Title-chasing Delph face acid test

CRICKET: ROMIDA Sykes Cup finalists Delph play host to Drakes Huddersfield League premiership one pacesetters Honley tomorrow.

Grant Jones’ men, who will meet Skelmanthorpe in the final on August 8, cannot afford any more slip-ups if they are to be crowned league champions for the second time.

Defeat to Shepley last Saturday left Delph 20 points adrift of Honley.

That reverse ended a run of six consecutive wins in the premiership, but the manner of the defeat — they lost by eight wickets after being bowled out for 158 — suggested it may have been a one-off.

Lancashire all-rounder Kyle Hogg is in the XI, but experienced batsman Bruce Cruse is unavailable and John Morris from the second team steps up to take his place.


MICKLEHURST, on a high after a 57-run win over Clayton West, visit Almondbury in the Frank Platt Championship tomorrow.

Nick Lawrence was the star of the show last weekend. In a superb all-round display, he scored 52 and claimed five for 50.

The win lifted Micklehurst off the bottom of the table and, buoyed by that performance six days ago, players and officials from the Castle Lane outfit will be targeting a repeat performance.


WOODHOUSES will be looking to maintain their assault on the Lancashire County League title tomorrow.

The Medlock Road outfit will be fixing their sights on maximum points when they visit second-from-bottom Woodbank.

Mike Cassidy’s side, who held their nerve in a thrilling six-run victory over Dukinfield last weekend, are third in the table, 10 points adrift of high-flying Glossop.