PURTON suffered their first Wiltshire League Division One defeat of the season when they went down at home to Calne.
James Gladding was the main tormentor for the visitors as he ntoched up 102, and with Rob Anstey hitting 52 , Calne reached an imposing 248-7.
Purton certainly staged a spirited reply but were eventually restricted to 200-7.
Lechlade moved into joint top spot after inflicting a first defeat on leaders Box.
Dean Grammatikos contributed 100 in a Box total of 197, Wayne Banbrick taking 5-39 in 11 overs. Lechlade eventually clinched a four-wicket win with just three balls to spare and were indebted to an unbeaten 71 from Khan.
At the foot of the table, meanwhile, Spye Park won for the first time at the expense of Collingbourne who have yet to win.
Collingbourne were bowled out for 145 as John Bathe took 5-44 in 12 overs, John Beal 2-19 in 10 and Dave Beal 2-43 in 10.
Spye paced their reply well to win by seven wickets with six overs to spare, thanks to John Haines (50) and Paul Fennell (40 not out).
Wootton Bassett visited Bath Civil Service and thanks to Ray Patel (60) and Chris Chappell (46 not out) totalled 209-5. Ian Lancaster then took 5-45 as Civil Service were bowled out for 135.
Division Two
ONLY Avebury remain unbeaten, as Potterne, Sutton Veny and Swindon Civil Service all suffered their first defeats.
Avebury travelled to Civil Service and Greg Dix's 95 helped them to 203-8.
Martin Spackman responded with 76 not out, but it was not enough as Civil Service closed 20 runs short on 183-7.
Nationwide House, seeking a quick return to Division One, are second after defeating struggling Urchfont by nine wickets.
Urchfont were bowled out for 132, Dave Close taking 3-21 in 10 overs, Charlie Pilkington 3-24 in seven and Mark Morris 2-14 in 10.3.
Mick Harris (60 not out) and Stuart Archer (59 not out) then saw Nationwide home with nine overs to spare.
Potterne's first defeat came at Seagry, who won for the first time.
Seagry scored 161-8 with Alex Ferreday (38), Paul Bailey (31) and Matt Purton (25) all contributing. The pick of the Potterne bowlers were Neil Doran (3-43 in 12 overs) and Sean Kerley (2-27 in 10), but they were then dismissed for 147 as Willy Tidmarsh took 3-36 in 11.1 overs, Nick Lancaster 3-28 in 12 and Mike Hunt 2-28 in 12.
Blunsdon also won for the first time and inflicted a first defeat upon their visitors, Sutton Veny.
With Garry Spence taking 5-23 in 10.2 overs and Darren Fisher 4-40 in 11, Sutton Veny were bowled out for 138. A match-winning 59 from Kevin Aubrey then guided Blunsdon to a narrow two-wicket win.
Division THREE
SWINDON 3rd, the only unbeaten side in the division, have already opened a gap of 21 points on nearest rivals Moredon Royal Oak.
They inflicted a 167-run defeat on winless Cherhill as Nick Parkinson hit 76, Wayne Steptoe 36 and Mark Bowler 34 to help them to 227-5.
Cherhill then collapsed to 60 all out as Randy Roze collected 4-6 in three overs, Steve Cole 2-24 in nine and Tom Shanks 2-6 in five.
Moredon Royal Oak visited Beanacre and scored 177-4 thanks to Roger Morton's unbeaten 82 and Tom Hanks' 44 not out.
Alan Storey and John Moore took a couple of wickets each, but Moredon's Phil Morton (3-19 in 10) and Tom (4-40 in 12) then bowled Beanacre out for 82.
Wanborough clinched a six-wicket win as they restricted visiting Lambourn to 144-8, Steve Annetts (41 not out) and Graham Hawkins (34) their top scorers.
Nick Stacey (4-47 in 11 overs) and David Cox (3-41 in 12) did the damage and in reply, Paul Sore (42) and Tom Clinning (29 not out), helped clinch victory. Rob Wilson (2-26) was the pick of the Lambourn bowlers.
Third-placed Wroughton Wranglers visited Burbage & Easton Royal and scored 166-5 with Mark McMeekin (44).
Terry Strong bowled a mean spell of 1-5 in 10 overs, but despite Pete Amor's 53, Burbage were bowled out for 129, McMeekin taking 4-23 in 12 and Mike Evans 4-23 in eight.
At Corsham 3rd, visitors Wilcot were bowled out for 120, Simon Acornley with 5-29 in 12 overs and Chris Bush 3-28 in 12.
Tamlyn Goodrich (49) and Matt Unwin (39) then helped Corsham 3rdto a six wicket victory.
Division FOUR
RELEGATED Highworth are struggling and have yet to win.
Heytesbury bowled out visiting Highworth for 120, Mark Thatcher top-scoring with 35, and then completed a seven-wicket victory.
Swindon Litten Tree top the table, having played a game more after they had comprehensively defeated hosts Coates by 168 runs.
Mark Brown (68), John Brown (43) and Brian Mercer (47) helped Litten Tree to 234-9, Terry Sanderson's 4-51 not enough to stem the tide.
Coates were then bowled out for 66, Tim Samson taking 3-6 in three overs.
Nationwide House struggled for runs at Keevil, as Dick Waylen and Robert Boult shared seven wickets, finishing with 129 all out. Will Perkins responded with 6-27 to keep Keevil without a win, as they were bowled out for 105.
Division five
Chippenham 3rd dismissed Buscot Park 2nd for 158, Peter Stone (32) and Anthony Watts (29) top scoring. Simon Merryweather took 4-20 in 11 overs and Aaron Merryweather 4-36 in 10.
Richard Harrison's unbeaten 95 and 32 from Aaron Merryweather then helped them to a narrow two- wicket win as John Taylor took 4-38 in eight overs and Anthony Watts 2-28 in 12.
Wootton Bassett 2nd bowled Warminster 3rd out for 80 with Barry Thirkell taking 3-26 in 10 overs and Tom Davis 3-4 in eight. Dave Griffin (38 not out) and Jim Burns (28 not out) then knocked the runs off in 19 overs for a nine-wicket win.
Westinghouse 2nd restricted visiting Mildenhall to 129-6, Hassania unbeaten on 47, but Paul Gilbert's 71 then helped Westinghouse to a six-wicket win.
Division six
This is by far the closest Division at the moment, with the 10 sides covered by 31 points.
Bradford 2nd top the table after a comfortable win at Calne 2nd, while Cooper-Avon Tyres 2nd picked up their first win, against Goatacre 3rd.
Cooper-Avon scored 186-8, Graham Jenkins taking 5-43 in 12 overs, and Goatacre were then bowled out for 122.
Westbury 3rd bowled visiting All Cannings out for 240, but were thendismissed for 184.
Lacock scored 242-8 at home to Box 2nd, thanks to skipper Barry Harding's 83.
For Box Ian Tait took 4-74 in 12 overs, but they then struggled to 113, with the attack of Clive Harding and Alex Doel picking up three wickets apiece.
Division seven
LEADERS Chippenham 4th suffered their first loss at the hands of Cherhill 2nd.
Paul Rowson's 62 helped Chippenham to 141-7; but then Steve Hutchison (61 not out) steered Cherhill to a five-wicket win.
Martin Ings (7-15 in 11 overs) and Tom Shardlow (55 not out) were the stars as Corsham 3rd defeated their Marshfield counterparts by six wickets.
Dauntsey Gentlemen visited Collingbourne 2nd and bowled them out for 127, Terry Sykes taking 5-29.
Paul Biggs (36 not out) and Hugh Clement (29) then helped Dauntsey to a five-wicket win.
Wootton Bassett 3rd picked up their first win of the season at home to Bath Civil Service 2nd.
Bassett made 256-8 thanks to Clive McDaid's 66 and Nick Lawson's 45, but Civil Service fell just 15 runs short, with Graham Ling taking 3-69 and JP Lowther 3-52.
Division eight
Bathford 2nd clinched a 15-run win over previously unbeaten Swindon 4th.
Barry Reid took 3-31 to limit Bathford to 171-9, but in reply Swindon faltered to 156 all out, Paul Reid with 40, Tom Leggatt 33 and Simon Leggatt 23.
Spye Park 2nd lost to North Bradley and that despite Wayne Young taking 8-34 in 8.1 overs. Bradley still reached 212 and Spye collapsed to 102 in reply, Geoff Payne top-scoring with 35.
All Cannings 2nd were bowled out for 120 at home to Blunsdon 2nd as Tim Asprey (4-32 in nine) and Clive Walker (5-41 in 10.5) picked up the wickets.
Blunsdon eventually gained a narrow three-wicket victory as Tom Collins's 35 and Rob Smith's 31 not saw them home.
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