CARTERTON Town A narrowed the gap at the top of the Witney & District FA Premier Division to three points with a 4-1 home win over Ducklington, writes Anthony Barlow.

Jason Lonsdale, Kevin Rookes, Jack Morton and Tommy Burns were on target for the hosts, with Dave Rabbich replying for Ducklington.

Ethan Penney scored a hat-trick for Combe, but had to settle for a point as goals from Connor Teague, Adam Webley and Josh Catling earned visiting Bourton Rangers a 3-3 draw.

Will Potter, Joey Burgess and Aston Leach were all on target in Hanborough’s 3-1 win over Hailey.

Jack Wood pulled one back for Hailey, but couldn’t prevent their first defeat of the season.

Chipping Norton Town beat Witney Royals 2-1 thanks to goals from Andy McCabe and Dan Bott.

Steve Brasier was on target for Royals.

Charlbury Town inflicted a heavy 6-2 home defeat on Minster Lovell.

Josh White and Russ Whitlock scored for the hosts, but goals from Paul Allen, Sean Gilbert, Craig McCallum, Mark Goode and Mike Thompson put the result beyond doubt.

Kirtlington moved five points clear at the top of Division 1 with a 5-1 thrashing of Brize Norton.

Jake East struck a hat-trick and there were also goals for Ryan Moran-Ross and Chris Rae, with Hayden Parker hitting the consolation for Brize.

Nathan Beckett hit a stunning six goals to help fire high-flying Bampton United to a crushing 7-0 victory at Ducklington Res in Division 2.

Dan Paintin was also on target to keep Bampton within a point of top spot.

OTHER SCORERS

Div 1: Chadlington 3 (C Jefferies 2, L Woodward), FC Hollybush 1 (B Bryant); Hailey Res 0, Stonesfield 6 (P Penny 2, K Noonan, L Stayte, M Phipps); North Leigh A 2 (J Aust, T Harvey), Carterton Rgrs 3 (K Dialo, A Izzard, A Lee); Spartan Rgrs 2 (H Clarke, J Grant), Aston 2 (S Rowe, D Molony).

Div 2: FC Nomads 4 (D Pryse 2, S Bircher, C Lawrence), Carterton Tn B 5 (O Bush 2, D Sollis 2, L Simmonds); Kingham All Blacks 0, Milton 2 (A Ayres 2); Witney Wand 2 (M Bason, J Bason), Moreton Rgrs 0.

Div 3: Corinthians 1 (P Barncoat), Middle Barton 4 (J Ealey 3, J Umney); Eynsham A 9 (D Simpson 2, J Lyne 2, O Page 2, S Morton, Z Sheffield, T Walker), Enstone 0; FC Mills 1 (D Godden), Wootton 6 (J Holder 2, J Cox 2, G Berry, R Alexander); Tower Hill Stars 2 (J Scott 2), Wychwood Forest 3 (S Harris 2, P Gair).

Div 4: Brize Norton 2 (C Mayhew, R Duffy), Combe Res 7 (L Richards 3, A Ibbitson 2, R Snell, L Molyneux); Charlbury Res 5 (D Potter 2, M Grimsley, M Papa, G Jones), Chadlington Res 0; FC Hollybush Res 5 (D Smith 2, D Cooper, A Hyatt, M Mumford), Spartan Rgrs A 1 (D Briggs); Milton Res 3 (K Bonner, J Rawlins, D Hooton), Kingham AB Res 0.

Jack Busby Memorial Trophy: Bampton Utd Res 4 (C Pritchard 2, T Madden, R Ghagan), Hanborough Res 0; Stonesfield Res 9 (C Jordan 4, L Colwell 2, P Searle, P Miller, S Kemp), Bourton Rov Res 2 (A Lopian, J Joynes); Witney Royals Res 1 (R Cummins), Eynsham SSC Res 5 (D Mobey 2, L Parsons 2, og); Wootton Res 0, Spartan Rgrs Res 3 (O Semlali 2, M Howard).