FIVE mid Cheshire teams made it through to the next stage.
League champions Castle Private cruised through against LMRCA Altrincham at Knutsford BC, while Wharton Cons were also easy winners.
The other member of the 'big three' - Frodsham Red Lion - were granted a walkover when Urmston CC could not raise a team.
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The real drama came elsewhere.
Winsford Cons were pipped by a single chalk against Tixall BC at Helsby while Slow and Easy edged another closer encounter, this time with Metro Sports.
Winsford outfit Meadow Bank sailed through but Comberbach and Davenham are out.
Saturday April 26 Brunner Cup Round Two Castle Private 245 LMRCA Altrincham 166 (at Knutsford BC)
Congleton CC 213 Sale Excelsior 225 (at Rudheath SSC)
Gladstone BC w/o Legh Arms Sale
Fallowfield Waterloo 215 Victoria Stockport 214 (at Crosstown)
Higher Tranmere 248 Helsby 140 (at Woodlands Hotel)
Oxton Cons 189 Wharton Cons 238 (at Halton RBL)
Budenberg 240 Wilmslow RBL 166 (at Great Moor Cons)
Grange Sports 207 Comberbach 204 (at Victory Hall Mobberley)
Lloyd Hotel 232 Davenham 143 (at Mottram St Andrews)
Metro Sports 195 Slow and Easy 200 (at Wilmslow Cons
Frodsham Red Lion w/o Urmston CC
Altrincham Boro 164 Houldsworth WMC 205 (at Poynton RBL)
Woodlands Hotel 252 Knutsford Cons 135 (at Owley Wood)
Hop Pole w/o Poynton Sports
Meadow Bank 232 Egerton BC 171 (at Railway Mobberley)
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