Huddersfield’s Joe Lumb Cup team were defeated by Barnsley in their final group game.

Both teams had already been relegated and were playing for pride and a first win of the summer, but Barnsley came out on top by 62 runs, defending a total of 212-7 by dismissing Huddersfield for 150.

Huddersfield have under-performed this season.

Injuries have affected the balance of the team with Ben Lindley and Louis Brook able to play only one match each and Alec Jakeman unable to feature.

Losing one of the four matches to rain was also crucial and meant the focus of the season shifted to survival, rather than winning the league.

Huddersfield can take heart from recent history, however.

Relegated in 2010, they won the Jack Lee Trophy in 2011, the Joe Lumb in 2012 and reached the final again in 2013.

Half the side will be too old in 2015, but Tommy Woodhead, Tom Mighall, Nathan Jones and Siraj Sajid have all shown flashes of promise this season and will be keen to move the side forward.

In warm and sunny conditions, Barnsley won the toss and elected to make first use of a low and slow wicket.

Returning from injury, Scholes’ Louis Brook struck twice in the third over, bowling Lavender and Bethel and leaving Barnsley at 5-2. Opener Sellars and Shaw Lane’s Beck Frostick then built an innings. Both capitalised on some wayward Huddersfield bowling and were 44-2 after nine.

The introduction of Kirkburton’s Matthew Crookes slowed the scoring rate. In his second over, he had Sellars bowled for 23 and was unlucky not to have Frostwick stumped shortly after.

Given a second chance, Frostwick continued to build his innings with the Barnsley skipper Shutt.

They added 31 for the fourth wicket before Shutt’s defensive innings ended, caught by Alex Rank for eight off 40 balls.

Crookes continued to bowl well, varying the flight of his slow left-armers and ended his allotted 15 overs with the impressive figures of two for 32.

He was assisted with accurate bowling from the Cannon Hall end by Upperthong’s Tom Mighall, who conceded only 10 runs off his fist spell.

Frostwick and Cherry defended well against Crookes and Mighall, but the introduction of Cartworth’s Harry Franklyn allowed Frostwick to reach his 50 in the 29th over.

Following Crookes’ accurate spell and Franklyn’s pacy left-arm seam, Huddersfield reverted to opening pair Brook and Woodhead.

However, runs continued to flow and the partnership was worth 92 before Cherry was bowled by Brook in the 45th over – Barnsley 168 for 5.

Mighall retuned for two expensive overs and Frostick reached his century in the 49th over – 138 balls and 16 boundaries.

Barnsley finished on 212-7 with 44 runs conceded by Huddersfield in the final five overs. Huddersfield had also gifted 27 extras – 20 of which were byes.

Brook hinted at what might have been this season, picking up four for 50 in his 11 overs.

Huddersfield had grounds for optimism at tea – the weather at Cawthorne was still excellent and the outfield quick.

Almondbury Wesleyans’ Tom Hinks and Clayton West’s Alex Rank got the innings off to a cautious start, with only three runs from the first five overs, before Whitlam’s left-arm pace bowled Hinks.

Skipper Toby Booth’s good form continued and he drilled Bethel’s slow left-arm and Whitlam’s seam to the boundary. Shutt then replaced Whitlam and had success with his off-breaks.

Rank was bowled for 12 in the 14th over, Bethel had Frankyn caught for no score in the 15th and then Crookes was adjudged lbw for a second-ball duck in the 16th to leave Huddersfield 48-4.

Lepton’s Jacob Mulhall arrested the collapse. He defended his wicket and allowed Booth to accumulate at the other end.

They had added 22 for the fifth wicket when Mulhall was bowled by Shutt. Brook followed in the 25th over leaving Huddersfield 76-6.

Booth brought up his 50 in the 26th over, but became Shutt’s fourth victim in the 28th (88-7).

The Huddersfield tail then wagged and inched the total towards respectability.

Meltham’s Sam Clegg and Mighall added 33 for the ninth wicket, Clegg eventually finishing with 19 and Mighall 25 as Huddersfield limped to 150 all out in the 43rd over.

Shutt’s four for 30 was the pick of the Barnsley bowling as they won by 62 runs.

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