The determined clear up was completed in time for a 25 over game to take place, and the team responded in similar determined fashion as they ripped through the visiting batting order.
Aussie Cameron Borgas claimed two wickets and when James Thornt
on had Will Appleyard caught behind by Greg Finn to bag his fourth wicket, Emley had been reduced to 42 for eight, only for the ninth wicket pair to dig in for a 21 run unbroken partnership which deprived the home side of a vital extra point.
But the final total of 63 for eight was never going to be a problem and Elland knocked the runs off in 12 overs for the loss of just two wickets, Lee Baxter leading the way with 30 not out and Ryan Robinson making 21, with the winning runs coming just minutes before the downpours returned.
Importantly, the eight wicket win came while the other four teams in the top five were kept idle on waterlogged grounds, and the five point haul takes the Hullen Edge men's total to 96.
They have now moved into into third place, two points ahead of Delph & Dobcross, and are just three points behind joint leaders Golcar and Honley with the final round of games coming up next Saturday when Elland host Skelmanthorpe.
Golcar will be at home to sixth club Micklehurst while Delph visit struggling Holmfirth.
Barkisland, whose home clash with Holmfirth was washed out, are on 92 points and therefore cannot now complete a league and cup double, but they can influence the destiny of the Championship as on the final day they visit Honley, scene of their Sykes Cup triumph over Delph.
If there should be a tie at the top, Golcar would take the title by virtue of having more outright wins than any of their rivals.
RAIN washed out the entire Bradford League programme on Saturday, with Brighouse unable to make a start in their home Division One clash against Baildon and Lightcliffe's final Division Two game at home to Windhill also falling vicitm to the downpours.
Todmorden's Lancashire League clash at home to Bacup and Northowram Fields' home Central Yorkshire League game against Liversedge were also washed out.The full article contains 418 words and appears in Evening Courier newspaper.
