LEADERS Charlbury won their crunch top-of-the-table clash at home to East & West Hendred by 32 runs to stretch their lead in the OCA League Division 1 title race.

Ian Johnston shone for the hosts, scoring 39 in Charlbury’s 168 all out, Mark Baring taking 4-34.

Johnston then claimed 5-31 in 12 overs as Hendred were bowled out for 136.

Stonesfield suffered as Mohammed Shafqat took 6-26, bowling out for 88 to help hosts Wolvercote to a 57-run.

Earlier, Tim MacIntyre top-scored with 54 in Wolvercote’s 145 all out, Ali Malik taking 4-28.

Division 2 leaders Witney Swifts fell to a 72-run defeat at home to Marsh Gibbon.

James Scott hit 42 and Sat Vadivale 34 to help Marsh to 203-7.

Omar Hussain (53) led Swifts’ reply, but they were all out for 131.

Chipping Norton lost to Clifton Hampden by eight wickets.

Darren Clark (4-27) and Julian Hitchman (3-22) combined to dismiss Chippy for 106, before Matthew Burton hit 44 not out and Morley Benson 37 not out to take Clifton to 110-2.

Eynsham eased to a seven-wicket win at home to Broughton & North Newington.

Broughton posted 181-6 Stuart Walton top-scoring with 64 not out. Gary Cook (54no) and Chris Bowles (52no) then led Eynsham to 184-3.

Chadlington saw off hosts Wootton & Boars Hill by five wickets after dismissing them for 142.

James Stoddart then hit 45 not out and Mark Lambert 35 in Chadlington’s 145-5.

In Division 3, Richard Brown returned brilliant figures of 7-27 as Hanborough beat Risinghurst by 76 runs.

Hanborough had earlier been dismissed for 178, Joseph Burgess hitting 56.

Brown’s seven-wicket haul then ensured Risinghurst were shot out for 102.

Stanton Harcourt beat visitors Kidlington by four wickets.

Chasing Kidlington’s 156 all out, Stanton reached 157-6, Luke Pettifer top-scoring with 43 not out.

Edward Landray’s fine century saw Bampton to a formidable 248-8, setting up a 173-run victory at Swinbrook in Division 4.

Andrew Wingfield Digby took 5-29 for Swinbrook, who fell for 75 as Matthew Williams took 4-26.

Kane Lewis grabbed a six-wicket haul as Ducklington hammered visitors Steventon by 225 runs in Division 5.

Ducklington racked up a formidable total of 271-8, Liam Day starring with 81 and Mithun Sortur taking 5-49.

Lewis took 6-15 and George Townsend 4-28 as Steventon were skittled out for 46 in reply.

In Division 7, it was Tom Valentine’s day as he hit a century and took five wickets in Kilkenny 2nd’s 189-run win over Eynsham 2nd.

He struck a superb 101 and Asif Chaudhary 65 as Kilkenny racked up a massive 301-6.

Valentine then completed a superb all-round performance with 5-20 to send Eynsham tumbling to 112 all out.

Aizaz Khan struck an unbeaten century for Yarnton & Cowley 2nd as they crushed visitors Stonesfield 2nd by 120 runs.

Khan’s scintillating 119 not out saw Yarnton to 229-7.

Jordan Newman hit 60 in Stonesfield’s reply, but he had little support as they were bowled out for 109.

Division 8 North leaders Chadlington 2nd marched on with an 18-run win at home to Wolvercote 3rd.

Glenn McCallum’s 77 not out led Chadlington to 171-7.

McCallum then took 3-37, as Wolvercote were all out for 153.