The New Inn lead Section A of the Farnworth Winter Rounders League after a 37-run win over Adlington.

Ten runs ahead after the first innings, they stepped up a gear in the second innings to clinch a comfortable victory.

Elton Vale A remain one point adrift in second place after a 22-run victory, although they did lose the second innings by four runs.

They are just one point ahead of the third-placed team which scraped a 160-159 victory over Capital in a match where both sides scored 79 in the second innings.

BYP A recorded their third win of the season, a 52-run hammering of ISS Ladies who are still looking for their first point and are not playing to their Summer League ranking.

Wallys Eleven remain unbeaten in Section B after a 38-run win over Elton Vale B while second-placed Blades Barbers had a more emphatic victory over BYP C who are one of three teams on two points at the foot of the table.

Following their defeat, Elton Vale B share third place in the table with BYP B who picked up two points from Daves Minibus, who failed to turn up for their match.

The Grapes B picked up their first points by beating fellow strugglers Little Lever CC by 39 runs. They showed impressive consistency with 85 runs in each innings.

Farnworth League Section A Adlington 121 The New Inn 158; Capital 159 The Grapes A 160; ISS Ladies 114 BYP A 166; AJs 146 Elton A 166.

P W D L Pts The New Inn 6 5 1 0 11 Elton A 6 5 0 1 10 The Grapes A 6 4 1 1 9 Adlington 6 3 0 3 6 BYP A 6 3 0 3 6 AJs 6 2 0 4 4 Capital 6 1 0 5 2 ISS Ladies 6 0 0 6 0 Section B BYP C 103 Blades Barbers 157; The Grapes B 170 Little Lever CC 131; Elton Vale B 116 Wallys Eleven 154; BYP B had a walkover against Dave s Minibus .

Wallys Eleven 6 6 0 0 12 Blades Barbers 6 5 0 1 10 BYP B 6 4 0 2 8 Elton Vale B 6 4 0 2 8 Daves Minibus 6 2 0 4 4 BYP C 6 1 0 5 2 Little Lever CC 6 1 0 5 2 The Grapes B 6 1 0 5 2