Westbury's Division 1 title hopes suffered a blow as they went down to a narrow defeat at home to Shrivenham.

It leaves the defending champions 11 points clear of Great Horwood at the top of the pile.

The hosts made 210-8, thanks to George Stapleton’s unbeaten 54 and 44 from stand-in skipper SamWillett.

However, Shrivenham’s Conor Taylor followed up his earlier 3-60 with 46 as they got home with two balls and two wickets in hand.

Westbury 9pts, Shrivenham 29 A century from John Bacon was not enough to take victory for Fringford at home to Eynsham in a Division 3 thriller.

Bacon made 105 in the home side’s 226-5, but Patrick Arnold hit 94 as the visitors tied the game off the last ball, despite Ian Hedley’s 6-52.

Fringford 20, Eynsham 17 Chesterton crashed to a 72-run defeat against Cairns Fudge.

The visitors reached 184-8, with Ralph Smith hitting 53.

However, the home side were skittled for 112 in reply, Jamie Clark starring with 7-20.

l Cairns Fudge 29, Chesterton 6 Westcott lost by 48 runs away to Wolvercote.

An unbroken eighth-wicket partnership of 62 pushed Wolvercote to 156-8.

Barkat Ahmed with 4-36 and David Quinn 3-31 then helped end Westcott’s reply at 108.

Wolvercote 28, Westcott 5 A half-century from Will Gurney helped Westbury 2nd to a five-wicket at Shrivenham 2nd in Division 6.

Will Woodward took 3-47 as Shrivenham were restricted to 159-7, before Gurney (62) and Ben Curley steered Westbury to victory at 160-5.

Shrivenham 2nd 5, Westbury 2nd 28 Brill slipped to a 106-run home defeat against Kidlington 2nd who stayed top of Division 7 as a result.

Craig Woods smashed an unbeaten 164 to see the visitors to 304-5, before the hosts were dismissed for 198, Michael Tippett taking 6-60.

Brill 6, Kidlington 30 Chesterton 2nd were rolled over for 119 in a 141-run loss at home to Eynsham 2nd in the Keith Crump Centenary Cup semi-finals.

The visitors racked up 260-4, Gary Cook making an unbeaten 110 and Roland Margerison 82, before their bowlers saw them home.

RESULTS
Division 1
Westbury 210-8 (S Willett 44, G Judd 32, G Stapleton 54no, C Taylor 3-60), Shrivenham 214-8 (C Taylor 46, J Cunningham 40, A Clarke 3-42).
Division 3
Cairns Fudge 184-8 (R Smith 53, A Mishra 6-32), Chesterton 112 (P Hammond 38, J Clark 7-20).
Fringford 226-5 (J Bacon 105, T Burcham 47, P Arnold 3-26), Eynsham 226 (P Arnold 94, J Rossiter 51, I Hedley 6-52).
Wolvercote 156-8 (R Davies 39no, S Agarwal 39, W Ur-Rehman 4-22), Westcott 108 (R Arukgoda 39no, B Ahmed 4-36, D Quinn 3-31).
Division 6
Shrivenham 2nd 159-7 (M Hammond 41no, D McHenry 39, S Bowles 30, W Woodward 3-47), Westbury 2nd 160-5 (W Gurney 62, B Curley 35, A Carter 3-53).
Division 7
Kidlington 2nd 304-5 (C Woods 164no, S Kahn 45no, S Rodway 37, N Jeacock 32), Brill 198 (C Young 75, A Parke 36, J Mansfield 33, M Tippett       6-60).
Division 10
Deddington 2nd 174 (J McPhee 55, J Ransom 45, P Avery 3-36), Westcott 2nd 165 (T Young 51, D Hawes 42, D Victor 4-35).
SATURDAY FIXTURES
Div 1: Minster Lovell v Westbury.
Div 3: Chesterton v Wantage, Eynsham v Marsh Gibbon, Fringford v Cairns Fudge.
Div 6: Westbury 2nd v Minster Lovell 2nd.
Div 7: Bampton v Brill.
Div 9: Minster Lovell 3rd v Chesterton
SUNDAY
Telegraph Cup semi-finals: Marsh Gibbon v Witney Swifts.
Steve Dixon Memorial Cup semi-final: Westbury 2nd v Garsington 2nd.