Higgins downs Northern champ in state final
North's Peter Donati won the consolation plate final beating Geoff Lehman, of North-West in the final.
Works Green win
A RESERVE side Works Green had another good win consolidating its top-of- the-ladder position, beating Works Navy 8-4.
Lee Morcom, Dean Wilson and Glen Johanson were Green's winners while John Fordham was Navy's only winner.
Exeter RSL and Amber had a 6-6 draw, with John Adams and Phil Stagg winners for Exeter, Damien Bushby and Peter Fraser were winners for Amber.
Works Red and Longford RSL also drew 6-6. Tim Donnachy and Adrian White were Longford's winners, Alan Armitage and Ray Smith won for Red.
The A Reserve ladder after round 5 is: Green 41, Amber 30, Navy 27, Red 25, Longford 24, Exeter 21.
In A grade, ladder leader Works Black won 3-1 over Launceston RSL, Andrew Saltmarsh. Bruce Lockley and David Bates all won 2-0 for Black with Robin McEnnulty 2-1 winning for RSL.
Devils had their first win beating Gold 3-1, Heath and Andrew Rainbow won 2-0, Wally Sully won 2-1 for Devils and Gary Bjarnoe- Elliott won 2-1 for Gold. Exeter RSL and Works Blue played a draw, Garry Bakker 2-1 and Adam Bindoff 2-0 won for Exeter, Rolf Stevenson 2-0 and Hans Georgieff 2-1 were winners for Blue.
Black heads the ladder on 14 points, Exeter and Blue on eight, Gold, Devils and Launceston RSL are on six.