Oxfordshire experienced mixed fortunes in their two latest friendly matches with a win over Somerset followed by a defeat by Gloucestershire.

Oxon beat Somerset 119-109 at Chipping Norton.

Selector and Blackbird Leys’s Herbie Payne’s four received the highest winning-rink glasses with a 25-18 victory and was also awarded a 50-game badge.

Oxon then slipped to a 109-107 defeat against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham Spa, with the rinks again sharing three each.

A 50-game badge was awarded to Watlington’s Gordon Hooker and six-game county badges to Oxford City & County’s Nigel Satchell and Blackbird Leys’ Alex Fleming.

RESULTS Oxfordshire 119, Somerset 109 (Oxon rink scores): P Mcgrath, D Fowler, M Jones, H Payne won 25-18; D Wotherspoon, M Collison, M Ford, B Evans lost 20-16; B Bloomfield, A Melville, M Pitman, I Whelpton won 26-20; P Christmas, A Braden, C Weller, M Workman won 20-15; G Hooker, P Cross, P Norton, H Winstone lost 22-14; J Wylie, G Wood, C Pearce, A Ley won 18-14.

Gloucestershire 109, Oxfordshire 107 (Oxon rink scores): B May, P Cross, T Jupp, G Weedon won 22-9; A Fleming, M Cameron, N Satchell, R Bull lost 18-14; A Braden, T Backer-Holst, T Beaumont, M Petersen won 26-17; G Hooker, J Chamberlain, L Eltringham, A Ley lost 29-10; J Wylie, E Fry, G Coggon, S Jones lost 23-12; S Gibson, C Lewis, P Beckett, A Hunt won 29-13.