In a sight all too familiar to Dubbo cricketers, Brad Cox starred with the bat on Saturday, making a century as Colts recorded an emphatic first innings win over Newtown in the Pinnington Cup.
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When Colts resumed at 1-120 in reply to the Tigers' 114 all the focus was on Graeme Morton, who was on 86 in search of a century, but he fell agonisingly short and was caught for 96.
Cox took full control of the match after that and after being dropped early on he made Newtown pay, hitting 19 boundaries in his innings of 112.
The stalwart has suffered with ongoing back problems in recent years, limiting his opportunities to play first grade, but he proved again on Saturday he's still more than capable when he has the willow in his hands.
His knock helped Colts reach 3/312, a huge lead of 198.
Ben Knaggs head earlier been the only multiple wicket-taker for the Tigers, taking 2-47, and he then made an unbeaten 52 in Newtown' second innings.
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An understrength Rugby were no match for Macquarie on Saturday, giving the Blues their first win in any grade for season 2014/15.
Macquarie made 165 last week and with Rugby fell short by 39 runs, with only nine batsmen lining up for last season's runners-up.
For Rugby, Rod Leonard's 45 was the only score of note while Shane Dupille and James Hughes took three wickets each for the Blues and Brant Mann finished with 2-20 to go with his half century last week.
After sealing first innings points the Blues went into bat again and Ray Cusack's hard-hitting 63 led them to 5-128 at the end of the match.
Bart Goodman and Jason Coyle took two wickets each for Rugby.
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CYMS moved clear at the top of the ladder on Saturday as they defeated South Dubbo by 29 runs.
The Cougars made 201 last week and had momentum going into day two with the Hornets resuming at 2-25 but a stubborn 87 run partnership from Harry Edmondson (43) and Jeff Shanks (36) got Souths back in the match.
Captain Daryl Thompson eventually made the breakthrough, getting Edmondson caught behind before youngster Jacob Ware dismissed Shanks shortly after.
Josh Williams (19) looked good early but Thompson knocked him over before he could do to much damage and then the skipper combined with fellow veteran Brian Carroll to finish Souths off.
Thompson took 4-35 from 15 overs while Carroll was at his miserly best, taking 4-34 from his 20 overs.
