NEIL Freeman (119no) and Matt Lloyd (61) starred for Glusburn in their 26-run win at home to Chatburn in a high-scoring Division Two encounter.

The hosts reached 244-2 before the visitors made a great effort in finishing just short on 218, with George Stuart making 91no as Nick Williamson took 4-57 and Steve Brown 4-67.

Up at Cure Hill, visitors Airedale were indebted to Mathew Cox, who made 84 of their 130 as James Lee claimed 4-53 and Richard Cavender 3-23.

Oakworth II soon found themselves 17-3 before 17-year-old Jordan Powell entered the fray. In 56 balls he smashed nine fours and five sixes in an innings of 82 which helped his side home by six wickets.

Barrowford, keen to regain their top tier status after last year’s debacle with child welfare matters, started off with a comfortable 55-run victory at home to Bradley.

They only made a moderate 144 as Andy Holmes 5-30 and John Duffey 3-45 took the bowling honours but the South Craveners replied with just 89.

Haworth Road II made 195-7 at Wilsden as Sam Mitchell took 4-58. The Windy Grove side's successful reply with four wickets to spare was led by evergreen Colin Bottomley (84no) and Mitchell (48).

Hepworth & Idle’s Jonathan Thompson had a big part in their 81-run win over Ingrow at Westfield Lane. He made 89 as the home side rattled up 221-8. Then he took 5-31 to go with Andrew Horner’s 3-44 as the Hainworth side were dismissed for 140. Jake Hoyle made 52 and Ben Bright 30.

At Street Lane, newly-promoted Ingrow St John’s II tackled Thornton in near artic conditions. The home side enjoyed an opening stand of 80 in quick time, then bumbled along to reach 152 with Dan Oldfield taking 6-80. Arfan Mahmood made 44 and Abid Hussain 42 for the Saints.

The West Craveners put on 134 for the first wicket as Kevin Pollard (84no) saw his side home by eight wickets.

Long Lee made a cracking start to life in Division Three, winning by nine wickets at home to newly-promoted Bingley Congs II.

The Beckfoot side made 122 with Rick Andrews 43 and Charlie Rastrick 35 putting on 63 for the first wicket before Shahbaz Ahmed (5-23) and Steve Butterfield (5-45) got to work. The Golden View reply was led by Lee Humphreys (50no) and Matt Taylor (46no).

Brian Fremanis (64) and Abdul Majid (61) helped Crossflatts II to 202 at Cononley as Herbie Starkey took 5-30 and Scott Brooke 5-36. The home side lost seven wickets reaching their target, with Jake Parker making 53 and Tom Feather 48.

Sandy Lane were too good for Bradford & Bingley III, winning by five wickets after shooting them out for 87.

Gargrave made 108-9 at Denholme II as Michael Dennison took 5-50 and Tim Shires 3-0. The home side subsided for 74 as Ben Rhodes claimed 7-34 and Joe Wood 3-14.

Skipton CI were at Wagon Lane to take on nine-man Eldwick & Gilstead. Evergreen Ian Burke rolled back the years to score 105no as the Sandylands side reached 194-7 in their overs. The home side managed 104-8 in reply.

Riddlesden II were unable to raise a side so Embsay II receive three points.

Division Four and Five

Despite a lot of hard work on the ground after the January floods, Airedale II were beaten by the soft conditions and had to call their game off with Cowling II.

Another game abandoned was that between Oakworth III and Long Lee II. The ground and wicket had not been prepared by the council much to the hosts' chagrin.

With Sutton’s ground being unavailable due to the building of their new pavilion, their match against Sandy Lane II was moved to Victory Park at Barnoldswick. The visitors blasted 216-9 thanks to Muhammed Ulfat 84 and Muhammad Hamzar 35 as Tony Walton claimed 4-38. The Royd Hill side only managed 119 in reply with Simon Todd making 71 as Liquat Ali took 4-52.

Mark Johnston made 59 of Glusburn II's 155-3 over at Chatburn II. The Ribble Valley side knocked off the runs for the loss of 5 wickets with Darren Jackson scoring 50 as veteran Bryan Hollis took 4-69.

Foulridge walloped a massive 301-9 at Noyna with Imran Qamer blasting 114 and Umar Farooq 70 as Peter Hatton took 6-57. Visitors Cononley could only muster 107 in reply.

Bradley II went down by 188 runs at home to Barrowford II.

There was a terrific finish up at Hainworth where Ingrow II just held on by 3 runs to beat Wilsden II. The homesters were restricted to 100 with Paul Kirby taking 4-44 and Waqas Ahmed 3-25. The last wicket stand between Paul Scott (28) and Jason Barnett (13no) proved crucial. In reply 10-man Wilsden II were dismissed for 97 with Tony Hodgson 4-29 and Adrian Weatherill 3-25 doing the damage.

Newcomers Bingley Congs III made 98-9 at Gargrave. Ryan Baines was the mainstay of the innings with 58 as Tony Spensley took 4-10. Spensley then made 48 as the Skipton Road side got home by 4 wickets.

Finally down at Sandylands, Skipton CI succumbed by 6 wickets to Hepworth & Idle II.