CRICKET: Westbury to battle for crown with Tetsworth

7:51pm Thursday 4th September 2008

The OCA League Division 1 title race is set to go down to the wire, with Westbury and Tetsworth vying for the crown.

While Westbury were handed maximum points courtesy of a concession by Letcombe.

Fringford are virtually assured of the Division 3 title after beating Uffington by seven wickets.

Uffington were shot out for 52, John Bacon taking 4-18. Dave Macdonald then scored 43 not out as Fringford eased home.

Westcott boosted their Division 4 title hopes with an 18-run win at home to Britwell Salome.

In Division 6, Chesterton eased to a 33-run win against Hanney at Wormsley on the same pitch used a week earlier for the South Africa v PCA Masters match.

Chesterton fell to 131 all out, but Paul Hammond (4-22) and Jimmy Appleton (3-19) rolled over Hanney for 98.

There was a remarkable bowling performance by Westbury 2nd's Neil Wilkins in their Division 8 clash with Kilkenny.

Wilkins bowled 12 overs with 11 maidens, taking 5-3 in Kilkenny's 79 all out. Earlier, Westbury had stumbled to 83 all out, but it proved enough for a four-run win!

In Division 10, Westcott 2nd went down to a 90-run defeat at Faringdon 2nd.

RESULTS & FIXTURES Division 1 Westbury w/o Letcombe.

Division 2 Garsington 147 (C Needham 5-24), Marsh Gibbon 148-5 (W Platts 57).

Division 3 Brill 124 (R Blundell 4-13, D Binding 3-5), Northleach 126-2 (M Larner 56, N Ferreira 43).

Uffington 52 (J Bacon 4-18), Fringford 53-3 (D Macdonald 43no).

Division 4 Westcott 185-7 (J Tomlinson 40, R Arukgoda 36no, R Sharif 31), Britwell Salome 167 (B Tyler 41, N Humphries 30no, R Arukgoda 3-54).

Division 6 Chesterton 131 (J Appleton 32), Hanney 98 (P Hammond 4-22, S Morse 3-12, J Appleton 3-19).

Division 7 Steventon 134-9 (M Timms 3-19), Marsh Gibbon 2nd 118 (R Cross 49, W Trigg 4-30, B Granville 3-19).

Division 8 Westbury 2nd 83 (C May 4-14, G Fisher 4-35), Kilkenny 79 (N Wilkins 5-3, J Sutton 4-3).

Division 9 Oxford Rescue 2nd w/o Brill 2nd.

Division 10 Faringdon 2nd 234-5 (A Hunt 89no, A Bannister 48, N Carter 37), Westcott 2nd 144 (S Trivedi 4-19).

Saturday's fixtures Div 1: Shrivenham v Westbury.

Div 2: Kings Sutton v Marsh Gibbon.

Div 3: Fringford v C Hampden, W Ilsley v Brill.

Div 6: Freeland 2nd v Chesterton.

Div 7: Marsh Gibbon 2nd v Kings Sutton 2nd.

Div 8: Westbury 2nd v Garsington 2nd.