Cricketers tasted defeat since June 2008 after going down to a shock 2-1 loss against Three Pigeons in the Premier Section.

With the sides level, Three Pigeons won the decider 34-33 to make it two wins in a row, having broken their duck last week.

Cricketers set 31 in the opener, but with a three-doll start each leg, Pete Dempsey replied with a six.

Paul Townsend did the same to give them a 39 total.

Pigeons then set 31 in the next leg, and despite a six from Townsend, Cricketers’ an-chor man Den Seller was left six to take the leg, which he did in style, whipping off all six dolls.

Pigeons set 34 in the decider, which left Seller needing six to tie the leg.

However, he was unable to repeat his feat as he fell a doll short.

Father and son Dave and Paul Townsend hit 15 dolls (6-5-4) for Pigeons while John Townsend clanged off 15 dolls (4-5-6) for Cricketers.

Pete Coates and Mick Berry both smashed off 14 dolls (6-3-5) for Red Lion who beat Rowing Machine 3-0, in a 32-20, 24-21, 33-20 scoreline.

Section One side Gladiators A shocked Premier outfit George with a 3-0 win in a 31-27, 28-25, 28-26 scoreline.

Keith Weller top-scored for Gladiators with a dozen dolls (5-3-4).

Six Bells Kidlington clanged off 91 dolls to beat New Club 3-0.

Paul Sawyer (6-3-5) and Alan Goodgame (5-4-5) saw them win all three legs 31-23, 27-24, 33-27. Adrian Shepherd was top dog for New Club with 11 dolls (4-6-1).

In Section 2, Cowley Workers Shamus Hannon hit a six in his 12 dolls to beat Woodman 3-0.

Eamon Hanlon got 12 (3-5-4) in a 23-16, 21-15, 25-15 scoreline.

Red Lion Marston got off to a solid start against Punch Bowl setting 28 in the opening leg.

Punch Bowl fell ten dolls short and lost the next 25-19.

They did turn it around in the final leg winning it 23-19. Lion’s Pete Hartnett scored 14 dolls (4-6-4).

Punch Bowl’s David Leopold hit a bakers’ dozen (5-4-4).

Ronnie Wade, from Red Lion Brill, bagged 15 do-lls (5-5-5) in a 3-0 success at Kidlington Sports Club in Section 3, in a scoreline of 23-21, 24-18, 23-15.

Only three dolls separated Cricketers A Littleworth and King & Queen in Section 4, but despite the closeness of the dolls, the latter emerged victorious.

The first leg was tied 22-22, which King & Queen won after a three-stick shoot-out, squ-eezed through in the next 18-17 before winning the last 24-22. l Democrats B have withdrawn from Section 11.