Bamford secure title without bowling a ball

Bamford Fieldhouse clinched a hat-trick of Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League titles without bowling a ball.

The Hollin Lane outfit suffered a weekend wash-out as fixtures at Hollinwood and at home to Droylsden fell victim to the wet weather.

But the eight points gathered from the drawn games was good enough for Bamford to land their fifth league title in total and their fourth in five years.

Saturday, division one: Saddleworth 73 (R Doherty 5-29), Shaw 74-5. Division two: Greenfield 137-3 (R Darby 60), Glodwick 77 (J Ashton 5-24). All other fixtures abandoned.

Sunday, division one: Bamford Fieldhouse v Droylsden ˆ no play; Hollinwood 193-2 (A Iqbal 116 not out, M Butt 53), Friarmere 161-7 (A Qayyum 63); Saddleworth 120 (N Campbell 7-74), Heyside 124-2 (R Hugo 78 not out); Moorside 79-0 (A Hussain 5-29, I Aslam 4-31), Glodwick 82-0 (I Aslam 40 not out); Stayley 133 (W Fynn 7-42), Shaw 135-2 (W Fynn 39); Uppermill 171 (Z Khan 52, P Gill 4-31), Greenfield 173-4 (A Hayes 54).

Division two: Droylsden v Bamford Fieldhouse ˆ no play; Moorside 47 (R Connolly 6-35), Glodwick 50-2; Greenfield 114, Uppermill 115-0 (G Crossley 55); Friarmere 77, Hollinwood 78-4; Heyside 202 (J Cummings 60), Saddleworth 206-4 (R Jones 105 not out, G Pemberton 45); Stayley 72, Shaw 73-1.