The first team's victory over Easton secured their division two status for another year, while the second team's triumph at Bury St Edmunds brought not only promotion to division five but the unexpected bonus of the divisional title.

Carl Holder's side were perhaps fortunate to be meeting a team with little to play for, and Easton's 210-6 was considerably under par considering the batting-friendly conditions at Friars Road.

Josh Hanley can take much of the credit for this, after dismissing Easton's top three, including the dangerous Kimmerling and Chorlton, relatively cheaply. Holder bowled another nine overs himself, taking the wicket of Branch for 57.

In reply, Hadleigh were always in control, with their top four all getting into the 30s. In the end it was left to Marlon Dias (42 not out) and Kalpesh Ellis (28 not out) to close out the win.

Easton

J Kimmerling c Rix b Hanley24

S Chorlton lbw b Hanley31

R Croney c Holder b Hanley0

C Branch c Hanley b Holder57

S Halliday not out66

G Mitchell b Speedman5

W Mitchell run out11

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Total (for 6 wkts)210

Bowling: J Hanley 15-2-45-3; C Holder 9-0-53-1; J Speedman 8-1-38-1.

Hadleigh

T Rix c Croney b Bosher31

O Magnus c Barker b Mitchell39

E Flather c Mitchell b Bosher39

M Dias not out42

A Douglas b Bosher8

K Ellis not out28

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Total (for 4 wkts)214

Bowling: T Bosher 14-1-64-3; W Mitchell 8-0-37-1.

There were a few nerves for the second team at Bury III. At one stage 43-3, after losing both Tim Ryder and Robbie Smyth for ducks, Hadleigh recovered thanks to a terrific partnership of 151 between Richard Checketts and Tom Piddington.

Checketts batted throughout for 77 not out, while Piddington once more showed his prodigious talent with 78.

The total of 251-4 always looked beyond the reach of the home side, long since relegated.

Only two batsmen reached double figures, and Tom Piddington continued his excellent day with three wickets, which somewhat bizarrely came in the same over as three wides.

Despite knowing promotion was in the bag, Dave Mann's side kept pushing for all ten wickets, which in the end proved important.

Mistley's win over Kelvedon and Feering meant that Hadleigh took the title, and Kelvedon, leaders for most of the season, possibly missed out on promotion by just 0.06 of a point.

The long unbeaten record of the Sunday XI, stretching back to April 2007, finally fell at Horringer on Sunday.

Having started a match for the first time in six weeks in Hunts County Bats division three, Tim Rix's side still saw the weather have a huge influence over proceedings.

Heavy rain towards the end of Horringer's innings made batting a very different prospect for the visitors, who needed 157.

The first-ball dismissal of Josh Hanley set the tone, and no Hadleigh batsman could master the conditions sufficiently as the league leaders were dismissed for just 98.