Clitheroe need just 11 points from their final two games to become Ribblesdale League champions.

And back-to-back weekend victories suggest the Chatburn Road side are poised to end a four year wait for the title as both Clitheroe’s opponents, Ribblesdale Wanderers and Barnoldswick were dismissed for less than 100 Clitheroe edged closer to the title with a seven wicket win over Barnoldswick, a win that followed their six wicket win at Church Meadow.

Read kept in touch with a weekend double of their own.

Sunday’s eight wicket win over Oswaldtwistle was largely due to Chris Holt who hit 74 not out having also claimed four wickets in Ossie’s total of 117.

It was far closer against Barlick – the outcome settled by just a single run as the home side finally ran out of wickets.

Champions Baxenden won’t give up their crown without a fight though they can’t now retain the trophy.

They beat Edenfield and then Lewis McIntosh’s unbeaten 70 helped Ian Austin’s men to a five-wicket win at Cherry Tree.

Earby’s Matthew Haines took the individual plaudits as the Applegarth outfit gained back-to-back wins.

Haines hit a magnificent 142 from 284-4 against Padiham with 16 fours and nine sixes on Saturday.

Next day, he showed his prowess with the ball, claiming 6-38 in a 42-run success over Ribblesdale Wanderers.

Saturday scorecards

Barnoldswick v Read

Read
K O'Connor ct K Nazir b Anwar 15
C Holt b K Nazir 22
B Law b J Nazir 32
Harvey b Nichols 8
M Jamal LBW Nichols 0
G Halley ct Beech b K Nazir 5
M Whalley b K Nazir 0
J Marshall b J Nazir 7
A Rushton b J Nazir 7
W Eastham Not Out 14
E Lowes Not Out 8
Extras 26
Total (9 wickets) 144
J Nazir 14 3 51 3, A Anwar 8 3 17 1, K Nazir 14 1 47 3, R Nichols 9 4 14 2.

Barnoldswick
M Nutter LBW Harvey 0
L Hodgson LBW Harvey 28
P Beech LBW Holt 17
J Nazir ct O'Connor b Holt 2
R Nichols ct Jamal b Harvey 27
L Bedford ct Whalley b Eastham 15
K Nazir b Eastham 3
A Khan b Harvey 32
A Anwar ct Harvey b Holt 1
S Taylforth LBW Harvey 1
S Howarth-Hynes Not Out 1
Extras 16
Total (all out) 143
Harvey 13.3 4 26 5, E Lowes 7 1 19 0, W Eastham 10 1 34 2, C Holt 13 3 48 3.

Read won by 1 run.

Baxenden v Edenfield

Baxenden
C Waddington LBW Storey 15
I Austin ct and b Raheel Majeed 21
M Rishton ct Burns b Storey 11
Naeem ct Flitcroft b Smithson 34
L McIntosh Not Out 58
S Payne ct Carroll b Smithson 30
D Hothersall b Smithson 14
B Swindells Not Out 0
Extras 17
Total (6 wickets) 200
B Storey 12 1 52 2, J Lester 3 0 16 0, Majeed 17 0 76 1, G Smithson 9 2 51 3 0 1.

Edenfield
Majeed st Nixon b Naeem 91
M Burns ct Swindells b Sudworth 23
G Smithson ct McIntosh b S’worth 25
A Barnes ct McIntosh b Naeem 14
J Smith b Sudworth 12
A Bhatti b Sudworth 1
J Flitcroft b Naeem 0
J Lester run out 0
L Paul Not Out 6
G Carroll ct Rishton b Naeem 0
Extras 4
Total (9 wickets) 176
L McIntosh 1 0 9 0, Naeem 20 1 73 4, S Molloy 6 0 20 0, G Sudworth 14 0 70 4.

Baxenden won by 24 runs.

Oswaldtwistle Immanuel v Great Harwood

Great Harwood
A Armer Not Out 17
L Theaker Not Out 1
Extras 0
Total (0 wickets) 18
S Sipocz 2.5 0 17 0, I Abid 2 1 1 0.

Oswaldtwistle Immanuel DNB Abandoned.

Ribblesdale Wanderers v Clitheroe

Ribblesdale Wanderers
Sabir LBW Marquet 6
C Hall b Marquet 19
R Gladwin b Butt 31
R Lloyd LBW Butt 3
J Hopkins ct and b Butt 3
M Briggs LBW Asad 16
M Peel ct Gaskell b Asad 2
S Kerr Not Out 10
M Pratt b Marquet 1
L Nuttall run out 0
I Britcliffe b Asad 0
Extras 3
Total (all out) 94
Asad 16.3 6 45 3, J Marquet 9 3 18 3, F Butt 13 7 28 3.

Clitheroe
P Dibb LBW Britcliffe 17
T Le Breton LBW Britcliffe 32
Asad b Sabir 12
N Ashraf b Sabir 0
N Bolton Not Out 12
J McDowell Not Out 0
Extras 13
Total (4 wickets) 95
L Nuttall 6 1 15 0, Sabir 13 5 34 2, I Britcliffe 10.3 3 35 2.

Clitheroe won by 6 wickets.

Sunday scorecards

Cherry Tree v Baxenden

Cherry Tree
M Hadfield st Nixon b Payne 80
Turner ct Payne b Naeem 12
S Friend ct Molloy b Naeem 30
J Bolton run out 18
M Friend st Nixon b Naeem 12
N Boyle st Nixon b Naeem 0
A Robinson ct Naeem b Payne 10
D Lord Not Out 12
J Baldwin Not Out 2
Extras 8
Total (7 wickets) 184
S Molloy 6 0 36 0, Naeem 22 3 55 4, G Sudworth 10 1 45 0, S Payne 7 0 40 2.

Baxenden
C Waddington b Baldwin 15
I Austin ct M Friend b Baldwin 1
M Rishton run out 23
Naeem ct M Friend b Sudnik 11
L McIntosh Not Out 70
S Payne ct M Friend b Humphreys 17
D Hothersall Not Out 41
Extras 10
Total (5 wickets) 188
D Lord 9 1 41 0, J Baldwin 7 1 20 2, R Humphreys 12 2 46 1, A Sudnik 14.5 1 67 1, M Hadfield 1 0 9 0.

Baxenden won by 5 wickets.

Earby v Ribblesdale Wanderers

Earby
Craig Walton b Sabir 58
Chris Walton b Britcliffe 65
Azmat ct Hall b Sabir 37
M Haines LBW Sabir 0
A Pollard LBW Britcliffe 16
R Craddock Not Out 29
C Bowker ct Gladwin b Sabir 14
M Down Not Out 5
Extras 16
Total (6 wickets) 240
I Britcliffe 10 1 56 2, L Nuttall 3 0 25 0, Sabir 20 3 86 4, M Pratt 12 0 60 0.

Ribblesdale Wanderers
C Hall ct Azmat b Craddock 0
A Marsh b Craddock 22
Sabir LBW Haines 83
R Gladwin LBW Azmat 15
M Clarkson ct Craig Walton b Azmat 0
M Briggs LBW Haines 24
S Kerr b Haines 36
M Pratt b Haines 0
R Clarkson LBW Haines 5
L Nuttall b Haines 4
I Britcliffe Not Out 1
Extras 8
Total (all out) 198
R Craddock 11 2 46 2, Azmat 22 1 110 2, M Haines 11.4 1 38 6.

Earby won by 42 runs.

Edenfield v Padiham

Edenfield
Majeed ct Hall b Ahmed 60
M Burns ct Clarke b Siddique 9
G Smithson ct Shirtcliffe b Ahmed 5
A Barnes ct Shirtcliffe b Ahmed 14
J Smith st Kelly b Siddique 30
A Keir b Meehan 34
J Flitcroft Not Out 19
L Paul Not Out 1
Extras 4
Total (6 wickets) 176
Siddique 23 8 80 2, Q Ahmed 13 2 62 3, N Ashraf 6 0 14 0, S Meehan 3 0 17 1.

Padiham
Siddique ct Smithson b Slinger 1
U Saddique LBW Slinger 13
J Bushell ct Smithson b Slinger 14
C Clarke run out 35
P Shirtcliffe b Majeed 23
S Meehan b Slinger 42
L Anderson ct Barnes b Slinger 3
N Ashraf Not Out 3
A Hall Not Out 1
Extras 0
Total (7 wickets) 141
B Storey 11 7 15 0, W Slinger 22 4 74 5, Majeed 12 0 49 1.

Edenfield won by 35 runs.

Great Harwood v Salesbury

Salesbury
W Cook b Akbar 0
R Sharples b Akbar 9
Rostron ct Haworth b Shovelton 26
J Watson b Akbar 2
P Blackman LBW Houldsworth 11
J Rawlinson ct Noon b Akbar 32
E Foster LBW Houldsworth 0
J Rawson b Maher 13
S Brown Not Out 2
G Campbell ct Howarth b Akbar 1
S Hampson b Akbar 0
Extras 23
Total (all out) 119
Akbar 15.3 2 34 6, S Maher 10 1 29 1, R Shovelton 12 5 24 1, P Houldsworth 7 3 11 2.

Great Harwood
I Haworth b Hampson 10
L Noon b Rostron 19
M Howarth ct Rostron b Hampson 26
Akbar ct Rawlinson b Foster 4
R Swanney ct and b Foster 0
P Houldsworth ct Cook b Foster 4
J Crabtree Not Out 24
R Shovelton ct Rostron b Hampson 0
S Ali ct Rostron b Brown 5
S Maher ct Rawson b Brown 30
Extras 9
Total (9 wickets) 130
Rostron 11 1 45 1, S Hampson 13 4 24 3, S Brown 14 4 44 2, E Foster 7 3 14 3 0 0.

Great Harwood won by 1 wicket.

Read v Oswaldtwistle Immanuel

Oswaldtwistle Immanuel
Cook-Martin LBW Harvey 15
O Jones LBW Harvey 10
D Metcalf LBW Eastham 43
N Payne ct O'Connor b Harvey 5
O Clare ct O'Connor b Holt 27
I Abid b Holt 0
G Metcalf b Eastham 3
A Dignan b Holt 1
S Sipocz Not Out 0
S Khan b Holt 0
M Groom b Eastham 1
Extras 12
Total (all out) 117
Harvey 12 3 30 3, A Rushton 7 0 33 0, C Holt 13 5 36 4, W Eastham 8.2 2 12 3.

Read
K O'Connor LBW Sipocz 4
C Holt Not Out 74
B Law ct Sipocz b G Metcalf 18
Harvey Not Out 19
Extras 5
Total (2 wickets) 120
I Abid 10 1 44 0, S Sipocz 4 0 25 1, G Metcalf 7 0 26 1, S Khan 3 0 17 0, O Jones 1.2 0 6 0.

Read won by 8 wickets.

Whalley v Settle

Settle
W Davidson b Younas 9
L Read b O'Neill 16
Boam b O'Neill 13
T Davidson LBW Younas 0
S Airey b O'Neill 0
A Booth b Younas 0
T Strickland ct Mahon b Younas 0
S Booth LBW Younas 8
N Cokell b O'Neill 2
R Davidson Not Out 4
A Davidson b Younas 15
Extras 6
Total (all out) 73
Younas 18.5 9 24 6, G Jones 5 1 16 0, D O'Neill 11 5 21 4, D Fitzhenry 2 0 7 0.

Whalley
M Davies ct R Davidson b Boam 24
R Lamb ct R Davidson b Boam 0
Younas b Boam 0
L Kearsley b Booth 5
R Palmer LBW T Davidson 5
D Fitzhenry ct Boam b T Davidson 0
G Jones ct Strickland b Boam 10
C Mahon b Booth 0
N Hussain ct and b Booth 14
J Galling b Boam 0
D O'Neill Not Out 2
Extras 8
Total (all out) 68
Boam 14 9 19 5, A Booth 13.1 5 27 3, T Davidson 12 5 15 2.

Settle won by 5 runs.