Milford Hall three points from history

Milford Hall are three points away from making history as they head to Bloxwich for the final act of the Staffs Clubs season on Saturday.

Chris Millward's side are within touching distance of a championship victory that would earn their club their first ever crack at Birmingham League cricket.

Spokesman Kevin Herbert insists the club are refusing to celebrate until promotion is certain, as second-placed Brewood retain a mathematical chance of overhauling them.

If Milford fail to collect three points it would open the door for Chris Guest's Brewood, if they can pull off a maximum haul of 25 points in their final game at Penkridge.

Herbert said: "It is never over until the fat lady sings and she hasn't done so yet. We are three points away from winning the league and that is all there is to it.

"If we get those points on Saturday we can start to celebrate but until that happens we will be staying calm. We want to go out and do a good, professional job and hopefully that should be enough to give us the points we need.

"If we were to win the league it would be a first season in the Birmingham League for us, as it would for Brewood. But that's something we will discuss if it happens."

Despite Herbert's caution, his club look virtually secure in top spot unless weather prevents play at Bloxwich and allows a full game at Penkridge.

Nine wickets or 200 runs for Milford in the first innings of Saturday's match would give them the bonus points they need for the title, regardless of the result.

Guest has admits his side are now rank outsiders, after their potential title showdown against Milford last weekend was washed out.

He said: "If they get rained off and we get 25 points it would give us the title but that's probably our only real chance.

"We know it's pretty-much gone for us but we have to go out and get 25 points on Saturday just in case. It was a real shame that the game was washed out last week because then it would have been decided on the pitch.

"If they had beaten us they would have sealed it and if we had won we'd have given ourselves a real chance. But you can't do anything about the weather."

All of last weekend's games were washed out without a ball bowled.