ELSECAR won by 52 runs at Coal Aston to close the gap on Championship promotion rivals Barnsley Woolley Miners.
A score of 92 from Curtley Louw, an unbeaten 56 from Arsalan Mir and 74 from Bilal Imtiaz helped set up the victory.
Musa Altaf also took four for 63 for third placed Elsecar.
Barnsley, in second, lost ground on leaders Ackworth following a 30 run loss at Aston Hall.
William Chapman’s 45 was their top score.
Rockingham’s tough campaign continued as they were all out for 100 in a 177 run defeat to Shiregreen.
Lasith Lakshan took four for 64.
Division One promotion hopefuls Wath had little trouble removing Cawthorne 2nd XI for 90 with Hussnain Hussain taking five for 27 and Jay Smith five for 46.
Jason van Dyk carried his bat with 61.
They could not make it a double success as they exited the Whitworth Cup at the hands of Doncaster Town 2nd XI on Sunday.
The quarter final tie went down to the wire but Doncaster won it in the final over with just one wicket in hand.
South African van Dyk hit 74 but Doncaster chased the 217 target with five balls left.
Monk Bretton won by 64 runs against Parkhead.
Steven Honeyman’s five for 49 ensured he was the best of the bowlers.
West Bretton were all out for 134 against Treeton.
Joseph Gott scored 58.
Houghton Main were all out for 71 in a 57 run defeat at Wickersley Old Village.
Teriq Worrell took six for 36.
George Booth scored 54 for Premiership Cawthorne but it was not enough as they lost against Sheffield Collegiate.
The Sheffielders made 276 with Liam Wiles taking five for 77.
The regular loss of wickets hampered the chase and they fell 53 runs short to lose further ground on the league leaders.
Division Two Elsecar 2nd XI won by 57 runs against Penistone with 88 coming from Joseph Kemp and another 70 for Oliver Blackburn.
Connor Smythe scored an unbeaten 101 for Penistone.
Craig Moffat earned figures of five for 34.
Ethan Shillito took four for 34 but Barnsley 2nd XI suffered a 44 run loss to Sheffield Collegiate 3rd XI.
Worsbrough Bridge got a 19 run win in Division Three.
Liam Levitt starred with four for 42 as they defeated Sprotbrough 2nd XI.
Rockingham 2nd XI saw off Darfield by 13 runs with Andy Shore taking six for 36.
Harry Bamforth took four for 49 but Higham lost by 38 runs against Coal Aston 2nd XI.
Wath 2nd XI suffered a nine wicket loss against Frecheville.
Suthaharan Nadesapillai’s 71 from just 40 balls helped fire Kexborough to a 200 run win over Treeton in Division Four.
A knock of 60 from Bavasuthan Selvanayagam supported his innings.
Thava Niganthan’s six for 21 made the victory even more emphatic.
Liam Margison fell four short of his century for Barnsley Woolley Miners 3rd XI in a 43 run win over Bradfield Village Fellowship.
Ahmad Bilal Mohammadi took five for 38.
Matthew Tonks scored 62 not out to lead Wombwell Main to a nine wicket win against Hatfield in Division Five.
Penistone 2nd XI won by 61 runs after skittling Warmsworth 2nd XI for 64.
Michael Brown took four for 15.
Silkstone United went down to a 54 run loss against Sheffield Collegiate 4th XI.
Green Moor’s Akhil Neelangal scored 102 in an emphatic win over Division Six rivals Scholes and Harley.
Jake Sharp then took five for eight to secure a 123 run victory.
Division Seven North Houghton Main 2nd XI won by eight wickets against Doncaster Town 4th XI.
Abdul Malik hit 58 not out.
Higham 2nd XI were all out for 106 against Bradfield Fellowship 2nd XI.
Darfield 2nd XI suffered a nine wicket defeat against Mexborough Athletic.
Wombwell Main 2nd XI beat Rockingham 3rd XI with Chris Ferris top scoring with 67.
James Andrews scored 52 for Rock.
