JOE Wood has won the Timothy Taylor’s Craven League’s award as the leading Division One bowler.

The Gargrave player, who helped his team lift the league title and the Wynn Cup, took 33 wickets in league matches for 287 runs for a lowly 8.70 average, with a best performance of 6-37.

The equivalent batting award in the top flight went to Glusburn’s Abrar Sarwar, who scored 491 runs at an average of 49.10, with a top score of exactly 100.

He also won the Frank Surgenor Trophy as the leading Division One all-rounder, taking 23 wickets for 399 runs for an average of 17.35.

Cameron Knowles, from Silsden, won the Division Two batting prize with an average of 52.86, scoring 370 runs in 10 innings, three of which were not out, his best knock being 118.

Champions Bradley II mopped up both Division Four awards,with Harry Andrews taking the batting with an average of 54.40, scoring 544 runs in 14 knocks, four of which were unbeaten.

His top score was an impressive 143, while team-mate Luke Watson was the top bowler with an average of 7.24, taking 34 wickets for 246, including a best analysis of 5-7.

Haseeb Majid, of Cowling II, was the leading Division Three all-rounder, scoring 347 runs for an average of 26.69 and also taking 36 wickets for 394 at an average of 10.94.

The Division Four all-rounder, who won the Treasurer’s Trophy, was Umar Dar of Glusburn II.

He scored 455 runs for an average of 32.50 and took 22 wickets for 369 at 16.77.

Silsden’s Tom Greenwood was the leading gloveman, winning the Fryers Wicket-Keeping Trophy with 22 victims - 18 catches, three stumpings and a run out.

Reyan Hassan Ali won the Don Green Memorial Trophy as the runner-up in the leading junior category, scoring 321 runs for an average of 29.18, with a best score of 92, with 12-year-old Max Wareing (Haworth) winning the main prize.

Only one award was shared - the Mark Batty Memorial Trophy as the leading junior fielder, with Jack Middleton (Sutton) and Noah Henry (Hepworth & Idle) both scoring six points.

Gargrave were also re-presented with the First Division title - they last won it in 1950 - and the Wynn Cup, skipper Will Smith receiving both awards, while Skipton CI II again lifted the John Clayton Cup and Cowling II the Cowling Cup, defeating Bradley II in the final.

The latter were also re-presented with their Fourth Division title at the dinner, which was successfully staged at Keighley Golf Club.

All the trophies were handed over by Jane Jenkins, marketing director for Timothy Taylor’s Brewery, who have extended their sponsorship of the league until the end of 2025.