Oxfordshire Shield

Gosford All Blacks reached the semi-finals after gaining a bye from Faringdon.

Faringdon were unable to raise a side for the quarter-final match, which was called off before the big freeze set in and postponed the other ties.

Holders Alchester, who beat Gosford in last season’s final, will now face Bicester in a BB&O Premier Division and Oxfordshire Shield double-header on December 18.

The remaining matches between Abingdon and Wheatley and Blue Boar and Harwell have yet to rescheduled.

But they must be played before the weekend of January 22 and 23.