DIVISION ONE: GREAT Bedwyn lost ground at the top of the table as they suffered a 52 run defeat at Westinghouse.

The home side, thanks to Paul Bailey's 65 not out made 200-9. John Cleverley then took 3-46 in 12 overs and Sam Dix 3-11 as Bedwyn were bowled out for 148 with nine overs to spare; Alan Turnell 47.

Wootton Bassett moved above Great Bedwyn following their narrow two wicket home success against Bath Civil Service.

The Civil service were dismissed for 136 as Sam Carrow took 4-44 in 10.1 overs.

Rod Smith 25 not out and Bobby Sayeed 38 not out added an unbroken ninth wicket stand of 75 to see Bassett home with just four balls to spare. Chris Kille with 4-16 in 12 overs doing most of the damage early on.

Leaders Purton's game at Calne also suffered from the weather, the game being abandoned with Calne 40-1.

This leaves Purton now one point behind Bassett, with Bedwyn a further four points adrift.

Lechlade, after their disastrous run of six consecutive defeats, finally got back to winning ways as they defeated visiting Box by three wickets. With Tony Trotman carrying his bat to 72 not out.

Box closed on 174-9 despite Neil Pettit then taking 3-24 in 11 overs; Wayne Bambrick 34 not out, Roger Pettifer 29, and Paul Godding 29, helped Lechlade to victory with five overs to spare.

Sadly the bottom of the table clash at Collingbourne against Spye Park was a victim of the weather which, thanks to Lechlade's win begins to look more than likely that they are now too far adrift to avoid relegation.

POTTERNE extended their lead as nearest rivals Nationwide House had their game at Urchfont abandoned. Nationwide had scored 221-7, then six overs in to Urchfont's reply the rain intervened.

Potterne meanwhile had restricted visiting Seagry to 126-8 with Alex Fereday a valuable 68, as Ricky Jackson took 3-23 in 12 overs and Fred Kerley 3-28 in 12. Fifty from Phil Oliver and Paul Clarke 37 then set Potterne on the way to a five wicket victory with thirteen overs to spare; Andy Lawrence 2-19 in 4 overs.

Buscot Park's position is beginning to look precarious as they lost to Cooper-Avon Tyres by four wickets. Buscot scored 151 all out for which they had Ronny Fernandez to thank with a gritty 65 not out.

Dean Wallington with 5-32 in 8.3 overs and Rich Jory 2-28 in 10 doing the damage. Garry Burns 34 and Steve Rendell 29 then helped Cooper-Avon to victory with overs to spare.

Another rain affected game was at Sutton Veny where visitors Blunsdon had made 222 all out and Sutton Veny had reached 22-0 in reply when rain caused the abandonment of the match.

The Avebury v Swindon Civil Service match was another to finally succumb to the weather.

MOREDON Royal Oak move into a clear second place after a thirty two run home success in a low scoring encounter with lowly Beanacre.

Moredon were bowled out for 104, Tim Saint 24, Alan Story 3-20 in 12 overs, and Steve Cameron 4-26 in 7.4. Beanacre then collapsed to 72 all out, Tom MacMullan 21 not out as Ian Morton 5-25 in 11 overs and Phil Morton 3-22 in 12 did the damage.

Swindon 3rd visited Cherhill and scored 203-5 with Nick Parkinson 49 and Colin Iles 53 not out.

Cherhill in reply had made 56-2 from 15 overs when the rain stopped any further proceedings.

Lowly Lambourn entertained Wanborough and batting first scored 184-9. Garry Waterson 44, Stuart Annetts 34 not out, Ian Hobbs 28 and Nick Giddings 28 the chief run makers whilst Andy Thompson took 3-31 in 6 overs and Andy Clinton an economical spell of 0-17 in his 12 overs.

Thanks to Nick Stevens 68, Tom Clinning 30, Dave Cox 22 not out and Garry Woodward 26 not out, Wanborough went on to win by four wickets with five balls to spare. Steve Mundy taking 3-35 in 12 overs for Lambourn.

BRADFORD Town maintained their grip on second place following a seven wicket victory at Bathford in a rain affected game.

Bathford scored 112 all out, Ken Rivington 22 as James Harrington took 5-24 in 8.1 overs.

Set a target after rain of 85 in 30 overs, Bradford scored 85-3 in 18.3 overs thanks to Tony Laws 32 not out, and Tom Edwards 23 not out.

Nationwide House 2nd are third as they defeated visiting Keevil by eight wickets.

Tim Roslin 28 top scored in a Keevil total of 133 all out as Andy Lewis took 3-29 in 12 overs and Nigel Stone wrapped up the tail with 3-0 in 2.3 overs.

Darren Milne 57 and Mark Tuton 37 not out the helped Nationwide to victory with eleven overs remaining.

Highworth sprang something of a surprise as they won for only the second time.

A narrow fourteen run success against visiting Heytesbury. Highworth scored 150-9 with Des Batchelor 29 and Ken Blundell 25 while Roy Jelf had 3-22 and Paul Ackworth 3-33 in 12 overs for Heytesbury.

Chris Sloane with 31 then top scored as Heytesbury were bowled out for 136; Geoff Halls 3-10 and Shaun Gibson 3-24 doing the damage.

WITH Leaders Wootton Bassett 2nd's game at Warminster 3rd being abandoned, Chippenham 3rd were able to open a fourteen point lead as they comfortably defeated hosts, Buscot Park 2nd.

Chippenham batting first scored 281-2 thanks to Ray Bullen 132 and Richy Harrison 104.

They then bowled Buscot out for 66; Garry Els a defiant 30 as Chris Day took 4-7 in 8 overs and Nick Day 3-27 in 6.4.

United Churches broke their losing run with a narrow ten run home win over Devizes 3rd.

They scored 141 all out with Richard Tong 37 and Andy Foster 34 top scoring, whilst for Devizes Alex Muse took 3-23 in 12 overs and Steve Cowan 3-11 in 9. Devizes were then dismissed for 131 in their 42nd over, Nick Wakely 44; Alan Jones 3-43 in 9 overs.

THE leading duo continue to march remorselessly onwards to promotion.

Leaders Bradford Town 2nd scored 238-8 at home to Calne 2nd. Mark Mullis 66, Dan Nicholls 41, Tony Burrows 31 and Kevin Elliott 29 the chief run getters; while Dan Holcombe took 3-43 in ten overs for Calne.

The visitors were then bowled out for 79 with Mark rounding off a fine all round performance as he took 6-29 in 11.5 overs. Dan took 2-23, and Sam Edwards 2-15.

Second placed All Cannings made 238-3 and then bowled struggling Westbury 3rd out for just 73.

The leaders both gained ground with these victories, as their nearest challengers, Box 2nd and Lacock who were due to meet had their match rained off.

Also affected by the weather was the game at Burbage and E.R. 2nd who were entertaining Trowbridge A. Burbage had made 281-6 thanks to a fine 117 from Paul Lavis.

Bob Cady then picked up four quick wickets for 17 in 6 overs before rain brought proceedings to a halt, with Trowbridge struggling on 53-4 after 12 overs.

Cooper-Avon Tyres 2nd gained only their second win of the campaign as they defeated hosts and fellow strugglers Goatacre 3rd by five wickets.

Goatacre were bowled out for 110. Brian Pierceey 32 top score as Barry Steggall took 3-26 in 9.2 overs and Keith Wallington 3-33 in 12. With Steve Tangir 31 Cooper-Avon gained their victory with 13 overs to spare.

THE leading duo, Dauntsey Gentlemen and Biddestone 3rd, took advantage of nearest challengers Corsham 3rd's game against Marshfield 3rd being cancelled, to extend their lead.

At bottom of the table Beanacre 2nd, the home side entertained Biddestone and were bowled out for 113, Clive Bailey 25, with Doug Miller taking 4-15 in 9.1 overs and Sam Boor 3-21 in 5.

Biddestone, thanks to Phil Boor 49 and Josh Barnes 29 not out then went on to win by seven wickets, knocking the runs off in 22 overs.

Dauntsey Gentlemen recovered from last week's hiccup to defeat visiting Collingbourne 2nd by 44 runs. Dauntsey scored 180 all out with Don Sharratt 58 and Bill Scotford 46, with Nick Young taking 3-26 in 8 overs.

Despite Mike Avril 45 and Steve Knight 43, Collingbourne were then bowled out for 136 as Tony Summers took 3-26 in 12 overs and Terry Clements 3-7 in 2.

Bath Civil Service were going well at home to Wootton Bassett 3rd, having made 145-4 in 33.3 overs before the rain caused the abandonment of the match; leaving Rich Carlin 39 not out and Trevor Purchase 36 not out.

LEADERS Swindon 4th strengthened their hold on the leadership with a convincing home win, against Bathford 2nd.

Swindon scored 163-6, mainly thanks to Phil Laggatt's 93 not out. The pick of the Bathford bowlers being Ian Waller with 1-32 in his 12 overs. Bathford then collapsed to 50 all out as Darryl Alton took 3-13 in 12 overs and Stanley Vas 2-12 in 6.

North Bradley visited Spye Park 2nd and were bowled out for 151 with Shaun Brown 42 and Ben Howe 31 their top scorers as Paul Hughes took 3-26 in 12 overs, Wayne Young 3-24 in 10 and John Chivers 2-24 in 8.5.

Spye then struggled for runs against some accurate bowling and despite 55 not out from Dave Russell, ended at 103-7 Shaun had 2-36 in 12 overs and Lea trainer 2-14 in 12.

Warminster 4th visited Trowbridge B and were bowled out for 110.

In a rain affected game, Trowbridge were set a target of 62 in twenty five overs,.

Thanks to Garry Collins 41 not out they knocked the runs off in 14 overs for the loss of one wicket.