COCK & Magpie, last season's Team Knockout finalists, crashed out of the cup in the preliminary round with an emphatic 7-0 whitewash at the hands of Red Lion A in the Banks's Bewdley darts league.

Russ Wilks and Tony Danks hit the winning darts to secure victory in this one-sided affair.

Waggon & Horses recovered to beat Bowling Club A 4-3 after being given a tough time in a tit-for-tat encounter.

Waggon B progressed to the next round, beating Red Lion B with wins for Des Tipper, Andy Brown and top darter Ben Rochford.

Rising Sun B beat Black Boy B in a 4-3 thriller, but sorry Wribbenhall Social are still winless in the league, and now cup, going down 6-1 to Bowling B.

Bliss Gate held on to beat Rising Sun A 4-3 in a match that Mick Link should have won for Sun, throwing away six darts at a winning double.

Back Boy A verses Great Western result not in.

The draw for the doubles was made by the committee with a league record of 96 players making up 48 teams entering the competition.

Doubles preliminary round games to be played on or before November 25 2005:

N Edwards/K Tipper v DTipper/M Taylor, D Clark/J Clark v S Portman/M Portman, G Green/D Doohan v R Pollard/R Adams, S Chance/T Chance v T Barrett/D Salmon, T Green/R Winters v C Hopkins/S Cooke, T Bateman/C Munn v A Morre/G Stuart, D Edwards/A Marshall v J Durbin/D Hughes, D Edwards/S Edwards v D Green/A Mayall, R Wilks/A Morris v K Smith/T Devlin, A Brown/D Taylor v J Mountford/S Bradbury, R Babb/C Pointon v B Taylor/G Hodgkins, I Price/N Franklin v B Rochford/S Eaton, D Thoman/R Nicholls v M Wilks/T Danks, T Denty/D Bridgwater v M Sheehan/K Biggs, C Bridgwater/P Juggings v N Harrison/D Pearce, K Harrison/M Shelton v A Perry/A Grainger.

The remaining 16 doubles teams have a bye into the first round.