FC MEREBROOK again took advantage of Castrol Tessuti's cup commitments to leapfrog them at the top of The Holiday Inn Ellesmere Port Premier Division.

A 4-1 success at sixth-placed St Saviour's (16 points), thanks to goals from Richie Jones (2), Mark Swann and Paul Smith, puts them one point clear at the summit on 21 points, although the Oilmen have a game in hand.

Despite playing three more games than Castrol, Vauxhalls are on 20 points in third spot after edging out bottom club Gunners Enterprise (6) 3-2.

Keith Williamson (penalty) and James Curtis netted for the basement dwellers but Jamie Fitzpatrick, Ian Martin and John Farrell (penalty) secured the points for the Motormen.

Octel are a further point adrift in fourth place after Paul Cockram's strike gave them a 1-0 win over seventh-placed Dysett Rangers (9).

Honours were even as second-to-bottom The Strawberry (6) drew 1-1 with third-from-bottom Cane Factory FC (8), with Mark Barrington and Eric Fogg on the mark for the respective sides.

Berwick Rovers (7) remain next to bottom following a 5-1 reversal at third-from-bottom Sutton Way (10), the only fixture of the weekend in The Holiday Inn Ellesmere Port Division One.

Scott Rowley and James Watson both bagged braces for Sutton Way and Alistair Reid's spot kick completed the scoring, while Martin Phillips hit the visitors' consolation.

Princes Rovers (26) extended their lead at the top of The Holiday Inn Ellesmere Port Division Two by a point with a 3-1 win over fifth-placed RJS Sir Robert (16).

A Graeme Davies double and Paul Mayers effort cancelled out Paddy Foley's strike to put Rovers four points clear at the summit.

Second-placed Ellesmere (22) were held to a 4-4 draw with sixth-placed Holiday Inn (15) as Rob Witkiss (2), Mikey Smith and Dean Barlow netted for the former and Matt Jones and Mike Dixon (2) were on the mark for the latter.

Ian Kelly's four-goal salvo, supple-mented by strikes from Dave Ferguson and Mike Rogers, kept Parkside Rovers (20) in third spot as they crushed third-from-bottom Phoenix Reserves (7) 6-1. Steve Cato bagged the hosts' solitary reply.

Fourth-placed SCFC (18) also enjoyed a big away win as they hammered next-to-bottom Brown Horse (4) 5-1.

SCFC's scoring was shared out with Peter Gibbs, Andy Owen, Darren Evans, Nick Healing and Mike Williams all on the mark while John Griffiths hit the home side's consolation.

The Bull and Kingkabs reached the Kingkab Cup final with wins over Cat Carpet Craft (3-1) and The Phoenix (3-0) respectively.

Steve Parry, James Cunningham and Scott Ellis all netted for The Bull with Trevor Roberts replying for Cat Carpet Craft, while John McLean was Kingkabs' hat-trick hero.

Castrol Tessuti reached the Cheshire Sunday Cup final with a 2-0 success over Warwick, thanks to efforts from Carl Ngiam and Steve Morgan.

Sunday's fixtures - Stan Dukes Memorial Cup semi-finals: Vauxhalls v Castrol Tessuti; FC Merebrook v Octel AFC.

The Holiday Inn Ellesmere Port Premier Division: The Woodlands v St Saviour's.

The Holiday Inn Ellesmere Port Division One: Kingkabs v The Phoenix; MSC Eastham Rake v St Saviour's Res; The Sutton Way v LPSC Strawberry.

The Holiday Inn Ellesmere Port Division Two: Brown Horse v Parkside Rovers; Ellesmere v Sutton Rangers; RJS Sir Robert v Holiday Inn.