Mick Pyrah, father of Yorkshire player Richard, emerged as an unlikely hero as Woodlands re-tained their SDS Bradford League Division One title.

The leaders had to endure some uncomfortable mo-ments before securing the victory they needed at Sal-taire to deny chasing duo Pudsey Congs and Pud-sey St Lawrence, who both won.

For example, Woodlands were 15 for two and 95 for five before posting 218, and Saltaire were 65 for one in reply.

However, one of the turning points was when aggressive Saltaire opener Gharib Razak was caught out by substitute fielder Pyrah senior off his son's bowling.

On the field for the injured Murphy Walwyn - who suffered a facial injury after a mid-pitch collision with fellow batsman Tim Orrell and faced a three-hour wait for treatment at Bradford Royal Infirmary - the 49-year-old caught Razak out at long on.

Razak, more than any of his team-mates, was the batsman who threatened to take the match away from the prospective champions.

He had hit five fours and four threes in his 41, made off only 54 balls, and added 63 for the second wicket with Tabassum Bhatti (21).

Imran Arif again showed his improvement with the bat by making a defiant 24 late on but the result was never in doubt once Razak had been dismissed, Saltaire losing their last nine wickets for just 56 runs.

Woodlands thus added the league title to the Priestley Cup on a day when their second team won Division One, and delighted skipper Orrell said: "Saltaire went for their shots from ball one but we just stuck to our guns.

"We probably don't have anyone near the top of the batting averages, although we might have one or two near the top of the bowling averages, and I don't mean to sound big-headed but we are probably the most consistent team in the division.

"I lent Mick a spare kit out of my kit-bag and his catch was a turning point. As for Murphy's injury, I was looking at the ball when I was out and he must have been doing the same and I caught his cheek with my shoulder."

After Richard Pyrah's excellent 54, Orrell (46) and Adam Goldthorpe (29) pull-ed the Woodlands innings round after their middle-order slump.

Then Safraz Ahmed, drop-ped first ball when Ijaz Khan spilled a caught and bowled chance, made the off-spinner pay by hitting the first five balls off his next but one over for six.

Ahmed finished with a typically rapid 35 off 19 balls, Orrell adding: "After all that has happened here, it just goes to show that there is never a dull day playing or watching Woodlands."

Imran Arif underlined his potential by taking five for 60 for Saltaire, and Pyrah junior (5-46) and left-arm spinner Chris Brice (3-13 off 11 overs) again showed how good their accuracy and strike rate is with the ball.

Pudsey St Lawrence's 20 points at home to Idle wasn't enough for second place thanks to Congs' 18 points at Hanging Heaton.

Gareth Clough (56), James Smith (55) and Gary Fellows (50) all scored half-centuries in Saints' 259 for nine, Chris Marsden taking three for ten and Clough three for 25 as Idle were dismissed for 99.

Elsewhere, Cleckheaton only picked up four points at home to already-relegated Keighley but that was enough to send down Mor-ley, who needed a full house at East Bierley but only got two as Richard Gould's 71 helped condemn them to a six-wicket defeat.