Oxford A beat Reading 4-1 in the Inter-Area Competition second round, second leg at Morris Motors to tie the match 5-5 and go through on aggregate.

Trailing 4-1 after the first leg, Oxford were given hope when Alan Oliver (10,890) took the first game.

Steven Sheard (12,840, break 12,000) continued the fightback by making it 2-0 only for Bill Trinder to pull a game back for Reading with a 4,810-4,240 victory over Jason Catter- mole.

Kevin Godfrey (6,510) put Oxford 3-1 up to set up a decider.

Reading's Paul Sainsbury opened up with 2,700, but Oxford captain Keith Sheard kept his cool to rattle up a match-winning break of 11,000 on the way to a 11,970-6,030 win.

It left Oxford 66,700-47,950 winners on aggre- gate.

MORRELLS OF OXFORD LEAGUE RESULTS

Threes semi-final: Morris Motors 4, Gladiators 2.

Scotland Ash Plate quarter-finals: Masons A 4, Shelley 1; Democrats A 3, Masons B 2; Bricklayers 2, Gladiators 3.

TONIGHT'S MATCHES

Pairs semi-finals: J Cattermole & M Jones v I Moquet & D Atkins, A Oliver & A Lacey v P Withey & S Sheard (at Portcullis).

Section 1 runners-up play-off: Democrats A v Portcullis (at Cavalier).

Knockout Cup Group B semi-final: Bricklayers v Standard (at Democrats).

Pat Webber Cup semi-finals: D Tooke v C Webb, K Gardner v D Rose (at Bricklayers).