Oxfordshire recorded their first win of the season with a 22-18 success at home to Northamptonshire.

The hosts’ 181-158 victory at Wallingford’s Regal Centre in the English Short Mat Bowls Association Inter-County Competition made amends for defeat against Essex in their opening fixture.

RESULTS

Singles: C Hasker lost 20-4, lost 14-12; AJ Brown won 16-4, won 14-12.

Pairs: J Bradbury & D Wiggins won 16-5, won 13-12; M Davies & L Woodward won 17-11, lost 13-11.

Triples: N Cottrell, B Cummings & K Dickson lost 13-11, won 15-6; D Watts, L Orlando & N Davies won 17-6, lost 12-8.

Fours: P Dunn, P Collett, S Faulkner & N Pratley lost 15-1, lost 7-6; A Sirett, T Mills, R Claridge & T Cross won 11-4, won 9-4.

Oxfordshire's A team lost 197-152 (27-13) against Herefordshire at Ross on Wye.

RESULTS

Singles: S Ives lost 18-8, won 16-13; J Cole won 13-7, lost 17-6.

Pairs: M Cole & C Robbins lost 15-9, lost 18-7; D Ives & N Cole drew 13-13, drew 12-12.

Triples: S Hall, K Howarth & L Gray lost 12-9, won 17-10; J Douglass, N Lovell & T Gardiner won 11-7, lost 16-5.

Fours: P Hearmon, M Belson, M Edwards & R Belson won 10-9, lost 10-3; A Eastgate, T Wright, S Dunn & B Eastgate drew 6-6, lost 14-7.

LEAGUE RESULTS

West Oxfordshire League Witney Town Rams 23 (0pts), North Leigh Millers 40 (8); Witney Mills Weavers 32 (6), Charlbury Oaks 25 (2); Eynsham Falcons 24 (2), Burford Town 28 (6); Witney Town Woolies 19 (1), Hanborough Herons 33 (7).

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