Accrington took over at the top of the Lancashire League on a soggy Sunday as they crushed East Lancashire at Alexandra Meadows while Lowerhouse were being rolled over at Rawtenstall.

David Pearson made 65 for the home side and professional Ockert Erasmus hit a patient 51 as East Lancs posted 208-4 from 50 overs.

The rain saw Accrington’s target reduced to 164 in 34 overs – but they didn’t hang around with Graham Lloyd hitting 71 not out and Stuart Crabtree making 54 they got home by eight wickets with nine overs and one ball to spare.

Lowerhouse were skittled for 76 at Rawtenstall as they lost their lead at the end of a bad weekend.

Defeats to Nelson in the T20 and Worsley Cup was added to by the heavy loss for Charlie Cottam’s men.

Rawtenstall made 114-7 from their 39 overs before Andrew Payne claimed 6-39 as Lowerhouse collapsed.

Church and Haslingden were foiled by the rain, although Church were well poised to get the win when the rain came down.

Haslingden were 104-8 from 29 overs and Church were in the groove at 70-1 in 19.2 overs when the players were forced off.

Nelson stunned Ramsbottom at Acre Bottom as they knocked off the champions’ total of 91 in just 18 overs.

Jamie Pilling top scored for Rammy with 23 with Neil Thompson claiming three wickets, making it nine for the weekend.

Rain meant Nelson couldn’t receive the minimum 20 overs – but Tom Lord opted to go for the full total and Stuart Lemon smashed 49 not out with 32 from Luke Woodcock taking the Seedhillites over the line.

Werner Coetsee claimed 6-29 as Rishton’s woes continued at Enfield.

Rishton were 110 all out with Abdul Biswoodall and Scott Greaves both making 33.

That was nowhere bear enough as Enfield dashed home with Asif Fazal making 46.

Bacup professional Jon-Jon Smuts enjoyed a fabulous day at the Horsfield as he single-handedly took Colne to the cleaners.

The South African smashed a stunning 170 and former captain Tim Farrager made 84 as Bacup piled up 316-7.

And then Smuts claimed five wickets as Colne closed on 157-7 after a long rain delay.

Todmorden claimed 10 points as they beat Burnley at Turf Moor.

Burnley posted 126-5 before professional Qaiser Abbas hit 38 not out as Todmorden reached a reduced target of 92 with one wicket down.

Burnley v Todmorden

Burnley innings
CT Burton lbw Abbas 10
MQ Ali lbw SR Barker 6
Wasim not out 48
MR Kelly c Pearson b Morgan 6
SR Brunt b A Sutcliffe 44
A Tate b Abbas 3
G Whitehead not out 0
Extras 9
Total (5 wickets) 126. Abbas 22 4 42 2, SR Barker 5 0 19 1, Morgan 9 3 27 1, A Sutcliffe 7 0 31 1. Todmorden innings
(Target: 92 from 27 overs)
SD Newbitt lbw Wasim 14
BD Sutcliffe not out 34
Abbas not out 38
Extras 6
Total (1 wickets) 92. Wasim 10.5 1 31 1, Hayman 2 0 17 0, Brunt 3 0 18 0, Capstick 5 0 26 0. Todmorden won by 9 wickets on faster scoring rate. Burnley 0, Todmorden 10.

Church v Haslingden

Haslingden innings
Hayes c and b Jamil 14
GA Knowles c Gaskill b Anwar 17
LG Ingham b Anwar 1
J Taylor c MJ Gilrane b Anwar 37
M Imtiaz c and b Jamil 10
M Ahmed b Jamil 2
G Sudworth c Greenwood b Anwar 1
J Sudworth not out 12
A Marcroft c Wolfenden b Anwar 5
JE Neary not out 0
Extras 5
Total (8 wickets, innings closed) 104. Bentley 5 2 10 0, Jamil 12 0 48 3, Anwar 10 0 44 5, PD Gilrane 2 1 1 0. Church innings
LBP Wolfenden not out 27
A Greenwood c Ingham b G Sudworth 18
Anwar not out 14
Extras 7
Total (1 wickets) 66. Neary 5 2 16 0, G Sudworth 9.2 1 40 1, Shah 5 1 10 0. No result. Church 3, Haslingden 3.

Colne v Bacup

Bacup innings
JT McGregor c Tillotson b Walker 34
AI Taylor c and b Walker 13
Smuts st Tillotson b Amjad 170
TM Farragher c and b Hunt 84
M Thompson st Tillotson b Hunt 1
H Butcher not out 1
S Thompson st Tillotson b Hunt 4
B Lord not out 1
Extras 8
Total (6 wickets) 316, Wallbank 8 1 55 0, Walker 15 3 70 2, Amjad 13 2 88 1, Lambert 4 0 24 0, Whitehead 6 0 38 0, Hunt 4 0 38 3. Colne innings
(Target: 208 from 27 overs)
JS Ellis c Warren b Smuts 1
L Rimmer run out 3
Amjad c M Thompson b Smuts 67
MJ Wilson st McGregor b Smuts 18
N Whitehead st McGregor b Smuts 0
S Tillotson c Farragher b Sipocz 0
B Patel c Sipocz b Smuts 32
EM Walker not out 32
J Lambert not out 2
Extras 2
Total (7 wickets) 157. Smuts 14 2 78 5, Sipocz 13 1 79 1. Bacup won by 50 runs on faster scoring rate. Colne 1, Bacup 10.

East Lancashire v Accrington

East Lancashire innings
DJ Pearson c Hayhurst b Zaidi 65
Minhaj Bhada c Lloyd b Ormerod 16
JPA Turner b Zaidi 37
Erasmus not out 51
MC Lomas run out 5
PB Kelly not out 16
Extras 18
Total (4 wickets) 208. Hayhurst 10 0 50 0, Ali 4 0 9 0, Zaidi 22 1 101 2, Ormerod 14 3 37 1. Accrington innings
(Target: 160 from 34 overs)
SPS Crabtree c Kelly b Erasmus 54
AM Greenwood st Egan b Bolton 8
GD Lloyd not out 71
Zaidi not out 13
Extras 15
Total (2 wickets) 161. Bolton 6 1 26 1, Erasmus 7.5 0 47 1, Chester 3 0 21 0, NJ Turner 3 0 17 0, DCT Turner 2 0 23 0, Kelly 3 0 24 0. Accrington won by 8 wickets on faster scoring rate. East Lancashire 0, Accrington 10.

Enfield v Rishton

Rishton innings
A Bisoodwall st Wrigley b Coetsee 33
A Ali Sartaj c Wilkinson b Afzal 8
Silva b Coetsee 8
L McVarish c Wilkinson b Afzal 4
SP Greaves c Wrigley b Coetsee 33
S Hutchinson lbw Coetsee 3
G Wyse lbw Coetsee 10
M Nuttall not out 2
J Brown c Hussain b Afzal 1
L Sawyer b Afzal 0
J Fenn c H Fazal b Coetsee 1
Extras 7
Total (10 wickets) 110. H Fazal 11 2 43 0, Coetsee 21.5 8 29 6, Afzal 11 1 37 4. Enfield innings
(Target: 81 from 32 overs)
A Fazal c Wyse b Hutchinson 46
H Fazal c Sawyer b Wyse 3
Coetsee not out 26
J Wrigley not out 1
Extras 5
Total (2 wickets) 81. Silva 8 2 20 0, Wyse 4 0 18 1, Sartaj 3 0 17 0, Greaves 3 0 15 0, Hutchinson 2.2 0 11 1. Enfield won by 8 wickets on faster scoring rate Enfield 12, Rishton 0.

Ramsbottom v Nelson

Ramsbottom innings
KT Webb lbw Thompson 12
J Pilling b Thompson 23
Stewart b Thompson 0
DM Bell not out 20
AW Bell st Bradley b Woodcock 8
JM Fielding not out 0
Extras 28
Total (4 wickets, innings closed) 91. Meade 5 0 20 0, Tahir 6 0 19 0, Thompson 11 2 23 3, Woodcock 10 2 27 1. Nelson innings
SR Lemon not out 49
P Dibb c Parton b Haslam 6
Woodcock c Fielding b Le Breton 32
DA Crotty c AW Bell b SEJ Read 0
SM Lemon not out 3
Extras 3
Total (3 wickets) 93. Fielding 6 1 24 0, Haslam 6 2 32 1, Le Breton 3 0 24 1, SEJ Read 3 0 12 1. Nelson won by 7 wickets. Ramsbottom 0, Nelson 10.

Rawtenstall v Lowerhouse

Rawtenstall innings
A Payne c Cottam b Haasbroek 4
DG Barlow lbw Walker 21
Dearden c Beneduce b Finch 34
J Rushmore lbw Finch 15
D Guest c Finch b Russell 2
J Kerrigan b Finch 12
M Kershaw c Whitehead b Finch 6
AE Riley not out 2
RM Shafiq not out 2
Extras 16
Total (7 wickets) 114. Haasbroek 14 4 36 1, Walker 7 2 22 1, Finch 12 3 36 4, Russell 6 1 16 1. Lowerhouse innings
(Target: 96 from 30 overs)
JA Finch c Guest b Dearden 11
JJ Whitehead lbw Payne 0
Haasbroek b Payne 14
CJ Bleazard c Riley b Payne 1
FB Bailey lbw Payne 0
CR Cottam c Kerrigan b Dearden 1
J Martin lbw Payne 5
PTBM Martin not out 19
J Beneduce c Rushmore b Roscoe 7
MJ Walker lbw Payne 1
JJ Russell c Hanson b Roscoe 1
Extras 16
Total (10 wickets) 76. Dearden 9 1 26 2, Payne 14 3 31 6, Roscoe 5.2 1 13 2. Rawtenstall won by 19 runs on faster scoring rate Rawtenstall 12, Lowerhouse 4.