ANOTHER solid all-round performance earned Rowledge a fourth straight league win last Saturday.
Old Tauntonians & Romsey opted to bat on what appeared to be a belter of a wicket at Romsey Sports Centre, but were set back when Peter Dickinson's gem of a delivery had Jody Brown caught behind.
Captain Nick DeStefano, who had survived a huge shout for leg before in Simon Bonser's first over, and young number three Flack both rode their luck early on, with Dickinson especially unfortunate as, time after time, he beat the outside edge.
The pair dug in and their 80-run partnership, with wickets in hand, built a solid foundation for OTs to post a large total.
Flack's undoing was some tight bowling by Chris Yates Snr and, having got away with a swipe that fell just out of David Lloyd's reach behind square on the off side, Flack went for it again and this time Lloyd took a good catch over his shoulder.
In the next over, Tim Wheatley picked up Stuart Shapland for a first-ball duck as he shouldered arms to a ball that moved in to trap him in front.
Lloyd, at last giving himself a decent bowl, dismissed DeStefano for a gritty 56, bowled Steve Smith who had made a decent start, and then accounted for Colin Morris.
Bonser returned with a three-over spell that earned him three wickets, but the experienced Keith Trodd ensured that the Romsey side batted out their 50 overs for a reasonable score of 190-9 on a wicket that was not quite as easy to bat on as it first looked.
Rowledge, however, made light work of the task, their measured run-chase seeing them to the target in the 48th over for the loss of just two wickets.
Chris Yates Jnr's 84 not out was a bullying innings not because he smashed the ball to all parts, but because of the way he nudged the balls into the gaps.
The running between the wickets was first-class, especially when Yates and Lloyd were batting together, and so infuriating for the fielding side.
Gary Clapham had departed in the 16th over with the score on 52, but it was another 94 runs before OTs took a second wicket, that of Lloyd, and by that time Rowledge, who had always scored just above the required rate, were all but home and dry.
Dan Mogg, the home team's best bowler, had completed his spell and nobody else looking capable of removing the middle order. Ricky Yates partnered his cousin in knocking off the remaining 45 runs.
The chance to really gauge Rowledge's chances of winning the Division Two championship comes this Saturday when they entertain Ventnor, perennial rivals who pipped them to the title last season. The Isle of White side lost to Burridge last weekend and will be very keen to bounce back against the leaders.