Clayton are off the bottom of the Foster’s Halifax League Premier Division table after a stunning six-wicket success over Blackley, who began the day in second place.

Home bowler Joel Metcalfe was an inpsired form, ripping through the visitors, taking 5-52 from 15 overs, Sam Wilson’s 3-32 also helping to restrict Blackley to a paltry 92.

Clayton struggled early on and were 24-3 but Derek Lumley’s unbeaten 23 proved crucial in his side’s successful run chase.

Blackley’s defeat allowed Copley and Triangle to leapfrog them following victories over Bradshaw and new basement dwellers SBCI respectively.

Warley were made to suffer after Ben King and Nikki Hutchinson both plundered centuries for Thornton in their crushing 121-run success.

King was eventually out for 112 and Hutchinson snared on 110. Ross Soames then hit an unbeaten 55 as the total climbed to 309-2.

Warley must have realised it was a lost cause as they subsided to 188 all out, Nolan Bottomley’s 32 being their best.

Leaders Jer Lane picked up their seventh success of the season with a 59-run victory over Mytholmroyd.

Raqueeb Younas once again did the damage with the bat, this time thumping 11 fours and six sixes in 130 before becoming one of Zahid Mahmood’s five victims.

Jer's 249 was always going to be a struggle for under-strength ‘Royd, and with Junior Williams taking 4-47, the writing was on the wall and the innings fell away to 190.

Outlane suffered at the hands of Liam Dyson, who was dropped three times before cracking a superb 114 for Oxenhope, who went on to record a crushing 121-run success in Division One.

Dyson’s damaging knock included an incredible 21 fours and two sixes before he became one of  hard-working Simon Ainley’s six victims.

A total of 216 was always going to test Outlane and it proved a challenge to far as they slipped out on 95.

Queensbury drew level with second-placed Sowerby St Peter's after beating their rivals by 157 runs at Old Guy Road.

Taking first knock on a slow pitch, Queensbury were restricted to 87-5 (Jamie Priestley 48) by the wily Martin Schofield and Gareth Grogan.

The arrival of Amjad Ali saw the game change dramatically as he smashed 83 off 37 balls in half an hour.

When Schofield, who finished with 5-102, bowled Ali, Barbar Malik stepped up and registered his own half-century off 40 balls to take the total to a challenging 242.

Sowerby’s hopes of reaching their target were destroyed by under-17 quick bowler Joe Brown, playing in his first league match.

In a seven-over spell, he had Ben Watkins and Ryan Brook caught at cover and bowled Gavin Clarke at a personal cost of just 16 runs.

With Girdev Singh (4-32) taking his seasonal tally of league wickets to 25, the visitors' innings was in tatters at 28 for seven.

Dan Syme decided to attack and struck 39 off 13 balls before Singh claimed his wicket and the innings closed on 85.

Gavin and Scott Moody teamed up to good effect in Southowram’s seven-wicket win over Northowram Hedge Top.

Gavin took 4-86 and Scott 4-26 as Northowram were restricted to 181-9, Nick Hall top-scoring with 57.

Dean Crossley then took charge of the batting, firing an unbeaten 73 as the target was chased down with wickets and overs to spare.

Low Moor took over at the top of Division Two following a four-wicket success over previous incumbents Luddenden Foot.

Foot posted a reasonable 199-9, opener R Pinder doing the best with 56.

Nick Wood kept nagging away and prevented the target getting away from his side with 4-61.

Moor got off to a decent start, with Mark Mills making 50 while No 3 batsman Charles Holdsworth’s 64 gave the innings some impetus as the home side won it on 203-6.

Wibsey Park Chapel banked another 12 points following their nine-wicket success over Stainland.

The visitors were skittled for 118 before Christopher Brown saw them off with an unbeaten 63 as Chapel made 119 for the loss of Richard Hassall.

Shelf heaped further misery on bottom club Denholme Clough with a four-icket success, Robert Ramsden claiming 7-51.