Hornchurch moved 32 points clear at the top of the Hamro Foundation Essex League Premier Division with victory at Loughton.

Captain Billy Gordon chose to bat after winning another toss and saw Jalpesh Vijay put on 73 with Paul Murray before falling for a dogged 12 from 35 balls.

Murray added another 108 either side of lunch with Lesbourne Edwards, falling for 75 soon after the restart.

George Hankins and Edwards (82) departed in quick succession to leave the visitors 213-4, but Adeel Malik dominated a 66-run stand with Gordon, hitting 53 off 45 balls, as Hornchurch closed on 293-5 off 62 overs.

Gordon removed both Loughton openers with only 20 runs on the board and picked up a third scalp to leave the hosts 47-3.

And the skipper struck again to end a dogged fourth-wicket stand with the total on 90, before Malik began to work his way through the middle and lower order.

Malik took 5-49 in his 12-over spell to leave Loughton on the brink, before Marc Whitlock wrapped up a 117-run victory and 25-point haul, as nearest rivals Colchester won batting second at lowly Chingford.

Hutton claimed a fine win over defending champions Wanstead at Overton Drive, after putting the hosts into bat.

Joseph Parry (3-25) struck early with the new ball to reduce the Herons to 32-3 before Ali Zeb (26) put on 59 with Haaris Usman.

Will Spires ended that stand and Viraj Gandhi dismissed Usman for 53 soon after, followed by Zoraiz Saeed to leave Wanstead 97-6.

Joe Ellis-Grewal battled to 20, as wickets fell to Spires (3-29) at the other end, and was last man out to Gandhi (4-34) as the innings ended on 135.

Zain Shahzad and Yuvraj Odedra had early success in reply to reduce Hutton to 27-2, before Joseph Parry (39) put on 66 with Benjamin Parry (40).

Cameron Tredgett (21) then took Hutton to the brink of a five-wicket success in the 38th over.

Brentwood eased to an eight-wicket win over Buckhurst Hill at the Old County Ground.

The visitors chose to bat and saw their openers put on 33, but wickets then fell at regular intervals and they were all out for 106.

Bailey Wightman and Jack Hebron finished with 3-28 apiece, as Harry Phillips (2-13) and Thomas Moore (2-20) shared the others with captain Aaron West holding onto four catches behind the stumps.

West hit an unbeaten 56 from 62 balls in reply, putting on 66 with Daniel Drew (22) as Brentwood reached their target in 23 overs.