Saxton Rovers failed to close the gap on North Berks League Division 1 leaders Lambourn Sports following a 2-1 defeat to Faringdon Town, writes Phil Annets.

Dane Pask’s strike was wiped out by goals from Robbie Harrington and Matt Pill.

A Chris Allsop goal earned Kintbury Rangers a shock 1-0 win over title-chasers Wootton & Dry Sandford.

AFC Wallingford continued their good league form with a 3-2 win at Harwell International.

Ruben Pearson, Komal Llewellyn-Reid and Aaron Minhas scored their goals, with Tom Baptie and Tom Couling replying for Inter-national.

Drayton recorded their first league win of the season with a 2-0 success against Harwell Village, with goals from Billy Warner and Asdrubal Burroso.

Botley United slipped to a shock 2-0 defeat at Benson Lions, who moved off the bottom of Division 2.

Saxton Rovers Res are now bottom after a 5-2 defeat against Bampton Town.

Tom Madden (2), Russell Steele, Darryl Kew and Chris Allinson were on target for Bampton, with Jamie Gaffe and Sam Buckett replying.

Drayton Res are off the bottom of Division 3 after a 2-2 draw at Shrivenham A.

Gareth Small and Dave Stanley were on target for Drayton with Jordan Will-iams and Antony Cacchio replying.

The Division 4 match between Radley United and Didcot Casuals Res was abandoned after 64 minutes.

Radley started with only ten players, but then a succession of injuries left them with only six players, below the legal limit.

Casuals were 9-2 up when the referee halted the action.

The league will rule whether the result stands.

Meanwhile, James Oliver scored a hat-trick as Division 2 leaders Benson AFC made the North Berks Cup semi-final with a 4-0 win against Division 3 side Coleshill United. Andrew Wright got their other goal.

l East Hendred bowed out at the semi-final stage of the Berks & Bucks Junior Cup following a 2-1 defeat against East Berkshire League Division One side Iver, Lee Hedges netting for the losers.

In the other tie, Ardington & Lockinge lost 7-2 against South Midlands League Reserves Division Two side Buckingham Athletic Res.

Chris Lynham and Chris Hogan were on target for Ardington.

OTHER SCORERS North Berks Cup quarter-finals: Didcot Casuals 1 (JR Willis), Childrey Utd 0.

North Berks League Cup semi-finals: Faringdon Town 2 (B Ferris pen, A Morris), East Hendred Res 0.

Div 1: Lambourn 5 (L Griffin, C Prior, D Livings, T Goody, B Matthews), Crow-marsh Gifford 0.

Div 2: Steventon 5 (D Cox 2, S Evans, P Margetts, G Rudman), Marcham 1; Long Wittenham Athletic 2 (D Osbourne, og), Hanney Utd 0.

Div 3: Wootton & Dry Sandford Res 0, Lambourn Spts Res 4 (S Pagliaroli, P Maye, A Smith, J Rowe); Sutton Courtenay 5 (S Pitson 2, O Wright, A Oram, L Venn), Benson AFC Res 0.

Div 4: Harwell Int Res 2 (T McGregor pen, L Absolom), Hagbourne United 3 (J Thorne 2, L Glass); Wantage Town A 4 (J Bowsher 2, A Pritchard, B McCulloch), Long Wittenham Ath Res 2 (O Saunders, G Herniman); Challow Utd 3 (B Hummell, R Carr, T Harris), Steventon Res 2 (D McArdle, S Preece-Tripp); Berinsfield 4 (M Ingram 3, B Rawlings), Harwell Village Res 1 (S Drewitt).

Div 5: Appleton Stars 0, Faringdon B 3 (L Farmer 2, A Tapper); Benson Lions Res 0, Didcot Cas A 3 (N Guiry, J Guiry, D Harper).