Division Two sides Keighley Great Horton and Lightcliffe provided the shock results of the first round of this season's Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup.

The biggest upset came at Keighley where the home side defeated the JCT 600 Bradford League Division One leaders East Bierley by seven wickets in a match completed on Monday.

East Bierley, the only team ever to win the cup three years in succession, bowed out despite a battling innings of 125 from their skipper Gavin Hamilton which enabled them to post a total of 223 all out. Australian Greg Kennedy (3-39) and Max Davison (3-50) were the key bowlers as wickets tumbled around Hamilton who struck a six and 14 fours.

Openers Richard Robinson (52) and Steve Reape (49) set the right tone for the Keighley reply with a partnershuip of 113 before both fell victims to left arm spinner Luke Jarvis at the same score. Davison (49not out) completed a fine individual performance by steering hiss side honme in an unbroked fourth wicket alliance of 82 with Stuart Ratcliffe (29 not out). Jarvis was the only wicket taker - the other dissmissal was a run out - finishing with two for 38.

Lightcliffe, who are bottom of the entire league after losing their first three matches, pulled off a tremendous five-wicket win away to Division One new boys Manningham Mills, while Great Horton beat top-flight side Farsley by the comfortable margin of 76 runs.

Lightcliffe, who sent Division One side Bradford & Bingley packing at the same stage of last season's competition, certainly seem to save their best batting form for the cup. They looked to have a real struggle on their hands as Manningham Mills made 225 all out in 49.1 overs with Ahsan Butt continuing his good form with 94 while Aleem Ladak (3-36) was the pick of the Lightcliffe bowlers. The task looked even more daunting when they slipped to 32 for two in reply,

but Jonathan Wilson remained undaunted and made a decisive 80 which contained two sixes and nine fours. Javed Iqbal (41 not out) and James Horne (24 not out) carried on the good work as Lightcliffe cruised home with six overs to spare.

Ahsan Butt of Manningham Mills Picture by Manningham Mills CC

Great Horton's win was inspired by their skipper Kashif Naveed. He made 54 and followed up with four for 16 as his side strolled to victory. Naveed and wicketkeeper Mohammad Altaf (73) provided the key contributions to their side's total of 229. Callum Braddock was the most successful Farsley bowler with four for 34.

Farsley made a disastrous start to their reply with Nasser Hussain (5-36) removing both openers Ashley Metcalfe and Steve Simpson with just six runs on the board. David Syers (38) and Chris Henry (27) were the only Farsley batsmen to offer much in the way of hope to their side as they bowed out of the competition at the first round stage to Division Two opposition for the second successive year. Farsley's conquerors on that occasion were Bowling Old Lane who went on to reach the final. No doubt Great Horton will be hoping it is the start of something big for them too.

Brighouse ensured there wasn't another upset at Gomersal as they secured an eight-wicket win over the Division Two side at Oxford Road on Monday.

Haroon Rashid - whose youngest brother is Yorkshire star Adil - showed what a fine player he is by making 113 not out, his second century of the weekend. Rashid was joined in a match-winning third-wicket partnership by overseas Rizwan Ahmed who made 81 not out.

Brighouse, who resumed on Monday needing 44 from 8.5 overs to overhaul Gomersal's score of 268, needed just 4.1 overs to seal their passage to the second round. Gomersal had former Brighouse player Adam Trott to thank for pushing them to a competitive score after being dismissed for 71 and 88 in their last two lkeague games. He made 74 and was well supported by Aamar Siddique (50) and skipper Rob Burton (48) in the face of good bowling from spinners Chris Greenwood (4-41) and Ahmed (3-26)

The highest individual score of the round was made by Pudsey St Lawrence opener Alex Stead. He made an impressive 173 as he helped his side to a total of 352 for six as they beat Hartshead Moor by 125 runs. Stead struck three sixes and 28 fours. He also shared in a second-wicket stand of 133 with James Smith who hit a breezy 63. Graeme Wrightson (42) added further valuable runs.

To their credit, Hartshead Moor put up a good fight and nobody made a bigger impression than their overseas star Adnan Raees. He followed up his match-winning innings against Spen Victoria on Saturday by scoring 82 and taking four for 57. Graham Hilton (38) and Matthew Evans (36) helped Moor respond with a score of 227. Australian Tom Stray took three for 38 and teenager Kasir Maroof (3-17).

Spen Victoria's Chris Elstub hit his maiden century for the club but still ended up on the losing side as Morley triumphed by four-wickets at Spen Lane. Elstub's innings contained three sixes, a five and 12 fours. Former Spen junior Tom Smith took two for 38 with his off spin as the home side made 225 for six.

Morley had early problems when they batted before cashing in on Spen's lack of a fifth bowler. Overseas Shoaib Khan continued his good form with a forceful 81, while skipper Paul Kinder hit an invaluable 56 not out to steer his side home in the gathering gloom. Elstub was the pick of the Spen bowlers with two for 37.

Rob Walker on his way to 58 for Bradford & Bingley at Idle

Bradford & Bingley defeated Idle by 97 runs in the day's only all Division One tie. A seventh-wicket stand of 113 between the stylish Rob Walker (58) and veteran Richard McCarthy (68) changed the course of the game. Idle appeared to be firmly in control when the visitors slumped to 80 for six, but Walker and McCarthy soon changed the complexion of the tie and helped their side to total 213 - a far bigger score than they could have dared hope for after Andrew Marshall (3-36) and Greg Colehan (2-12) had posed early problems.

Idle's reply was hugely disappointing. Paceman Ethi Mbhalati took three for 25 as Idle's top order crumbled, then off spinner david Clow took five for 29 as the home side were bowled out for 116.

Free scoring Esholt are into the second round. They made 246 before bowling out Bankfoot for 205 to secure a 41-run win. New-signing Ben Platt from Calverley hit his top score for Esholt of 03 before wicketkeeper Adrian Taylor weighed in with an unbeaten 48 batting at number ten. Left arm spinner Andrew Stothart claimed four for 52 for Bankfoot.

In reply Bankfoot were boosted by useful runs from Simon Curry (46) and Micky Hutchins (34), but Ben Lister (3-33) and Graham Austin (3-42)saw Esholt to victory.

There were no alarms for holders Woodlands and Pudsey Congs as they recorded easy wins. Woodlands dismissed struggling Division Two side Windhill for 68 with Tosh Baker taking three for 12, and knocked off the runs without loss to record a ten wicket win. Scott Richardson finished unbeaten on 39 while Sam Frankland was 24 not out.

Opener Scott Cunningham was in good form for Pudsey Congs. He made his highest score of the season to date - a valuable 91 - as Congs made 221 for six. Alex Twigg followed up his century in Saturday's league win over Brighouse with a knock of 40.

Overseas Aamer Sajjad was the pick of the Yeadon bowlers with three for 47 and he also top scored with 32 as Yeadon were dismissed for 32. Congs will have been delighted that seamer Mark Bray, back in action after surgery on a serious shoulder injury, completed his full allocation of ten overs and took three for 24.