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Horspath's second full house this season

11 Aug 2025

Horspath's full house of wins on Saturday was the second time the club had achieved the feat this season.

Four-wicket wins for the 1st XI at Gerrards Cross and the 2nd XI against Brackley at the Recreation Ground allied to a 49-run win by the 3rd XI at home to Stanton Harcourt and the 4th XI's 20-run victory at Frieth emulated the opening day's clean sweep on May 10.

That day saw Viv Narayan (61) hit a maiden Home Counties Premier Cricket League half-century as Horspath marked their return to Division 2 with a five-wicket win at Bicester & North Oxford.

Meanwhile, skipper Ryan Hicks returned stunning figures of 5-10 and Max Smith hammered 55 in Horspath 2nd's 122-run win at home to Tiddington in Cherwell League Division 2.

Dhanhush Balaji blasted an unbeaten 57 off 40 balls to take Horspath 3rd to a nine-wicket win at Dorchester-on-Thames in Division 4B.

And the fab four was completed by Horspath 4th's eight-wicket win at home to Stokenchurch with 13-year-old Zach Rayner returning superb figures of 5-8.

But before that the club's previous awesome foursome was on August 22, 2020 in the Covid-hit campaign with the feat also being achieved two weeks earlier.

In a regular season prior to this year, though, the last time the club achieved a full house was on August 13, 2016.