Chelmsford Cricket Club earned three wins to go alongside three defeats on the notoriously difficult V Weekend.

The first team followed up an impressive display in the field with a meek batting performance, the result of which being a disappointing defeat to Brentwood.

Karamat Ali (5-63) and James Clifford (3-58) bowled unchanged throughout most of the Brentwood innings and, allied with good fielding, they restricted the home team to 189.

This proved to be significantly too many runs for Chelmsford however, who folded tamely for 127. Nick Prowting top scored with 44 and only two other players made double figures.

The second team kept hopes of a Chelmsford Saturday League title alive with victory over leaders Wanstead.

A good bowling performance, including four wickets for Harry Green, restricted Wanstead to 193, importantly seven runs short of two extra batting points.

An unbeaten century from Rob Catchpole ensured that this target was achieved for the loss of five wickets.

Chelmsford now trail Wanstead by just two points with two games remaining.

The third team were the other team to win on Saturday.

They endured a fairly difficult time in the field with a depleted bowling attack and only ten men as Loughton racked up 244 for seven.

However an excellent unbeaten century from David Thrift and 67 from Charles Garrard meant that actually Loughton’s total was overcome with considerable ease.

The fourth team lost away at Wanstead. There were five wickets for Phil Arnold

in Wanstead’s total of 224, but Chelmsford never really looked like obtaining the runs required.

Jordan Campion top-scored with 44 but no-one could go on to play a match-winning innings.

In a virtual reverse of the third team game, Chelmsford’s fifth team lost comfortably despite a decent score batting first.

Paul Tremelling and Matt Cook both passed 50 as Chelmsford totalled 231-5. John Northwood scored 118no as Basildon & Pitsea chased this down for the loss of just three wickets in just 34 overs.