ELSECAR closed to within four points of Barnsley Woolley Miners in the race for the second promotion place.
The teams have ten games remaining including one against each other.
Elsecar captain Callum Higgins said: “It’s good that it’s a local rival we’re competing with.
“We just want to keep breathing down Barnsley’s necks and hopefully we can catch them. We play each other but it’s quite a few weeks away so we will just see where we are when we get there.
“We got relegated two seasons ago and consolidated for a year and now we’re looking to go up. With ten games left, there is a long way to go and we have to take it one at a time. We’ll see where we’re at come the end of the season.”
Elsecar chased 116 for a five-wicket win at Doncaster Town 2nd XI who were five for nine.
Enzo Campagna – a 17-year-old who came through the club’s junior system and plays for Yorkshire’s academy – took a hat-trick and Musa Altaf four for 24.
Elsecar won by 31 runs at home to Upper Haugh in the Whitworth Cup.
They posted 155 then Joe Denby took three wickets.
They are due to play Shiregreen in the semi-final later this month.
Higgins said: “We lost the semi-final last year and hopefully we can go a couple of steps better and get some silverware for the club.”
Barnsley fell 15 runs short chasing 195 at Sheffield Collegiate 2nd XI.
Zarmash Tarakhil took four wickets then Ali Zaryab made 102 but Boeta Beukes (38) was the only other batter to reach double figures.
Zaryab hit ten fours and three sixes.
He passed 1,200 runs for the season including five centuries.
Barnsley beat Ackworth by 71 runs in the Whitworth Cup on Sunday.
They posted 231 with Ciaran Stenton making 56 then Harrison Hayes took four wickets.
Rockingham stayed bottom after a five-wicket home loss to Upper Haugh.
Ben Dalton made 73.
