THE CUMBERLAND View Westmorland League team beat their Palace Shield counterparts by 14 runs in the seventh annual match between the sides at Garstang CC on Sunday.

A superb all-round 11-man effort carried Westmorland to victory to level the series at three all

Batting first, Westmorland recovered posted a respectable 168-4 thanks largely to Ricky Nelson's unbeaten 76.

Fine bowling and fielding had Shield on the rack in reply as they faded from a potential attacking position at 90-2 at the halfway stage.

Their two main run-scorers were run out and then Paul Wilson took two wickets in his opening over as Shield were dismissed for 154.