College Oak A recorded a famous victory over Premier Division outfit Shears.

The Section 1 side stunned their illustrious opponents when Paul Chap and Michael Wilkes gave them a 2-0 lead.

Shears hit back to level at 2-2 when Kevin Wilkins and Pete Hall (180) both triumphed.

But Martin Breakspeare and Les Radford made it 4-2 and despite losing the pairs 2-1, College Oak hung on for a 5-4 victory.

Original Swan A got their season off to a winning start with a 6-3 success at White Horse.

Tim Tricker, Peter Rouse and Jon Jukes put Swan 3-0 ahead, and although the home side hit back through Kit Young and John Fowler (180), Nick Cobb made it 4-2 before a 2-1 pairs triumph secured them victory.

RESULTS MEN’S Premier and Section 1: White Horse 3, Original Swan 6; College Oak A 5, The Shears 4. Section 2: Nuffield Lounge A 3, Butchers Arms 6; The Crown 3, Chequers Inn A 6; Three Horseshoes 4, Green Road SC 5. Section 3: Railways SC D 9, Marsh Harrier 0; Marston RBL 5, Quarry Gate 4; Cricketers A 5, Bullnose Morris 4. Section 4: Green Road Sc A 4, Shelley B 5; Folly Bridge Inn 7, Kings Arms 2. Section 5: Headington RBL 4, New Club 5; Bullnose Morris B 4, Lord Nuffield SC 5. Section 6: Original Swan B 3, Masons Arms B 6; Blackbird Bar A 5, Nufffield Arms 4; Sutton Courtenay FC 3, Marston RBL 5. Section 7: Vikings SC 6, Red Lion 3; Jack Russell 4, Kennington SC 5. Section 8: Masons Arms D 6, Fairview Inn 3; East Oxford CC 3, White House 5. Section 9: Black Swan 4, Vikings SC B 5; Golden Ball 6, Catherine Wheel B 3; Queens Head 7, Blackbird Bar B 2; Red Lion 4, J R Hospital SC A 5. Section 10: Prince of Wales 9, Prince of Wales Iffley 0; Team Monarch 4, Gladiators SC 5; Black Horse 4, Crown House Club 5.

LADIES Premier and Section 1: Crown House 3, Quarry Gate 6. Section 2: Donnington CC B 4, Berinsfield CC 5; Grove House A 6, Florence Park CC 3. Section 3: Shelley A 2, Donnington CC A 7; Sth Oxford SC 3, Railway SC 6; Cricketers Arms 6, Gladiators SC 3; Three Horseshoes 8, George Bar 1. Section 4: Red Lion 7, Nuffield A 2. Section 5: Railway SC D 5, Red Lion 4; Quarry Gate B 3, Grove House 6; Littlemore RBL 5, Six Bells B 4. Section 6: Catherine Wheel 4, Masons Arms 5; Six Bells A 1, Golden Ball A 8; Nuffield Arms 6, Jack Russell 3. Section 7: Gladiators B 5, Chequers A 4. Section 8: Rose Hill CC 7, Marston RBL 2; George B 5, Catherine Wheel 4; J R Hospital SC B 6, Red Lion 3. Section 9: Cowley CC A 3, Cricketers B 6; Vikings SC B 5, Quarry Gate 4; Prince of Wales B 5, J R Hospital SC A 4.

100-plus finishes: D Stevens 111 (Quarry Gate C, Ladies), L Radford 130 (College Oak A), D Jones (snr) 119 (Nuffield Lounge B), D Newman 110 (Railway SC D), R Reveley 108 (Chequers Inn), S Walls 107 (Nuffield Lounge A), K Coleman 100 (Crown Inn), S Willoughby 100 (Three Horseshoes).

180s:S Walls (2, Nuffield Lounge A), J Fowler (White Horse), P Hall (Shears), P Krabben (Shears), M Ord (Shears), O Highton (Shears), A Barrett (Railway SC D), D Davies (Cricketers Arms), J Clark (Vikings SC A), C Walton (Gladiators SC), N Hodge (Three Horseshoes), S Baker (Kidlington Green SC B), D Cooper (Kidlington Green SC B).