White's hopes over

White had forced his way into a 3-2 lead despite some scrappy play during which his highest break was a 43.

But a 91 from McLeod stopped the rot, and he followed that with a break of 60 to nudge back in front, and sunk the colours to seal a scrappy 36-minute final frame.

McLeod, who reached the last 16 of the World Championships in April, moved into the fifth and final round of qualifying in Sheffield with the victory.

The result sets up a showdown with Robert Milkins.

Matthew Selt was the first man through to the fifth round on Wednesday, hammering fellow Englishman Adrian Gunnell 5-1 in the morning session to advance.

The demolition ended with a break of 100 as Selt raced through the contest in just 95 minutes.

Selt now faces Ricky Walden for a place in the reintroduced tournament Down Under.

In the afternoon session, last season's newcomer of the year Jack Lisowski fell 5-3 to Tom Ford while Barry Pinches saw off Matt Couch and Nigel Bond ended Li Yan's hopes, both by the same scoreline.

Matthew Selt 5-1 Adrian Gunnell

Mark Joyce 5-3 Jimmy Robertson

Rory McLeod 5-3 Jimmy White

Jamie Burnett 5-3 Andrew Norman

Mike Dunn 5-3 Rod Lawler

Yu Delu 5-2 Joe Jogia

Tom Ford 5-3 Jack Lisowski

Michael Holt 5-1 Kurt Maflin

Fergal O'Brien 5-1 Sam Craigie

Ben Woollaston 5-4 Jamie Jones

Scott MacKenzie 5-1 Tony Drago

Nigel Bond 5-3 Li Yan

David Gilbert 5-4 Dave Harold

Barry Pinches 5-3 Matt Couch