PROLIFIC run scorer Bill Bodycombe won't be playing York-area cricket next season.

He is returning to live at his native Middlesbrough but will commute to Joseph Rowntree School, where he is a teacher.

He has played for York and District Senior League newcomers Hemingbrough for the last six seasons and previously played for York and Bubwith.

Bodycombe announced the news at Hemingbrough's annual dinner and presentation evening at barn Hill, Howden.

The club's professional this summer is likely to be Maqsood Akbar after Mohammed Shafiq, last season's pro, has said that he would not be turning out for the village side in 2003.

Updated: 10:09 Thursday, February 27, 2003