Two respected I'Anson bowlers made their comeback on Saturday and gave performances that, yet again, changed the picture at the top of division one.
Ashley Barnes, meanwhile, was making his debut for Tilford and routed Fernhurst with dramatic figures of 9 for 24.
Frensham, the cup holders, head the table for the first time this season, with Tilford just two points behind.
Ben Maxwell was in sparkling form for Frensham and made 63 of the first 90 runs. Potter and Larby then had to bat sensibly against accurate seam bowling from Baker and Lang. At 116-5, the game was finely poised.
Then it was over to the unpredictable Toby Falkiner who immediately went on the attack. With Potter playing the supporting role, these two put on an excellent 86, Falkiner hitting a fine 71, including six fours and six sixes. Whitely dismissed these two, but the damage had been done and Frensham declared at 216-7 from 45 overs.
Grayshott lost Wheble to the fourth ball of the innings – a good slip catch by Potter. Richard Baker was picking up boundaries, but wickets were falling at the other end and Grayshott found themselves 58-4 after another superb slip catch, this time by Senior.
Baker and Whitley seemed comfortable in putting on 41 and Frensham needed a breakthrough. It came from the fifth ball of Coldicott's second spell, with Potter taking his second sharp slip catch to remove Baker for 47.
Whitley soon followed and despite spirited efforts from Lang and Schwick, Coldicott and Maxwell quickly mopped up the tail, leaving Grayshott all out for 120.
Fernhurst got off to a reasonable start and, at 34-0 from nine overs, there was no sign of the carnage to come. Ashley Barnes, the former Badshot Lea swing bowler, making his first appearance for Tilford, was brought on first change and, virtually single-handedly, destroyed the Fernhurst batting, taking 9 for 24 from 13.2 overs. Martyn chipped in with the remaining wicket and the home team were shot out for 85.
It only took Tilford 25 overs to knock off the runs for the loss of just two wickets. Jervis and Matt Barnes, brother of Ashley, put on 53 from the first wicket.
The Bourne elected to field, with the track suiting the bowlers. Wade, Thomson and Mick Druce gave Elstead a promising start, but the visitors soon fell victim to Andy Rooke who took 7 for 32 in 15 overs. This condemned Elstead to 85 all out, with only Pat Murphy and Tosh putting up late resistance.
Elstead had visions of an unlikely victory when they had The Bourne reeling at 26-4. However, Bowden and Culham put on 52 for the fifth wicket to settle the outcome. Culham finished undefeated on 32, while Murphy bowled an excellent line and length and deserved his four wickets.
Puttenham were held to a draw by Headley in a dour encounter. Put in to bat on a difficult wicket, Puttenham were given a solid start by Tony Champneys and Robinson who put on 91 for the first wicket. However, the other batsmen all struggled, especially against Potton who took 4 for 23 in 11 overs. Arend claimed the other five wickets and the home team collapsed to 134 all out in the 46th over.
Puttenham, as ever, bowled and fielded very tightly, but it was a rather negative Headley response to a modest total. They limped to 95-7 at the close, with Cunningham taking 3 for 26 in 13 overs.
Dogmersfield recorded their first win of the season in the basement battle with Chiddingfold. Put in to bat, the home side were looking at a big total as the top five scored consistently. However, the nagging accuracy of Watts (3-49 in 20 overs) and Hale pegged back the run-rate and Dogmersfield were restricted to 158, Neil Shirley top-scoring with 39.
The drying pitch started to play tricks when Chiddingfold batted. Len Smith took advantage of the uneven bounce and returned a season's best 6 for 22 in 13 overs as the 10-man visitors slumped to 75 all out (Spare 24). Much relief for the Dogmersfield skipper.
Witley asked visitors Lindford to bat and they made steady progress. Hall (55) was the mainstay and his partnership of 58 with Ellen was the best of the innings. Lindford declared on 169-9 from 45 overs. Witley's best bowler was Fawkes with 3 for 19 from 12 overs, well backed up by Gaman and Penny.
Witley, too, began well as Mark White and Wood put together an opening partnership of 46. However, runs were difficult to come by against tight bowling and the home side settled for the losing draw, making 116-4 from 45 overs.