THE rain and sleet on Thursday and Friday of last week ruined the possibility of play in all but three of the scheduled Taylor's Timber West Riding County Amateur League matches for Saturday – and two of those took place on 3G surfaces.

Thornton United gave their promotion hopes from Division One a boost with an 8-0 home victory over struggling Westbrook YMCA.

Ryan Stubbs, Danny Walker and Lewis Forsythe all netted twice as Marcus Davey and Brendan Maltby chipped in with one goal each to lift United up from eighth to fourth.

Wakefield City could have moved among the promotion contenders with a victory at Churwell Lions but had to be content with a point from a 2-2 draw.

Ollie Rawson scored both for City, with Andrew Megson and Lewis Hoyle replying for the hosts.

TVR United booked their semi-final berth in the Division Two Cup with a 5-1 victory at Tingley Athletic.

Acran Abbas and Nassar Hussain, with two each, and Faisal Shabiq were TVR's marksmen and they will now play Salts Reserves.

A total of 67 matches have been postponed since the turn of the year, leaving the league with a backlog.

The Premier Division Cup semi-final between Littletown and Salts, arranged for Wednesday, March 29, has had to be put back to a later date due to the Northern Counties East League game between Campion and Selby Town in Division One, postponed last Wednesday, being rearranged for the same evening.