DEFENDING champions Oakworth have lost a second successive match in the Mewies Solicitors Craven League Division One.

They lost to Haworth in a low-scoring game that was restricted to 40 overs per side.

The Bronte side made 139-8, with Jamie Rowell hitting a 96-ball 78 which included nine fours and three sixes as Joel Fothergill took 4-27 and Adam Smith 3-32.

Oakworth fell just 11 runs short of their target, Matty Lee top-scoring with 33 as Richard Ellis took 4-44 and Charlie Shimmin and Rowell three wickets each.

Embsay, who beat Oakworth in week one, couldn't repeat their winning ways at Denholme.

The visitors were indebted to a fine 100 by Haroon Ali as they made 166, but the hosts were 82-6 before Richard Taylor (45no), Adie Shires (20) and Hussnain Ali (22no) steered them to the points by three wickets with nine balls to spare.

Cowling opted to bowl first at Foulridge and rolled the Noyna side over for just 94, Ajmal Choudrhy claiming 3-34. The latter then hit 45 not out to see the Coliseum side to the points by six wickets as Daz Greenwood took 3-30.

There was no play between Sutton v Bingley Congs at Barrowford, Riddlesden v Crossflatts or Ingrow St John’s v Haworth Road.

Charlie Hainsworth made the day’s highest score of 115, and Robert Greenwood chipped in with 45 as Haworth Road II rattled up 222-5 in Division Two.

Visitors Ingrow St John’s II had only nine men but reached a commendable 175, with Naeem Ali 59 not out and Muhammad Asim 37 as Andy Maude took 4-55 and Ali Asguar 3-40.

Bradley were dismissed for 101 at home to Wilsden as James Heseltine made 52 and Dipesh Mistry took 5-18 off seven overs, Steve Wright (31no) and Glenn Stableford (24) taking the Windy Grove side to the spoils by six wickets.

Oakworth II made 167 at Chatburn, Ollie Stell then bagging 4-9 in five overs to whip the Ribble Valley side out for just 99.

Hepworth & Idle were in fine form at Thornton-in-Craven, who made 187, Dan Oldfield hitting a splendid 112 (nine fours, ten sixes), but it took the visitors only 31.1 overs to reach their target, with Tom Hawksworth scoring 92 and David Goodaire 35.

Neither Airedale v Barrowford nor Ingrow v Glusburn took place, while only half of the games in Division Three finished.

Nine-man Eldwick & Gilstead posted 125 at Gargrave, with Michael Brodigan scoring 52 as John Beckwith took 3-7.

The Skipton Road side crept home by two wickets, with Harry McEneaney top-scoring with 31 as Arnie Rastrick took 3-34.

Long Lee’s trip to Sandylands proved fruitful as they won by 45 runs.

For the Golden View side, Matt Taylor made 38, Lee Humphreys 36 and Steve Butterfield 33 as Sam Smith took 5-47 in his 15 allocated overs.

Skipton CI stumbled to 65-8 before No 9 John Stuttard made 37 to go with the earlier effort of 35 from Ian Burke to get their side to 106. For the victors, Shabaz Armed took 4-19 and veteran Jamie Robinson 3-17.

In a 25-overs-per side game at Crossflatts II, Riddlesden II held on to win by 11 runs.

The Grange Road side posted 104-6, with Shehryar Hussain and Steve McGarry both scoring 30 as Charlotte Boulton claimed 3-25.

The Ryshworth Park side's Austin Smith scored 59 of their 93 as Imran Mehrban took 3-16.

There was no play in the games involving Embsay II v Denholme II, Bingley Congs II v Sandy Lane and Bradford & Bingley III v Cononley.

Oakworth III could only manage 76 at Barrowford II in Division Four and Division Five, with the hosts galloping home in the 14th over, while in a 25-overs-per-side match at Hepworth & Idle II, Sutton II were restricted to 88-4, the Westfield Laners storming home by nine wickets.

Haworth II amassed 156, with Neil Rollin making 59 and Steve Bainbridge 33 at home to Airedale II, who chased that down for the loss of eight wickets, with Joe Milner hitting 62.

Sandy Lane II were 55 runs too good for Chatburn II at Greenwood Park, but Glusburn II suffered a 137-run reverse at the hands of Foulridge II at Park Field in a 35-overs-per side game.

The Noyna side rattled up 227-9 as Bryan Hollis took 4-47 before the hosts were brushed aside for just 90, with Alan Coney scoring 40.

There was no play in the games at Wilsden II, Cononley II Long Lee II or Cowling II.