Oxfordshire's first team were whitewashed 15-0 by Kent in their Inter County Championship match at Gillingham.

Kent fielded a powerful side for the Division 1C contest, including three former national champions.

However, there was much better news of Oxon 2nd, who were a match point away from beating Kent 3rd in Division 3C at the same venue, but fell 8-7.

David Andrew and Andy Purrott held match point at 20-19 in the deciding game of their men's doubles but lost 22-20, giving Kent their winning eighth rubber.

Oxon then took all three mixed but Kent had already passed the winning post.

Earlier, Andrew had been involved in a long singles which he lost 21-19 in the decider.

At Abingdon, Oxon under 17s went down 14-6 to Sussex.

The only home player to make a real dent was Oxford's Jonathan Campbell, who was unbeaten with a singles win, two doubles with James Mignanelli, and a mixed with Lauren Cooper.

It was a case of five out of six as Becky Lees and Dominique Newman led North Abingdon to two 6-3 wins in Women's Division 1 of the Oxford and District League. North beat both Oxford Brookes and Leys, but the Brookes No 1 pair of Sara Mason and Chiaki Murayama overcame Lees and Newman to gain all their team's rubbers.

In Mixed Division 2, there were no unbeaten pairs as Abingdon B beat Evenlode A 5-4, while Matt Asprey and Sara Mason won three times for Oxford Brookes as they fell to Gosford Hill B OXFORD LEAGUE RESULTS.

Women's Div 1: Oxford Brookes 3, North Abingdon 6; Leys 3, North Abingdon 6. Div 2: Oxford University 7, Harwell 2.

Mixed Div 2: Evenlode A 4, Abingdon B 5; Oxford Brookes 3, Evenlode A 6; Oxford Brookes 4, Gosford Hill B 5. Div 3: Oxford 5, Park B 4.

Men's Div 2: Leys A 0, Abingdon B 9; Headington B 4, Leys A 5. Div 5: Oxford Brookes 7, Oxford B 2.

The opening men's doubles turned out to be the deciding factor when North Abingdon and Didcot Power Station met in Division 1 of the Wallingford Three Disciplines League. Power's Mignanelli and Richard Lewington took two 15-9 games from Santo Orlando and Simon Wareing as Power emerged with a 156-155 victory Even the least of the four mixed doubles reflected the closeness of the match when the pairs halved, Lewington and Jo Mellor winning 15-14, Orlando and Jane Bowen-Morris responding 15-13.

Harwell A were trailing Abingdon 123-120 going into the last match of the evening. Harwell's Dave Bolus and Susan Holdroyd won the opener 15-7.

But John Martin and Kay Hardie replied 15-4 for a 145-139 win to Abingdon.