CARTERTON Town A moved up to second in the Witney & District FA Premier Division table on goal difference with a 3-0 win at home to Combe, writes ANTHONY BARLOW.

Jack Morton struck twice for the title hopefuls, alongside a Jack Lonsdale effort.

Chipping Norton Town leapfrogged their opponents into fifth place after handing out a 4-1 defeat to Charlbury Town.

Dan Bott scored twice and there were also goals for Rhys Warner-Carter and Dan Kirby, while Craig McCallum replied for the visitors.

Strugglers Ducklington went down to a narrow 3-2 defeat at Hanborough.

Joey Burgess netted twice for the hosts with Neil Rose picking up the other, while Robbie Mutch and Perry Tinson found the net for the away side.

Witney Royals extended their unbeaten run to six games with a comfortable 4-0 victory over Hailey, with goals from Jordan Cross, Matt Thompson, Max Lucas and Steve Brasier.

Division 1 leaders Kirtlington slipped to a shock 4-0 defeat at home to Spartan Rangers.

Dave Cross, Pete Jenkins, Jamie Timms and Harry Thompson were all on target for the visitors.

But second-placed Eynsham SSC were unable to take advantage, going down 2-1 away to FC Hollybush.

Brad Bryant and Alan Rogers hit the back of the net for the home side, with John Ayres registering for Eynsham.

Third-placed Carterton Rangers were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Stonesfield, Jamie McDonough’s effort being cancelled out by Evans Boland for the visitors.

OTHER SCORERS

Premier Div: Bourton Rov 7 (C Teague 2, A Smith 2, D Webley 2, C Gilson), Minster Lovell 0.

Div 1: Aston 2 (S Rowe, M Smith), Brize Norton 1 (P Bronk).

Div 2: Kingham AB 0, Carterton Tn B 2 (D Sollis 2); Milton 0, Moreton Rgrs 1 (R Mayhew); Minster Lovell Res 2 (J Hector, M Ryan), Chipping Norton Tn Res 4 (M Cortes 3, R Burton); Spartan Rgrs Res 1 (M Ferreira), Bampton Utd 3 (D Oyston 3); Witney Wands 4 (B Border 2, A Thomson, A Bason), Hanborough Res 1 (D Smith).

Div 3: FC Mills 0, Corinthians 3 (D Smith 2, L Cuthbert).

Div 4: Brize Norton Res 3 (R Duffy 2, J Hutchins), Spartan Rgrs A 3 (D Jeffrey, T Merchant, L Steele); Wootton Res 3 (M Steers 2, D Leggett), Kingham AB Res 4 (L Barnes 2, J Godfrey, D Norris); Wychwood Forest 0, Aston Res 4 (J Waller, A Kew, S Isherwood, S Duthie).

Supplementary Cup: Charlbury Res 2 (B Claridge 2), Tower Hill Stars 5 (R Meredith, W Graham, S Bowers, C Mays, L Travers); Combe Res 1 (S Dalby), FC Hollybush Res 3 (A Hyatt 3); Eynsham A 7 (J Lyne 2, O Page 2, C Peacock, C Sheppard, T Walker), Bourton Rov Res 1 (J Mosson); Eynsham SSC Res 0, Wootton 3 (A Marks 2, J Cox); Middle Barton 0, Wychwood Forest 3 (S Harris, R Clements); Stonefield Res 4 (L Parker, N Clarke, S Kemp, C Ladbrooke), Milton Res 0.

  • West Witney’s run in the Oxfordshire FA Charity Cup came to an end as they were dumped out of the competition, 4-0 by Oxford University from the Oxfordshire Senior League.