LEE Morley scored the first hat-trick of his career, and celebrated by going on to grab a fourth in leaders Queen Anne’s 9-0 mauling of fourth-placed Astley Bridge in Division Two.

Mark Truffas and Stu Schofield both struck twice and David Nuttall scored his first goal for the team who maintained their 100 per cent winning record from the opening 11 games.

Heaton Cricket Club are 12 points behind in second with two games in hand after a resounding 13-0 hammering of second-bottom Brindley Arms.

Robert Walsh, Darren Smethurst and Philip Markland all grabbed hat-tricks while Tony McCormack struck twice and Daniel Hague and James Murphy also got on the scoresheet.

Astley Bridge Elite leapfrogged Queen Lizzy with a 2-1 win, Anthony Hill scoring a strong contender for goal of the season with an overhead kick from 25 yards.

Chris Donague scored Elite’s other, with Aaron McCarthy replying.

Gareth Cunniff was the star as third-placed Deane comfortably gained their seventh win from nine league games with an 8-2 victory at winless bottom club Westhoughton.

He scored five goals with Benson Johnson, John Miller and Nicky Saunders also on target.

In Division One, Cattle Market had to work for their 4-2 victory over second-bottom Great Lever in which Josh Lee and Tom Halligan were among the winners’ scorers and Adam Thornley and Reg Holt replied for the losers.

Morris Dancers dropped to second, level on points with Cattle having played three games more, after a surprise 5-4 defeat at fourth-bottom D Havilland whose goals came from Jake Wild, Jamie Crompton, Donovan Holmes, John Harvey and Kieron Marsh, while Craig Solane, two, Darren Winnard and Ady Nugent replied.

Four points separates the four teams below the top two after fifth-placed Hulton Wanderers edged out third-placed Newbury 4-3.

Chris Hutchinson Mark Barrett both scored twice for Hulton, and Tom Jones, two, and Gaz Bentley got Newbury’s goals.

Travis Vaughan and Lee Dodds got eight-placed Shamrock’s goals in a 2-2 home draw with fourth-place Gilnow.

Farnworth United are the bottom of that chasing group of four.

They beat mid-table Moses Gate 4-2 thanks to goals from Gaz French, Jo Cappy, Ste Brooks and Matty Finnly.