Oxfordshire favourites Kingston Bagpuize crashed in a remarkable third-round tie against Warborough & Shillingford.

Kingston, who beat reigning Oxon champions and 1997 national finalists Shipton-under-Wychwood in the first round and saw off 1998 county winners Chalgrove in the next, slumped to a surprise nine-run defeat on Sunday.

Warborough's Andy Broadbent is bowled first ball by Kingston Bagpuize's Simon Launder

Warborough, who do not play any league cricket, were in deep trouble at 7-5 and then 23-7 against their Cherwell League Division 3 opponents.

But they recovered thanks to Dave Anderson and wily veteran Alan Tilley.

This did not look being nearly enough, however, as Rob Keates and the classy Martin Shepherd put on 48 for the first wicket.

But they collapsed dramatically after dangerman Shepherd was the second man out with the score on 64.

Slow right-armer Alan Tilley claimed 3-23, while his son, Ed, finished with figures of 3-30 as Kingston were tumbled out for 103.

WARBOROUGH & SHILLINGFORD

E Tilley b Savage...1

G Scott lbw Collis...4

R Iswariah b Launder...0

A Broadbent b Launder...0

P Field b Oakey...12

J Tilley c Mowat b Savage...0

E Williams b Oakey...11

J Hobbs c Keates b Oakey...1

D Anderson c Shepherd b Giles...41

A Tilley c Keates b Giles...22

P Bint not out...7

Extras...13

Total (all out, 39.1 ovs)...112

Fall: 1-5, 2-6, 3-6, 4-7, 5-7, 6-21, 7-23, 8-42, 9-78.

Bowling: Launder 9-2-23-2, Collis 9-4-26-1, Savage 9-2-25-2, Oakey 6-1-17-3, Giles 6.1-0-17-2.

KINGSTON BAGPUIZE

R Keates c E Tilley b Hobbs...13

M Shepherd c & b A Tilley...38

B Collis c Scott b A Tilley...8

A Howard c Bint b Field...7

M Mowat lbw A Tilley...4

D Warner run out...5

S Launder c Scott b E Tilley...2

R Oakey b E Tilley...1

P Hickman not out...6

M Savage lbw E Tilley...0

R Giles c Scott b Iswariah...2

Extras...17

Total (all out, 37.3 ovs)...103

Fall: 1-48, 2-64, 3-72, 4-78, 5-83, 6-89, 7-91, 8-91, 9-94.

Bowling: Field 6-2-17-1, E Tilley 8-0-30-3, Hobbs 9-2-21-1, A Tilley 9-2-23-3, Iswariah 5.3-3-6-1.

Oxford Downs, the Cherwell League Division 1 leaders, crushed Chadlington by an amazing 246 runs.

Steve Roberts was unbeaten on 121, including 16 fours, and Danny Lee hit eight sixes and eight fours in an 86-ball 117 as Downs amassed 346-2 from their 40 overs.

Roberts put on 200 for the second wicket with Lee and then an unbeaten 121 in ten overs with Will Maughan.

In reply, Chadlington subsided to 100-8 against the slow bowling of Hugo Thurston and Roger Berryman.

OXFORD DOWNS

S Roberts not out...121

I Caunce c Plumbridge...15

D Lee b Harding...117

W Maughan not out...59

Extras...34

Total (2 wkts)...346

Fall: 1-25, 2-225.

Bowling: Plumbridge 9-0-41-1, Harding 9-1-71-1, P Duester 9-0-91-0, Townsend 9-0-79-0, P Duester Jnr 2-0-28-0, Horsey 2-0-26-0.

CHADLINGTON

K Cooper c H Thurston b M Lee...21

D Harding b H Thurston...33

P Duester c Roberts b M Lee...12

B Souch run out...0

R Townsend b H Thurston...7

J Horsey b H Thurston...1

J Townsend b R Berryman...8

P Duester Jnr not out...6

T Plumbridge b R Berryman...0

M North not out...4

Extras...12

Total (8 wkts)...100

Bowling: M Lee 9-0-52-2, D Thurston 9-1-17-0, Caunce 2-0-2-0, Berryman 8-2-12-2, H Thurston 9-3-12-3, D Lee 3-2-5-0.

Meanwhile, 72-year-old Gerald Howat kept wicket for Moreton in their third-round encounter with Cropredy.

Howat, who writes on schools' cricket for The Daily Telegraph, got the call-up because of an injury to regular keeper Richard Dawson.

But it was not a happy day for Moreton, who went down by 102 runs. Cropredy rattled up a massive 295-9 off their 40 overs, Pete Cooling top-scoring with 77 not out for the Cherwell League Division 3 outfit.

CROPREDY

R Orchard lbw Harrison...52

A Goodway b MacDonald...4

R Lynch c Howat b Crumpton...76

G Fensom b Miles...1

G Barrett b MacDonald...43

P Cooling not out...77

D Southam c Locke b MacDonald...1

A Radford lbw MacDonald...0

J Coleman b Howat...4

T Coggins b Howat...0

M Pond not out...0

Extras...41

Total (9 wkts)...295

Bowling: Thomas 6-0-45-0, MacDonald 8-0-51-4, Miles 9-0-54-1, Howat 4-0-28-2, Crumpton 9-0-77-1, Harrison 3-0-26-1, MacDonald 1-0-10-0.

MORETON

G Locke st Pond b Barrett...60

J Harrison b Lynch...8

S Crumpton b Lynch...6

M Howat b Barrett...17

C MacDonald b Barrett...35

N Hessey b Fensom...18

J Gibbs lbw Fensom...4

W Thomas b Coleman...6

K Miles c & b Coleman...8

W MacDonald b Fensom...2

G Howat not out...1

Extras...31

Total (all out)...193

Bowling: Lynch 9-0-19-2, Coleman 7-3-15-2, Goodway 9-1-61-0, Barrett 8-0-68-3, Fensom 5-0-22-3.

Other result: Buscot Park 129-7, Kidmore End 130-1.

Oxon semi-finals (June 10): Cropredy v Kidmore End , Warborough v Oxford Downs.

In the Bucks section, Brill beat Great Horwood by seven wickets.

Horwood recovered from 53-8 to 134. Brill lost their first wicket at 57 and only experienced a problem after 17-year-old Chris Wynd was controversially run out for 35. But Godfrey and Andrew Wynd saw them home.

They will now be away to either Dinton or Kimble in their county semi-final.

Scores: Great Horwood 134-9 (40 ovs, S Godfrey 3-12, C Young 3-17), Brill (137-3 (28.2 ovs, C Wynd 35, S Godfrey 32 no).