New, but familiar, Division 1 leaders
Winter League
Review of the Wednesday results from Divisions 1, 3 & 5
DIVISION 1 (Lindley Lib) WEDNESDAY REVIEW
Thorpe Green resumed their familiar top of the Division 1 table position for the first time this season after an 8-0 win over Hanging Heaton A. Matters were not as conclusive as the result would lead you to believe. Yes, the winners did collect the maximum points from the three games, but with two of them being to 19 and 20 it could so easily have gone the other way. That left the losers at the bottom of the table with defeats in all three matches this season, but the closeness of this latest setback indicates better times to come.
Lower Hopton are level top, but conceded the top spot, on aggregate points, despite a third consecutive 6-2 win with a 5-point (159-164) 'Aggregate For' total responsible for separating them from the leaders. New Mill B continue to hold their own in the table after sharing the points 4-4 with Lindley BC A to stay in the top half of the table. That was the first drawn match in Division 1 this season, with a 55-53 aggregate split separating the teams.
Cowcliffe A have had a good start to the season with a 2/3 win record so far with the latest being an 8-0 win over promoted Clayton West. That pushes them into third place which is exactly where they finished last season. Interesting that there was only one win to single figures in the Division 1 Wednesday programme and that went to the Thorpe Green A pair of Greenwood & Briggs with a 21-7 scoreline.
DIVISION 3 (Springwood) WEDNESDAY REVIEW
Two teams with unbeaten records this season are setting the pace at the top of the Division 3 table. There are four points between Mirfield Old Bank and Lindley Lib B but only two points separate them in the 'Aggregate For' column (229-227). But it is points that count and the Mirfield team have them in the bag and the 'double-promotion' from Division 5 last season looks fully justified at present. An 8-0 win over Lowerhouses B left the losers in the bottom two places along with Primrose Hill Lib, with both teams still searching for their first wins of the season.
Milnsbridge A continued their good start to the season with a third win with Primrose Hill Lib being on the wrong end of an 8-0 scoreline. That leaves the Pip Hill team well adrift from a safe place along with Lowerhouses B as they occupy the two relegation places. After losing their opening two fixtures, Elland WMC A have responded by winning their last two, the latest being a 6-2 win over Lockwood Con A who they leapfrog in the table to jump into 4th place.
As in Division 1 there was only one Division 3 game score where the winner won to single figures and that went to Milnsbridge bowler Shaun Irving who beat his Primrose Hill Lib opponent 21-5.
DIVISION 5 (Milnsbridge) WEDNESDAY REVIEW
Brockholes B lose top spot in the Division 5 table despite beating Jackson Bridge 6-2 as they are overtaken by Kirkheaton C&BC who were 8-0 winners over the Brockholes A team. With the Kirkheaton C&BC C team in Division 8 also top of the pile things are looking good for the club. That could look even better if their B team improve on their 2nd place in Division 9 when they play their Friday fixture.
Meanwhile back in this Division 5 report the top two teams are careering away from the rest of the pack opening up a six-points lead after just two weeks. Thorpe Green B collected their first win of the season by beating bottom of the table Paddock I&C 6-2 and similarly, Cowcliffe B also had a first win when overcoming Outlane B by 6-2 to compensate for last week's 0-8 opener. This final match produced the biggest win of the day in the Division 5 programme. A 21-7 victory went to singles winner Peter Haythornethwaite who was the only Outlane B winner in their match against Cowcliffe B.
Use the side arrows to scroll through all 22 photos from Division 5 matches at Milnsbridge
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