The Oxfordshire 50-plus team fell to their third successive defeat as they went down by four wickets to Herefordshire in the ECB 50-plus Championship at Brockhampton yesterday.

(RAWXML <image large="sport-cricket.gif" small="sport-cricket.gif" type="portrait"></image>)Chasing Oxon's respectable target of 227, Herefordshire needed 28 off the last three overs to win and got home with two balls to spare.

Danny Hall and Phil Garner made useful contributions with the bat for Oxon, while Barry Collis claimed four wickets.

OXFORDSHIRE 50+

B Griffiths lbw Wargen:24

D Hall c Goode b Macklin:55

P Garner b Hill:49

A Wingfield Digby c Osborne b Hill:6

G Neilson not out :22

J Carr run out:5

R Busby c Wargen b Hill:5

S Florey b Hill:5

B Collis lbw Sandford:23

S Partington not out:5

Extras:28

Total (8 wkts, 45 ov):227

Bowling Wargen 9-3-23-1, Bayliss 6-1-20-0, Macklin 9-0-43-1, Samuel 6-0-30-0, Sandford 8-1-43-1, Hill 7-0-53-4.

HEREFORDSHIRE 50+

M Embrey lbw Wingfield Digby:44

D Malley c Wingfield Digby b Collis:41

N Osborne lbw Collis:18

M Evans c Neilson b Collis:10

J Sandford st Partington b Collis:23

I Macklin not out:56

B Goode c Garner b Wingfield Digby:4

D Samuel not out:3

Extras:32

Total (6 wkts, 44.4 ov):231

Bowling Busby 8.4-1-45-0, Thompson 9-0-55-0, Gardner 9-0-51-0, Wingfield Digby 9-2-29-2, Collis 9-0-45-4.