Overseas star Toby Findlay signs off with 86 in Woodhouse Grange’s win at Castleford
Woodhouse Grange's youthful talent produced a weekend of remarkable individual performances in some stunning victories.
On Saturday Grange's young overseas, Toby Findlay, signed off a season of success before heading back to New Zealand - his 86 top score at Castleford taking him to 1,119 Premier league runs alongside 38 league wickets.
But it was a match-winning spell of 6-14 by teenage seamer, Ryan Thompson, that sealed Woodhouse's 178-run rout of the 2025 champions.
Findlay and Jonny Shepherdson shared another century partnership then fell in successive overs. Cas' spinners initially applied the brake before Harry Gamble (52no) boosted Grange to 246-4.
Findlay and Tom Neal (3-18) destroyed the Cas top order, then Thompson came on at 34-4.
After conceding three boundaries in his first over, Thompson dismissed the six remaining Cas batsmen for just two runs with his next 23 balls as Woodhouse won at a canter.
Woodhouse 2nds made sure of topping the Prem 2 table with a seven-wicket win over Bridlington, bowling Brid out for 112, four wickets for Tom Burdett and three for Ted Baty, then winning it with a six at 117-3.
But it was ecstasy and agony for the 2nds on Sunday in the North T20 finals.
Harry Jackson smashed 12 sixes in an innings of 107 from just 49 balls against Ackworth in the semi-final to win by 13 runs.
But they lost to Manchester's Little Lever in the final, also by 13 runs.
Woodhouse 4ths beat Easingwold by 30 runs, Marcus Smith 52 and John Gilbank 3-32.
And another fine innings finished off the weekend on Sunday as 14-year old Alex Collins junior hit 100 retired, his second century of the season, in Woodhouse Grange 5ths' 146-run success at Scarborough.
Stamford Bridge grabbed a Premier League lifeline with a 75-run victory at Carlton Towers, and now go into a last-day shoot-out at home to fellow strugglers Hull Zingari.
Londesborough Park's late-season form, four wins from their last five games, took them to a convincing home win in Premier Division 2, setting York 146 then skittling the visitors for 63, Jack Cowling 4-25 and Tom Sowersby 3-26.