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Cricket: Rudi rocks in Tetsworth thriller

From the archive, first published Monday 4th Aug 2003.

OCA League

Leaders Tetsworth returned to winning ways with a thrilling seven-run victory over Brill as Rudi Rock returned superb figures of 6-14, writes BRIAN STANDISH.

After setting 160 as a victory target, thanks mainly to Noel Adams (41) and the ever-consistent Del Cyrus (40), Rock reduced Brill to 29-6.

But then Colin Young (85) shared a 94-run stand with 15-year-old Jamie Hiscock as Brill stormed back into the game, only to fall just short of victory.

Hook Norton moved into second with a seven-wicket win over Garsington.

Nigel Coultman (65) top-scored in Garsington's 152 all out, Kenny Smith taking 5-29.

But Hooky reached the target with ease.

Witney Swifts were reduced to 4-5 as bottom club Shrivenham finally picked up a victory.

Swifts recovered slightly to post 97 all out, but Shrivenham got home by five wickets.

Chinnor continue to head Division 2, after a good batting performance was backed up by the bowling of Neil Lawrence (4-40) and Lee Anning (3-32) in a 48-run win over Faringdon.

Harwell moved into second place after a 110-run victory over Oxford Rescue.

Chris Love (69) and Chris Butcher (39) shared a partnership of 98 as Harwell rattled up 204-8, before Steve Oliver (4-30) and Love (4-19) rolled Rescue over for just 94.

Twyford were once again indebted to Haroon Malik, who hit 76 as they beat Eynsham by six wickets.

Horley recorded a crucial victory. beating Marsh Gibbon by 74 runs.

David Taylor top-scored with 52 not out in Horley's 191-4, before Dave Beck (5-25) and Matthew Bull (3-8) reduced Marsh Gibbon to 117 all out.

Minster Lovell were knocked off top spot in Division 3 after losing a low-scoring affair against Combe.

On a damp track, Combe were restricted to just 133-8, but in reply, Minster struggled to come to terms with the conditions, and were bowled out for just 99.

Letcombe benefited to move top with a 38 run victory at Begbroke.

Letcombe reached 148-6, thanks to a 70-partnership between Dave Bowden (52) and Pete Bryan (42).

Begbroke then crumbled to 110 all out.

A second-wicket stand of 106 between Rick Hilario (60) and Tristan Barratt (51) helped got Marcham off to a solid start against Deddington in Division 4.

Matt Launchbury smashed 94 in just 46 balls to get Marcham to 263-6.

Deddington were then rolled over for 160 in reply, Neil Cotterell taking 5-42.

Chris Allen was again in fine form for Watlington as his 3-18 and 48 not out helped his team to a four-wicket victory over Westcott.

East & West Hendred just about surrendered any chance of promotion by losing at home to lowly Kennington.

Kennington reached 188-9, despite Julian Hitchman's 5-35, but in reply, Hendred collapsed from 130-1 to 183-9 to lose by five runs. Jason Parry made 84.

In Division 5, Radley moved top of the table with a five-wicket victory over Risinghurst.

Batting first, Risinghurst found runs hard to come by as they reached 160-9, thanks mainly to Nick Poulter's 52.

In reply, Radley started slowly, but won the match with three overs to spare after an unbeaten sixth-wicket stand of 46 between Nik King (39no) and Richard Cook.

Britwell Salome stay top of Division 6 after making short work of Steventon.

They dismissed Steventon for just 100, before knocking off the runs for five wickets.

Buckland kept up the pressure with a 40-run victory over Stanton Harcourt.

Tim Duester slammed a superb century as Charlbury 2nd recorded a two-wicket victory over Minster Lovell 2nd in Division 7.

Duester hit 110 not out as Charlbury, chasing 191 for victory, recovered from 80-6 to edge home.

In Division 9, Stonesfield 2nd moved a step closer to the title with a 29-run victory over second-placed Marcham 2nd.

Ben Redknap hit 74 in Stonesfield's 194, but the star of the day was Stewart Moss, who grabbed 6-37 as Marcham were bowled out for 165 in reply.

There was an amazing game at Uffington 2nd, where they beat Yarnton by 16 runs, despite being bowled out for 44!

Jim Terry then took 6-12 as Yarnton were skittled for 28 in reply.

RESULTS

Division 1

Tetsworth 159 (N Adams 41, D Cyrus 40, R Oberholzer 3-35), Brill 152 (C Young 85, R Rock 6-14).

Garsington 152 (N Coultman 65, K Smith 5-29, A Cooper 3-16), Hook Norton 153-3 (S Richards 35, K Smith 32no, P Souch 31no).

Witney Swifts 97 (E Howe 4-38, D Lloyd 3-20), Shrivenham 98-5.

Westbury 192-4 (C Swain 66no, R Tredwell 37), Oxford Caribbean 193-6 (C May 62no, D Prosper 42).

Dvision 2

Broughton 145 (S Morgan 45), Charlbury 117 (A Parsons 4-30).

Chinnor 192 (E Janes 36, D Bloomfield 31, A Wilson 30, R King 4-44, R Marlow 3-49), Faringdon 144 (R Clarke 33no, P Tweed 33, N Lawrence 4-40, L Anning 3-32).

Eynsham 162 (P Brown 58, A Cook 4-34, I Perna 3-18), Twyford 163-4 (H Malik 76no, P Jones 3-32).

Harwell International 204-8 (C Love 69, C Butcher 39, I Headley 4-21), Oxford Rescue 94 (J Horgan 39, C Love 4-19, S Oliver 4-30).

Horley 191-4 (D Taylor 52no, J Howe 44, N Tarrant 42), Marsh Gibbon 117 (D Beck 5-25, M Bull 3-8).

Division 3

Letcombe 148-6 (D Bowden 52, P Bryan 42), Begbroke 110 (T Wyatt 33).

Uffington 91 (J Boaler 39, M Lloyd 3-30, N Poynter 3-41), Langford 95-5 (D Brook 3-27).

Combe 133-8 (A Oliver 42no, T Jarvis 3-31, M Green 3-38), Minster Lovell 99 (T Knight 3-16, D Moss 3-25).

Hailey 213-4 (N King 74, R Green 52, A Wood 42no), Oxenford 197-8 (A Brucker 69, L Bastable 38, S King 4-48).

West Witney 116 (S Williams 36, M Collins 3-22, S Gibbs 3-33), Swinbrook 103 (R Parker 38, A Smith 4-23, N Walker 4-28).

Division 4

Kennington 188-9 (A Horseman 41, S Fitches 40, J Grundy 32, J Hitchman 5-35), E & W Hendred 183-9 (J Parry 84, P Goodliffe 32, M Barwell 3-35, J Mugnaioni 3-36).

Kings Sutton 132 (R Hanks 5-22), Stonesfield 136-4 (R Garratt 81no, G Crook 3-32).

Marcham 263-6 (M Launchbury 94, R Hilario 60, T Barratt 51), Deddington 160 (G Heaven 58, D Faulkner 44, N Cotterell 5-42, S Hay 3-37).

Tetsworth 2nd 139-7 (P Bushey 47, C Thomas 3-21, A Spencer 3-42), Fringford 124-8 (D Leach 35, G Quow 3-27).

Westcott 99 (N Brown 4-12, C Allen 3-18), Watlington 103-6 (C Allen 48no).

Division 5

Cassington 235-6 (V Roberts 76, M Watts 66, B Hemingway 36, M Adams 3-29), Westbury 2nd 75 (T Linford 38, B Hemingway 3-2, I Bentley 3-34).

Chesterton 243-7 (P Hammond 58, G White 39, T McStraw 4-60), Great Horwood 2nd 154 (Miller 68, Price 3-21, P Hammond 3-22, J Dickson 3-52).

Wolvercote 79 (P Baring 4-16), Hanney 84-5 (D Carey 36).

Risinghurst 160-9 (N Poulter 52, N King 3-30, D Jones 3-48), Radley 161-5 (N King 39no, M Hopkins 36, J Thompson 4-35).

Division 6

Steventon 100 (E Webber 31, C Richardson 4-7, E Dutton 3-29), Britwell Salome 101-5.

Clifton Hampden 152 (M Richmond 48, J Crowder 4-36, B Rich 4-36), Shrivenham 2nd 89-9 (A Carter 37no, S Slater 3-18, E Oakley 3-27).

Buckland 179 (D Lewis 49, D Jackson 30, A Lawson 3-38), Stanton Harcourt 139-9 (J Viner 4-37).

Wantage 225-4 (R Berryman 81no, J Penrose 60), Eynsham 2nd 164-9 (J Rossiter 51, S Jones 31, H Hunter 6-38).

Chipping Norton 132 (N Alistun 3-33, D Wiskin 3-44), Wootton & Boars Hill 134-4 (B Lind 42).

Division 7

Minster Lovell 2nd 190-8 (D Lewis 38, N Spearman 30), Charlbury 2nd 193-8 (T Duester 110no, O Smith 3-29).

Combe 2nd 164-8 (A Sanchez 57, E Gurney 34, T Perella 4-36), Begbroke 2nd 152 (M Lazenby 69, P Gardner 4-27).

East Oxford 238-8 (Amir Faruq 72, Zogi Hussain 32, Shoab Ahmed 31no), Brill 2nd 92 ( S Ahmed 3-5, J Faruq 3-14).

Horley 2nd 132, Garsington 2nd 108.

Division 8

Faringdon 2nd 170-9 (S McDowall 52, B Miller 51, T Bowen 3-24), Hook Norton 2nd 171-8 (A Liddiard 4-23).

Kings Sutton 2nd 150-9 (M Smith 64, K Sutton 3-26), Kennington 2nd 36.

Chinnor 2nd 81 (P Ewens 30, D Trinder 4-10, P Graham 4-19), Oxford Rescue 2nd 59 (D Bird 4-11, P Ewens 3-18).

Marsh Gibbon 2nd 131 (R Perna 4-25), Twyford 2nd 120 (M Bonnet 4-50, B Timms 3-30).

Division 9

Chipping Norton 2nd 123-9 (D Hyde 32no, C Simms 30, D Lucas 4-50), Watlington 2nd 106 (R North 50, R Huxford 4-25).

Chesterton 2nd 56 (S O'Brien 3-4, T Moreby 3-24), Minster Lovell 3rd 57-0.

Stonesfield 2nd 194 (B Redknap 73, M Ogden 40no, S Henshall 3-20, D Pitcher 3-36), Marcham 2nd 165 (G Hill 37, T Hill 34no, D Pitcher 32).

Uffington 2nd 44 (M Priddy 4-3, M Sinfield 3-12), Yarnton 28 (J Terry 6-12, C Lawson 4-15).

Hanney 2nd 176 (J Bedwell 58, D Green 40, J Lowde 33, J Hankers 4-35), Westcott 2nd 127 (C Dowdeswell 58, D Green 3-8, J Lowde 3-19).

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