Banbury clinched top spot in Oxfordshire Group B in the ECB Under 15 Club Championship when half-centuries from Jack Briggs and Brad Taylor helped them to an 87-run victory over Great Tew B.

They join Group C winners Oxford Downs in the quarter-finals. The other six places will be decided in the final round of matches.

Sam Bale returned 5-4 in East Hendred’s 88-run win over Cumnor B in Group E.

RESULTS

League A

Tiddington 134-3 (B Smith 53 ret. E Goode 25), Horspath 107-4.

Thame 132-2 (D Patey 52 ret, H Thomas 51 ret), Aston Rowant 115-4 (Le Quainton 31no).

League B

Shipton-u-Wychwood A 174-5 (J Davies 50 ret, H Davies 33), Minster Lovell B 64 (18.1 ovs, F Barrett 3-5).

Chipping Norton 100-5 (D Molyneux 28 no, D Shearer 4-31,) Stonesfield 83-3 (L Hanks 22 no).

Banbury 163-0 (J Briggs 50 ret, B Taylor 50 ret, T Bunting 37no), Great Tew B 76-7).

League C

Minster Lovell A 116-4, Shipton-u-Wychwood 118-1 (19.1 ovs, C Pummery 53 ret, J Knibbs 37 no).

Combe 176-8 (J Flory 38, A Malin 3-29), Bampton 54.

League D

Kennington 109-8 (J Allison 30, G Jeacock 3-25), Bicester & N Oxford 114-2 (15.2 ovs, C Hill 35, F Burton 31).

Cumnor 28 (13.2 ovs), Oxford 29-7 (10 ovs).

League E

E&W Hendred 155-2 (M Roberts 53 ret, E Hutt 34), Cumnor B 67-8 (S Bale 5-4).

Challow 114-4 (H Whitehead 31, R Pack-ham 31), Didcot 86-5 (E Matthews 41no, B Cox 3-19).

Kingston Bagpuize w/o Shrivenham.

Buscot Park 78-5 (A West 32), Abingdon Vale 81-1 (13.1 ovs, C Taylor 30no).