Aberdeenshire's six-wicket home victory over Stirling County at Mannofield in a match reduced to 30 overs-a-side was the only Lloyds TSB Scotland League Division One fixture to produce a result on Saturday.
And the north men's success has virtually ended Forfarshire's chances of automatic promotion after the Broughty Ferry club's home meeting with Freuchie at Forthill was cancelled due to rain.
Also postponed were the Arbroath United v West Lothian a
nd Drumpellier v Stenhousemuir matches.
Thirty overs were possible at Hamilton crescent where visitors Penicuik had reached 102 for eight against West of Scotland, but here also the weather eventually intervened and play was abandoned, much to the frustration of the home side, whose bid for an immediate return to the Premier Division is now looking increasingly unlikely.
With just two weeks of the season remaining, Forfarshire trail league leaders Aberdeenshire by 14 points, but are six points ahead of third-placed West of Scotland in the race for a play-off place.
Forthill's away fixture against Dundee High School FP at Dalnacraig in the Dukes Strathmore and Perthshire Union Premier Division on Saturday also fell victim to the weather, as did Forthill XI's scheduled home meeting with Breadalbane in the Dukes Strathmore and Perthshire Union Division One on Sunday.
This weekend's fixturesTomorrow (Saturday) - West Lothian v Forfarshire, Lloyds TSB Scotland League Division 1; Forthill v Perthshire, Dukes Strathmore and Perthshire Union Premier Division; Strathearn v Forthill XI, Dukes Strathmore and Perthshire Union Division 1.
Sunday - Dundee High School FP v Forfarshire, Centenary Cup.
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