ONLY half of the 12 scheduled matches took place last Saturday, with four of the six first division games postponed due to waterlogged pitches.

The Richmond Town versus Thornaby Athletic match was abandoned after 50 minutes when the home side's Carl Tate suffered a suspected broken leg.

Division One

Bedale FC 1 Grangetown BC 1

A late equaliser from Matthew Allison earned Bedale a point when they entertained league leaders Grangetown Boys Club, who are still top despite losing their previous two games.

In an entertaining game, the visitors went ahead ten minutes before half-time through Andy Doddy's first goal of the season.

The home side pushed forward and went close on a number of occasions before Allison's third of the season levelled matters four minutes from time.

Fishburn Park 3 Dormans FC 0

The Whitby side broke the deadlock nine minutes into the second half and increased their lead in the 66th minute when Duncan Marson scored his seventh of the season.

John Watson, who had scored in the last two matches, completed the scoring in the 74th minute.

Burness Plate

Darlington SRM 0 Spraire FC 1

Darlington SRM switched the match to another ground as theirs was waterlogged.

The game appeared to be heading for a goalless draw until Spraire secured the points in the first match of a three-team group two when Mark Dee scored his fourth goal of the season with three minutes remaining.

Hartlepool Chester 4

Guisborough Town Res 2

The Hartlepool side took the lead after 15 minutes through Michael Ford and Neil Swift made it 2-0 in the 35th minute before adding a third three minutes before half-time.

Play was held up early in the second half when Guisborough Town player Matthew Jones was injured and had to go to hospital with suspected broken ribs.

The visitors then scored an own goal to give the home side a 4-0 lead, but Andrew Davies scored twice to make the scoreline a little more respectable.

North Ormesby 4 New Marske SC 0

North Ormesby lead group one of the Burness Plate mini-league with two wins from two games.

They took a ninth-minute lead through Graeme Regan when they entertained New Marske Sports Club and Regan struck again five minutes into the second half.

Scott Chapman made it 3-0 in the 78th minute before substitute Craig Jackson added a fourth with two minutes remaining.

Whinney Banks 1 Teesside Ath 3

The current second division leaders fell behind in the 35th minute when the Redcar side scored through Kirk Forsyth and Mark Farrell doubled the visitors' advantage after the break.

The same player struck again ten minutes later to make it 3-0 before John Blamires scored a late consolation in the 88th minute.

l The league have passed on thanks from all member clubs, players and officials to Bill Robson, the managing director of South Cleveland Garages, for his support in sponsoring the league for the last four seasons.

The company informed the league that they could no longer provide sponsorship well before the company's liquidation was made public.

The league has introduced a new cup competition for the first division clubs.

The draw for the Lou Moore Memorial Shield, named after the late former president Mr K P Moore, is as follows: Richmond Town v BEADS FC; Richmond Mavericks v Dormans FC; Carlin How v Grangetown Boys Club; Thornaby Athletic v Thornaby Youth Club; Billingham Wanderers bye; Bedale FC v Hartlepool FC; Fishburn Park v Stokesley SC; Thornaby FC v Nunthorpe Athletic.

The draw for the secondary cup, the R T Raine Trophy, for the ten clubs knocked out of the MacMillan Bowl League Cup, is as follows. - Preliminary round: 1 New Marske Sports Club v Spraire FC; 2 Guisborough Town Reserves v Hartlepool Chester Hotel.

First round: Thornaby FC v Dormans FC; New Marske Sports Club or Spraire FC v Whinney Banks; Darlington & Stockton Rolling Mills v Guisborough Town Reserves or Hartlepool Chester Hotel; Thornaby Athletic v Richmond Mavericks.

The draw for the second round of the North Riding County Cup, to be played on November 20, includes the following ties: Nestle Rowntree v BEADS FC; Thornaby Youth Club v Stokesley SC (Wearside League); Fishburn Park v Mackinlay Park; Carlin How v Thornaby Athletic; Eastfield St James v Richmond Mavericks; Grangetown Boys Club v New Marske (Wearside League); Nunthorpe Athletic v Richmond Town.