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Division One
Baildon clinched the league championship with one match to go after an eventful day which saw them defeat Woodlands by 163 runs and their title rivals Hanging Heaton lose by three wickets to third-placed Bradford & Bingley.
Skipper Ross Todd again led from the front with a superb innings of 115.
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P |
PTS |
Baildon (5)* |
23 |
341 |
Hanging Heaton (2)^ |
23 |
320 |
Bradford & Bingley (P)* |
23 |
291 |
Pudsey St Lawrence (11) |
23 |
280 |
Yeadon (6) |
23 |
263 |
Farsley (4) |
23 |
250 |
Bowling Old Lane (3) |
23 |
244 |
Woodlands (8) |
23 |
239 |
Morley (9) |
23 |
230 |
Lightcliffe (P) |
24 |
225 |
Cleckheaton (11)* |
23 |
198 |
East Bierley (7) |
23 |
182 |
Pudsey Congs (10) |
23 |
164 |
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Todd struck six sixes and 15 fours and shared in a first-wicket stand of 194 with Darren Wilson (69).
Dominic Chalk weighed in with an unbeaten 45 before Baildon declared 271-2 after 47 overs. Woodlands were bowled out for 108 as Dan Atkinson took 3-20. George Saville was the Woodlands top scorer with 48.
Having bagged the maximum 20 points, Baildon had to wait for news to filter through that Hanging Heaton had been beaten before their celebrations could begin.
Hanging Heaton's hopes were shattered when they were dismissed for 174 as Wajid Ali took 4-28 and Jack Hartley (3-42).
Bradford & Bingley were steered to victory by their skipper Peter Clarke 58 and Danny Trowers (39no) despite the efforts of James Byrne (3-49).
| Today's top Division 1 stats |
| Top team total 273 |
| East Bierley v Cleckheaton |
| Top individual score 85 |
Ross Todd (Baildon),
Andrew Newby (East Bierley) |
| Best bowling performance 6-35 |
| Stuart Houlbrook (Cleckheaton) |
Last season's champions Pudsey St Lawrence look set to finish fourth this time. They had a comfortable five-wicket win over Lightcliffe. Chris Sharkey took 3-26 and John Smith (3-20) as Lightcliffe were bowled out for 117. Oliver Hemingway top scored with 52. Duncan Butler hit 32 as St Lawrence secured their win.
Morley's Richard Winn hit a century but ended up on the losing side as his team went down by 15 runs against Sovereign Health Care Priestley Shield winners Yeadon.
Winn made 110 as his side were bowled out for 236 in reply to Yeadon;s total of 251-7. Naved Siddique chipped in with 46, but Yeadon were indented to Ryan Mooney (5-71) for making sure that Morley feel short of their victory target.
Yeadon's total of 251-7 was built around a fine 83 from Danny Hall. Dave Machell chipped in with 34 while Matthew Dowse took 3-35.
Relegated East Bierley picked up their second win of the weekend when they defeated Pudsey Congs - a team who will be joining them in Division Two next season - by one wicket.
East Bierley owed their success to an unbroken last-wicket stand between Jon Glover (33no) and Sam Toothill (4no) as they overhauled a Pudsey Congs score of 200 which included a top score of 78 by young wicketkeeper Barney Gibson.
Cleckheaton were the second relegated team to record a win. They beat Farsley by 25 runs after Joe Bowman (4-52) and Stuart Houlbrook (3-43) bowled out Farsley for 201. Nigel Thornton (53), Steven Cockshott (44) and James Higgins (31) were Farsley's top scorers.
Cleckheaton's total of 226 was built around half centuries from Massaver Massadique (79) and Jamie Bonner (60). James Higgins (4-44) and Terry Staniforth (4-36). were the pick of the Farsley bowlers.
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