LEWIS Moss edged out Darren Murray in a decider as Riley B won 4-3 at Cowley Workers in round one of the Colin Cutler Memorial Trophy.

It was level at 3-3 after the regular six frames of the Gentworks Oxford & District League handicap competition, with Cowley players receiving a 16-point start.

Moss then kept his nerve to pip Murray 56-49.

Green Road A (+8) also needed a decider to defeat Woodstock 4-3 at home, with Ray Benwell seeing off Woodstock’s Priyan Shah 78-38.

RESULTS

Colin Cutler Memorial Trophy 1st round: Oxford Bowls A 4, Oxford Bowls B 0; Riley F 5, Thame B 1; Cowley Workers 3, Riley B 4; Green Road A 4, Woodstock 3; Riley E 6, Oxford Union 0; House Club A 5, New Club A 1.