Elstead chose to field first at Witley and the excellent bowling of Murphy made life very difficult for the home batsmen. However, most chipped in with valuable runs and Witley closed on 132-9 from 48 overs.
It proved to be a winning score. The Elstead openers put on 18 runs, but wickets then tumbled until they were all out for 69 in 34 overs. Tony Kelly returned superb figures of 3 for 8 in 12 overs (8 maidens) and Witley excelled in the field.
Puttenham, who had humbled Tilford the week before, could not repeat the feat when they entertained The Bourne, one of the other first division 'big guns', who chalked up their third successive victory.
Bourne put the home team in on an indifferent track, but openers Tony Champneys and Smith (48) started well. The game turned when Jason Frommholz came on to bowl. He took 4 for 20 in 10 overs and, of the other batsmen, only Randall made an impression as Puttenham faded to 142-9 in 45 overs.
Puttenham bowled tightly and Bourne lost their openers cheaply. However, Andy Culham came in to play a match-winning innings. In his usual positive style, he made 67 not out and steered his side home with two overs to spare.
Headley fielded a weakened side against Fernhurst and paid the price as they laboured to 88 all out in 48 overs. The Fernhurst bowlers gave absolutely nothing away, notably Geoff Ingrams who took 4 for 34 from 23 overs of unerring accuracy. Only Martin Herzke reached 20.
The visitors struggled to get the runs, but always had wickets in hand and ran out comfortable winners in the 39th over. Steve Melrose led the way with 38.
Hunt, Peter Slinger and Crawte, the top three batsmen, did well to establish Tilford's innings on a soft, lush Broxhead wicket. The visitors were 85-3 after 31 overs, but the last seven wickets fell for just 52 as Lindford came back strongly, spearheaded by Keddle's spell of 4 for 41.
Lindford got hopelessly bogged down against Coombe (4-41 in 22 overs) and Crawte (4-27 in 18). At 70-7, with 14 overs left, Lindford were staring defeat in the face, but Hoban, with tenacious support from Lee, negotiated a fighting draw for the home side.
Ian Hyland was threatening to blow away Frensham's batting at one stage, but then Matt Potter (56), batting at number 6, joined skipper Chuter in a vital partnership. Although Dogmersfield continued to bowl accurately, the visitors were able to make a good declaration at 162-6 after 45 overs.
Dogmersfield started badly against Graham Senior who, predictably, found the moist wicket to his liking. Then Capleton came in to save his side with a solid half-century. Dogmersfield were always well off the pace, but were happy to pick up two points against the champions.