Fair Oak have established a handy 24-point advantage at the mid-point of the Southern Premier League Division 3 campaign.
Beating Hambledon, who began the round ten fixtures in second place, by 88 runs and then hearing Bashley (Rydal) II had rolled over against Fawley made it a perfect day.
But overcoming Hambledon was far from a straightforward exercise as Oaks had to rebuild from 46-4 to post their winning 255 total.
Talented Wellington College sportsman Max Watson, left, whose 87 included two sixes and 12 fours, and Rufus Bullough (54) turned the game around with a century fifth wicket stand, which Assad Abbas (39) and Rhys Oxley subsequently enhanced.
Spinner Henry Glanfield (5-42) wheeled away for Hambledon and later made 30 in an all-out total of 167, Bullough and Oxley sharing six of the wickets.
Scores: Fair Oak 255 (Watson 87, Bullough 54, Abbas 39, Glanfield 5-42)
Hambledon 167 (Le Clerq 34, Chakrabarti 30, Glanfield 30, Bullough 3-2, Oxley 3-36)
Fair Oak won by 88 runs.
Portsmouth & Southsea avenged an early season defeat by South Wilts II, winning by 39 runs at Bemerton to consolidate a mid-table berth.
Teenage bat/wicketkeeper Oli Kanavan (56) top scored in P & S’s 197 (Peach 29, Wigley 28, R Pittman 4-42, Ghauri 3-37), but only Tom Pearce (27) and Rob Pittman (26) responded in SW 158 all out.
Beating Hambledon, who began the round ten fixtures in second place, by 88 runs and then hearing Bashley (Rydal) II had rolled over against Fawley made it a perfect day.
But overcoming Hambledon was far from a straightforward exercise as Oaks had to rebuild from 46-4 to post their winning 255 total.
Talented Wellington College sportsman Max Watson, left, whose 87 included two sixes and 12 fours, and Rufus Bullough (54) turned the game around with a century fifth wicket stand, which Assad Abbas (39) and Rhys Oxley subsequently enhanced.
Spinner Henry Glanfield (5-42) wheeled away for Hambledon and later made 30 in an all-out total of 167, Bullough and Oxley sharing six of the wickets.
Scores: Fair Oak 255 (Watson 87, Bullough 54, Abbas 39, Glanfield 5-42)
Hambledon 167 (Le Clerq 34, Chakrabarti 30, Glanfield 30, Bullough 3-2, Oxley 3-36)
Fair Oak won by 88 runs.
Portsmouth & Southsea avenged an early season defeat by South Wilts II, winning by 39 runs at Bemerton to consolidate a mid-table berth.
Teenage bat/wicketkeeper Oli Kanavan (56) top scored in P & S’s 197 (Peach 29, Wigley 28, R Pittman 4-42, Ghauri 3-37), but only Tom Pearce (27) and Rob Pittman (26) responded in SW 158 all out.
