Wear leads from the front as Thornton take over at the top

Saints lost for the second time in eight days and have dropped to third place as a result of the loss to Thornton, who have a nine-point buffer at the top.

At the Ainleys, St Mary's limped to 146 all out with only Jake Fellows (42) passing 25 runs. Bradley Weatherhead (5-27) and Ross Parr (4-36) caused the majority of the problems.

A fine skipper's innings, of 80 not out, from Thornton opener Richie Wear ensured the opportunity to go top was not lost as his team completed the win with 147-5.

To compound the loss for St Mary's, second place in the table is now occupied by Oxenhope, just seven points off the top, following a narrow home win over Copley.

At The Flatts, the visitors were soon in trouble, losing half their wickets for only 56 runs, with only Oliver Thorpe (48) dealing with the home attack, as the innings closed on 116 all out. Ben Howell took 4-22.

The hosts made heavy weather of reaching a winning 117-8. At 93-8, they required a captain's knock of 23 not out from Joel Fothergill to drag his team over the line.

The Parish Cup final rehearsal at Triangle resulted in a comfortable win for Booth.

The hosts were limited to 159 all out and Booth did enough to secure victory with a reply of 162-6.

Bradshaw posted 228-9 at home to Luddendenfoot as Piers Fisher and Adam Forbes both hit 46.

The Foot remain rooted to the bottom of the table after they were sent back to the pavilion for 164 all out. Mohammed Usman (51) was the best scorer with Aaron Buckley (6-72) in the wickets again.

The tightest finish in the division came at Shelf Northowram HT, where visiting SBCI squeezed home by two runs.

Chris Dalby (76) was the top scorer in SBCI’s 219 all out.

Hedge Top opener Owen Bairstow scored 54 but, after his departure, wickets fell at regular intervals and at 206-8 the result was in doubt.

After 44 overs the score was 212-8 but Thomas Wood (3-57) bowled a tight over and with a run out off the last ball, Hedge Top fell two runs short at 217-9.

Upper Hopton put daylight between themselves and the bottom two as they rattled up 277-7 at Sowerby St Peter's and then bowled out the hosts for 200.

Hopton skipper Harvey Lockwood (95) just missed out on a century as Daniel Syme added 44 runs. Sowerby’s innings was led by Aiden Green (54).

In the First Division, Low Moor HT, stranded at the bottom of the table without a win all season, went down by 136 runs at Greetland, who moved into top spot.

The hosts posted 196 all out with Muhammad Asif (67) and Connor Briscoe (5-61) featuring. The Trinity could only manage 60 all out in reply, with Waqas Ali taking 4-33.

Mytholmroyd moved to within 10 points of top spot after their triumph at Oakworth.

The home side were bowled out for 120 and, while Milo Robbins took 5-26, the stand-out analysis of the day came from Joe Kershaw with 14-10-6-4.

In the Royd reply, Luke Sutcliffe also made a good claim for man of the match, hammering a superb 101 not out from 77 balls as the Royd's winning 121-4 came in the 26th over.

Clayton romped to a close on 302 all out in their home match against Great Horton PC, thanks to Connor Ambler (64), Hassan Khan (48), Scott Price (48), Dan Robinson (48) and Jack Wakeling (47). Richard Winn took an excellent 5-69.

Horton could only manage 166 all out with Adam Beesley taking credit for his 65 not out.

In their visit to Mount, Cullingworth compiled 184 all out, with Jack Rogers (60) and Bilal Khalid (41) top scoring. Mahmadbhai Makda (4-39) and Ashrafali Abed (4-48) were the main wicket-takers.

Mount were struggling at 94-6, when Makda (42) was dismissed, but Ismail Mayat (53 not out) and the tail produced the necessary runs for a winning 188-8.

Over 500 runs were scored at Ashday Lane, where Warley & Elland visited to take on Southowram.

The hosts posted a heavyweight 317-5 with Dean Crossley (76), Yasir Yahmood (71), Neil Harvey (64) and Dylan Crossley (46 not out) all in the runs.

Warley’s Tommy Kippling hit a fine 94 but it was not enough as the reply closed on 205 all out.

The top of the Second Division clash at Queensbury was won by second-placed Outlane, who reduced the hosts' lead at the top to 18 points.

Queensbury reached 213 all out with Joseph Clough (64) and Oliver Challis (42) responsible for nearly half the total, as Jordan Grieg took 4-53.

Jordan Croft (64) led the Outlane reply and, with support from Oliver Challis (42), they reached a winning 216-8 with 14 balls to spare.

Bridgeholme remain in third place after defeating Bradley & Colnebridge at home by 51 runs.

The hosts crafted 251 with a fine knock of 134 runs from Haroon Yousaf, Kamran Khan taking 5-47.

The visitors’ response was led by Nasir Khan (53) but it was Mohammad Ali (5-51) and Yousaf (4-63) who took the honours as the innings closed on 200 all out.

Stones are fourth, 13 points adrift of a promotion spot, after winning by 93 runs at Sowerby Bridge.

Stones scored 196-7, with opener Scott Sutcliffe (66) leading the scoring and John Brown took 4-47.

The Bridge could only muster 103 all out, in the face of excellent bowling from Harrison Johnson (4-40).

At Old Town, visitors Leymoor scored 166 all out with Joseph Robinson hitting 48 runs. Juma Khan produced one of the best bowling performances of the day with a career best 7-55.

The Town won the match in the 33rd over with Muhammad Nabeel (44) leading the scoring for a winning 167-8.

The bottom of the table clash in the division was easily won by Stainland in their trip to Augustinians.

The visitors’ 227-9 featured fine knocks from Kris Turton (87) and Marc Proctor (57) and the hosts could only respond with 73 all out as Liam Dyson took 7-38.

The league's U17s team reached the final of the prestigious Yorkshire Joe Lumb competition last Sunday.

They will now play the Huddersfield League at Undercliffe CC on Sunday, August 23 (11am).