NATIONWIDE House gained their first win in Division One as they cruised to victory over visitors Box.

Mark Flay, with 5-27 in 13 overs, was mainly responsible for seeing Box collapse to 107 all out. Mark Vincent's 61 not out then set up a seven-wicket win for Nationwide with 10 overs to spare.

Purton entertained Bath Civil Service for whom Chris Addey (46) and John Fair (43 not out) top scored as they made 177-6. Despite 61 from Danny Dunn and 34 from Dave Miles, Purton then fell seven runs short as they ended at 170-9.

Great Bedwyn continue to set the pace as they travelled to Calne and gained a 44-run win. With Andy Turnell (34) and Alan Tuttle (32) top scoring they made 185 all out. Dan Knight, with 3-49 in 12 overs, was the pick of the Calne bowlers.

Chris Blundy then took 5-42 in 13.5 overs as, despite a solid 66 from John Waggins, Calne were bowled out for 141.

Division Two

Cooper-Avon Tyres picked up their first win of the season as they defeated hosts Buscot Park by 94 runs.

Thanks to Duncan Wilde's 89 and a massive 70 extras they managed 255-5. Buscot ended on 161-7 with Neil Phillips unbeaten on 48.

Lechlade remain unbeaten following a seven-wicket success at home to Sutton Veny. The visitors scored 168-9 (Richard Mee 56, Rob Robson 53) as Martin Southall with 3-30 in 14 overs was the pick of the Lechlade attack.

Craig Dainty's 68 not out and Yakki Hassan's 34 then set up the home side's win with three overs remaining.

Swindon Civil Service lost for the first time, going down by seven wickets at home to Spye Park. Mike Giddings' solid 102 helped Civil Service to 186-6. In response John Bathe made 98 not out as Spye Park reached the target with 16 balls to spare.

Division Three

Avebury maintained their unbeaten record with a five-wicket win at Cherhill. Dominic Fry took 3-29 in

14.2 overs as Cherhill were bowled out for 138.

Steady batting then saw Avebury home with just two overs to spare as Ben Webber took 2-29 in eight overs and Gerry Vaughan 1-32 in 12.

Both Moredon Royal Oak and Swindon 3rd gained their first successes of the season.

Moredon were bowled out at home for 156, Mo Farouk top scoring with 45, as Tim Thatcher took 6-42 in 14 overs for visiting Highworth.

Luke Beaver (48) had little support as Highworth were dismissed for 126, Mat Evans taking 4-39 in 11 overs and Farouk 3-32 in 13.

At Lambourn, Swindon scored 155 all out (Phil Laggett 37, Richard Razzard 39), as Steve Mundy took 5-39 in his 15 overs.

Razzard (3-12 in five overs) and Chris Mabberley (3-34 in 15) were then mainly responsible for bowling Lambourn out for 128 in the 42nd over, as 14-year-old Daniel Hawkins top scored with 28.

Blunsdon's good start to the year continued as they travelled to Wroughton Wranglers and gained an eight-wicket win.

Wroughton made 197-8 with Mike Evans 56 not out, Steve Redfern (47) and John Grainger (42) heading the scores. Ian Fisher with 4-64 and Kevin Aubrey 3-34 were the pick of the visitors bowlers.

John Hancock (85 not out) and Chris Hambling (77) then led Blunsdon to victory with five overs to spare.

Wanborough entertained Heytesbury and scored 165-9 (Dave Haydon 47, Tom Clinning 26). Rob Barnes took 5-33 in 12 overs, including a hat-trick.

Justin Wagstaff's 68 and Olly Stephens' 41 not out then helped Heytesbury to a four-wicket victory, despite Andy Thompson's economical 3-39 in his 15 overs.

Division Four

Swindon Litten Tree's good start continued as they raced to their highest ever league score of 272-3 at the expense of their visitors Coates. Kevin Crook's 107 not out and Mark Brown's 80 set them on the way with an opening stand of 150.

Coates in reply closed on a respectable 180-9 as Tim Sanderson top scored with 88. For Litten Tree Mike Leach had 3-19 in nine overs and Matty Bennett 3-55 in six.

Division Five

Nationwide 2nd remained top as they made 232-7 at Devizes 3rd, with Andy Pryor (91) top scoring. Devizes replied with 194-6 (Tim Smith 77, 16-year-old Barney Reid 55).

United Churches entertained Westinghouse 2nd and scored 218-9 with Andrew Foster's 79 and Mark Oliver's 36 leading the way.

Foster then took 7-53 in 11.3 overs in a Westinghouse score of 164 all out.

Purton 2nd raced to their highest league total as they plundered 299-6 off hosts Burbage & ER 2nd's bowlers. Pete Allen with 106, Steve Collier with 69 and Roy Carroll with 31 were the top scorers.

Graham Dunn took 5-46 in 14.4 overs as Burbage were bowled out for 102, despite Bob Cady (39) and Barney Reid (31) opening with a 71-run partnership.

Division Six

Nettleton bowled their hosts Goatacre 3rd out for 120 (Andy Donnegan 52). Ian Sandell, with 4-26 in eight overs and Alan Cousins 4-25 in 12 were the pick of the visitors bowlers. Rod Pratt's 31 led Nettleton to a five-wicket victory. Donnegan completed a good afternoon with 3-37 in 14 overs.

Calne 2nd gained a tremendous six-wicket win at Bradford Town 2nd. The Town were in trouble at 17-3, but a superb innings from Dave Edwards of 120, backed up by Nick Gerrish's 24 and Kevin Collins' 33 saw them to 242-8.

But Calne knocked the runs off with eight overs to spare, thanks to a rapid 109 from Will Ventor, aided by Bob Holcombe's 28 not out and Dan Shuker's 31 not out.

Wootton Bassett 3rd won the battle of the winless sides as they gained a six-wicket success at Box 2nd.

Box scored 171-8 (Alan Joy 74). John Millington's 53 not out and 48 from Mike Yeldon saw Bassett to victory with 15 overs to spare.

Division Eight

Biddestone 3rd bowled previously unbeaten Swindon 4th out for just 106 with George Harper doing the damage with 6-28 in 15 overs. Openers Darrell Smith (63) and Neil Millard (35) knocked the runs off in 25 overs for a 10-wicket win.

Devizes 4th gained their second win of the season after notching their highest-ever league score of 275-7 at the expense of their hosts Blunsdon 2nd.

Colin Pitman (67), Dave Flower (65), Graham Pearce (36) and Pete Ashman (31) headed the run feast. Paul Pitman then took 5-20 in 10 overs as Blunsdon were bowled out for 96 (Luke Ambridge 21, Richard Smith 29).

United Churches 2nd scored 193-3 at Highworth 2nd, thanks to Dan Hunt's 49 and Mike Offer's 71 not out. Richard Martin took 5-25 in 10 overs as Highworth were dismissed for 150 (Craig Bell 62).

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