A SECOND victory over the Bank Holiday weekend moved Cleethorpes into fourth position in the Yorkshire ECB Premier League table – with a game in hand over the three sides above them.
A comfortable seven-wicket win at Driffield on Monday gave the Meggies a further maximum eight points.
Another good bowling performance saw the home side bowled out for just 141 inside 45 overs.
Alex Osmond picked up his second four-wicket haul of the weekend, with pace bowlers Tumi Masekela and Alex Willerton sharing the other six.
Skipper Bill Kirby won the toss and inserted the home side on what is usually a high-scoring wicket.
His team showed one change from the previous game, with James Osmond taking over behind the stumps.
Meggies overseas player Masekela should have had a wicket in his first over, but a spilt catch gave Ali Asad an extra life.
Aided by a fast outfield, the home side progressed to 45 from the first ten overs before Masekela clean bowled Asad.
Then, with the score on 61, Masekela struck again, having George Drury caught behind by James Osmond.
Suddenly the game swung in favour of the Meggies as three further wickets fell for just ten runs.
Leg-spinner Alex Osmond, claimed two, and Willerton, who had replaced Masekela, took the other.
At 81 for five the home side had to consolidate, and Mark Goddard and Nick Hardgrave put on 45 for the sixth wicket before Masekela returned to the attack and soon trapped Goddard in front.
The Meggies skipper rotated his bowlers and gave the batsmen no respite, with the final four wickets going down for the addition of just 15 runs.
Alex Osmond finished with four for 37, Masekela three for 46 and Willerton an impressive three for 15 from his ten overs.
Driffield's opening quick bowler, Johnny Anderson, extracted appreciable bounce from the wicket when the Meggies replied.
The score moved to 14, when suddenly he had both Jordan Cook and Harry Warwick caught behind by Goddard from consecutive deliveries.
Alex Osmond joined his captain, Kirby, at the crease, and very slowly the pair began to repair this early damage.
The home side appeared to bowl in a negative manner with both batsmen content to watch deliveries pass well wide of the wicket.
This resulted in almost a stalemate as seven overs passed by without a run being scored off the bat.
Finally, in the 23rd over, Kirby smashed a shot through extra cover, quickly followed by a straight driven boundary from Osmond – and 50 was on the board.
Kirby hit the first six of the game, putting a well-pitched ball from Drury over a vacant long-on boundary.
The partnership was worth 59 when Dave Brent found the edge of Osmond's bat and Goddard claimed his third catch of the innings.
Ten runs later the home side missed an opportunity to put the Meggies under pressure when Jack Wilson was put down from a simple chance.
Kirby, looking solid, then pulled a short ball to the leg-side boundary to bring up the 100.
That was before he reached his half-century with a huge straight six which went out of the ground.
Even a replacement ball could not break the pair's partnership.
And with 21 overs left, Wilson tucked away a winning boundary leaving him on 33 and Kirby unbeaten after hitting a responsible 60.
This Saturday, Yorkshire League leaders Harrogate are the visitors to Chichester Road to face Cleethorpes (noon).
