House Beat Haslingden To Stay Top!
House increased their lead at the top of the table to 15 points after beating Haslingden by 5 wickets in a rain affected game at Liverpool Road. Jon Finch took 6-24 as Haslingden made 142-9 in what was a 44 overs aside game. Professional Phil Hayes survived an early chance to make 38, Muneeb Ahmed 22, Mo Imtiaz 21 and Sam Kershaw 15.
In reply House opened up with a stand of 56, Joe Martin (40) and Ben Heap (27), Francios hit 34, passing 500 runs for the season and Fergus Bailey made an unbeaten 16 as victory was achieved with more than 3 overs to spare. Scorecard
| P | W | T | L | NR | BatBP | BowBP | Adj | Pts | |||
| 1 | Lowerhouse | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 175 | |
| 2 | Todmorden | 18 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 160 | |
| 3 | Accrington | 18 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 157 | |
| 4 | Church | 18 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 132 | |
| 5 | Ramsbottom | 18 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 130 | |
| 6 | Rawtenstall | 18 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 128 | |
| 7 | Haslingden | 18 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 126 | |
| 8 | Bacup | 18 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 119 | |
| 9 | Enfield | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 118 | |
| 10 | Nelson | 18 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 106 | |
| 11 | Burnley | 18 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 75 | |
| 12 | East Lancashire | 18 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 67 | |
| 13 | Colne | 18 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 56 | |
| 14 | Rishton | 18 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 54 |
