HARRISON AT HIS BEST MAKES SURE OF COMFORTABLE VICTORY

Z Fagg c Price b Weller .....................12 B Chapman lbw b Ball.......................18 J Cox run out ......................................5 A Smith b Neale ................................10 K Appleby c Price b Ball ....................11 G Stewart c Ball b Du Plooy...............17 R Smith c Ball b Singh ......................56 M Hunn c Lockhart b Du Plooy ..........22 C Spanton c Vernon b Weller ...............3 J Gray not out ...................................11 M Van Poppel not out ..........................3 Extras ...............................................20 A Cox b Collingwood ...........................0 L Evans c Russell b Knight ................45 L Thornby not out................................5 C Smith b Rand...................................0 A Amos not out ...................................8 Extras ...............................................18 T Russell lbw b C Smith ....................14 A Crawford lbw b L Evans .................47 P Collins lbw b C Smith .......................0 B Daking c Thornby b L Evans...........12 A Burge b Amos ................................13 J Drewe b B Smith ............................32 J Bristow-Diamond run out .................3 R Knight b Amos .................................1 R Collingwood c&b D Evans ................9 J Rand not out ..................................26 S Jones run out ..................................5 Extras ...............................................27 Fraser Harrison’s career-best unbeaten 68 guided Ashford Town to a comfortable eightwicket win over Bexleyheath at Stacians Park.

The wicketkeeper featured in a century stand with skipper Liam Tegg (56) to see the side home. They had earlier dismissed the visitors for a modest 154.

In-form leg spinner and the league’s top wicket-taker, Craig Buckham, took his tally to 35 with his fifth four-wicket haul of the sea- L Tegg c Heath b G Burnham ............56 L Reeves lbw b McNeill .......................4 F Harrison not out .............................68 S Taylor not out ................................21 Extras .................................................5 P Smiles b Rodway ............................6 D Blain c Senior b Price ......................7 J Simmons b Rodway .........................3 Z Rossiter b Cooper ............................0 D Westbrook c Wood b Cooper............5 C Martin b Diedrick ...........................34 N Helyar c Colbran b Diedrick ...........20 B Peters c Wood b Rodway ...............24 J Rossiter run out ...............................4 N Patel b Rodway................................0 J Smiles not out ..................................0 Extras ...............................................27 P Goatham c Gray b Thomas .............15 F Beaman c Gray b Thomas ..............24 M Jones b A Carney ..........................10 J Bolt c Naidoo b Thomas .................11 A Brown c Newman b Gray ...............13 P Rowcroft c&b A Carney ..................11 B-J Smith lbw b A Carney ...................0 A Chapman c Schryver b Wills ..........20 M Burgess c Thomas b Wills ...............7 D Levey c Schryver b Wills ..................9 J Wickham not out ..............................3 Extras .................................................4 I Carney b Rowcroft ..........................26 D Newman b Levey .............................8 D Gray lbw b Burgess .......................22 E Miller b Rowcroft .............................0 Q Naidoo c Wickham b Burgess ..........4 C Mannering not out .........................47 E Schryver b Rowcroft ........................0 F Forbes b Rowcroft............................0 C Wills not out ..................................15 Extras .................................................8 son. Simon Taylor took four catches, three of them off Tegg.

Buckham is four ahead of his nearest rival, Minster seamer Martin Hammond at the top of the standings, and helped Town recover quickly from the defeat against Old Elthamians the previous week.

They sit 12 points clear of nearest rivals Catford & Cyphers, with the season now at the halfway stage.

Harrison, given an extended run in the W Oates c Mahadevaiah b A Watson ..22 J Mcvittie lbw b Webster.....................2 A Hopkins c Mahadevaiah b A Watson...5 L Griffiths c J Watson b A Watson .....16 R Griffiths lbw b Shannon .................12 J Stephens lbw b A Watson.................0 M Belt c A Watson b Wise .................13 R Durrant c J Watson b Shannon ......23 R Marsh c Hamley b Shannon ...........16 G Sullivan b Noden .............................3 J Harris not out ...................................0 Extras .................................................7 R Ades c White b Seagrove ...............10 M Nash c Hunt b Seagrove................51 L Back not out ..................................95 C Stuckey b Unsure ..........................16 M Banning c Gray b Tomlinson .........21 A Malik lbw b Tomlinson ...................12 J Thomas not out ..............................14 Extras ...............................................16 T Niewoudt lbw b A Malik .................44 D Seal c Mackney b A Malik..............17 C Joblin b Banning ............................12 N White c&b Banning ..........................0 L Gray c Banning b Budde...................3 N Thapa not out ................................18 D Tomlinson not out............................8 Extras ...............................................10 J Griffiths b Mangold.........................19 N Griffiths c Clayson b Pelling-Smith .10 J Womak b Grabham ..........................0 K Hitchcock b Mangold .....................15 M Willoughby b Mangold.....................5 A Foinette c Clayson b Potter ..............0 S Britton b Potter ................................0 J Owens c Goldsmith b Potter .............2 L Hughes st Goldsmith b Clayson ......11 J Hopley c Player b F Hopley ...............3 M Clarke not out .................................7 Extras ...............................................22 side, following first choice Jack Richardson’s decision to go travelling, passed his previous best 65, against Catford Wanderers last month. Tegg’s half century leaves him ninth top league run scorer, just short of 450 for the season.

Town 2nds (114) lost by 16 runs at Tonbridge 2nds (130, James Rodway 4-24).

Middle-order resistance proved the key after Town had first whipped out the top-four, then the tail.

Borstal v St Margaret’s, Boughton & Eastwell v Nelson, Holcombe & Blue Bell Hill v Littlebourne, Milstead v Ash, Sandwich Town 3rds v Cobham.

Hunton W v Holborough Anchorians, Sheldwich v Bobbing Court & Lower Halstow, Sheppey v The Mote 3rds, Sherwood v Headcorn.

Canterbury 3rds v Deal Victoria & Barns Close, Kennington v Selsted, Margate v Saltwood, Wye v Ramsgate Corinthian.

Dover Cosmopolitans v Hawkinge, Folkestone 3rds v Mersham Sports 2nds, Minster v Elham Valley, Sturry v Willesborough.

Ash 2nds v Grasmere Park, Exiles at Stelling Minnis v Ashford Town 3rds, Nelson CC 2nds v Boughton & Eastwell 2nds, Nonington 3rds v Littlebourne 3rds.

Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 2nds v Walmer 2nds, East Langdon v Sherwood 2nds, Littlebourne 2nds v Holcombe & Blue Bell Hill 2nds, Old Williamsonians 2nds v Leeds & Broomfield 2nds, Westgate-On-Sea 2nds v Borstal 2nds.

Deal Victoria & Barns Close 2nds v Sandwich Town 4ths, Herne Bay v Northdown, St Margaret’s 2nds v Stowting, Street End v Margate 2nds.

Bapchild v Street End, Leeds & B v Elham Valley, Littlebourne v Woodchurch, Selling v Sheldwich, Stone-in-Oxney v Harbledown, Wingham v Egerton, Wye v Ash.

Harvel v Linton Park, Selsted v Borstal, Stowting v Mersham Le Hatch, Tyler Hill v Leybourne, Worth v Challock.

Bredgar v Great Chart, Holcombe & Blue Bell Hill v Hunton Wanderers, Pluckley v Frindsbury, Saltwood v Addington Village, Staplehurst v Charing, Upchurch v Bearsted.

Borden v Eastchurch, Brookland v Wingham 2nds, High Halstow v Harrietsham, Horton Kirby v Mersham Sports, Kings Hill v Town Malling, Kingsnorth v Teston, Norton Sports v New Ifield.

Boughton-under-Blean v Bilsington, Great Chart 2nds v Chestfield, Harbledown 2nds v Stockbury, Holborough Anchorians v Littlebourne 2nds, Rolvenden v Exiles at Stelling Minnis, St Nicholas and Sarre v Little Chart, Woodcoombe v Hythe Green.

Borstal 2nds v Sturry, Kennington v Horton Kirby 2nds, Linton Park 2nds v Bobbing Court and Lower Halstow, Rainham v Pett, Sherwood v Frittenden.