Church were big winners as they hammered Rishton by nine wickets at Blackburn Road.

Rishton innings

CR Lambert lbw b Wolfenden 14
K Andrews c Hussain b Bentley 17
CA Smith run out 0
Agathagelou c and b Woodcock 20
T Hamill c Mirza b Woodcock 30
M Patel st Tucker b Woodcock 7
JB Seedle not out 37
SJ Hacking c and b Woodcock 9
M Lambert c Mirza b Woodcock 2
G Wyse not out 1
Extras 23
Total (8 wickets) 160
Bentley 21 2 72 1, Wolfenden 7 3 7 1, Woodcock 18 1 59 5, Gilrane 4 1 15 0.

Church innings

A Mirza not out 69
CM Fergusson c and b Seedle 25
Woodcock not out 53
Extras 16
Total (1 wickets) 163
Hutchinson 9 0 61 0, M Lambert 4 0 15 0, Seedle 6 0 37 1, Agathagelou 6 0 30 0, Wyse 7 1 16 0.

Church won by 9 wickets. Rishton 0, Church 10.