Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
Dynamic Dixon stars for leaders
Kent Village League
Gavin Dixon’s unbeaten knock of 101 fired Division 1 leaders Harbledown to a 170-run victory over Holborough Anchorians.
Dixon received great support from Jamie Vant-Harrison (71) as his side recorded 282-4 in their 40 overs.
Holborough were bowled out for 112 in reply.
Harvel are level on points with Harbledown after Selsted conceded their fixture.
Graham Gould’s five-wicket haul set third-placed Littlebourne on their way to an eight-wicket win against Exiles at Bridge. Gould took 5-22 as Exiles were all out for 112.
Littlebourne opener Owen Holton then cracked an unbeaten 78 in 22.2 overs to secure the points.
Sheldwich are up to fourth after a five-wicket win over Ash.
David Prior took 4-31 to restrict Ash to 137 all out, despite knocks of 42 and 44 not out from David Matthews and Andrew Dunn respectively.
Max Blythin (43) then
top scored for Sheldwich as they wrapped up the result within 32 overs.
Rafi Stone top scored with 46 as Street End secured their second league win by four wickets against Wingham, although they remain bottom.
A victory target of 196 was set after Wingham’s Jake Guinan hit 80 but Street End got over the line thanks to further contributions from Matthew Goldbacher (32) and Alix Jones (32 not out).
Tyler Hill are in the Division 3 promotion places after Karl Sutcliffe’s unbeaten century helped them to successfully chase down 223 to beat Wye by seven wickets.
Wye’s Max Campbell scored 126 to guide his side to a first innings total of 222-6.
But Sutcliffe (105 not out) ensured that Hill reached their victory target in just 32.3 overs.
Selling are fourth after their five-wicket loss to Bearsted, which came despite James Whittaker’s 53.
Norton Sports are still bottom of Division 4 after their eight-wicket loss to Holcombe & Bluebell Hill.
In Division 5, Boughton-under-Blean are still searching for their first win after a two-wicket loss to Higham and Mockbeggar.
Boughton posted 179-7 from their 40 overs batting first. Despite Keith Waters taking 3-57, Higham won the game with 14 deliveries to spare.
Harbledown 2nds are third after they beat Great Chart by 42 runs. Andy Raines top scored with 43 as they posted 212-8.
The opening pair of Robert Lawson (68 not out) and Paul Spratt (66) ensured Littlebourne made light work of their run chase against Eastchurch. After restricting their depleted opponents to 1626, Littlebourne wrapped up a nine-wicket win in just 28.1 overs.