ROUND UP: Henry hits boundary to clinch Farsley win

Priestley Cup: Farsley skipper Chris Henry hit a four off the final ball of the game to clinch a dramatic one-wicket win over Woodlands and a place in the final of the Priestley Cup for the second successive year.

Farsley will now play Bradford & Bingley, six-wicket winners over Cleckheaton in the final at Spen Victoria on Sunday, August 29.

Farsley were indebted to the sixth-wicket pair of Lorenzo Inghram (70) and David Syers (58) who put on 115 as their side chased down a Woodlands score of 266 all out.

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Farsley's hopes looked to have gone when Safraz Ahmed (3-42) removed both in the space of four balls in the 45th over, but Joe Greaves (28) kept up the momentum and Henry finished the job in style.

Former Yorkshire players Scott Richardson (76) and Pieter Swanepoel (67) were the top scorers in the Woodlands innings.

Seamer Will Briggs took 5-40 as Bradford & Bingley bowled out Cleckheaton for 184 to set up their six-wicket win. Skipper Phil Slater steered his side home with an unbeaten 61 while Sri Lankan Naveed Gharni made 38.

Sykes Cup: Delph & Dobcross earned the right to meet Skelmanthorpe in the August 8 final with a convincing 141 runs victory over last season's runners-up Elland yesterday.

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The match-winners were Delph openers Irfan Zahoor and Bruce Cruse who enjoyed a partnership of 223 in assisting their side to a formidable 342-7. Zahoor led the way with 134 off 119 balls, his innings containing18 fours and five sixes.

Cruse faced 102 balls, made 94 and struck 14 fours and a six. Bilal Khiljee also played his part with the bat, including seven fours and a six.

When Elland batted they were bowled out for 202 in 45.4 overs, with Ryan Robinson and Lee Baxter making scores in the thirties. Faisal Butt's right arm spin earned him three wickets for 47 runs and Matt Norvall took 3-64 with his medium-quick deliveries.

Delph will fancy their chances in the final, having defeated Skelmanthorpe by eight wickets as recently as June 26 when the prolific Zahoor also struck a century.

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Heavy Woollen Cup: Holders Wrenthorpe, aiming to lift the Heavy Woollen Cup for the fourth successive season, trounced Shepley by 243 runs in yesterday's semi-final.

Skipper Gary Fellows (169) shared century partnerships with David Paynter (63) and Eric Austin (47) as Wrenthorpe piled up 378-5.

Paynter (4-32), Joe Ellis (3-25) and Fellows (2-2) bowled out Shepley for 135 in reply.

Tim Rees (50) and Sarjinder Pal Singh (32) led Shepley's scoring.

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In the final at Hanging Heaton on August 1, Wrenthorpe play Hanging Heaton who won by seven runs at Skelmanthorpe.

Chasing Hanging Heaton's

315-9, Skelmanthorpe needed 14 runs for victory off the final over but managed only six and closed on 308-7.

Yorkshire ECB: York suffered their first defeat in any competition this season yesterday as Nottinghamshire Premier League side West Indian Cavaliers won by four wickets at Clifton Park in the Group Two final of the National Knock-Out Cup.

York were bowled out for 185 in 41.1 overs, the Cavaliers taking 42.3 overs to gain victory. Dominic Williamson top-scored with 47 and former England performer Alex Tudor made 46.

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Doncaster Town lost by 38 runs in the Group Three final at Loughborough Town who were dismissed for181, James Stuart taking 4-25. Town's batsmen failed against the pace attack of Rhoul Sharma (4-18) and Neil Gamble (3-38).

Dan Rafiq, 17-year-old brother of Yorkshire's Azeem Rafiq, hit a half-century and put on 69 for the seventh wicket with Jason Booth in Barnsley's 78-run league victory over Rotherham Town. Richard Wilkinson and Glenn Yates took four wickets.

Wetherby: Old Modernians and Shadwell meet in the Fred Fleetwood Cup final at Wetherby on August 15.

Steve Clapham hammered an unbeaten 115 and Jarran Cook hit 93 as Division One leaders Modernians beat Scarcroft by 118 runs.

Openers Alex Blakeborough (85no) and Joe Eddison 951no) shared an unbroken 143-run stand in 23 overs in Shadwell's 10-wicket win over Division Two side Garforth Parish Church.

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