Hartley’s attack gives Copley the edge on high flying Thornton

At 132-7, Copley were not in the best of health but Ibbi Mar and Benjamin Smith both hit scores of 29 not out to take the 45 overs total to 188-7, Greg Soames taking 4-48.

Thornton's batting was totally out of touch as they slumped to 112 all out, Ian Hartley (6-50) doing the majority of the damage.

Leaders Illingworth St Mary's were within a whisker of losing at Upper Hopton and just scraped home by one wicket.

Hopton posted 166 all out, with openers Callum Fern (43) and Michael Rounding (39) leading the scoring. Jack Hargreaves (5-46) and Adrian Gawthorpe (4-48) shone with the ball.

St Mary's needed the last wicket combination of Taufeeq Ahmed (17 not out) and Ben Clarke (5 not out) to seal the win at 167-9, as Daniel Syme took 4-43.

Booth cruised to an eight-wicket win over Luddendenfoot, who limped to 86 all out as Patrick Thomas took 4-31.

Booth lost free-scoring Max Rawson early but his fellow opener, Mathew Brown (53 not out), ensured the win at 87-2.

Oxenhope posted 218 all out but it wasn’t enough to avoid defeat at Shelf Northowram HT, for whom Zafar Khan returned 4-45.

Hedge Top then produced their best batting performance of the season as, led by skipper Harry Talbot (71) and Hasnain Wajid (68), they reached a winning 221-5 in the 43rd over.

Bradshaw's revival continued with a 54-run triumph at SBCI.

The visitors were in trouble at 77-6 but they eventually reached 162 all out and that was too much for SBCI as Aaron Buckley's 4-62 helped to restrict the hosts to 108 all out.

Sowerby St Peter’s bowler Ben Watkins was the scourge of Triangle as he produced career best figures of 10.5-2-23-6 to limit the visitors to 109 all out.

However, the tables were soon turned on the home team and Hayden Bruce (27 not out) was the only batter to find any form in a reply of 85 all out.

In the First Division, Blackley won the battle of the top two, seeing off hosts Clayton by five wickets to go 14 points clear in first place.

The home batters simply failed to cope with Jacob Linsel (5-32) and Freddie Long (5-34) and were despatched for only 113 all out.

In the Blackley reply, only 21 overs were required to reach 117-5, although they lost top scorer Sam Roberts (46) with the scores level.

Mytholmroyd leaped into second place thanks to a 22-run victory at Greetland.

The Royd were indebted to Spencer Harris (82) who rescued his team from 93-7 to 177 all out.

That proved a winning knock as Greetland could only manage 155 all out. Shakeel Mahmood top-scored with 57 but, with Milo Robbins taking 4-32, it was Royd's day.

Cullingworth lost at Great Horton PC by two wickets in a contest that went down to the wire.

The visitors’ 203-8 included fine knocks from Bilal Khalid (59) and Graham Rankin (45 not out).

Horton's Adam Beesley (73) and Michael Hustler (51) shared a second-wicket partnership of 101 and, after Ryan Frankland-Martin had added 38, it was left to Nayab Khan to seal the win off the last ball of the match to reach 204-8. Elliot Robinson returned 5-56.

Southowram rattled up 261-5 at bottom of the table Low Moor HT with Sohail Sajjad’s 117 and Neil Harvey's 41 not out the highlights.

The Trinity reply fell short on 180 all out, with Finley Townsend taking 4-36.

In the contest between Mount and Oakworth, at The Field of Dreams, the home team struggled to post 160 all out.

The Oakworth reply was more convincing as Noah Thirkill (73 not out) and Joel Gallagher (62) compiled a 121-run opening partnership to seal the win with 164-2.

In the Second Division, Queensbury's Jahangir Khan took his wicket haul to 36 with figures of 7-26 to ensure his team's promotion dash continued uninterrupted.

The victims were hosts Bradley & Colnebridge who were all out for 79 before the visitors eased to 81-4.

Bridgeholme visited Stones in the clash between the second and third teams in the table and Jack Heptinstall was the top batter for Stones who posted 135 all out, with Abshar Hussain taking 4-35.

Muhammad Maqsood was Bridgeholme's top scorer but when their ninth wicket fell at 124 the match was in the balance.

However, tail ender Muhammad Ali held his nerve to score 20 not out to ensure the win at 136-9.

Outlane’s total of 185 all out was led by Asfaq Patel (54) in their clash with Leymoor. Jordan Grieg added 47 runs and Daniel Roberts claimed 4-20.

The roles were reversed when Leymoor replied with Roberts (40) leading the scoring and Greig returning 5-39 but Leymoor came up short on 123 all out.

Rajkumar Mariappan’s 6-58 for Augustinians at Sowerby Bridge was not enough to avoid defeat.

Bridge toiled to reach 180 all out and four home bowlers shared the wickets as the Rastrick team could only manage 113 all out.

Old Town secured a narrow one-wicket win at Stainland, thanks in the main to Adil Shah crafting 60 not out from 110 balls.

The home team compiled 158-9 and a home win looked very likely when the Town slipped to 112-9 but Juma Khan (14 not out) held his nerve as Shah hit seven runs in the 41st over to score an unlikely win at 159-9.

The first of the season's knockout finals takes place at Sowerby Bridge CC on Sunday (1pm) when Lightcliffe and Upper Hopton contest the Sunday League's Rod Warhurst Cup.

The draws for the senior knockout competitions, to be played on Sunday, July 5 (1pm) are – Briggs Priestley Parish Cup: Booth v Bradshaw & Triangle v Copley. Orox Crossley Shield: Illingworth St Mary's v Great Horton PC & Stones v Triangle.