leyland 6 pts

CHORLEY

T Smith c Williams b Wright...89

N Woods c Mercer b Atiq...27

John c Wright b Jolly...44

M Critchley run out...1

I Oakes b Wright...7

I Mawdesley c Williams b Wright...6

N Senior c Pallett b Wright...13

P Greenwood c Dunk b Jolly...0

B Smith b Wright...13

A Holdsworth not out...3

Extras...13

Total (9 wkts)...216

Bowling: P Suma 7-1-20-0; J Wright 12.5-1-55-5; M Atiq 12-0-64-1; S Pallett 10-1-43-0; A Jolly 5-0-23-2

LEYLAND

A Walsh lbw B Smith...8

M Atiq lbw T Smith...22

A Mercer b T Smith...43

A Afsar b T Smith...31

S Dunk b Holdsworth...6

A Jolly b B Smith...1

S Pallett b Holdsworth...7

C Williams c and B John...13

J Wright b T Smith...2

P Suma not out...12

M Brown c John b B Smith...6

Extras...18

Total (all out)...169

Bowling: John 16-2-52-1; B Smith 12.5-4-27-3; T Smith 14-3-21-4; N Woods 3-0-25-0; A Harty 2-0-13-0; A Holdsworth 7-0-18-2

THWAITES CUP

DARWEN 126-0

LEYLAND MOTORS 124

LEYLAND MOTORS

A Ashraf c Chatterton b Semple...1

F Patel c Mercer b N Cordingley...31

S Ugradar b Semple...0

J Aspinwall g G Cordingley...31

H Patel lbw Cook...7

P Cummins c G Cordingley c Chatterton...14

C Sibley c Lowe b Cook...14

L Shackleton b Mercer...9

P Iddon c Emery b N Cordingley...

I Lilley c Semple b Cook...0

S Prince not out...2

Extras...13

Total (all out)...124

Bowling: A Mercer 8-3-16-1; K Semple 4-0-27-2; N Cordingley 5.3-0-27-2; G Cordingley 5-0-22-1; C Chatterton 2-0-16-1; A Cook 6-3-13-3

DARWEN

G Jackson not out...50

J Cordingley not out...54

Extras...22

Total (9 wkts)...126

Bowling: S Prince 3-0-18-0; L Shackleton 5-0-24-0; I Lilley 5-0-12-0; J Aspinwall 3-0-10-0; P Cummings 3-0-12-0; C Sibley 7-0-32-0; A Ashraf 6-1-13-0

LEYLAND MOTORS 72

DARWEN 76-2

Leyland Motors 0 pts Darwen 12 pts

LEYLAND MOTORS

A Ashraf lbw Mercer...6

F Patel c Semple b Hacking...21

D Aspinwall b Hacking...14

A Makinson c Lowe b N Cordingley...11

P Cummins c Semple b N Cordingley...0

R Rounding b N Cordingley...0

C Sibley run out...0

P Iddon lbw Semple...0

I Lilley b N Cordingley...10

S Prince not out...0

Extras...4

Total (all out)...72

Bowling: A Mercer 10-4-22-2; K Semple 10-4-4-20-1; J Hacking 9-6-10-2; N Cordingley 10-3-16-4

DARWEN

G Jackson not out...53

J Cordingley lbw Makinson...4

K Semple b Makinson...3

S Grant not out...10

Extras...6

Total (2 wkts)...76

Bowling: I Lilley 5-2-19-0; S Prince 4-1-11-0; R Rounding 3-0-28-0; A Makinson 5-1-12-2; J Aspinwall 2.4-0-15-0