Bicester & North Oxford blew the chance to climb off the bottom of Division 1 when they narrowly failed to chase down 134 to beat Bletchley Town.

In the only top-flight match to beat the wet weather, Bicester won the toss and made the easy decision to field first on a damp wicket.

Ian Bryan then exploited the conditions to good effect to claim figures of 4-16 as the Bletchley batsmen, with the exception of James Sprittles (33), struggled.

But Town's 134-9 from 42 overs proved enough as only Darryl Woods (61) could get going in reply, and his side had to settle for a draw on 131-8.

Bletchley 13pts, Bicester & NO 9

Only four games were played, and in Division 3, Witney Mills crashed to a six-wicket defeat at Wolverton Town, who knocked Kingston Bagpuize off the top.

A delay to the start meant Mills' innings was reduced to 41 overs, during which they could muster only 92-8 as Andy Gosling took 4-27 in a 16-over spell.

Town's Michael Baker then showed the Witney batsmen that scoring quickly was possible as the home side eased to 96-4 in 27 overs.

Wolverton Town 25, Witney Mills 9

In Division 4, Oxford Downs 2nd had the better of a draw in their top-of-the-table clash at Great Brickhill – but came within one wicket of clinching maximum points in a tense finish.

Matty Lee top-scored with 45 as Downs made 148-7 from 40 overs after being put into bat.

Lee Morgan was the pick of the home attack, taking 3-39.

Downs' Richard Gauntlett (5-52) then bowled even better and Arran Aris hit 55 to keep both sides in contention, but the home side were left clinging on at 139-9 when their innings closed after 26 overs.

Downs were docked one point for their slow over rate.

Gt Brickhill 8, Oxford Downs 2nd 13

In Division 9, Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts 4th hosted the only Cherwell League match to start in Oxfordshire, and ended up with one more point than if they had not bothered.

Asked to bat, Leighton Buzzard Town 3rd racked up 242-7, with first team all-rounder Dan Scott scoring 93. Haroon Sarwar took 5-66.

Nondies made no real attempt at reaching the target, settling for a draw on 128-4 with Keith West 54 not out.

Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondies 4th 7, Leighton Buzzard Town 3rd 12