Against Marsden at Westerley Lane we pulled defeat from the jaws of victory when we had the visitors on 49 for 5 chasing our 213 for 7. Hill top scored with an unbeaten 66 before the Marsden collapse. Somehow the visitors recovered to achieve victory with one over to spare at 216 for 8.
The next match was a tough call and the result showed we hardly put up a fight.
Sarfraz was the only batsman to master the Hoylandswaine attack with 58 before he fell to one of our old players, Don Bandula, and our all out score of 152 was only about half of the par for the course. The home side steamed home losing just one wicket.
Rain totally washed out play in what was a vital game against Slaithwaite but we returned to the Colne Valley the following day and convincingly beat Marsden under new captain Dave Jones who had replaced Dyson as skipper.
The home side made 132 on a difficult wicket but Sarfraz with 65 and Drysdale with an unbeaten 50 painstakingly saw us home in 43.3 overs to give us six vital points and open a small gap between us and relegation. Drysdale reached his milestone of 500 runs.