COLNE Cricket will beat Bolton's Bar Lane to the title barring miracles.

The gap at the top is now six points with one to play after Bar Lane gained a 10-4 win against Colne Legion.

With Colne Cricket now facing a home game against Burnley's St Andrews, eight points would do it, and it would mean that Darwen Subs would have to be whitewashed by The Lane at the Two Gates ground.

Turton gained a narrow victory over Darwen Subs 10-4.

Glynn Shuttleworth from Colne Cricket will be this year's Merit winner, barring miracles from Bar Lane's Merv Yarwood.

Results: R Utility 67-0 Colne Cricket 126-14 (G Shuttleworth 21-5, D Brown 21-5); Turton 113-10 Darwen Subs 105-4 (M Page 21-13); Bar Lane 107-10 Colne Legion 79-4 (M Yarwood 21-2); East Lancs 110-8 Globe 107-6 (P Brett 21-8); St Andrews 126-14 Greenhill 66-0 (M Harrison 21-9).

P W L D Pt

Colne Cricket ... 17 13 4 0 168

Bar Lane ... 17 12 5 0 162

Globe ... 17 11 5 1 135

St Andrews ... 17 10 6 1 131

Darwen Subs... 17 11 6 0 128

East Lancs ... 17 10 7 0 128

R Utility ... 17 5 12 0 104

Turton... 17 7 9 1 103

Colne Br Leg ... 17 3 14 0 70

Greenhill ... 17 1 15 1 61

Merit

W Ave

G Shuttleworth... 16 155

M Yarwood... 15 120

A Handford... 13 67

J Bentley... 13 85

A Starkie... 9 71

P Brett... 10 62

J Mort... 10 50

D Fryer... 8 50

L Evans... 10 49

B Howarth... 9 48

D Whittle... 8 48

A Croxhall... 10 44

S Clamp... 11 41

G Schofield... 8 38

M Woodworth... 10 37

P Wilkinson... 9 36

B Driver... 3 35

A Pilkington... 8 32

N Harvey... 9 30

C Slater... 3 30