Bradford Town were unable to stall Calne's march towards theSurridge Wiltshire League Division 1 title last Saturday, when thetable-toppers extended their 100 per cent record with a 19-runvictory over Matthew Harrington's mid-table side.
When Calne batted first, Darren Halcombe overcame a shaky startto hit 105 runs, including six fours and 10 sixes, in 219 for nine.
Adam Cooksey (4-46), Harrington (3-46) and Nic Jepson (2-43) gotthe wickets.
Bradford's reply got off to a disastrous start with James Edwardsfalling for a duck in the first over and Harrington following himback to the pavilion for three in the fifth over.
James Pike (94) later went on the attack, putting together a 71-run partnership with Dean Bird (10) to get Bradford back in thegame.
And some lusty blows from Paul Ashton (25no) and Nic Jepson (8no)helped Bradford reach 200 for eight when the overs ran out.
Bath Civil Service posted 242 for nine against Burbage & ERthanks to Ben Price (84), Dan Nichols (36) and Jon Down (31), butJit Bhanerjee hit 106 and Roger Barker (46) chipped in to helpBurbage reply with 243 for seven in a three-wicket win.
Box, meanwhile, suffered a batting collapse to plunge from 90 fortwo to 122 all out against Cooper-Avon Tyres.
The introduction of Dean Wallington to the Cooper attack broughtimmediate rewards as he finished with figures of 5-10 from 3.4overs.
Dave Crawford picked up 4-27 in Cooper's reply, but the Melkshamteam won by six wickets.
KC Club kept the pressure on top-of-the-table Calne with a fivewicket win over Spye Park.
In Division 2, Corsham 3rd stayed on the promotion pace in thirdspot after a 24-run win over Seagry.
A Smith hit 54 not out in Corsham's 148 for nine and J Sigginsfollowed that up with 5-38 to restrict Seagry to 124 all out.
Wroughton Wranglers still top the division after amassing 284 forfive run spree against second-from- bottom Buscot Park, who werethen hustled out for just 142.
Bathford picked up a valuable Division 3 win over Swindon UnitedChurches after Paul Merrett hit 97 to help them post 236 for seven.
K Thomas hit 48 in Chuches' reply but Adam Brunton (4-40) swungthe game Bathford's way.
Beehive Bradford overhauled Chippenham 3rd's 153 all out to winby five wickets, with Gareth Lapham hitting 52 in Bradford's replyafter Ady Day took 4-14 in Chippenham's innings.
But Beanacre lead the division from Lacock, who came out on topin the first-versus-second battle.
Lacock ran up 209 for seven with Pete Steans hitting 114 not outbefore Paul Gilbert (77) and John Adcock (46) helped Beancre hit 196all out.
In Division 4, a 58-run fifth-wicket partnership between HuwRicketts (69) and Ross Pike (19) helped Bradford Town 2nd set up atight two-run triumph at bottom-of-the-table Blunsdon.
Sean Dodson (71) then led Blunsdon's reply with support from J Collins (24no) and Steve Turnball (27) which left them needing 11runs to win off 12 balls.
Division 5 promotion hopefuls Corsham 4th bounced back from theirdefeat by Collingbourne with a 24-run win over Cooper Avon Tyres2nd.
Steve Hunt senior (39) and John Gale (29) led the way to helpCorsham post 162 all out.
Cooper Avon's reply then ran out of steam at 139 all out, despitethe efforts of Joe Menghini (42) and thanks to Corsham skipperMartin Hick (4-45).
John Cooke made 50 in Bath Civil Service's 205 for eight, whichset the second-from-bottom side up for a two-run win over Swindon4th.
Cook's effort was backed up by Mark Thorne (42) and N Clifford(34) before Swindon reached 203 for eight, with D Gibson returning 3-33.
Second-from-bottom Bathford 2nd collapsed to another defeat inDivision 6, mustering just 81 all out in reply to Swindon UnitedChurches 2nd, who had raced to 207 for three.
A Rumbold (92) and T Knott (49) hit the bulk of Churches' runsbefore N Laing (3-28) and M Oliver (3-9) ripped out the heart of theBathford batting order.
In Division 7, struggling Box 2nd went down to a three-wicketdefeat to promotion-chasing Wootton Bassett 4th, posting 151 forseven and then seeing L Tyne (44no) help the visitors home despite 4-39 from E Hunt.
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