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Nichols hits ton in Horspath's Village Cup win

13 May 2026

Tom Nichols made a sparkling unbeaten century as Horspath marched on in the Cawston Press Village Cup with a stunning 10-wicket win at Sandford St Martin in the Oxfordshire Group second round.
Facing the Cherwell League Division 2A hosts' 165-8 after they had elected to bat, the opener hit 107 not out off 65 balls as last year's regional winners raced home at 166-0 off 17.5 overs.
His superb knock included 18 fours and two sixes as Dan Todd (28no) was content to play a supporting role for the Home Counties Premier Cricket League Division 2 visitors.
Nichols went to three figures with a four before completing victory in style by also hitting the next delivery to the boundary.
Earlier, Horspath had kept a tight rein on the Sandford batsmen with Asad Rafiq (2-9) striking twice as the hosts plunged to 18-3.
Chris Thompson (50) and captain George Welch (23) set about repairing the damage, before Horspath skipper Will Eason had his Sandford counterpart caught by Tyron Eyles to make it 59-4.
Steven Dobson joined Thompson to put on 63 for the fifth wicket only to be bowled by Josh Cummings (2-36) when he had moved on to 34.
Thompson had just completed a battling half-century when he fell to Nichols with the catch again being taken by Eyles, who claimed two wickets in the last over to return figures of 2-30.    
Now Horspath are away to 1995 national runners-up Tiddington in the third round on Sunday, May 24.
Horspath CC would like to thank the following 2026 Player Sponsors:
Amin Rafiq (STRONG Pilates Oxford)
Asad Rafiq (STRONG Pilates Oxford)
Will Eason (Oxford Marquees)
Josh Richardson (Steve Richardson)
Tyron Eyles (Interduct UK Ltd)
Robbie Eason (ARB UK Ltd)
Tom Coleman (RJA & SL Coleman)
Ryan Hicks (Green & Wakefield)
Ehsan Hussain (RMA Properties)
Tom Nichols (Savona Foodservice)
Josh Cummings (Gardiners Opticians)