Captain Brown returned to the fold last night following his wrist problem, and it was with a convincing 3-0 win over Phil Hurst at number 5, 9/3,9/0,9/3.

At 4, Melvin Crane played well against Ken White in the first game, taking it 9/2. White then came back taking the 2nd 9/7. In the third, Crane went 8-1 up before loosing concentration and loosing it 9-8. This woke him up enough to return to some great shots, taking the last two games 9-0, 9/3.

Steve Avil, playing up at 3, had an off night. In a tight first game he came close, loosing a tight game 8/10, but then managed to feed the ball to the middle of the court for the older player to dispatched away, 9/2,9/2.

Harborough returned to winning ways then with season debutants Charlie Dewey and Calum Frazer, winning 3-0 against Paul Hart and Andy Maynard respectively.

So a good points haul for the seconds - on to Cleaver next Friday, away!