PRESTON had to be content with a winning draw on Saturday against Leyland Motors but they were close to victory.

The West Cliff side had Motors struggling on 111 for 8 after attaining a score of 183 for 8 themselves. In the end they had to be satisfied with eight points.

Leyland were even more unlucky when they had St Annes nine wickets down at close of play still 23 runs short of Leyland's total of 150.