Pudsey St Lawrence skipper Iain Priestley was pretty candid when he was asked what had pleased him about his side's season so far in the SDS Bradford League.

"Virtually nothing," he said. Having finished second in the First Division and been runners-up in the Priestley Cup last season, Saints are already out of the Priestley Cup and are equal sixth in the league.

Priestley continued: "We have been poor by our own standards. We haven't got going yet having won the first game of the season.

"And we got rained off the week after and then went out of the cup at Brighouse, where we were outplayed.

"We just haven't got a rhythm yet, but that has been difficult because of the weather.

"I have been involved in Bradford League cricket for about 20 years and cannot remember a wetter start to a season.

"The only other one was about ten years ago when we had eight games rain affected throughout the season, but even that was nothing like what is looking like the first six weeks of this season."

But it is not all doom and gloom at Tofts Road, and Priestley, after being reminded that his side are still only a win behind joint leaders Baildon and East Bierley, added: "We still have 126 points to play for, and I wouldn't start to worry about anyone getting away at the top of the table until the season is two-thirds over."

It would be nice for Priestley, and indeed all the skippers, merely to get some play in, and having spent all week on a roof getting soaked, it surely isn't too much to ask that the self-employed joiner be allowed two days' cricket (tomorrow and Monday) in the Bank Holiday weekend's double programme.

The one real postive for St Lawrence this season has been the form of teenager Mark Robertshaw.

He partnered his skipper in an unbroken sixth-wicket stand of 85 at Baildon two weeks ago tomorrow, and even though it wasn't enough to save them from eventual defeat, Priestley was delighted with the 16-year-old's promise and application.

Tomorrow Pudsey St Lawrence are at Undercliffe - "dark horses" for the title says Priestley - and on Monday they are at home to Cleckheaton.