BUNBURY'S Bob Harris notched an amazing second nine-wicket haul in eight days during his side's Division One win over Wistaston.

Harris, who returned a club record 9-38 against Sandbach last week, did even better on Saturday, destroying the visitors with 9-36 off 22.2 overs.

It was enough to see Wistaston out for 140 and, in reply, Bunbury reached 143-8 (Benn Chamber 30).

Kingsley faced yet another tough encounter against local rivals Chester County Officers at the Croft.

After losing the toss, Kingsley were forced into the field and CCO recovered well following the loss of two early wickets, with Mike Pownall (56) and Tony Hattersley (36) putting on an excellent partnership of 76. Then came the inspired spell of medium-pace bowling from Anthony Alderman (4-53) on his 57th birthday, before a revival from the tail allowed the visitors to set Kingsley a decent target of 211.

Kingsley got off to a rocky start with both openers back in the pavilion with just 16 on the board. Neil Rowlands, returning to the side, steadied the ship with a patient 40 but, at 103-6, victory was virtually gone.

A rapid partnership of 68 in just nine overs between Adrian Burden (35) and Jonny Ollier (35no) gave Kingsley hope. However, the partnership was broken with 39 still needed and the tail had no option but to bat out for the draw, finishing on 183-8.

At Barclays Radbroke Hall, the home side beat Ellesmere Port by two wickets.

Ellesmere Port were bowled out for 147 with D Green making 36. Radbroke Hall won the match with 148-8. P Isaacs took 6-48.

In Division Two, hosts Frodsham beat Langley by seven wickets. Langley were bowled out for 92 with B Large taking 4-31. Frodsham won the game with 96-3 wickets.

In Division Three, Saughall were denied their sixth successive victory by a stubborn last-wicket partnership - and a rampaging bull - at Mossley.

In an exciting match, Saughall were forced to use a new opening partnership when half of their team took a whistle-stop tour of Cheshire's country lanes due to a closed road.

Andy Thomas (4) has been the form batsman of late but could do little with the vicious rising delivery he gloved to slip. And when Lawrence Gotts (11) was beaten by a good yorker, Saughall needed to rebuild.

Fortunately, James and Martin Huxley were able to steady the ship in bowler-friendly conditions.

The match then had a bizarre 10-minute stoppage when a bull escaped from an adjacent field and angrily charged at the un-fortunate James Huxley.

The smiles were soon wiped off the faces of his unsympathetic team-mates when the angry bovine then charged towards the pavilion, resulting in a hasty exodus to the changing rooms.

The delay seemed to galvanise Mossley, who then produced their best bowling of the day in the gloomy conditions to reduce Saughall to 170-5.

Mossley were clearly intent on playing their shots but Saughall reduced them to 55-4.

Chris Andrews, who picked up 3-6 in a superb spell, weighed in with some key wickets as the visitors were left with four overs to dislodge the final pair.

Lawrence Gotts ended with 3-37 as Mossley clung on and the stumps were pulled out of the ground with the score on 135-9.