RAIN during the week had led to damp wickets and low-scoring matches in the Mewies Solicitors Craven League but that did not apply to the Division One contest between Hepworth & Idle and leaders Ingrow St John's.

Saints made 224 at Westfield Lane, with Immy Zaman scoring 78 and Deepal Dissanayke 31 as David Myers-Charles claimed 4-50.

The hosts, who are bottom, made a strong reply of 204-8, with Gary Sagar (79) and Simon McDermott (38) in the van as Nadeem Safdar took 3-53.

Second-placed Sutton were in their pomp at Haworth and rattled up 245-8, with David Snowden (84) and Chris Barrett (41) putting on 97 for the first wicket before Sam Solley made 56, with Stephen Bell (4-35) and Jacob Hudson (3-54) the best bowlers.

The West Lane side were sent back to the pavilion for 73, with Adam Bailey making 20 as Matt Shuttleworth took 4-26.

Third-placed Embsay were struggling at 127-7 before some tail-wagging got them to 171. Earlier in the innings, Elliot Stockton had made 49 and Josh Robinson 31 as Danny Pearson took 3-25.

Home side Bingley Congs were 112-7 before some tail-wagging got them to 159-9 and defeat by 12 runs. Adie Dibb top-scored with 37 as Stockton took 3-33.

Zahir Abbas (7-21) and Mohammad Ibrahim (3-22) tore through Oakworth to leave them 69 all out at Baildon Bottom.

Haworth Road reached their target for the loss of five wickets, with a possible star of the future, under-14 Bilaal Khan, taking 3-24.

Crossflatts saw off Barrowford by five wickets at Bull Holme.

Haworth Road Meths II still have a two-point lead at the top of Division Two.

They visited Wide Lane and made 213-8 on the back of Charlie Hainsworth (54) and Waj Mahmood (42) as under-14 Uwais Al Khan claimed 3-22.

Bottom side Oakworth II replied with 82, with yet another under-14, Bradley Powell, top- scoring with 30 as Thomas Kaznowski took 5-20 and Matt Hall 4-8.

Second-placed Wilsden made the long trip to the Ribble Valley and came away the points, winning by 42 runs in a low-scoring game.

Gareth Wright (36) helped the Windy Grove side to 105 as Zak Green claimed 5-29.

Chatburn were then knocked over for 63, with Mark Nerenberg (41) the only player in double figure as Chris Longley took 3-8 and Sam Mitchell 3-22.

Third-placed Ingrow are now four points behind Wilsden after they went down by five runs at Noyna.

Foulridge had been restricted to 81 in 27.5 overs, with Jake Hoyle claiming 4-29.

He then top-scored with 24 as Chris Brooker-Carey put the skids under them to have them back in the hut for 76.

At Street Lane, Ingrow St John’s II's Allah Ditta (35) and Sarum Qureshi (34) were the backbone of their 136 as Amjid Hussain took 4-43 and Mohammed Arshad 3-31.

But visitors Cowling only managed 95 in reply, with Shahid Hussain making 37 as Qureshi took 5-26.

Airedale’s top seven batters all made 20 plus, Warren Coppack leading the way with 41 as they rattled up 210-9 at home to Sandy Lane.

The Greenwood Park side managed 134 in the reply, with Mohammed Ulfat (46) leading the way as Scott Ritchie took 4-23.

At Golden View, Long Lee struggled to 133. Early in the innings, Matt Stowell made 35 before Nos nine and ten, Mark Day (34) and Craig Pullen (22) ensured they had a total to try and defend as Nick Williamson took 4-29.

Glusburn’s opener Matt Lloyd (65no) anchored the innings as the points were garnered by six wickets.