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Bedwyn made 238-7 (Darren Freegard 61, Alistair Tuttle 66, George Stone 43), and Freegard then completed a fine afternoon's work as he picked up 6-23 in 10 overs as Nationwide were bowled out for 95 in the 36th over.

Marshfield continued unbeaten as they gained a comfortable eight-wicket victory at Collingbourne.

They bowled their hosts out for 130 and then thanks to John Williams' 59 and Mike Watson's 45 had little trouble in reaching the target.

Box finally broke their duck with a 21-run home success over Purton. Neil Petit top scored with 35 in their 214 all out as Neil Carter took 4-79 in 13 overs.

Despite 75 from Mark Gardner, Purton were dismissed for 193 (Petit 3-11) with 11 balls remaining.

Potterne sprang something of a surprise as they defeated visitors Westinghouse by 66 runs.

Thanks to a fine 100 not out from Graham Gaiger, supported by Phil Oliver (37) and Sam Gaiger (26), Potterne closed on 222-7.

John Cleverley then hit an excellent 75, but only Paul Burtenshaw (25) gave him much help as Westinghouse were bowled out for 156, Neil Dorn taking 6-49 in 15 overs.

An exciting match at Bath Civil Service saw the home side lose narrowly by six runs to Calne.

Calne scored 199-5 thanks to Chris Downham's 95 not out and Liam Botes' 52.

Botes then picked up 3-37 in 12 overs as, despite John Down's 69, Richard Carlin's 31 not out and Chris Keal's 36, the Civil Service closed on 193-8.

Division Two

Two points now cover the top three sides following Lechlade's first defeat at Spye Park a victory which gave them the leadership.

Spye made 232-6 (Phil Alsop 59 not out, Andy Ellis 34, John Haines 31) and 51 extras. Dave Beal then took 5-49 in 15 overs as Mike Southall's 41 was top score in the Lechlade total of 174 all out.

In third place are Urchfont, who won a high-scoring game at Beanacre by four wickets.

Beanacre made 242-8, with Andy Footner striking a rapid 81 in 38 balls, with Owen Lewis (55) and Roy Peacock (34) giving valuable support. Wade Williams with 4-54 in 15 overs was the pick of Urchfont's bowlers.

At the foot of the table Burbage & ER still seek a first win. Roger Barker with 59 and 48 extras helped them to 192-9 at home to Buscot Park, for whom Keith Steel took 4-48 in 15 overs.

He then top scored with 88 not out as Buscot won by five wickets with an over remaining.

Another high scoring match was at Sutton Veny, where the home side gained an exciting one run win over visiting Swindon Civil Service.

Sutton made 264-9 (Rob Robson 101, Colin Brown 53, Andy Frost 51).

Brown then picked up 4-69 in 15 overs and despite Nick Money's 68 not out and Pete Money's 44, Civil Service closed at 263-7.

Division Three

Avebury continue to set the pace as they remain undefeated following a comfortable eight-wicket victory at home against Lambourn.

The visitors were bowled out for 109, of which Paul Annetts made 35, as Dave Osbourne took 4-43 in 15 overs and Greg Dix 4-5 in 4.5 overs. Dominic Fry (42 not out) and Dix (40 not out) then steered Avebury home with 11 overs in hand.

Highworth slip to the foot of the table after a six-wicket home defeat at the hands of Wroughton Wranglers.

Mark McMekin, with 6-39 in 15 overs, and Alan Stratford (2-22 in 15) were largely responsible for bowling Highworth out for 93.

Mike Gregory (28) then top scored in Wroughton's 95-4.

Heytesbury restricted visiting Moredon Royal Oak to 148-8, in which Roger Morton (58) and Brian Sellers (27) top scored. Rob Barnes took 3-32 in 15 overs.

Justin Wagstaff (38) and Richard Jelf (43), then helped the home side to a six-wicket win with eight overs remaining.

Swindon 3rd made 223 all out with John Parkinson (36) and Mark Parkinson (35) top scoring, in their home encounter with Cherhill.

Mike McConachy then top scored with 51 in the visitors 164 all out, as Dave O'Neil picked up 3-35.

Division Four

Bradford Town consolidated top spot as they defeated third placed Litten Tree by five wickets.

Litten Tree were bowled out for 132 with Mark Harrington taking 5-27 in 11.1 overs, helped by Dean Bird 2-33 and Sam Edwards 2-31.

James Pike (74 not out) and James Edwards (20) then steered Bradford home as Dean Brown took 3-30 in 12 overs for Litten Tree.

At Mildenhall, visiting Dauntsey Gentlemen rattled up 267-5 thanks to Pat Scotfield's 66 and Tony Summers' 58 not out. Scotfield then took 5-14 in 10.4 overs to help bowl Mildenhall out for 69.

Division Six

The meeting of the undefeated top two ended in a narrow two-wicket win for Nettleton over visiting Beehive Bradford in a low-scoring game.

Beehive were bowled out for 87 as Ian Witt took 4-12 in six overs and Ian Sandell 5-27 in 9.5.

Adie Day (5-13 in 15 overs) and Andy Goddard (3-30 in 14.2) reduced Nettleton to 57-8, before Andy Cousins and Ian Sandell saw them home with nine overs remaining.

Wootton Bassett 3rd lost again as they went down by 80 runs at home to Bradford Town 2nd. Bradford made 190 all out, with Bassett 110 all out in reply.

Goatacre 3rd visited All Cannings, and thanks to Andy Donegan's 71 not out, closed on 147-8.

Steve Parker scored 32 not out, Andy Legg 31 and Alan Clark 23, as All Cannings gained a four-wicket success with four overs to spare.

Calne 2nd scored 195 all out at home to Chippenham 3rd with Tom Knight 46, Garry Garland 41 and Will Venter 30 top scoring as Steve Merryweather took 5-67. Despite 59 from Ray Bullen, Chippenham were restricted to 153-9 as Well had 4-36 and Garland 3-48.

Division Seven

Potterne 2nd gained their first league success with a six-wicket win at leaders Cherhill 2nd.

They bowled the home side out for 169 with Chris Sadler taking 5-40 in 10 overs.

In response, Alan Wrench's 48 not out, with help from John Down (35) and Adam Sainsbury (25) saw Potterne home.

Bath Civil Service 2nd raced to 291-6 at Dauntsey Gentlemen 2nd, thanks to a fine 141 from Mark Thorn.

Dauntsey then collapsed to their lowest ever league total as they were bundled out for 33 with Rob Bathe taking 4-13 in five overs and Richard Cope (3-16 in five) taking just 11.1 overs to complete the destruction.

Division Eight

Chippenham 4th surrendered top place and their unbeaten record as they went down at home by 62 runs to Swindon 4th.

Swindon scored 237-2, thanks to Wayne Steptoe's 92, Danny Baker's 58 and Sandip Ruprai's 44 not out. Taff Davis top scored with 53 in the Chippenham reply of 175 all out as Stephen Cole picked up 3-38 in 14 overs.

Swindon United Churches 2nd's improvement continued as they scored 241-8 at home to All Cannings 2nd thanks to Mike Offer's 40, and Gareth Pike's 39 not out.

In reply only 49 from Garry Hopkins enabled the visitors to make 125 all out.

Warminster 4th's bad run continued as they slipped to bottom place after being bowled out for 88 at home to Blunsdon 2nd, Mark Wilson (3-21 in eight overs) and Dave Wallen (3-14 in 4.3) doing most of the damage.

With John Henley (38) and Phil Usher's 25 not out Blunsdon coasted to an eight- wicket victory.

Scott Landis had a good day for Highworth 2nd, top scoring with 51 in their 190-9 and then taking 5-45 at Devizes 4th as they were bowled out for 117.