Thame Town eased their relegation fears with a crushing nine-wicket win over fellow strugglers NPL Teddington at Church Meadow.

Skipper Rob Brooks, back from his Caribbean tour and Mediterranean holiday, rallied his troops to good effect.

Winning the toss, he put Teddington in to bat and Thame bowlers Luke Merry and Sam Lachlan quickly proved a potent combination.

Ian Broady went for one caught by a flying Brooks at slip off Lachlan.

Danger man Chris Churchman, showing all pad and no bat, quickly followed lbw to Lachlan.

Merry flattened Stuart Garvie's stumps and when Nick Churchman departed in identical circumstances to his younger brother, Teddington were 48-4 off 22 overs.

Off spinner Steve Merry was introduced into the attack and ended Ed Wess- on's resistance by knocking over his off stump as the visitors reached lunch at 62-5.

Teddington plunged deeper into trouble when Paul Ford was stumped by Manoj Parmar off Steve Merry.

Tracer-like throws from Luke Merry and then Adam Krol ran out Richard Royce and Chris Binney.

Hegg fell to Steve Merry and Rajesh Garsondia wrapped up the innings by removing Alastair Darby to end with remarkable figures of 1-11 off 17 overs as Teddington were bowled out for 112.

Parmar and James Cook shared an opening stand of 104 off the first 25 overs to take Thame within touching distance of victory.

Parmar then played round a Darby delivery and was bowled for a superb 56.

Cook flicked off his legs and drove with great timing to finish unbeaten on 36 as Krol hit the winning runs to take Thame to victory at 113-1 off 27 overs.

NPL TEDDINGTON

I Broady c Brooks b Lachlan...1

E Wesson b S Merry...22

C Churchman lbw Lachlan...9

S Garvie b L Merry...7

N Churchman lbw Lachlan...4

P Ford st Parmar b S Merry...10

M Hegg c Garsondia b S Merry...21

R Royce run out...0

C Binney run out...12

A Darby lbw Garsondia...8

S Rutt not out...1

Extras...17

Total (all out, 59.1ovs)...112

Bowling: L Merry 11-4-18-1, Lachlan 12-4-25-3, S Merry 19-3-42-3, Garsondia 17.1-10-11-1.

THAME TOWN

J Cook not out...36

M Parmar b Darby...56

A Krol not out...4

Extras...15

Total (1 wkt, 27.3ovs)...113

Bowling: Rutt 5-1-13-0, Binney 6-0-36-0, Broady 3-0-13-0, Hegg 4-1-19-0, Darby 6-1-10-1, Churchman 3.3-1-8-0.

Thame 25pts, Teddington 2