Anyone turning up late afternoon for tea at the Pudsey St Lawrence players' reunion yesterday may not have seen any cricket.

The Tofts Road stars of the past were due to sit down for a fine array of pizza slices, sandwiches, cakes and buns at 5.30pm.

But so comprehensively were under-strength Saints outplayed by leaders Woodlands that the action on the field finished at 5.02pm.

Scott Richardson reached his half-century by cutting the last delivery of the visitors' innings behind square for a boundary.

But even more influential to the outcome of the match after Woodlands had won the toss on a helpful wicket was Pieter Swanepoel.

Umpire Phil Radcliffe described the South African-born former Yorkshire bowler as "unplayable for his first ten overs".

And the 30-year-old finished with figures of 15-8-18-5 after bowling through from the Chapeltown end.

Swanepoel, who played two matches for Yorkshire in 2003, said: "The toss was very, very important. It seamed off the wicket and our bowling is our strength.

"Last Sunday I bowled well too. I am in a good rhythm at the moment and the ball is coming out nicely."

By taking five wickets, the Paarl-born medium-fast bowler had plenty of opportunity to send batsmen on the way to the pavilion with some choice verbals.

And Swanepoel does not hold back there. However, he confessed: "I must go and apologise for that. Batsmen get after me as they can be aggressive in the Bradford League, but I am very competitive and I get carried away sometimes."

St Lawrence may have been missing captain Andrew Doidge (injured), all-rounder Gareth Clough (on county duty with Nottinghamshire) and hard-hitting lower-order batsman Iain Priestley (on domestic duty), but it was still a fairly clinical display from Woodlands.

The only criticism of them was that they failed to bowl out Saints for around the 60 mark, the last pair of Lee Mortimer, who top-scored with 13, and Gary Severn (nine not out) putting on an innings-best 21 runs for the last wicket.

Apart from saying that Woodlands have a good bowling attack, Swanepoel also revealed the depth of camararderie that exists within the Oakenshaw team's set up.

"I haven't played in a side that has such good team spirit, and that includes Yorkshire when I was there," said the opening bowler.

As for St Lawrence, they should know more tomorrow about their prospects.

Doidge said: "I am going to Leeds General Infirmary tomorrow to find out how bad my posterior cruciate ligament injury is - hopefully it won't be as serious as before.

"We'll be without Gareth for a few weeks while the Twenty20 competition is on, but Iain should be back next week,"

Doidge added: "From being a side that batted down to eight or nine, we are now a side that bats down to six, but our top four have all scored about 400 runs each and they are good players.

"We can still win games and I don't see any reason why we can't finish fourth or fifth, but Woodlands now have that air of invincibility that Pudsey Congs used to have."

Apart from bowling, being dismissive of facing a small total (they only batted for 10.5 overs) and team spirit, Woodlands also demonstrated that they are no slouches when it comes to fielding either.

Caotain Tim Orrell might not be the fastest thing on two legs, but wicketkeeper Nicky Rushworth claimed his first five-victim haul behind the stumps (all caught) and Tosh Baker showed that he is a rival to Scott Richardson when it comes to slip catches by pouching three.

The other wickets were a simple catch in the gully to Murphy Walwyn and an lbw for Safraz Ahmed.

Richardson then drove and cut his way to 11 fours in his 53 not out and, although Sam Frankland fell caught behind after an opening stand of 50, Orrell helped to finish the job off with three fours and leave everyone with a long evening's off-the-field entertainment.