Silkstone and Morrison to fore

Christian Silkstone’s 71 off 54 balls helped the Rams recover from 12 for two.

Dewsbury RLFC coach Glen Morrison then came in at number nine and hit 62 off 47 balls to lift the total to 232.

East Leeds were soon 28 for four in reply and were unable to recover, Josh Bennett Keer taking four for 50 after Zafar Khan had dismissed the home openers.

The home side, beaten for the second time this season by Northowram, were all out for 135.

Lightcliffe lost by 55 runs at home to Woodlands in the top section of the Bradford League.

The visitors made 222 for six off 48 overs with Logan Weston (57 no), Sam Frankland (44) and Sarfraz Ahmed (31) the main contributors.

Overseas player Suleman Khan (46) led the home reply but Lightliffe finished well short, with Scott Richardson taking four for 42.

Todmorden let a strong position slip at Accrington and lost by 41 runs in the Lancashire League.

The home side were 103 for six but Marley Ali (55) and Bryn Hargreaves (37) put on 88 for the seventh wicket and Tod were left chasing 222.

Home professional Ockert Erasmus then took six for 42 and picked up the key wicket of Tod’s paid man Michael Neser, who followed up his three wickets with 74 from 81 balls as the visitors were dismissed for 181.

Three matches in the Huddersfield League’s top section were washed out but Barkisland played at Skelmanthorpe and retained fourth place with 1 19-run win.

They made 150 for six with 55 from Aussie LJ Brown and another good knock from young Luke Bridges, this time of 40.

Skelmanthorpe were limited to 131 for seven in reply with Alec Scholefield (three for 67) the most successful bowler.

Elland lost at Honley where Alex Rowles made 79 in the visitors’ 160 for six.

Honley lost only two wickets in bettering that with the prolific Simon Kelly unbeaten on 75 and Max Joice 39 not out.

CENTRAL YORKSHIRE LEAGUE

Championship

East Leeds v Northowram Fields

Northowram won by 97 runs

NORTHOWRAM FIELDS 232

R Larner lbw b A Olbison 9

J Lister c R Olbison b A Olbison 1

D Patel c J Dyson b Z Tarvaz 3

C Silkstone b K Tandel 71

S Elliott lbw b K Tandel 18

C Metcalf c J Watling b K Tandel 25

M Rushworth b Z Tarvaz 14

C Thompson st R Olbison b A Olbison 3

G Morrison c J Speight b K Tandel 62

Z Khan not out 10

J Bennett Keer b Z Tarvaz 0

Extras 16

Bowling: A Olbison 14.0 1 65 3, Z Tarvaz 13.3 5 36 3, K Tandel 11.0 1 64 4, O Broome 3.0 0 32 0, J Watling 8.0 1 22 0.

EAST LEEDS 135

J Watling lbw b Z Khan 0

R Olbison c C Silkstone b Z Khan 1

K Tandel c C Metcalf b G Morrison 40

Z Tarvaz lbw b J Bennett Keer 3

A Olbison c R Larner b J Bennett Keer 2

D Atkinson c J Lister b G Morrison 24

J Dyson c C Metcalf b C Thompson 11

J Speight not out 29

A Tarvaz b C Thompson 4

O Broome b J Bennett Keer 11

D Jones lbw b J Bennett Keer 2

Extras 8

Bowling: J Bennett Keer 15.0 1 50 4, Z Khan 10.0 4 15 2, G Morrison 5.0 1 18 2, D Patel 3.0 0 22 0, C Thompson 6.0 0 22 2.

BRADFORD LEAGUE

Division One

Lightcliffe v Woodlands

Woodlands won by 55 runs

Lightcliffe 5 pts Woodlands 18 pts

WOODLANDS 222 for six

D Snell c M Brooke b J Wheatley 21

S Frankland c J Wilson b D Ahmed 44

S Mason c M Brooke b C Greenwood 24

L Weston not out 57

C Brice c M Horne b D Ahmed 0

S Richardson jnr b C Greenwood 5

S Ahmed c J Wilson b J Wheatley 31

U Salim+ not out 18

Extras 22

Bowling: E Edwards 5.0 0 32 0, A Stead 6.0 0 14 0, S Khan 11.0 2 33 0, J Wheatley 10.0 0 48 2, C Greenwood 10.0 2 46 2, D Ahmed 6.0 1 38 2.

LIGHTCLIFFE 167 for eight

M Brooke b S Richardson jnr 14

R Jowett c C Brice b S Richardson jnr 27

A Stead b S Richardson jnr 11

J Wheatley run out 1

S Khan c S Frankland b P Swanepoel 46

J Wilson b S Richardson jnr 12

R Thompson b P Swanepoel 14

E Edwards st U Salim b C Brice 25

M Horne not out 6

D Ahmed not out 0

Extras 11

Bowling: S Ahmed 12.0 4 20 0, P Swanepoel 11.0 1 40 2, S Richardson jnr 10.0 2 42 4, C Brice 15.0 3 55 1.

LANCASHIRE LEAGUE

Accrington v Todmorden

Accrington won by 41 runs

Accrington 12 pts, Todmorden 3 pts.

ACCRINGTON 222

SJ Hanson b Neser 0

SD Excell c SA Priestley b Foster 5

SPS Crabtree c Neser b Foster 28

OJ Erasmus (Pro) c A Sutcliffe b Gilford 24

GD Lloyd st Pearson b Senior 36

GL Sneddon b Senior 0

M Ali c Whittaker b Neser 55

BJ Hargreaves b Neser 37

J Clarke not out 14

+M Wilson lbw b A Sutcliffe 8

JE Hayhurst b A Sutcliffe 1

Extras 14

Bowling: Neser 16 3 54 3, Foster 7 1 38 2, Gilford 8 1 56 1, Senior 9 0 34 2, SA Priestley 3 0 17 0, A Sutcliffe 4.5 0 20 2

TODMORDEN 181

SD Newbitt c Crabtree b Hayhurst 7

BD Sutcliffe c Crabtree b Erasmus 1

EC Gilford lbw b Erasmus 1

BA Pearson c Lloyd b Erasmus 43

MG Neser (Pro) b Erasmus 74

A Sutcliffe c Clarke b Hargreaves 15

PD Senior c Lloyd b Erasmus 3

F Priestley c Hanson b Hargreaves 6

TE Whittaker c Clarke b Hargreaves 8

SA Priestley b Erasmus 3

G Foster not out 2

Extras 18

Bowling: Erasmus 16.2 1 42 6, Hayhurst 12 1 38 1, Clarke 7 0 33 0, Hanson 5 0 18 0, Excell 3 0 20 0, Hargreaves 5 1 20 3.

Huddersfield League, Premiership: Elland 160-6 (A Rowles 79, D Arms 25; S Kelly 3-18), Honley 161-2 (S Kelly 75no, M Joice 39no, R Jakeman 29); Barkisland 150-6 (L Brown 55, L Bridges 40; J Ingham 3-57), Skelmanthorpe 131-7 (I Amjad 37; A Scholefield 3-67)