The seconds had more luck away at Burnhope. Burnhope batted first reaching 149 for 5, with D Jowett's 54 not out providing a chunk of the total. Darren Portrey 3 for 27, Derrick Steinberg 2 for 18, Connor Henderson 2 for 68 and Glenn Moody 1 for 32.
After tea we got off to an interesting start, Colin Henderson 9, Steve Hutchinson 4, Stuart Archbold 13, Manava Seth 79 not out, Tom Rennie 25, Kit Kumar 0, Connor Henderson 1, Glenn Moody 2, Darren Portrey not out 18 saw us over the line and maintained the second teams lead at the top of Division 2.
On Sunday the seconds beat Wearmouth, Rainton Batting first reached 184 all out, in reply Wearmouth were bowled out for 96.