JOHNNY Page helped Box get back to winning ways last weekend as his century inspired his side to a thumping 165-run victory over near neighbours Corsham 2nd.

Page racked up a hearty 108 as the hosts posted 238-5 before Richard Foley helped turn the screw on Corsham, the Box man taking 4-12 as the visitors were dismissed for just 73 in 34 overs.

Elsewhere, early pace-setters Royal Wootton Bassett maintained their unbeaten start to the new season by claiming their third win of the campaign so far courtesy of an eight-wicket triumph at Hinton Charterhouse.

Tendai Maruma caused the home side all manner of problems as he claimed 5-44 from his nine overs, with Charterhouse skittled for 103 midway through the 30th over.

That left Bassett to cruise over the line, with Taruma top-scoring with 47 as his side reached 107-2 in the 24th over.

Bear Flat remain the only other side yet to have tasted defeat after they edged out Urchfont by 22 runs.

The Bath outfit posted 195-9 but Josh Sutton took 4-32 to ensure that Urchfont were all out for 173 in 43 overs.

Lacock enjoyed a five-wicket success at Beckington, and despite Henry Cheal (76) and Greg Harfield (58) sharing a partnership of 104, the bowling of Leigh Rogers – his 4-12 included a hat-trick and four maidens – saw Beckington skittled for 204 in their final over.

Steven Copland (69) and Adam Mitchell (59) then helped Lacock reach 205-5 with more than 11 overs to spare.

Division Two

BIDDESTONE 2nd were in devastating form with the bat as they thrashed Beanacre & Melksham by 175 runs.

Batting first, visitors Biddestone posted 319-6, Rhys Merriman (89) and Tim Knight (84) both sticking around, whilst Tom Ellaway smacked 58 from 34 deliveries.

In reply, Dan Watts, at just 15-years-old, made 37 as he shared a 10th wicket partnership of 51 with Andy Footner but his youthful exuberance did little to stem the tide as Beanacre & Melksham were skittled for 144 with less than two overs to go.

Beehive Southwick’s clash with Potterne 2nd was done and dusted in double-time, with the hosts tearing through the Potterne order and dismissing their opponents for just 88 in little more than 21 overs, James Dennison taking 4-1 in just two overs.

Milan Perera exerted some pressure as he claimed 4-15 but Beehive sauntered to 89-4 early in the 27th over.

Winsley remain top of the pile thanks to an 84-run triumph at Bradford on Avon, with the hosts posting 218-5 thanks to Ian Pinchin’s 92 and Danny Clarkson’s unbeaten 57.

But Winsley went on to claim their third victory of the season, with Giles Williams hitting 70 as they made it to 221-4 early in the penultimate over.

Centurion Wes Hartlief helped Avebury dispatch Warminster 2nd by 84 runs, hitting 106, whilst Dominic Fry weighed in with 86 as the visitors made it to 284-7.

In reply, James Leworthy hit 75 but Warminster fell short as they reached 200-9, with Fry also taking 4-22.

Division Three

Wroughton Wranglers beat Seagry by six wickets, with Mark McMeeking starring with a haul of six wickets for just 20 runs as the visitors were skittled for 205, despite the efforts of Angelo Moretti (99) and Steve Thompsett (56).

Josh Moncrieff then hit 50 to help Wroughton reach 209-4 with three-and-a-half overs to spare.

Royal Wootton Bassett 2nd suffered a 26-run reverse at the hands of Keevil.

Division Five

BECKINGTON 2nd were left licking their wounds after they were whitewashed at Lambourn.

The visitors were put in to bat first and found themselves restricted to 119-9 before Lambourn’s Chris Aubrey (73 not out) and Sam Jubb (44 not out) blew them away, the hosts reaching 122 without loss in little more than 21 overs.

Blunsdon also found themselves on the end of a 10-wicket thrashing as they were demolished at home by Chippenham 3rd.

The hosts were skittled for just 89 in the 31st over, with Matt Jenkins the chief antagonist as he took 5-26 before Chippenham cruised to 91 without loss in little more than 23 overs.

Goatacre 3rd were unable to prevent Combe Down from getting back to winning ways, with the villagers dismissed for 126 in the 35th over, with Rajat Dhir taking 5-22.

Combe Down lost early wickets to Luke Stoneham in reply but some big hitting in the middle order saw them to a winning score of 127-5 in the 22nd over.

Division Seven

DEVIZES 2nd needed less than six overs to put Calne 2nd to the sword, skittling their hosts for a measly 39 thanks to 4-9 from Joe Hutchinson before cruising to 40 without loss in next to no time.