Deeping were relegated out of the top flight for the first time in 26 years at the end of last season, but a six-wicket victory over local rivals Bourne on Sunday clinched the Division Two title.

Michael Kearns and Tom Anderson grabbed three wickets apiece as Bourne were skittled for 99 before Nick Cowley (42no) led Deeping's successful reply.

More than two teams could be promoted this season because of a league re-organisation and that could enable Barnack to sneak up after they recorded a sixth straight win.

The arrival of Peterborough Town professional Asim Butt has sparked Barnack's revival. This weekend he scored 90 after taking 5-18 against second-placed Uppingham.

There was also a rare win for Nassington at this level. They saw off Castor by five wickets with teenager Harry Chappell (79) and old timer Bill Taylor (61no) in prime form.

Castor had amassed 224-2 in their 45 overs as Laurence Davis (116no) and Ashley Rodgers (82) put on 175 for the first wicket.

Yaxley mustered just eight men for their trip to Stamford and paid a big penalty in a game that lasted just over two hours. Yaxley were all out for 42 and opener Pietr Hattingh made 28 of those.

Paul Keymer made an unbeaten 75 in his last innings for the club before joining the army. His knock and 55 from brother Ross Keymer enabled Ufford to see off Desborough by eight wickets in Division Three.

Desborough travelled with only nine men and one of them didn't bat as he was in the local shop when he was supposed to be walking to the crease!

There was a shock in Division Six as leaders Peterborough Town seconds crashed to an 86-run defeat at Netts. Stuart George made an unbeaten 119 for Netts before Sandip Dahiya captured six Town wickets for 19 runs.

Market Deeping completed a club double over Bourne with a six-wicket victory in the second team match. Ben Rae (7-35) was virtually unplayable as Bourne slumped to 102 all out.

Scorecards:
RUTLAND LEAGUE
Division Two

STAMFORD beat YAXLEY by 8 wkts
Yaxley
P. Hattingh not out 28
D. Stratton c and b Hall 1
M. Edwards b Hall 1
A. Weston b Birch 2
R. Clarke c Peck b Birch 2
N. Patel b Birch 0
J. Clark b Birch 0
R. Noble b Dave 0
Extras 8
TOTAL 42
Bowling: C. Birch 9-5-7-4; B. Hall 7-0-23-2; L. Dave 2-1-5-1.

Stamford
D. Herrick b Edwards 6
B. Bennett c Edwards b Stratton 6
J. Prentice not out 20
G. Peck not out 10
Extras 3
TOTAL (2 wkts) 45
Bowling: M. Edwards 3-0-17-1; D. Stratton 3-0-16-1; R. Noble 0.5-0-12-0

NASSINGTON beat CASTOR by 5 wkts
Castor
A. Rodgers c Budd b Qadir 82
L. Davis not out 116
J. Wright run out 14
D. Cotton not out 0
Extras 12
TOTAL (2 wkts) 224
Bowling: M. Qadir 11-0-62-1; A. Bandaranaike 2-0-
19-0; D. Bandaranaike 4-1-22-0; M. Haroon 12-1-38-
0; H. Chappell 12-1-43-0; A. Sandel 4-0-33-0.

Nassington
C. Budd c K. Rodgers b Brown 1
H. Chappell c b Brown 79
A. Bandaranaike c K. Rodgers b Cotton 1
W. Taylor not out 61
W. Rose c K. Rodgers b A. Rodgers 0
M. Qadir c Davis b A. Rodgers 0
A. Sandel not out 40
Extras 46
TOTAL (5 wkts) 228
Bowling: D. Cotton 8-0-47-1; S. Brown 9-2-46-2; A.
Cotton 4-0-15-0; R. Smith 6-0-31-0; L. Davis 7.2-0-
44-0; R. Vitas 1-0-8-0; A. Rodgers 5-0-15-2.

BARNACK beat UPPINGHAM by 4 wkts
Uppingham
A. Salt b Alvey 50
M. Cox c Plowright b Alvey 62
J. Dumford c and b Shahid 0
M. Bennett st Plowright b Butt 9
J. Binley c A. Scotcher b Butt 9
B. Collins c Plowright b Butt 0
C. Bartram c Butt b Yaseen 1
N. Wedge not out 34
M. West st Plowright b Butt 10
M. Beaver c G. Scotcher b Butt 0
S. Green run out 0
Extras 15
TOTAL 190
Bowling: A. Scotcher 5-0-24-0; T. Woodbridge 8-0-44-0; M. Shahid 12-4-27-1; J. Alvey 6-0-24-2; M. Yaseen 7.3-1-45-1; A. Butt 5-1-18-5.

Barnack
G. Scotcher b Binley 16
A. Butt c West b Collins 90
A. Scotcher c and b Cox 42
G. Spragg b Collins 1
S. Hussain lbw Cox 2
A. Plowright not out 21
M. Shahid c and b Cox 0
A. Asghar not out 5
Extras 14
TOTAL (6 wkts) 191
Bowling: C. Bartram 9-2-27-0; J. Binley 9-2-33-1; B. Collins 12-0-56-2; S. Green 7-0-35-0; M. Cox 7-0-28-3.

BOURNE lost to MARKET DEEPING by 6 wkts
Bourne
M. Fotheringham c Andrews b Anderson 29
B. Stroud b Anderson 7
B. Mhlanga lbw C. Kearns 0
T. Lindley c and b M. Kearns 12
C. Hopkins c Sharp b Anderson 4
O. Lindley lbw Cowley 21
T. Bentley b M. Kearns 1
X. Xipu c and b Green 6
B. Xipu not out 1
J. Robins b Green 4
P. Hallam b C. Kearns 2
Extras 12
TOTAL 99
Bowling: C. Kearns 7.5-3-14-2; T. Anderson 7-1-38-3; M. Kearns 7-1-27-2; N. Cowley 7-4-12-1; J. Green 3-1-5-2.

Market Deeping
P. Bird c Fotheringham b X. Xipu 8
M. Kearns lbw Hopkins 4
A. Graves lbw Hopkins 17
C. Kearns b X. Xipu 3
A. Sharp not out 21
N. Cowley not out 43
Extras 4
TOTAL (4 wkts) 100
Bowling: C. Hopkins 11-3-37-2; X. Xipu 7-0-20-2; T.
Bentley 2-0-34-0; B. Stroud 1-0-8-0.
Division Three

UFFORD PARK beat DESBOROUGH by 8 wkts
Desborough
C. Roberts c Taylor b Neville 13
W. Steed c Farrer b Bentley 56
P. Burnham b Bentley 78
A. Steed c Hart b Felgate 29
J. King b Felgate 1
K. Steed c Murray b Bentley 14
M. Hill c Hart b Neville 1
H. Roberts not out 2
Extras 16
TOTAL 210
Bowling: J. Neville 6-1-35-2; W. Clough 5-1-23-0; T. Rawlings 7.2-0-58-1; W. Felgate 10-2-48-2; P. Bentley 6-0-30-3.

Ufford Park
P. Keymer not out 75
R. Keymer c and b A. Steed 55
N. Farrer b Burnham 6
P. Taylor not out 38
Extras 37
TOTAL (2 wkts) 212
Bowling: P. Burnham 11-0-76-1; A. Steed 10-0-81-1;
C. Roberts 1-0-9-0; W. Steed 2-0-14-0; H. Roberts
1.3-0-15-0.

Division Four

UFFINGTON lost to EATON SOCON by 8 wkts
Uffington 176.
Eaton Socon 179-2.

Division Five
Cancelled: East Carlton v Elton Park (Elton conceded), Oundle 2nds v Buckminster 2nds (Buckminster conceded).

Division Six

NETTS beat PETERBOROUGH TOWN 2nds by 86 runs

Netts
I. Winters c b Bashir 3
T. Norman c b Hingston 44
S. George not out 119
S. McMullan b Over 12
S. Dahiya c b Williams 3
P. Garrett not out 16
Extras 29
TOTAL (4 wkts) 221
Bowling: H. Bashir 7-1-30-1; K. Hussain 5-1-13-0; A. Popat 9-0-38-0; S. Hussain 6-0-15-0; T. Over 10-0-67-1; R. Hingston 5-0-21-1; S. Williams 3-0-27-1.

Town
L. Manning c Goodson b Norman 0
M. Howard b Keir 10
S. Williams b Norman 4
T. Hussain c Norman b Dahiya 44
T. Over b McMullan 12
K. Hussain c Goodson b Dahiya 11
B. Howard c McMullan b Dahiya 17
H. Bashir lbw Dahiya 7
S. Hussain b Dahiya 0
R. Hingston b Dahiya 0
A. Popat not out 2
Extras 27
TOTAL 135
Bowling: T. Norman 6-2-12-2; S. McMullan 12-4-31-1; J. Keir 6-1-28-1; D. George 3-1-5-0; S. Dahiya 7-1-20-6; T. Walker 3-0-23-0; P. Garrett 1-0-1-0.

CASTOR 2nds beat NASSINGTON 2nds by 4 wkts
Nassington 93 (A. Griffin 33, T. Robinson 4-5, N. Gray
3-20).
Castor 96-6 (J. Jarvis 43).

MARKET DEEPING 2nds beat BOURNE 2nds by 5 wkts
Bourne 102 (B. Rae 7-35).
Market Deeping 103-5 (W. Trim 49).

Cancelled: Barnack 2nds v Weldon (Weldon conceded).

Hunts League
Champions Barnack lost their final Hunts Division One match of the season as Newborough's Dennis Compton (5-45) proved too hot to handle, while Nassington seconds maintained their outside chances of promotion from Division Two with a hard fought two-wicket success over Ufford Park.

Alan Griffin (88) and Sean McMullan (52) saw Nassington to their victory target of 220.

AK 11 stay top of Division Three after a nerve-jangling one-run win over Eaton Socon seconds and Division Four leaders Werrington were also pushed all the way before completing a three-run win over Castor seconds.

Next page: Northants League; West Norfolk League

Scorecards:
HUNTS LEAGUE
Division One

BARNACK lost to NEWBOROUGH by 24 runs
Newborough
S. McCracken lbw S. Best 8
A. Walker b S. Best 34
G. Clingo b A. Scotcher 60
R. Harris c b Alvey 29
A. Fitzgibbon c b P. Best 9
D. Compton b Alvey 8
A. French c b G. Scotcher 24
D. Thornton c b Burkett 24
A. Rowland not out 8
C. Greenham not out 1
Extras 26
TOTAL (8 wkts) 231
Bowling: S. Best 12-0-52-2; B. Young 7-1-23-0; N. Mohammed 4-0-24-0; P. Best 7-0-40-1; J. Alvey 6-0-23-2; S. Burkett 5-0-31-1; A. Scotcher 2-0-16-1; G. Scotcher 2-0-11-1.

Barnack
B. Young b Compton 59
G. Scotcher c McCracken b Clingo 43
A. Scotcher b Clingo 57
S. Best b Compton 0
T. Hall b Compton 0
M. Willgress b Compton 21
J. Alvey b Compton 0
P. Best b Harris 0
N. Mohammed c McCracken b Harris 6
S. Burkett not out 3
Extras 18
TOTAL 207
Bowling: D. Thornton 11-2-48-0; A. Rowland 8-1-34-
0; R. Harris 5-0-35-2; G. Clingo 9-0-34-2; D. Comp-
ton 12-0-45-5.

DEAN beat RAMSEY 2nds by 135 runs
Dean
A. Johnson lbw Woodward 17
T. Russell c and b Harrod 12
S. Singh c Wells b Swannell 103
T. Agnew b Harrod 66
D. Czaicki b Swannell 15
Richard Eady b Swannell 0
J. Pickard not out 4
Ross Eady not out 1
Extras 20
TOTAL (6 wkts) 239
Bowling: S. Brown 8-1-15-0; J. Harrod 8-1-51-2; V.
Woodward 10-2-48-1; J. Milner 4-0-21-0; A. Wells 5-
0-22-0; E. Smith 4-0-36-0; H. Swannell 6-1-34-3.

Ramsey
J. Wells b Richard Eady 6
E. Smith b Roy Eady 21
J. Harrod b Richard Eady 0
S. Brown c Clark b Russell 21
M. O'Grady c and b Richard Eady 22
V. Woodward b Richard Eady 0
J. Milner b Richard Eady 6
A. Wells b Russ Eady 14
M. Fairhurst b Richard Eady 0
T. Gaskell b Russ Eady 1
H. Swannell not out 1
Extras 12
TOTAL 104
Bowling: C. Law 7-2-13-0; Richard Eady 12-5-21-6; S. Clark 6-1-24-0; T. Russell 5-1-21-1; Roy Eady 8-5-9-1; Russ Eady 4-1-6-2.

SAWTRY lost to ORTON PARK by 7 wkts
Sawtry 127.
Orton Park 130-3.

ALCONBURY lost to HUNTINGDON by 37 runs
Huntingdon 180-7.
Alconbury 143.

Cancelled: Upwood v Burghley Park (Burghley conceded).

Division Two

NASSINGTON 2nds beat UFFORD PARK by 2
wkts
Ufford Park
P. Keymer c and b Qadir 18
R. Keymer c Qadir b Smith 36
P. Taylor c Garrett b Smith 48
A. Larkin c McMullan b Qadir 39
K. Taylor-Rush b Smith 0
T. Hart st Griffin b Garrett 11
S. Ward c Griffin b Garrett 16
R. Murray c Slinn b Garrett 6
C. Taylor not out 15
C. Manton b Pope 1
A. Maher not out 7
Extras 22
TOTAL (9 wkts) 219
Bowling: M. Qadir 11-1-41-2; S. McMullan 4-0-18-0; S. Masterson 6-0-36-0; J. Smith 11-1-57-3; P. Garrett 9-0-49-3; J. Pope 3-0--6-1.

Nassington
A. Griffin c R. Keymer b Manton 88
P. Slinn c Hart b Larkin 4
P. Lockyer b Hart 8
P. Garrett lbw Hart 12
S. McMullan lbw C. Taylor 52
J. Smith b Larkin 6
J. Pope c P. Taylor b Larkin 4
M. Qadir b Larkin 0
S. Masterson not out 15
M. McMullan not out 4
Extras 27
TOTAL (8 wkts) 220
Bowling: A. Larkin 12-1-42-4; P. Taylor 10-1-46-0; C. Taylor 10.2-3-51-1; T. Hart 8-2-44-2; C. Manton 2-0-21-1.

OLD EASTONIANS beat PERKINS by 6 wkts
Perkins 169.
Old Eastonians 170-4.

Division Three

EATON SOCON 2nds lost to AK 11 by 1 run

AK 11
M. Yousaf b Richards 15
S. Rasib c b Langford 1
I. Khan b Langford 10
A. Qureshi c b Gowling 6
K. Ghazanfar b Baker 44
S. Ahmed not out 46
M. Bashir b Baker 2
N. Khan c b Richards 1
O. Hussain b Baker 8
H. Qureshi not out 9
Extras 26
TOTAL (8 wkts) 168
Bowling: M. Nicholson 10-0-35-0; D. Langford 6-0-25-2; G. Richards 12-2-37-2; B. Gowling 6-1-21-1; C. Baker 12-0-40-3.

AK 11
B. Nicklin c Hussain b Bashir 24
R. Brown c Ahmed b Bashir 4
R. Storey c Ghazanfar b Qureshi 6
N. Stocking b Qureshi 30
C. Baker b Khan 43
G. Richards b Qureshi 8
B. Gowling run out 18
D. Langford c Ghazanfar b Qureshi 1
R. Dawborn run out 10
S. Brown not out 0
M. Nicholson run out 1
Extras 22
TOTAL 167
Bowling: H. Qureshi 11-2-40-0; M. Bashir 11-1-37-2; A. Qureshi 12-2-19-4; N. Khan 8-0-41-1; O. Hussain 3-0-18-0.

UPWOOD 2nds beat YAXLEY 2nds by 1 wkt

Yaxley
P. Hicks c Brown b A. Goodison 13
M. Swiffen b Page 13
R. Beech b A. Goodison 28
J. Joy lbw Drage 4
J. Rolf b A. Goodison 6
A. Rolf b Drage 0
A. Dawson b A. Goodison 15
S. Godhard b K. Goodison 4
A. Smith not out 1
A. Beech c German b K. Goodison 0
Extras 36
TOTAL 120
Bowling: M. Page 5-0-27-1; C. Newton 6-2-26-0; A. Goodison 9-1-20-4; R. Drage 5-1-19-2; K. Goodison 2.4-1-7-2.

Upwood
R. Brown b Joy 6
J. Mitchell b A. Beech 14
M. Drage b Godhard 18
R. German c b Godhard 25
S. Hoey b A. Rolf 0
K. Goodison b A. Rolf 0
M. Page c b Godhard 6
R. Drage b A. Rolf 20
C. Newton b A. Rolf 3
R. Mitchell not out 0
A. Goodison not out 2
Extras 27
TOTAL (9 wkts) 121

Division Four

CASTOR 2nds lost to WERRINGTON by 3 runs

Werrington
G. Rehman c Porter b Clark 22
R. Gill b Amin 33
Y. Arafat b Amin 1
S. Mcleod c b Porter 9
Z. Iqbal b Besseling 4
R. Evans c b Porter 4
N. Evans c b Porter 4
S. Treagus b Besseling 12
S. Mansha b Porter 1
M. Burbridge b Akram 19
W. Makete not out 11
Extras 30
TOTAL 150
Bowling: A. Amin 9-0-21-2; D. Parker 2-0-31-0; R. Porter 12-1-37-4; M. Clark 5-1-13-1; M. Besseling 6-1-21-2; S. Akram 3-0-5-1.

Castor
R. Porter c Treagus b Burbridge 14
J. Jarvis c R. Evans b Mcleod 46
G. Lines b R. Evans 6
M. Besseling c b R. Evans 10
A. Amin b Iqbal 12
P. Aukland c R. Evans b Iqbal 10
S. Akram b Iqbal 0
S. Dane c Gill b Burbridge 8
M. Clark b Mcleod 3
D. Parker b Burbridge 11
D. Timmins not out 0
Extras 25
TOTAL 147
Bowling: M. Burbridge 11.1-3-30-3; R. Evans 9-1-31-2; S. Mansha 6-0-19-0; Z. Iqbal 12-5-12-3; S. Mcleod 12-1-34-2.

ORTON PARK 2nds beat SAWTRY 2nds by 5 wkts
Sawtry 124.
Orton Park 125-5