Peterborough Town and Oundle Town vying for top spot, the A15 derby at the Abbey Lawns and the rest of the big weekend games

Jamie Smith bowling for Peterborough Town against Finedon last weekend. Photo: David Lowndes.

Town returned to the top of the Northants Premier Division by hammering Finedon at Bretton Gate last weekend and the target now is to make sure they win their final match to book a favourable tie in the first of the play-off matches.

That won’t be easy as Geddington are their visitors tomorrow (August 29, 11am). Geddington slipped from first to fifth after suffering a shock reverse at the hands of Desborough last weekend.

“Finishing top doesn’t mean much this season,” Town skipper David Clarke said. “But it’s still something we want to achieve, if only because it will give us a tie against the eighth-place finishers in the play-off quarter-final.

“Geddington have good players though and they will be smarting after losing to Desborough.

“The fact they dropped several places after losing one game shows how tight the competition has been and what could happen to us if we slip up.”

Town are expected to be unchanged after demolishing Finedon by eight wickets, a fine response to the drubbing they suffered in the same fixture last season.

Oundle Town operate with far less fanfare than their powerful neighbours, but they could easily finish top of the table in a shortened Northants Premier Division season.

Oundle scrambled to a two-wicket win at lowly Brixworth last weekend, but a fourth success in six top-flight matches means they go into the final round of games in second place, just two points behind the boys from Bretton Gate.

Oundle’s final match ahead of the play-offs is against Desborough at Milton Road tomorrow (11am).

Neither team is in great form, but it should still be a tasty affair when neighbours Bourne and Market Deeping clash in the A15 Lincs Premier Division derby at the Abbey Lawns on Saturday (noon).

Deeping are yet to win a Premier Division match this season, but won this fixture last season.

Major weekend fixtures

Saturday, August 29

(11am) Northants Premier Division -Oundle Town v Desborough, Peterborough Town v Geddington.

(Noon) Lincs Premier Division - Bourne v Market Deeping.

(12.30pm) Cambs Division One - Foxton v March, Wisbech v Cambridge 2nds.

Cambs Division Two - AK 11 v Waresley, Orton Park v Castor, Ufford Park v Wisbech 2nds.

Sunday, August 30

(Noon) Rutland Division One - Barnack v King’s Keys, Burghley Park v Oundle, March v Peterborough Town, Market Deeping v Wisbech.

Monday, August 31

(12.30pm) Cambs Division Two - AK 11v Old Leysians, Ufford Park v Orton Park, Wisbech 2nds v Castor.