The Warriors were in complete control after racking up a score of 323 in the first day of play last Saturday, but Redbacks opener Joey Coughlan put on a respectable score of 60 to give his team a fighting chance.

By the time Coughlan fell, Redbacks were 2-87 and still in the game, but the inability for the Bathurst City's top and upper middle order to score any significant runs hurt the visitors.

Coughlan's opening partner Blake Kreuzberger was the first wicket to fall for six, while number three and four - Tom Lynch and Mark Day - only managed scores of 20 and 11 respectively.

Redbacks' two lower middle order hopes Marcus Turnbull and Muditha Adikari came in to score 31 and 45 respectively, but by then the damage was done.

Turnbull was the seventh wicket to fall and Adikari the eighth, with Redbacks down to 8-213, leaving the impossible job of of the tail enders to score more than 100 runs for victory.

Tynan Southcombe was the pick of the bowlers for Orange City, taking 3-25 off seven overs, while Angus Cornish, Brett Causer and Shaun Grenfell all took two each.

City Colts were in with a chance to chase down the visiting Centrals on Saturday but the hosts would eventually fall 33 runs short of victory at Loco Oval.

Centrals scored a total of 172 on the first day of action on Saturday, but Colts skipper Russell Gardner would've felt confident going into day two that his team could claim victory.

Things didn't get off to the best start when opener Dan Casey was required to retire not out on 12 runs and with fellow opener Pat Hill out for 15, the openers had failed to produce solid runs.

But it was number four Henry Shoemark (52) and number seven David Giorgio (54) that put on half centuries.

Murray was eventually dismissed when Colts were sitting on 5-141 and Giorgio (6-154), still well within reach of victory, but a disastrous collapse saw the hosts lose the four wickets for just 18 runs.

Zac Reimer ripped through the Colts batting order taking four wickets, while Daryl Kennewell, Cameron Roberts and Kyle Nonnenmacher all took two each.

Cavaliers have shown they mean business this season.

Having racked up an impressive score of 311 in day one of its match against St Pat's Old Boys, the Orange club made light work of last year's grand finalists, bowling them out for 153 at Riawena Oval.

Saints' batsmen just couldn't put together any significant scores or partnerships, but number four Cooper Brien did manage 79, but he would be the eighth wicket to fall when then needing more than 160 runs for victory.

Cavaliers' impressive win was achieved thanks to the solid bowling from Harry Pearce and Mitchell Black, who took 4-39 off 12 overs and 5-42 off 10.5 overs respectively.

Pearce was responsible for taking care of the top order, while Black did the damage to Saints' middle order.

The result is the perfect Christmas present for Cavaliers, cementing the club's position on top of the ladder heading into the New Year break.

CYMS had already claimed first inning points after catching Rugby Union's total of 77 runs four wickets down last Saturday, but they were unable to claim an outright win at Morse Park 1.

CYMS would eventually declare a 6-280, with skipper Hugh Le Lievre and Jack Cale scoring half centuries (both players scored 58).

The task for CYMS was to dismiss Rugby Union and push for that outright win, but with the return of experienced players Jameel Qureshi and skipper Ryan Peacock - both players were absent on day one because of Plan B Regional Bash duties - the Bulldogs weathered the storm.

Bulldogs batted the rest of the day out, Peacock hitting an undefeated score of 68, while Qureshi was also not out on four.

After claiming a five-for on day one, Thom Wilson continued his fine form with the ball, taking two more wickets on day two, dismissing opener Imran Qureshi (seven) and Lachlan Coad (one).

Dave Sellers has new boys ORC in a rich vein of form, his unbeaten century guiding the Tigers to a third win of the summer.

Centennials Bulls had posted a score of 150 from its first innings last Saturday, before ORC finished play on 3-67, needing 83 runs to claim victory.

Sellers had started the second day in, but had only scored a handful of runs, but he was crazy on Saturday, hitting a total of 103 runs before he declared at 6-221.

Kurt Toole tried to halt the pain for Centennials, taking a five-for, but he was never able to dismiss the elusive Sellers.

And Toole did his best to put on a strong score with little time to play, scoring a half century (57) in Bulls' second innings.

Having only rejoined first grade this season, the win pushes Tigers into third on the ladder heading into the Christmas break.

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