HISTORY repeated itself for Stocksfield as they fell to a second successive defeat.

In almost a carbon copy of their loss to Morpeth seven days earlier, they allowed their opponents to get away from them as they lost by three wickets to hosts Seaton Burn.

A series of misfields in the early stages of Seaton’s reply proved costly in the end, the home side able to find the required runs as the fightback came too late in the day.

Stocksfield captain Dan Whiley won the toss and elected to bat first, but they suffered a set back as both he and Ben Archer lost their wickets early on.

Luke Doneathy and Steven Henderson steadied the ship but, as was the pattern of the day, the visitors’ momentum was disrupted just as it was getting going with Henderson going to a catch at slip. Tris Douglas and Doneathy were going along nicely too and put on 30 runs for the fourth wicket, but their partnership ended when Douglas got a good delivery from off spinner Jamie Wright.

Doneathy was soon back in the pavilion with him, his good knock of 35 ending when he was caught at mid-on by Richie Kyle off Andrew White.

Not for the first time this year, Sam Beedle and Andy Wood formed a good partnership in the middle order with the former particularly pushing the score on when joined at the crease by fellow teenager Ryan Chamberlain.

Their partnership of 46 pushed Stocksfield on to 122-6, Beedle hitting six fours and two sixes and Chamberlain including two fours.

Both were dismissed off deliveries from Seaton captain Mo Ali, with James Tolchard bowled by James Kay in between.

Stocksfield were edged to a credible innings score of 159, James Doneathy digging in at the death to give the visitors hope of successfully defending their total.

While Burn opener Rashid Shad departed with the score on eight, a poor performance in the field allowed the hosts to steadily tick the scoreboard on.

While Stocksfield’s bowlers performed well enough, they were conceding too many boundaries with Ali and Kyle finding their stride. When they departed, Kay and Cliff Lyall carried on their good work.

The introduction of Andy Wood gave Stocksfield hope, and he was to finish with four wickets.

Kay, Christopher Weldon, Craig Redpath and Jason Brown all fell to his bowling, but, with Lyall pushing on and making his half century, Burn were able to rely on their good start to the innings to finish off with maximum points in the 34th over.

They have a chance to put it right when they face winless Alnwick on Saturday.