BUCKLAND St Mary & Bishopswood are the new leaders of the fourth division in the West Somerset Cricket League after they beat East Huntspill 2nd XI by five wickets.
They have an eight-point lead over previous leaders Fitzhead who had a blank weekend but have a game in hand.
Put into bat, East Huntspill scored 190-8 in their 40 overs with Andrew Chedzoy scoring 52 and Adam Guntripp 49. Peter Endersby snapped up 3-40 and S Morris 2-41.
Opener Roger Kallaway steered Buckland to victory with 43 while Ian Every knocked 28. Nathan Glanfield took 2-36.
Roadwater 2nd XI lost by 105 runs against Over Stowey. Batting first after winning the toss, Stowey scored 183 all out in their 40 overs with Dean Marchent top scoring with 82, with 11 fours and three sixes. He faced only 39 balls. Opener Mark Sortwell also made 36 and Steve Easton 20. Luke Gould and Simon Aspey both took 3-28 while Andrew Whitley finished with figures of 2-34.
Roadwater made a steady start with openers Ashley Burr (12) and Steve Cornish (10) putting on 25 for the first wicket. But it was downhill all the way after this with Roadwater crashing to 78 all out in 23.5 overs. Whitley (17) was the only other batter to reach double figures as Stowey collected 34 points to move up to fourth in the table.
Brompton Ralph are finding it difficult to field a 2nd XI this season - as are some other clubs - and they conceded their game at home to Spaxton. It means Brompton are very much rooted to the bottom of the table.
Meanwhile, Buckland have a home game against Roadwater in the league this coming weekend, July 5, while Fitzhead will be looking to return to the top at Brompton Ralph.
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