Coleshill United defender James Cottle suffered a broken leg as their derby clash with Faringdon Town was abandoned.

Only 16 minutes of the Division 1 clash had gone when Cottle was injured.

Carl Bolton scored on his debut as Drayton moved up to second with a 2-0 victory against Steventon.

Bradley Ritchies got their other goal.

Harwell Village were held to a goalless draw by relegation-haunted Wootton & Dry Sandford.

Harwell's Matty Aplin hit a penalty against a post.

Leaders Lambourn Sports saw off Blewbury 3-1, with goals from Darren Gibbons, Matthew Pedder and Darren Jones. Luke Hammond replied.

Gareth Fenton smashed a hat-trick as defending champions Ardington & Lockinge thrashed Harwell International 5-0.

Ben Sutton and Andy Woodhouse were also on target for Ardington.

In Division 2, leaders Crowmarsh Gifford had to come from behind to defeat Coleshill United Res 2-1.

Two late goals from Andy and Chris Allum cancelled out Coleshill's early opener.

Andy Wright notched a double in Benson AFC's 3-0 success against Grove Rangers. Jim Oliver was also on target as Benson moved up to second.

A brace from Phil Taylor helped East Hendred to a 2-1 win against strugglers Shrivenham A.

Benson Lions missed the opportunity to go top of Division 3, after losing 2-0 against basement boys Marcham Res.

Botley United eased to a 4-1 win at Blewbury Res, thanks to a brace from James Bruce, an Andy Potter strike and an own goal. Darren Hartnett hit back for Blewbury.

Childrey United were held to a 3-3 draw at home to Didcot Casuals (pictured).

Alan Donnelly (2) and James Wilkins were on target for the hosts, with Matty Evans (2) and Nathan Morris netting for Casuals.

Grove Rangers boosted their survival hopes with a 4-3 win at Stanford-in-the-Vale, with goals from David Scott, Steve Weaven, Joe Ledbury and Dean Worthington.

Ben Harrison (2) and Jason Evans replied.

In Division 4, Wootton & Dry Sandford Res squeezed to a 3-2 victory against Uffington United.

Nick Ridge, Sam Nicholls and Damian Wiskin were on target for Wootton. Stuart Anderson and Tim Haines replied.

A late goal from Eammon McGowan secured a 1-0 win for Challow United against Hanney United.

Saxton Rovers bowed out of the North Berks Cup after a 5-1 quarter-final drubbing by Kingsclere.

Benny Sutton netted for Saxton with Mark Godwin, Dwayne Pettitt, Paul Lucas, Martin Townsend and Chris Hawthorn on target for Kingsclere.

They will meet Ardington & Lockinge.

Jonathan Francis saved a penalty as East Hendred Res reached the Nairne Paul Cup final with a shock 1-0 win against Faringdon Town Res.

Dan Gardner gave Hendred the lead, with Francis keeping out Daniel Courtney's spot-kick to secure victory.

Hendred will meet Ardington & Lockinge Res after they beat Drayton Res 3-0, with Chris Roche (2) and Tom Eatwell on target.

OTHER SCORERS Div 4: Hagbourne Utd 2 (S Hook, S Burningham), Long Wittenham Res 2 (A Evans, R Jones).

Div 5: Challow Res 1, Faringdon Tn 2 (M Marsh 2); Coleshill Utd A 1 (A Sly), Harwell International A 3 (R Thompson, M Porter, J Clark).

A TRAINING course for new referees will start at John Mason School, Abingdon on Wednesday, March 26, at 7pm. Contact training officer Keith Clarke on 01235 532168.