FURNESS had their eyes on a league and cup double, but the dream crumbled at Haverigg where they were beaten by Millom in the final of the Higson Cup.

Put in by Alan Sippy, Millom were 13-2 when West Indian Travis Dowlin came to the crease. When he departed at 137 not out Furness faced a total of 243-4.

All-rounder Graham Daw-son hit 54 in support aned Wilem Du Toit took 3-54.

Although eight of the Furness side reached double figures, nobody took control and they were dismissed for 177. Graham Dawson took 3-37.

In league action Furness collected their ninth Thwaites Beers North Lancashire and Cumbria Cricket League Premier win when beating visitors Wigton by eight wickets to stay comfortably in the lead in the title race.

Put in to bat by Alan Sippy, Wigton were dismissed for 86 in 37.5 overs, Willem Du Toit taking 6-18 in 11.5 overs with his right-arm pace, while young spinner Mark Daly registered 2-17.

Furness knocked off the required runs in 19.1 overs, with Stuart Horne 24 not out and Stuart Knox top scoring with 28 in a winning 87-2.

Cleator stayed on the leader's heels, 17 points behind, beating Haverigg by 118 runs, batting first to score 235-8, Elsroy Powell hitting 87, Paul Nelson 43 and David Clark 42.

Junie Mitcham returned 3-58 and 17-year-old Adam Redhead 3-45.

In reply Haverigg could only muster 120 with Steve Chapman hitting 62 of them, David Bell taking 4-30 and David Boots' Rooney 3-31.

Third-placed Cocker-mouth visited Lindal Moor and had to settle for a winning draw despite rattling up 293-3, Mark Bowen blasting 132 not out, Riffat Ullah 86, and Dave Watson 33 not out, Mike Hingley taking 2-69.

Lindal earned a losing draw with 155-5, Esuan Crandon scoring 58 and Jeff Smith 25 not out, Andy Jackson returning 3-31.

Vickerstown remain in the basement after Carlisle, the club immediately above them in the table, beat them by five wickets.

Batting first, the visitors made 170-9, Phil Thompson 39, Steven Harvey 34 and Colin Lucas with 27 not out their leading scorers, spinner Ronnie Kirk taking 5-26 and professional Jordane Nicholle 2-48.

In a winning total of 172-5 Sprinkbok amateur John Davies scored 72 not out, Nicholle 47 and Tom Nightingale 22, Colin Lucas taking 2-47 and A. Lawson 2-37.

Millom managed their fourth win of the season in beating Whitehaven by five wickets after dismissing them for 121, Stephen Holliday scoring 39 and Jamie Crossan 26, Simon Bickerstaffe taking 4-33 and Travis Dowlin 3-21.

Springbok Travis Dowlin top scored in Millom's 124-5 winning reply with 64, backed by 22 from skipper Stuart Swallow, right-arm spinner Narsingh Deonarine taking 3-41.

Keswick had a winning draw at home to fourth-placed Workington after scoring 234-3, Richard Webster scoring 89, Majid Jahangir 67 and John Mason 45 not out.

Workington reached 181-8 in reply, Shaun Woolf top scoring with 68 not out, Jahangir taking 3-34 and Andy Clark 2-5.

Division One results: BAE Barrow SC 112 (4 points), Duddon SC 229-9 (18); Cleator A 184-7 (18), Kirkby 183-7 (6); Dalton 206-5 (18), Carnforth 204-9 (8); Egremont 154-8 (4), Ulverston 157-3 (18); Penrith 167-6 (18), Appleby Eden 166-8 (5).

n IN THE Northern Premier League, Barrow were brought down to earth, after last week's win, by thirdplaced Fleetwood, losing by 87 runs after the visitors made 216-6, D. Marillier top scoring with 117, R. Clark 55 and J. Wright 42.

Barrow were then dismissed for 176 with 120 not out from Rawl Lewis failing to save them, S. Hill taking 3-22 and D. Fish 3-43.