Sheffield Collegiate beat Doncaster Town to blow South Yorkshire League title race open as Ossett win big in Bradford League

They won a low-scoring affair by 30 runs at Doncaster Town to haul themselves level at the top with their rivals on 118 points.

Collegiate, sent in, were indebted to captain Abdul Faseeh (59) and Shaaiq Choudhry (45), who added 94 for the second wicket in their 164, Curtis Free dismissing neither but still ending up with 6-39.

Town were 60-1 in reply but were dismissed for 134, No 8 Joe Gallagher top-scoring with 34 as the innings subsided, chiefly because of fifth bowler Tate Miller (5-28).

Just two points behind the duo in third are Tickhill, who squeaked home by one run against Appleby Frodingham.

Tickhill made 242-8 with Jim Morgan (81) putting on 86 for the third wicket with opener James Stuart (51) before the former added 51 for the fifth with Jordan Lowe (23).

Drew Sylvester (80) and Jordan Neil (59) combining to add 125 for the second Frodingham wicket.

Kieran Lindley (27) and Matt Morland (24), whose run out denied Appleby Frodingham a tie, getting 13 off Liam Guthrie’s last over when they needed 15 to end on 241-5.

Treeton are up to fourth, recovering from 5-2 to defeat Barnsley by eight wickets thanks to an unbroken partnership of 151 between Onke Nyaku (75no) and Sam Drury (61no) after Stephen Foster retired not out on eight.

York’s title hopes are fading fast in Yorkshire Premier League North, and they lost their third completed match in a row, this time in a run-fest to Woodhouse Grange.

The latter were asked to bat and made a whopping 348-7, with overseas player Jerome Bossr outstanding at the top of the order.

He scored 142 off just 106 deliveries, cracking 15 fours and six sixes, and found willing partners in fellow opener Harry Gamble (56), with whom he added 203, Bossr being second out with the score on 225.

Brothers Chris (38) and Andrew Bilton (36) then took up the mantle by putting on 59 for the fourth wicket as Darcy O’Connor (3-56) and Luke Kilby (4-63) took all the wickets to fall.

York were no slouches after tea either, scoring 312, with Breidyn Schaper (63) and Ryan McKendry (92) adding 136 for the third wicket before both fell to Chris Suddaby, but Richard Walton (4-49) and Josh Jackson (4-78) were the main wicket-takers.

York are now fourth on 106 points, being bettered by Castleford (114), Driffield Town and Woodhouse Grange, who are both on 108.

Castleford had a comfortable 58-run victory over Beverley Town at Savile Park, making 244-5, with Chesney Hughes (68) and keeper Liam Hyde (96) putting on 126 for the third wicket, Hyde’s innings lasting only 83 deliveries and containing nine fours and two sixes.

Beverley replied with 186-8, anchored by Bailey Wisnewski’s 89 not out as Matthew Rees (4-28) ran through the top order.

Captain Mark Jackson (88) and Diego Rosier (79) added 167 for Sessay’s third wicket in their 218 at Driffield Town, but the latter romped home by eight wickets, .Openers Alec Drury (30) and Owen Goldsworthy (61) put on 94 before Noah Kelly (63no) and captain Sam Drury (59no) added 112 unbroken.

At the other end of the table, Scarborough had an important win by seven wickets at Harrogate, Matthew Turnbull finishing on 58 not out.

With struggling Hanging Heaton, Pudsey Congs and Bankfoot all losing, Ossett’s win over the latter in the Bradford Premier League Premier Division assumed greater importance.

Former Pakistan Test bowler Junaid Khan took 5-27 as visitors Bankfoot were hustled out for 66, Ossett triumphing by eight wickets in just the 10th over.

Ossett now have 149 points, with Bankfoot on 137, Congs on 136 and Hanging Heaton on 112.

Jack Hughes took 6-54 as Congs were dismissed for 183, Jonny Booth (69) and Harry Warwick (53no) then helping third-placed Townville, who have signed Leicestershire’s Lewis Hill, to win by seven wickets.

Harry Sullivan (4-42) was a key man for Farsley in their six-wicket triumph over Hanging Heaton, while Sam Frankland (55) and Tim Jackson (53) put on another century opening stand for Woodlands, who beat Methley by 95 runs, with Brad Schmulian scoring 76 and taking 4-43.

All five batters got in for New Farnley in their seven-wicket victory at Bradford & Bingley.

The top two met in the Huddersfield League Premiership, but it was a damp squib, with Moorlands defeating Skelmanthorpe by 138 runs.

Innings of the day was Jack Lees’ 158 for equal-bottom Thongsbridge off just 109 balls, including 19 fours and six sixes.

He made his runs out of 247 in Thongsbridge’s 275-7, Honley replying with 226 (Will Fraine 117), narrowing the gap between them to just six points.

Horsforth Hall Park and Tong Park Esholt had important wins near the bottom of Airedale & Wharfedale League Division One.

Michael Kelsey (4-47), Tom Watson (50) and Jake Littleton (45) were key men for Hall Park in their two-wicket victory at Saltaire, while Dave Hester (64) and George Hammond (57no) shone for Tong Park in their 73-run triumph at Rawdon.

Collingham’s lead is now 63 points as Otley lost again, this time by seven wickets at Pool for whom Kruthik Patel scored 79.

Sunday action sees Richmondshire keep dream alive

RICHMONDSHIRE are just one win away from a Lord’s final.

The North Yorkshire & South Durham League club defeated Northern Premier League visitors St Annes by nine wickets to reach the semi-finals of the ECB National Club Championship.

St Annes chose to bat but could only score 112 as Connor Blaxall-Hill took 4-29, Harvey Websdale 2-24 and Sam Wood 2-19.

That modest target was no issue to Richmondshire, whose openers Rob Carr (44no) and former Durham player Gary Pratt (57) put on 100.

They now join Cuckney (Nottinghamshire), Teddington (Middlesex) and either holders Bexley (Kent) or Wanstead & Snaresbrook (Essex) in the last four.

Meanwhile, York and Castleford will meet in the K3 Dental Cup final at Beverley Town on Sunday, September 3.

York gained revenge for a league defeat the previous day by seeing off fellow Yorkshire Premier League North side Woodhouse Grange by 14 runs, while league leaders Castleford beat Barnsley, the only Yorkshire Southern Premier League survivors, by 35 runs.

The top seven for York all got starts in their 211, headed by Duncan Snell (54), Tom Young returning a superb 5-16.

Woodhouse Grange were 131-8 but were boosted to 197-9 by a ninth-wicket stand of 55 between captain James Finch (50no) and Chris Suddaby (22), with Ed Booth taking 4-42.

Powerful hitting by overseas player Cameron Fletcher, who made 138 off 110 balls, including eight fours and 10 sixes, propelled hosts New Farnley to 298-4 at home to Scholes in their delayed Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Cup semi-final.

He added 167 for the third wicket with Steve Bullen (66) as the home side built partnerships throughout, but they needed their spinners to be on form to dismiss their Huddersfield League visitors for 159 after Brad Birkhead (50) and Mitchell Slattery (16) had put on 73 for the first wicket.

Conor Harvey (3-21 and 50no) starred in the final as Townville defeated Morley by seven wickets in the Bradford Premier League’s rain-hit Group A T20 finals day at Bradford & Bingley.

Morley surprised Woodlands in the first semi-final, which was reduced to 12 overs per side, while Townville comprehensively defeated New Farnley’s second strings in the second.