Weston Central Skittles League suffered a narrow nine-pin defeat against their Highbridge counterparts.

THE second leg of the George White Cup took place at the 37 Club, Puriton, between the Weston Central and Highbridge leagues.

The game was going the way of the Highbridge until Central came back at them and going into the last hand, Highbridge were leading by just a few pins.

It was up and down all the way until the last two players, when Highbridge took control and went on to win by nine pins. The cup has been played for 25 years and the games are always close, with leading 13-12 overall.

Top scores on the night, Highbridge: Chris Jays (77); Central: Nick Blake 68.

Final league tables

W D L Pts

St Johns B 17 0 5 224

Walnut B 17 0 5 215

Alleycats 16 0 6 215

Century B 14 0 8 193

Ere for the Beer 15 0 7 189

Wurzels 10 0 12 143

Reptiles 9 0 13 136

Choppers 9 0 13 132

Belvedere 8 1 13 116

Rollers 8 0 14 109

Breakaways 6 0 16 104

Century A 2 1 19 68

Division 2

Gatecrashers 17 0 7 224

Cannonballs 15 0 9 203

Renegades 14 0 10 189

Sweeney 14 0 10 185

Hornets 12 0 12 181

Wookurs 14 0 10 177

Nutters 13 0 11 170

Box Tops 13 0 11 170

Poachers 11 0 13 168

Depoteers 8 0 16 139

Falcons 10 0 14 138

Wanderers 9 0 15 134

WAFC 6 0 18 106

Division 3

Electric Sports 18 0 6 228

Persuaders 17 0 7 223

Elvers 17 0 7 222

Nalgo 17 0 7 210

Tornadoes 13 0 11 183

Fortyniners 14 0 10 181

Atoms 12 0 12 170

Dambusters 11 0 13 168

Lions 12 0 12 150

REA 9 0 15 145

Steamers 9 0 15 138

Double Six 3 0 21 87

Conservative B 4 0 20 75

Highest scores - George Davis Cup: P Dean (Choppers) 69; Front Pin Cup: J Lane (Century B) 61; Knockout Cup: A Blake (Wurzels) 66; individual league: P Steer (Walnut B) 70.

Most away spares: G Filer (Sweeney), P Dean (Choppers) 12; highest away team score: St Johns B 607; highest away team average: St Johns B 527.45.

Highest away averages – Division 1: J Bastin (Alleycats) 52.66; Division 2: D Owen (Wookurs) 50.77; Division 3: B Wright (Fortyniners) 48.55. Highest pairs total: R Tancock and K Stock (Century B) 113.