Batting first on a glorious day, Hadleigh were in trouble immediately when opener Richard Pettitt was out without scoring, and the bad start continued as the visitors soon found themselves 45-4.

Alistair Douglas and captain Carl Holder (33) led the recovery, putting on 80 together before Douglas fell for a well-constructed 60. Good contributions down the order from Kalpesh Ellis and Tim Rix helped Hadleigh reach 193.

Easton made a better start to their innings, but while dangermen Kimmerling, Chorlton and Huggins all made starts, none could go on and make a big score, and Josh Hanley, Jock Speedman and Kalpesh Ellis reduced Easton to 147-8.

But although Hadleigh had dug themselves out of a hole against Elmstead the previous weekend, this time they were on the receiving end, with Halliday (55 not out) and Croney leading the East Suffolk side to victory with an unbroken stand of 48 with five balls to spare.

Hadleigh
R Pettitt b Kimmerling 0
O Magnus lbw b Boscher 8
M Dias c Mitchell b Chorlton 16
A Douglas b Boscher 60
J Hanley lbw b Mitchell 3
C Holder lbw b King 33
K Ellis st Croney b King 23
N Ellis b King 12
T Kistruck run out 1
T Rix run out 17
J Speedman not out 0
extras 20
Total (all out) 193
Bowling: J Kimmerling 5-1-14-1; T Boscher 13-1-66-2; S Chorlton 3-1-11-1; W Mitchell 9-3-23-1; R King 15-0-63-3.
Easton
J Kimmerling lbw b Speedman 20
S Chorlton c Kistruck b Hanley 20
T Huggins b Hanley 31
B Robinson lbw b Speedman 14
M Chorlton c & b Hanley 16
W Thomas lbw b K Ellis 0
W Mitchell b K Ellis 6
S Halliday not out 55
R King lbw b K Ellis 10
R Croney not out 16
extras 7
Total (for 8 wkts) 195
Bowling: J Hanley 15-2-73-3; J Speedman 11.1-1-64-2; K Ellis 13-1-28-3.

The Seconds reached the half-way stage of the season with their third division six win on the spin, at home to Bury Thirds.

In contrast to the previous week's demolition of Maldon, the Bury openers took a liking to Hadleigh's opening bowlers Michael Howe and James Gilderson, and it was only with the introduction of Steven "Blossom" Tampion that the runs began to be stemmed.

Bury collapsed from 51 without loss to 73-5, and had no answer to Tampion's subtle mix of swing and yorkers. Tampion claimed his first five-wicket haul for Hadleigh since returning to the club this season.

Some excellent fielding, which included another run-out from Ian Thoroughgood, saw Bury bowled out for 132.

Thanks to Robbie Smyth this target was reached by Hadleigh inside 27 overs.

Fighting for a recall to the first team, Smyth showed his superiority with a superb 69 not out, giving Carl Holder some difficult decisions to make before this weekend's league and cup double-header at Woodbridge.

The win and maximum points saw the team climb to second place in division six.

Bury St Edmunds III
M Sturgeon c Smyth b Gilderson 25
P Thearle b Tampion 29
T Adams c Mann b Tampion 1
A Waters b Gilderson 0
D Grisby b Tampion 1
K Dobson c Mann b Howe 46
A Kizis c Mann b Tampion 14
F Stennet b Tampion 0
J Imam run out (Thoroughgood) 0
S Corocu not out 1
A Dinsmore b Howe 2
extras 13
Total (all out) 132
Bowling: M Howe 12.4-2-34-2; J Gilderson 10-1-57-2; S Tampion 11-1-33-5.
Hadleigh II
I Piddington c ANOther b Dinsmore 5
T Ryder c ANOTher b Imam 8
R Smyth not out 69
R Checketts b Stennet 14
T Warner b Imam 8
I Thoroughgood not out 7
extras 25
Total (for 4 wkts) 136
Bowling: J Imam 14-3-46-2; A Dinsmore 6-1-22-1; F Stennet 3-0-21-1.