GREAT & Little Tew secured their Division 1 status despite falling to a seven-wicket defeat at Tring Park in a rain-affected match.

They are an unassailable 34 points above the drop zone with only 20 on offer from the last game.

Tew picked up six points, which proved enough to keep them in the top flight in their debut season and condemned Reading to relegation after their game at Banbury was abandoned.

Andy Harris’s side were put in to bat at Tring and Dain Moreton starred, hammering 115 not out off 114 deliveries, including 13 boundaries.

Openers Harrison Smith (60) and Henry Woodward put on 63, before the latter was dismissed.

Wickets fell around Moreton, but Tew were able to post 242-6.

Tring were quickly restricted to 19-1.

But Charlie MacDonald (73) and Saif Zaib (52) steadied the ship, before the latter put on 72 for the third wicket with Michael Payne to leave the hosts on 158-3 when he was dismissed.

Heavy rain stopped play, but Tring needed just seven runs off six overs to reach a revised target of 177 which they comfortably met.

GREAT & LITTLE TEW

H Smith c Abbott b MacDonell 60

H Woodward c Pritchard b Pratt 29

D Moreton not out 115

J White b Zaib 13

C Slatter c MacDonell b Zaib 12

R Catling run out 2

A Harris st Pritchard b Zaib 4

Extras 7

Total (6 wkts, 50 ovs) 242

Fall: 1-63, 2-139, 3-171, 4-197, 5-205, 6-242.

Bowling: Stanway 6-1-19-0, Pratt 6-0-38-1, Gurnett 3-0-16-0, Zaib 10-1-45-3, Payne 6-0-44-0, MacDonell 10-0-34-1, Criddle 9-0-44-0.

TRING PARK

S Zaib c&b Harris 52

B Abbott b Manley 1

C MacDonell c Warner b White 73

M Payne not out 26

R Pritchard not out 12

Extras 13

Total (3 wkts, 31.5 ovs) 177

Fall: 1-19, 2-86, 3-158.

Bowling: Manley 7-0-40-1, Shurmer 5-1-26-0, Thomas 8-1-42-0, Harris 4-0-27-1, Warner 5-1-24-0, White 2.5-0-18-1.

Tring Park 20pts, Great Tew 6

Shipton-under-Wychwood’s local derby with Aston Rowant fell foul of the wet weather.

Rowant dismissed their hosts for 112, but they did not get a chance to reply.

SHIPTON-UNDER-WYCHWOOD

S Hole c Matthews b Bethell 5

C Wood c Matthews b Morrick 13

C Miller c Matthews b Morrick 5

C Dickinson c Smith b Needham 35

T Senior c Matthews b Needham 9

S Cross c Matthews b Morrick 1

I Lewis run out 16

A Sanklecha c Tolson b Bethell 7

C Brain c Smith b Muttitt 7

S Miller b Muttitt 0

S Carvey not out 0

Extras 14

Total (all out, 34.2 ovs) 112

Fall: 1-7, 2-28, 3-47, 4-73, 5-78, 6-78, 7-104, 8-112, 9-112.

Bowling: Bethell 7.2-0-15-2, Harris 8-1-29-0, Morrick 10-3-31-3, Needham 7-1-25-2, Muttitt 2-1-9-2.

Shipton 6pts, Aston Rowant 6