A plastic table played a bizarre part in Farsley's victory over Mirfield on Saturday in Division One of the Specialist Ducting Supplies Bradford League.

Farsley only needed eight to win with eight wickets in hand and some 18 overs left when Mirfield's Neil Parkinson injured his knee while fielding.

The pain was so intense that Parkinson could not be moved from his position at mid-off until an ambulance arrived, so a plastic table was brought on to protect the fielder from being hit by the ball.

There was no question that Farsley would win so Mirfield's Andrew Kaye bowled two deliberate wides to hand the home team their victory and prepare the way for the ambulance.

Mirfield chairman David Walker said: "Neil was taken to Bradford Royal Infirmary for an X-ray and nothing is broken. But he was in so much pain that further examination by an orthopaedic surgeon will be needed today."

The visitors did well to reach 157 after being 69 for seven, but Asim Munir (55no), Ian Philliskirk (45) and Ashley Metcalfe (20no) made light of that total as Farsley triumphed.

The new Premiership soccer season was barely underway, but already leaders Pudsey Congs had polished off Yeadon at the Britannia Ground. Second-from-bottom Yeadon only managed 70, and Naveed Rana-ul-Hassan again proved their destroyer, taking eight for 27.

Congs, never a team to hang around when they have the scent of victory in their nostrils, knocked off the required runs in a mere 63 balls.

Spen Victoria are their main challengers now after a thrilling victory at East Bierley. Needing 228, the visitors made it off the penultimate ball by two wickets, thanks to an unbroken stand of 50 between Peter Jackson (32no) and skipper Ian Wood (30no).

Undercliffe's match at Baildon attracted a decent crowd, and the hosts are well in the hunt for third place after their six-wicket victory.

Only lower-order resistance by skipper Martin Kellaway and Richard Elphee helped Undercliffe make 153 for nine as Azar Abbas (4-28) and Mushtaq Ahmed (4-26) proved both deadly and economical.

Baildon's early batsman took them to a verge of a comfortable victory, opener Paul Spragg making 48 and captain Simon Davies 51.

At the bottom of the table, Gomersal's position again looks perilous after their seven-wicket defeat at Idle, who are only two places above them.

Ben Graham (42) and Steve Pollard (40) grafted in the face of another long and accurate spell by Ijaz Ahmed, but Gomersal then collapsed from 87 for one to 163 all out.

Ahmed took four for 48 and although leg-spinner Steve Lawrence went for more than five runs an over, he also took five wickets.

Idle opener Mark Gilliver fretted more than he should have over 66 not out, which included some choice boundaries, and he was well supported by Mick Stevenson, Lawrence and particularly by Mohammed Salman, whose 39 not out came off only 27 balls and included five fours and two sixes.

Cleckheaton, like Farsley, also needed a boost and got it by holding their nerve to defeat Pudsey St Lawrence at Moorend.

Saints were 200 for four chasing 255, but fell 27 runs short of victory as Ian Austin (6-46) and Faisal Irfan (4-76) shared the wickets.

Austin had an excellent match all round, scoring 100 not out as Cleckheaton totalled 254 for four, openers Adam Patel (52) and Andrew Gale (32) putting on 78 and James Marshall (35no) helping to add 144 unbroken with the former England one-day star.

Hanging Heaton lost their first two wickets for five at Woodlands, but still won by six wickets. Jordan Anderson and Javed Umarji both departed for ducks, but Ishmail Dawood (60no), Steve Bethel (58no) and Jayson Hopkins (58) then made it an expensive day on the collection front.

Nick Summerscales celebrated his call-up to the Bradford League side with four for 49 and the equally accurate left-arm spinner Simon Purdy took four for 56 as Woodlands were dismissed for 187.

Esholt's Viveck Mahajan won the race to 1,000 runs with his 58 in their two-wicket defeat at Bankfoot in Division Two.

That put him on 1,005, but Richard Robinson, who had 957 before the start of play, only made two for Brighouse as they fell to a shock six-wicket loss at home to Windhill.

Brighouse were shot out for 91, of which Jamie Marchant made 34, as Kashif Ali took eight for 41 bowling unchanged. Opener Darren Drake then made 48 for Windhill.