ONLY one of four Knutsford Bowling League players progressed beyond the first round of the Cheshire Senior Merit on Sunday.

Dave Baskerville from Knutsford Bowling Club went out in the second round 21-16 to Steve Cook, who went on to fall in the quarter finals to eventual winner Glynn Cookson.

There were first-round exits for Matt Barnett (Good Companions), Lee Cadman (Crosstown) and Grant Soller (Swettenham).