THE Presidents Plate competition for team secretaries, team captains and the league committee will take place on Sunday at Turton Bowling Club commencing at 1pm.

The David Barlow Pairs Prelims will take place on Saturday August 3. Please send your entries to Keith Andrews, 64 Shrewsbury Road, Bolton, Tel: 846716 as soon as possible.

A & B Cup second round: Mortfield 206 King's Head A 178.

C & D Cup second round: Back o'th' Bank B 176 Chew Moor 189, Plodder Lane X 223 Ellesmere Rd B 215;

A & B Cup third round draw: Bar Lane A v Railway B; Doe Hey A v Horwich CC; Dobbies A v Mortfield, Cross Guns v Little Lever CC.

C & D Cup third round draw: Bradshaw v Ellesmere Rd A; Plodder Lane X v W/H S & SC; Bl. Cricket Club or Railway Bowlers v St. Stephen's; Turton B v Chew Moor.

Section A: Gorses 138 (2) Bar Lane A 193 (11); Bar Lane D (D Sanderson 21-2, D Pryce 21-4) 181 (9) Railway B (B Whalley 21-4) 138 (3); Bar Lane D 148 (7) Turton A (P Clinton 21-1, 1 Turrell 21-2, A Knowles 214) 144 (5); Mortfield A 185 (9) Dobbies A 163 (3); Mortfield A 209 (11) Bar Lane D 137 (1); Bar Lane A (R Evans 21-1, A Starkie 21-4) 201 (10) Turton A 134 (2); Little Lever CC (D Welsby 21-4) 193 (10) Hollywood Rd 132 (2); Mortfield 204 (11) Hollywood Rd 135 (1).

Section B: King's Head A 187 (8) Back o'th' Bank A 164 (4): Cross Guns 208 (11) Horwich CC 120 (1): Royal Mail 190 (9) John Booths 169 (3); Railway M 202 (10) Haslam Park 162 (2).

Section C: Bradshaw (J Cranshaw 21-3) 205 (11) Bl Cricket Club 121 (1); Thompson Tippers 167 (4) Eagley Park A 185 (9); Eagley Park A (R Hewitt 21-2) 172 (8) W/H S & SC 144 (4); St. Joseph's 167 (4) Chew Moor 184 (9); BI Cricket Club (C Armstrong 21-4) 187 (9) St Stephen's 132 (3); Thompsons Tippers 182 (7) Chew Moor 181 (5).

Section D: Moss Bank D 160 (3) Railway Bowlers (J Haynes 21-2) 191 (10); Ellesmere Rd B 174 (5) Plodder Lane X 189 (8); Ellesmere Rd B 179 (9) South College (R Collier 21-4) 171 (3); Mytham Park 157 (2) Ellesmere Rd B 185 (11); Ellesmere Rd A 199 (8) Bar Lane Mixed 149 (4); Ellesmere Rd A 181 (9) Mytham Park 145 (3).

SECTION A

Bar Lane A... 11 9 0 2 99

Mortfield A... 10 9 0 1 91

Dobbies A... 10 9 0 1 86

Little Lever CC... 11 6 0 5 69

Hollywood Rd... 12 6 0 6 61

Bar Lane D... 12 4 0 8 56

Turton A... 9 3 0 6 54

Railway B... 9 3 1 5 50

Gorses... 10 3 1 6 48

Moss Bank (Wm Hill)... 9 1 0 8 31

Red Lion W/H... 7 1 0 6 26

SECTION B

Cross Guns... 11 10 0 1 99

Railway M... 12 7 0 5 81

Royal Hotel Mixed... 11 6 0 5 69

Haslam Park... 12 6 0 6 69

Doe Hey A... 10 5 0 5 66

Horwich C.C... 9 7 0 2 66

John Booths... 12 4 0 8 66

Back o'th' Bank A... 11 3 0 8 60

Brooklyn Hotel... 10 4 0 6 56

Royal Mail... 9 4 0 5 50

King's Head A... 11 3 0 8 43

SECTION C

Eagley Park A... 12 8 0 4 84

Westhoughton S & SC... 11 7 0 4 79

Bradshaw... 9 6 0 3 69

St Joseph's... 9 5 0 4 62

Chew Moor... 9 6 0 3 61

Bl Cricket Club... 10 5 0 5 60

St Stephen's... 11 3 0 8 52

Turton B... 8 4 0 4 48

King's Head C... 9 3 0 6 48

Thompsons Tippers... 9 5 0 4 48

Cotton Tree Vets... 9 2 0 7 38

SECTION D

Plodder Lane CC X... 11 10 0 1 97

Railway Bowlers... 11 9 0 2 87

Moss Bank D... 12 7 0 5 84

Ellesmere Rd A... 9 7 0 2 72

Ellesmere Rd B... 11 5 0 6 65

Nuffield... 10 4 0 6 61

Bar Lane Mixed... 10 4 0 6 52

Mytham Park... 11 3 0 8 51

Back o'th' Bank B... 9 3 0 6 44

South College... 7 3 0 4 38

Eagley Park B... 9 0 0 9 30