PERSHORE were left to reflect on more points tossed away after a fine display in the field had left Stephen Cooper's side to score 150 for victory in a rain reduced 44 overs against Beacon.

However, only the skipper showed the necessary application at the top of the order as the reply stuttered to 44-4 when he was joined by Luke Eversham.

The pair added 46 but, when the opener departed for 52 and Eversham went for 25, only Mark Stevens looked capable of forcing a victory but that didn't materialise and Pershore's last pair batted out the final four overs of a disappointing draw.

The Wolverhampton side lost two early wickets as Martin Johnson's accuracy and the pace of Tom Bales restricted the visitors to just 13 runs off the opening ten overs.

A third dubious - according to the batting side - leg before decision left Beacon on 76-3 after 27 overs and an innings that could have gone either way.

Firstly it went the way of the home side who grabbed three more wickets for the addition of two runs to leave the scoreboard looking good for Cooper's outfit at 78-6.

Beacon, though, had other ideas and a seventh wicket half-century stand lifted the final score to 149 when the last wicket was taken in the final over.

That proved around 20 too many for the chasers as Australian spinner Turkich, who enjoyed a wonderful all-round match against league leaders Evesham recently, to make up for a failure with the bat with a 22-over bowling stint that realised four wickets at a cost of just 44 runs.

The club's second string were also in pursuit of a post-tea triumph but they again fell short in search of 180 for victory at Beacon.

Les Wild took four wickets and Luke Dalley three as the hosts totalled 179 that Pershore looked like overhauling as Dave Wickersham (43) and Dalley's hard-hit undefeated 34 supplied the necessary ammunition.

However, a deserved victory eluded them as the chase ended three runs short.