THE two cricket clubs leaving the Bolton League for the Greater Manchester League have both been placed in the top division of their new league.

The GMCL made their eagerly-awaited announcement this morning of which divisions the top 36 of their 52 clubs would be in next season.

Egerton and Greenmount, who are the only two of the 14 Bolton League clubs to leave to join the GMCL were both placed in the Premier Division.

Also placed in the top flight are Edgworth, Flixton and Bury who have left the Bolton Association for the GMCL.

Nine clubs chose to switch from the Association to the GMCL – with the other nine joining the BCL – with five of the other six being placed in Division One.

They are Astley and Tyldesley, Swinton Moorside, Walshaw, Winton and Worsley, while the sixth – Westleigh – have been placed in Division Two.

The full league listings are:

Premier League

Bury, Clifton, Denton St Lawrence, Denton West, Edgworth, Egerton, Flixton, Glossop, Greenmount, Heywood, Prestwich, Unsworth.

Division One

Astley and Tyldesley, Bamford Fieldhouse, Dukinfield, Elton, Radcliffe, Roe Green, Swinton Moorside, Walshaw, Winton, Woodbank, Woodhouses, Worsley.

Division Two

Brooksbottom, Denton, Droylsden, Edenfield, Flowery Field, Irlam, Stand, Stretford, Thornham, Westleigh, Whalley Range, Wythenshawe.