CRICKET: Pykett and Goodman steer Tiddington to massive win

Oxford won the toss but were run ragged as the home side rattled up 264-5 before declaring after 49 overs.

Will Goodman (45) and Will Cooper (36) got the hosts’ innings off to a decent start, then Nick Pykett (68no) and Chris Goodman (54no) set up the declaration.

Oxford’s top four then scored only one run between them as John Ponsford took 4-23 from eight overs, and the visitors were all out for 80.

Tiddington 25pts, Oxford 2nd 2

Thame Town failed to win for the first time this season after being frustrated by Twyford.

Town chose to bat and reached 231 before being bowled out off the penultimate ball of the final over.

The hosts soon fell behind the required rate but kept enough wickets in hand to play out for a draw, which they achieved with their score on 192-7.

Twyford 9, Thame Town 18

Cumnor broke their duck by seeing off Wolverton Town, who have lost three in a row.

Put into bat, Town tumbled to 177 all out against Jamie Curtis (4-42), as only Babar Raja (55) held up the home bowlers.

James Fitz-John then hit 53 to set up the run chase, which was seen through by John Williams, who stroked an accomplished 67 not out in his side’s 179-4.

Cumnor 25, Wolverton Town 7

Edward Phillips (57), William Hawtin (51) and Thomas Bartlett (31) all batted well for Banbury 2nd, but the rest of the side contributed only 18 off the bat as they were bowled out for 171 at home to Great Brickhill.

Iqbal John (4-60) and Ahad Khan (3-32) did most of the damage as Banbury collapsed from 143-2.

Graeme Carter (56) and Mark Nelson (50) kick-started Brickhill’s innings, and although Stuart Barr took 3-22 they made it to 172-6 in 37 overs.

Banbury 2nd 9, Great Brickhill 25

Matt Shepherd hit 74 in Long Marston’s 201-9 at Leighton Buzzard Town.

Phil Whatmore also scored 74, but he was unbeaten as Town reached 202-7 in the 45th over.

Leighton Buzzard Town 25, Long Marston 11

DIVISION 2

• Challow’s Connor Jones is bowled by Simon Smith Pictures: Steve Wheeler

SANDFORD St Martin blocked out for a draw at home to Challow & Childrey as they struggle to come to terms with life back in the second tier.

After electing to field, Sandford made early inroads through Daniel Jason Smith (3-33), and would have fancied their chances once opener Ryan Gordon was out just after reaching his 50.

However, a 112-run fourth wicket partnership between Tim Linnane (79) and Luke Jones (24) put Challow in command, and despite losing a flurry of late wickets they still earned maximum batting points by posting 227-9.

Any hopes Sandford had of challenging for victory were blown away by opening bowlers Luke Jones (4-28) and Conor Jones (4-48), who reduced them to 50-5.

Challow were then frustrated by Tim Rothwell (26) and Oliver Ong (38no), who added 57 for the sixth wicket, and the tail, which wagged just long enough to secure a draw on 149-9.

The division is being led by three second teams, who have won their matches, with the seven first XIs struggling to find any consistency.

• Sandford’s Tom Rothwell whips off the bails to run out Chris Warboys

Challow face Aston Rowant 2nd this weekend, a contest that will help establish both teams’ promotion credentials.

Promoted Sandford, who have lost their other two games this term, travel to Bledlow Village in a bid to find that elusive first win.

Sandford St Martin 6pts, Challow & Childrey 20

Lawrence Brock took 9-49 from 17 devastating overs as Great & Little Tew 2nd maintained their 100 per cent winning start at the expense of Bledlow Village.

Kevin Taylor denied his teammate the chance of taking all ten when he claimed the final wicket of Lewis Craker, caught by Lawrence’s brother, Lloyd.

Seven of his Lawrence’s victims were bowled and one trapped leg before in a sensational display.

Bledlow’s final score of 118 was never going to be enough as Tew cruised to 119-2, Markus Jeacock falling for 51 just before victory was confirmed.

Great & Little Tew 2nd 25pts, Bledlow Village 3

Chris Eaton stroked a fine 107 from 156 balls as Aston Rowant 2nd beat Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts to join Tew at the top.

Rowant closed on 213-8 from their 53 overs, with Ben Knowler (32) the only other contributor of note.

All of Nondies’ top order got going, but got out against Linsey Smith (5-26) and Wes Morrick (4-46), and they fell away to 165 all out.

Aston Rowant 2nd 25, Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts 5

Six Abingdon Vale batsmen were out for ducks as Mark Skelton and Adam Krol ripped through their lower order on behalf of Horspath 2nd.

Skelton finished with 4-21 while Krol bowled 20 deliveries, took a hat-trick and did not concede a run.

Dominic O’Connor then hit 55 in the home side’s 114-4.

Horspath 2nd 25, Abingdon Vale 5

Wasim Mehmood took 4-25 from 15 overs to bowl Oxford Downs to their first win in a tight finish at Didcot.

Downs were in trouble early on, before being rescued by Will Watts (64) and number nine Harry Sutton (49). Aiden Kammel finished with 4-20.

The visitors’ final score of 159 did not look enough when Didcot opener Simon Pritchard hit 40, but Mehmood’s introduction changed the match and the hosts were all out for 150.

Didcot 7, Oxford Downs 25

DIVISION 3

MATTHEW Walmsley-Pace produced an outstanding individual display to keep up Cropredy’s impressive start.

First, he hit 132 in his team’s 238-7 at Buckingham Town 2nd, then he took 5-19 from nine overs as the hosts crumbled to 140 all out.

Jacob Heath was Cropredy’s other hero, taking 4-32 including the winning wicket.

Buckingham Town 2nd 5pts, Cropredy 25

Ball dominated bat at Oxford Downs 2nd, where the home side were bowled out for 85 in reply to Blewbury & Wallingford’s 127.

Nick Rivett (5-50) and Steve Roberts (3-34) did the damage for Downs, but their efforts were in vain as Scott Harris collected 5-34 and Charlie Sutton picked up 3-15 to earn Blewbury maximum points.

Oxford Downs 2nd 5, Blewbury & Wallingford 25

Horley may regret not declaring after amassing 273-9, only to run out of time when trying to bowl out Shipton-under-Wychwood 2nd.

David Taylor hit 75 and Dave Clark crashed 71 for the home side, while Paul Hemming took 5-58 for Shipton.

Russell Hayes top-scored with 50 in Shipton’s 194-8.

Horley 19, Shipton-under-Wychwood 2nd 8

Richard Simpson took 5-29 as Bicester & North Oxford earned their first win by beating Dinton 2nd – but only just.

Dinton looked doomed after being bowled out for 121, especially when Bicester reached 74-1.

But they faltered once Joe Moorman was out for 43, eventually making it to 122-8 despite the best efforts of Ollie Chaplin (5-20).

Bicester & North Oxford 25, Dinton 2nd 9

Pip Webb hit 103 for Cublington, and so out-scored the entire Banbury 3rd team.

Paul Hill took 3-45 for Banbury, who managed only 86 in reply to a target of 176.

Cublington 25, Banbury 3rd 5

DIVISION 4

MERLIN Vaughan hit seven fours and three sixes in his 70 and Jeff Higgs helped himself to 45 as Tiddington 2nd raced to 250-9 dec from 52 overs at Witney Mills.

The hosts put up a fight after the interval through Pete Claridge (48) and Oliver Burney (45), but Vaughan took 3-40 and Mills fell well short on 207-8.

Tiddington 2nd 19pts, Witney Mills 8

Great Brickhill 2nd made hay at home to Kingston Bagpuize, amassing 272-7 before declaring.

Adam Harwood hit 67 and Richard Winchester made 46.

Toby Ricks then scored 41 for Kingston, but James Clark took 4-35 and they were left to cling on for a draw at 157-8.

Great Brickhill 2nd 19, Kingston Bagpuize 2nd 5

Joshua Rowland took 5-15 and Keith Cartwright collected 4-20 as Kimble crashed to 82 all out at home to Brackley.

Earlier Robert Cartwright (44), Eric Carpenter (33) and Rowland (32no) had helped Brackley reach 179-7.

Kimble 3, Brackley 25

Joe Brown’s magnificent 147 not out propelled Stokenchurch to an astonishing three-wicket win at Chearsley.

Before tea a 108-run opening partnership between Andy Crichton (57) and James Veness (45) had set Chearsley on their way, before Neil Davies (54) steered them to 234-4.

The visitors were 7-2 when Brown came in, and 236-7 with 11 balls in hand at the close.

Chearsley 12, Stokenchurch 25

Alfie Ruston (62) and a late flurry from James Raine (47no) saw Leighton Buzzard Town 2nd to 237-9 at Bletchley Town.

Yogesh Mistry (5-18) then reduced Town to 60-8, and despite late resistance they were all out for 115.

Bletchley Tn 5, L Buzzard Tn 2nd 25

DIVISION 5

PAUL Butcher bagged 6-14 from a superb 8.2-over spell to send Cumnor 2nd crashing from 102-2 and 120-3 to 151 all out at Abingdon Vale 2nd.

The scoring dried up once opener Tom Parsons had been removed for 72.

Openers Tom Allen (51) and Charles Smook (30) started well, but the rest of the home batsmen made heavy weather of reaching 152-7.

Abingdon Vale 2nd 25pts, Cumnor 2nd 9

Aston Rowant 3rd won the toss, chose to bat and were promptly rolled over for only 38 at Long Marston 2nd.

Only extras (11) reached double figures as Sam Woodruff took 5-12 and Simon McLeman 4-18.

Marston knocked off the required runs without loss to leave Rowant pointless.

Long Marston 2nd 25, Aston Rowant 3rd 0

Twyford 2nd fared little better than Rowant, tumbling to 56 all out at Thame Town 2nd.

Ian McStay took 5-12.

Earlier, Thame had shown run-scoring was possible, posting 184-6 through Andy Jinman (56) and Ben Warwick (35). Nathan Perna had been the pick of the visiting attack, taking 5-42.

Thame Tn 2nd 25, Twyford 2nd 2

Muhammad Hassan hit 50 for Oxford 3rd in their 188 all out at rivals East Oxford.

Chetan Walia (4-14) and Usman Wahid (3-25) then worked their way through the card to leave the hosts humbled on 71 all out.

East Oxford 5, Oxford 3rd 25

Asad Rafiq made early inroads before returning to mop up the tail and finish with 4-38 for Horspath 3rd, who won at Bledlow Ridge.

Phil Brooks hit 43 for the home side, who were all out for 152 in reply to Horspath’s 197.

Opener Luke Finch had led the way for the visitors, hitting 11 fours in his 77.

Bledlow Ridge 7, Horspath 3rd 25

DIVISIONS 6-9

HARRY Kent hit 107 as Challow & Childrey 2nd beat Sandford St Martin 2nd by eight wickets in Division 6.

Ian Reynolds (67) and Colin Simpson (65) put on 130 for Sandford’s opening wicket, but they fell away and ended on 201-8.

And Kent’s fine knock saw Challow pass their target in the 40th over, with Nigel Hill (51no) finishing the job off.

Dave Freeman carried his bat for Great & Little Tew 3rd in their game at home to Didcot 2nd, but his efforts proved in vain.

The opener finished unbeaten on 55 as Tew were shot out for 99, before the visitors made light work of their target.

Andy Griffiths (5-34) and Kunal Patel (4-32) starred for Didcot.

Nick Moorman fell for 96 as Bicester & North Oxford 2nd cruised to victory against Brackley 2nd in Division 7.

Moorman starred in Bicester’s 183-4, before Lydia Harris took 4-4 off three overs to wrap up a 98-run victory.

In Division 8, Blewbury & Wallingford 2nd bowlers Joey Edwards (6-8) and Campbell Garland (4-10) shot out Banbury 5th for just 26. Blewbury won by nine wickets.

Toby Parker was unbeaten on 103 as Great & Little Tew 4th beat Shipton-under-Wychwood 4th by four wickets in Division 9.