Mixed fortunes for Richmond as the 1's beat Eastcote to move to the top of the League and the 3's thrashed 10 man Teddington but the 2's and 4's were defeated and the 5's picked up a losing draw. At Old Deer Park Alex Griffiths won the toss and unsurprisingly asked Easctote to bat first. The visitors got off to a flyer, racing to 33 in the 6th over before Jack Porter took the first wicket. 4 more wickets fell quickly to Porter and Dave Burton to leave Eastcote on 49 for 5 at the end of the 11th over. A sixth wicket stand of 58, taking up 23 overs, followed before Abhishek Jhunjhunwala struck. The 7th wicket fell on 122 and from there Abhi and Tom Hemmingway polished off the tail. Eastcote 135 all out. In reply Richmond lost Oli Tame early but Arthur Sewell and ben Ben Compton appeared to have steadied the ship but the loss of Arthur, quickly followed by Abhi's dismissal rocked Richmond. Skipper Griff and Compo got their heads down and normal service seemed to have been resumed. On 73 for 3, Compo was dismissed and from there on wickets fell at regular intervals. However Griff was in and playing well and when he was joined by Burts with the score on 111 and 25 still required, selective striking, solid defence and good running got us over the line. The win, combined with Teddington's win over Shepherds Bush and Ealing's loss at Twickenham, sees the 1's move to the top of the table, with local rivals Teddington one point behind. The two teams meet next Saturday.
The 2's and 3's both visited Teddington and both should probably have won. The 3's racked up 238 for 6 off 50 overs with late runs from Ben Rotheram and easy runs from Matt Swann. Teddington started well but were dismissed for 151 with time to spare. The 2's battle their way to 160 against table-topping Teddington with Greg King leading the way with 42 and were in absolute charge as they took Teddington's 8th wicket with the score on 112. However, the home side battled hard, rode their luck and got one the line. Michael Wood and James Essex were the pick of the bowlers.
The 3b's suffered a heavy loss against Barnes 3's. The visitors batted first and were bowled our for 229. In reply Richmond crumbled to 36/9 before skipper Ian John Moore and Niranjan Shimoga batted for 25 overs to try and save the game. They weren't able to do it with NJ left unbeaten on 43.
The 5's took on Teddington 4's and picked up 1 point for the losing draw. Teddington scored 206/7. In reply the 5's were 165 for 7.