Todmorden cannot be ruled out of the Lancashire League reckoning and Simon Newbitt went past 400 runs for the season as he hit 66 against rock-bottom Rawtenstall.

Newbitt’s efforts helped Tod to 188 all out before Rawtenstall were rolled over for just 70.

And it could have been much worse for Vinny Hanson’s men as they were reduced to 24-7 before Andy Riley made 20 and Scott Wylie 17 to add a degree of respectability.

Todmorden innings
SD Newbitt b Bulcock 66
BD Sutcliffe c Hanson b Shafiq 13
Jayasinghe c Riley b Shafiq 0
N Barker lbw b Payne 7
A Sutcliffe c Hanson b R’more 11
JAL Henderson run out 16
AJ Harrison c Hanson b Bulcock 4
DL Brown c Riley b Bulcock 9
S Barker b Payne 28
M Bux b Payne 5
JNH Morgan not out 2
Extras 27
Total (10 wickets) 188

Shafiq 7 2 29 2, Rushmore 12 0 64 1, Payne 12.2 1 48 3, Bulcock 18 5 42 3

Rawtenstall innings
T Bulcock c B Sutcliffe b J’inghe 8
R Shafiq c Henderson b J’inghe 0
J R’more c Hend’n b S Barker 0
Payne lbw b S Barker 3
DG Barlow b Jayasinghe 0
A Griffiths c and b Jayasinghe 1
PV Hanson b S Barker 6
A Riley c B Sutcliffe b J’inghe 20
S Wylie b Morgan 17
L Wilcock b Morgan 2
M Barnes not out 0
Extras 13
Total (10 wickets) 70
Jayasinghe 13 5 27 5, S Barker 7 0 23 3, Morgan 5.3 0 15 2

Todmorden won by 118 runs Todmorden 12, Rawtenstall 2