They beat lowly Northowram Fields by 29 runs on Saturday but a four-point haul has seem them slip further behind leaders Wrenthorpe and second-place Birstall, who both notched maximums.
With two games remaining, Methley trail Wrenthorpe by ten points and are eight points adrift of Birstall.
Openers Ryan Bradshaw and John Proud put on 121 for the first wicket in Saturday's game. Bradshaw hit 52 and Proud top-scored with 69.
And with Richard Foster (41) and Vic Craven (29) also in the runs, Methley posted a challenging 241-7.
Relegation-threatened Northowram fell short but went down fighting, thanks to a gritty 79 from Faisal Butt. Opener Rob Larner made 52.
The reply was undone by Chris Leaf, who claimed 5-68 from 17 overs. Craven chipped in with 2-58 but the lowly visitors batted out the overs to secure a valuable point in their fight to avoid the drop - denying Methley two more in the process.
Methley end the campaign with a trip to Townville on Saturday and a visit from title favourites Wrenthorpe on the final day of the season.
Saturday's Central Yorkshire League results were:
Premier Division: Birstall 345-5 (R McFarlane 146, C Williams 121, V Rathour 48), *Mirfield PC 259 (A Scholefield 67, D Jackson 64no, M Padgett 30; R McFarlane 4-39, J Carruthers 4-78); Townville 188-9 (M Baxter 58, P Hepworth 32; T Hussain 4-55), *Batley 127 (T Hussain 29; S Fazal-Khan 3-19); Wakefield Thornes 155-8 (S Tee 47, T Saha 27; S Purdy 5-53, J Tingle 3-54), Liversedge 151 (Z Haider 54; T Saha 4-50); *Methley 241-7 (J Proud 69, R Bradshaw 52, R Foster 41, V Craven 29; N Hussain 3-47, M Rushworth 3-59), Northowram Fields 212-9 (F Butt 79, R Larner 42, N Hussain 32; C Leaf 5-68); New Farnley 172 (T Suggitt 64, S Louw 31no; C Orme 6-35), *Ossett 52 (C Hosley 29no; N Johnson 5-29); *Scholes 50 (D Fernando 6-27, N Gill 4-20), Wrenthorpe 53-0 (J Inglis 39no).
Division 1: Stanley 263-2 (N Bhatti 87no, J Hunter 72, P Page 56, S Tanvir 39no), *Carlton 132 (T Taylor 68; S Tanvir 5-40); Altofts 204-8 (L Padgett 83, J Barkley 25, T Mason 25; M Carroll 8-58), *Hopton Mills 111 (M Carroll 46, D Hope 30no; L Popov 7-60); *Moorlands 161 (P James 39, A Fortis 32; D Arnolda 5-48), East Ardsley 147 (A Langley 36, T Marsden 33; P James 5-27, G Ramsden 3-30); *Wakefield SM 209-8, East Leeds 142; *Wrenthorpe 216-7, Buttershaw SP 217-8.
Division 2: *Townville 327-5 (N Bresnan 157no, J Hughes 85), Liversedge 100 (J Hughes 3-11, D Murray 3-28); *Birstall 195-9 (R Sidle 87; A Miller 7-42), Wakefield SM 129 (D Atkinson 34; A Holroyd 4-47, J Tolson 3-22); *East Ardsley 154-9 (M Pearson 57no; P Fretwell 5-37), Mirfield PC 130-9 (R Ward 56; A Pearson 6-39); Methley 85 (M Wade 25; S Hampshaw 6-34), *Gildersome 86-6 (M Jaques 3-37); *Woodkirk 210 (M Navsarka 80, S Dawber 37), Ossett 113 (R Fenwick 42; G Dawber 6-21).
Division 3: Carlton 107, *Buttershaw SP 111-5; Gildersome 45, *New Farnley 46-1; Moorlands 181-4, *Adwalton 185-4; *Stanley 41, Scholes 42-0 ; Westwood Park 90, *Wakefield Thornes 91-4.
Division 4: Hunslet Nelson 206-9, *Altofts 209-3; Hopton Mills 185, *East Leeds 186-8; Woodkirk 100-9, *Northowram 104-2; *Westwood Park 94, Adwalton 98-8.