In Group One of the Raffingers Matchplay Cricket Competition, a competition for clubs' under 16 teams, Hornchurch recorded an emphatic 116 run win over South Woodham Ferrers.

Hornchurch were dismissed for 180, Greg Singleton top scoring with 42, and they then skittled South Woodham Ferrers out for just 64, Graham Heather returning an impressive four for eight and Lee Farquhar three for 11.

Hornchurch followed this win up with another emphatic success, an eight wicket victory over Belhus, Singleton this time starrring with the ball,as he took five wickets for five runs to help bowl Belhus out for just 31.

Graham Heather (2-8) was again among the wickets, and Hornchurch passed their target for the loss of just two wickets

The full set of results are: Group One: South Woodham Ferrers, Woodford Green, Maldon, Great Burstead, South Essex, Belhus, Hornchurch.

Hornchurch 180 all out (Greg Singleton 42, Paul Murray 31, Lee Farquahar 25, Ben Collins 23, Rowan Williams 3-41, Chris Wendelken 2-26, Tom Chapman 2-31, Martin Webdale 2-30) beat South Woodham Ferrers 64 all out (Martin Webdale 25, Graham Heather 4-8, Lee Farquhar 3-11) by 116 runs.

Hornchurch 34-2 beat Belhus 31 all out (Greg Singleton 5-5, Graham Heather 2-8) by eight wickets.

Maldon beatBelhus 4-2 in a bowl-out, due to adverse weather conditions at Maldon.

Woodford Green 156-9 (Daniel Mills 43, Owen Rodwell 24, Dean Maher 23, Paul Edwards 4-35, Stuart Hendry 2-22) beat Great Burstead 80 all out (Owen Rodwell 2-10, Daniel Golding 2-11, Daniel Mills 2-22, Neamul Mohsin 2-10) by 76 runs.

West Essex 255-5 (Richard Mainwaring 118, David Dyke 65, Qasim Nawaz 41no) beat Great Burstead 82 all out (Paul Edwards 35, Adam Moosa 2-6, Shazad Nawaz 2-11) by 173 runs.

Maldon 285-4 (Alistair Cook 134no, David Randall 67, Austin Speakman 22) beat Woodford Green 105 all out (Owen Rodwell 35, David Tracey 4-25, Michael Clay 2-10, Colin Haines 2-19) by 180 runs.

Group Four: Writtle, Chelmsford, Ardleigh Green, Bentley, Horndon-on-the-Hill, Wickford, Westcliff-on-Sea.

Writtle 139- 3 (Dabid Morgan 73 n.o., Jon Buttress 31) beat Westcliff-on-Sea 138 all out (Chris Williams 94 n.o., Fraser Crosby 3-17, Philip Hayman 2-7, Leo Bartle 2-16) by seven wickets.

Ardleigh Green 169-7 (Nicholas Savidge 27, Steven Payne 26, Brandon Smith 4-40, Nick Aley 2-29) beat Wickford 107 all out (Nick Aley 28, Chris Gibbon 3-16, Paul Gibbon 3-21) by 62 runs.

Chelmsford 65-2 (Francis Kyan 27) beat Bentley 61 all out (Stephen Springett 3-8, James Redman 3-16, Stephen Pleasant 3-20) by eight wickets.

Wickford 186-6 (Tim Fisher 79, James Whackett 21, Tony Young 47 n.o., Richard Skinner 3-51) beat Westcliff-on-Sea 185-6 (Chris Williams 97, Ben McKeith 26, James Muggeridge 23 n.o., David Barnes 4-24, Tony Young 2-51) by four wickets.

Horndon on the Hill 216-4 (Phillip Keeping 87, Lee Crooks 74 n.o. Terry Tyrell 2-55) beat Bentley 210-6 (Matt Davis 37, John Bartrop 32, Tim Barnes 28, Riki Holmes 24, James Green 24, Phillip Keeping 4-36) by six runs.

Ardleigh Green 161-8 (Terry Wyatt 37, Matthew Humphrey 36, Dave Shallow 21, Stephen Pleasant 2-20, Stephen Pringett 2-23) beat Chelmsford 25 all out (Terry Wyatt 5-6, Russell Hawkins 4-9) by 136 runs.

Group Five: Brentwood, Wivenhoe Town, Woodford Wells, Ford, Colchester & East Essex, Wanstead.

Wanstead 288-4 (Sahir Akbar 109, Dip Patel 56, Matt Smith 34no, Haroon Mohammed 34, Tony Palladino 20, Paul Gibbs 2-47, Richard Pulford 2-77) beat Wivenhoe Town 26 all out (Tony Palladino 6-11, David Chambers 2-10) by 262 runs.

Woodford Wells 137-6 (Mark Hatton 71, Suman Sivakumaran 2-10) beat Brentwood 135 all out (Oliver Carson 25, Mark Hatton 3-9, John Murphy 2-10, Matt Hicks 2-20) by four wickets.

Ford 173-8 (Richard Deverill 54, Omar Sadiq 23, Barrie Rogers 21, Martin Cull 3-24) beat Colchester & East Essex 150 all out (Chris White 35, Michael Ainger 25, Richard Deverill 2-13, Minesh Soni 2-15, Barrie Rogers 2-23, Ganran Bandari 2-32) by 23 runs.

Wanstead 124-2 (Danny Walters 58no, Haroon Mohammed 41) beat Colchester & East Essex 122-8 (James Evans 35, Murad Umerji 2-15, Tony Palladino 2-22, David Chambers 2-21) by eight wickets.

Ford 241-3 (Khurram Ahmed 117no, Robert Deverill 40, Craig Hamilton 21, Priyesh Vaja 20no) beat Brentwood 109 all out (Adrian Smith 21, Shawn Vivian 3-10, Ganran Bandari 2-4, Minesh Soni 2-37) by 132 runs.

Woodford Wells 117-1 (Mark Hatton 63no, John Russell 20no) beat Wivenhoe Town 114 all out (Michael Pulford 23, Ali Bulli 3-5, Matt Hicks 3-31) by nine wickets.

Group Six: Upminster, Barking, Walthamstow, Ilford, Old Brentwoods, South Woodford.

South Woodford beat Barking 4-3 in a bowl-out.

Walthamstow 158-2 (Ben Smith 53no, Michael Harris 35no, William Yates 36, Bill Fisher 22) beat Upminster 156 all out (Mark Schofield 41, Thomas Langston 39, Matthew Guest 4-17, William Yates 2-35) by eight wickets.

Ilford 245-7 (Haroon Ditta 78, Shiad Ahmed 26, Shahzad Rana 25no, Thomas Langston 4-54) beat Upminster 144-4 (Philip Margetts 57, Thomas Leahy 32) by 101 runs.

Ilford w/o Old Brentwoods.

Walthamstow 298-4 (William Yates 90, Bill Fisher 89, Michael Harris 47, Ben Smith 27, Shameel Solanki 3-63) beat Barking 121 all out (C. Blohm 29, Fahead Rasheed 27, William Yates 2-11, David Burnage 2-27) by 177 runs.

Group Seven: Roding Valley, Benfleet, Clacton-on-Sea, Harlow, Harold Wood, Hockerill.

Hockerill 78-3 (Andrew Curtis 41no) beatBenfleet 77 all out (Nicholas Edwards 23, Joe Bishop 2-5, Mark Woodington 2-9, Kieran Morgan 2-16, Edward French 2-22) by seven wickets.

Clacton-on-Sea 223-8 (Will Snowdon 86, Robert Everson 24, Ross Pedder 20, Nathan Shetty 2-48, Haroon Ahmed 2-17, Ankur Chopra 2-18) beat Roding Valley 87 all out (Simon Stewart 4-15, Andrew Faithfull 3-34, Billy Bannard 2-13) by 136 runs.

Harlow 107-4 (Paul Rist 45no, Richard Brabner 2-10) beat Harold Wood 57 all out (David Kilby-Brown 3-8, Paul Rist 3-13, Phillip Giffen 2-7) by 50 runs in a match reduced to 20 overs per side due to adverse weather conditions.

Hockerill 96-2 (Andrew Curtis 35, Darren Mitchell 28, Mark Foster 27no) beat Harold Wood 92 all out (Peter Clarke 34, Matt Woodington 2-11, John Rest 2-13, Joe Bishop 2-16, Gareth John 2-17) by eight wickets.

Harlow 252-8 (Paul Rist 72, Ryan Jessey 62, Jon Ellis 26, Ian Rundall 23, Nicky Baxter 23no, Naveed-Ali Halal 2-18, Jerome Thong 2-33, Ankur Chopra 2-46) beat Roding Valley 79 all out (Rodney Bear 33, Ian Rundal 3-11, Paul Rist 3-18, Mark Gatland 2-12) by 173 runs.

Clacton-on-Sea 194-8 (Ashley Smart 58, Alan Seldon 42, Billy Bannard 29no, Mark Kenrick 2-25, James Heath 2-36) beat Benfleet 115 all out (Mark Kenrick 35, David Wright 21, Simon Stewart 4-20, Billy Bannard 3-26, Jerad Birch 2-15) by 79 runs.

Group Eight: Shenfield (withdrawn), Billericay, Gidea Park & Romford, Hainault & Clayhall, Pegasus, Camul, Leyton County.

Gidea Park & Romford 196-6 (Eddie Bowler 48, Ben Montgomery 40, James Smith 23, Jordan Tolan 20, Peter Smith 2-39) beatCamul 65 all out (Michael Harrison 3-18, Keith Smith 2-9, Tom Montgomery 2-11) by 131 runs.

Billericay 116-2 (Stewart Rutland 51, Mike Smith 28no) beat Hainault & Clayhall 115-8 (Mohammed Darr 22, Sushil Sirpal 20, Stuart Hynes 2-16, Mike Smith 2-19) by eight wickets.

Leyton County 290-5 (Liam Grealish 79, William Burns 53, Joe Medland 34, Mobin Abu-Baker 29, Matt Tyler 3-44) beat Camul 125 all out (Luke Russell 33, Nick Taylor 29no, Lawrence Penfold 21, Liam Grealish 4-36) by 165 runs.

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