The jubilant Woodlands team

Woodlands rounded off their fine season by retaining the Black Sheep Champions Trophy by defeating Pudsey Congs by six-wickets at Hanging Heaton.

The match was a fine advert for the JCT 600 Bradford League and was contested in a great spirit as the league champions finally got the better of the determined Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup winners.

The victory will rank as one of the best in Woodlands' history as it was achieved without two of their key bowlers Safraz Ahmed and Chris Brice.

Woodlands skipper Tim Orrell receives the Black Sheep Champions Trophy from Hanging Heaton president Mel Deardon

It was to their credit that their back up bowlers were able to cover their loss in a highly creditable fashion. Veteran Murphy Walwyn (8-0-38-1), 15-year-old Tom Smallwood (5-0-30-0) and Sam Frankland (8-1-28-0) delivered 21 overs for 96 runs despite the fact that they have done little bowling in first team combat this season.

Frankland's bowling was particularly impressive and helped keep the Congs' scoring rate in check at a time when Man of the Match Andrew Bourke was seeking to take control.

Bourke arrived at the wicket after Alexis Twigg was caught by Frankland attempting to force the pace against Pieter Swanepoel with the score on 11.

The former Castleford batsman settled in quickly and added 42 runs for the second wicket with Scott Cunningham before his partner was caught by Scott Richardson off the bowling of Walwyn just one ball after the bowler had spilled a return catch.

Bourke had a lucky let off when, after making 24, he also offered a sharp caught and bowled chance to Walwyn who was unable to take the catch as it glanced off the helmet of the non-striker Andrew Bairstow.

The third-wicket pair moved the score on to 107 before Bairstow, who was looking in good form, was run out by a direct hit from Frankland when he backed up too far in the expectation that Bourke would seek to take a quick single. He had made 22.

The key partnership for Congs was the fourth-wicket alliance between Bourke and Matthew Doidge . Together they added 113 before Doidge was brilliantly caught and bowled by Tosh Baker who had to run 10 yards to his left and dive to accept the chance. Doidge had made 44 at the time.

Andrew Bourke of Pudsey Congs receives the Man of the Match award from Hanging Heaton president Mel Deardon

Bourke was in sight of his century when he suffered a back injury which required him to call from a runner, and moments later Woodlands suffered a blow when wicketkeeper Nicky Rushworth dislocated the little finger on his left hand and had to be replaced behind the stumps by Adam Goldthorpe.

Bourke went on to complete his first century for Pudsey Congs with three sixes and six fours before he was bowled by Baker for 102.

Pieter Swanepoel, who conceded nine wides when he returned top the attack for the 40th over, dismissed Babar Butt and Glenn Roberts as Congs chased quick runs in the closing stages of their innings. Their total of 245-7 looked a testing target.

Swanepoel finished with three for 41 and Baker (2-52) as Woodlands were made to dig deep to restrict Congs to a score of under 250.

With the rain clouds gathering as Woodlands started their reply their batsmen knew they had to make a good start. Unfortunately they didn't get it. Scott Richardson was again guilty of playing a carefree stroke and was caught by Elliott Wilson off Tom Glover's bowling for two.

With Rushworth injured it was crucial that the second-wicket pair of Frankland and Baker stood firm. They added 68 together before Frankland played a careless shot and was caught on the cover boundary by Scott Cunningham in Nathan Bromby's final over for 32.

When Baker departed five runs later for 38 - caught by wicketkeeper Bairstow from Wilson's bowling - Woodlands looked to be up against it.

Skipper Tim Orrell and Adam Goldthorpe knew there was a big responsibility hanging on their shoulders. Together they had moved the score on to 140-3 after 31 overs when rain forced play to be halted for 15 minutes.

When play resumed Orrell and Goldthorpe seized the initiative as the Congs bowlers struggled to come to terms with bowling with a wet ball.

Goldthorpe, full of confidence after his century against Bradford & Bingley 24 hours earlier, mixed some full blooded attacking strokes with some fortunate edges as he increased the tempo.

Goldthorpe and Orrell added 140 before the former was trapped lbw by Wilson for 73 - an innings which contained three sixes and six fours.

Orrell and Walwyn then guided their side home with 2.1 overs to spare. Orrell, who batted in commanding fashion, finished unbeaten on 71. He hit a six and six fours.

Walwyn, who has a great sense of theatre, stroked the winning boundary to spark the Woodlands' celebrations. Elliott Wilson (2-42) was the best of the Congs' bowlers, but the afternoon belonged to the JCT 600 Bradford League champions who collected their second trophy of the season.