MARK Hart Sunday Senior Cup holders West Moors SSC fell at the first hurdle in this season's competition when East Christchurch SSC upended them 2-0 with goals from Alan Etherton and Wayne Etherton.

Mike Jones rattled in four and Jake Ormond bagged a hat-trick when Queens Park Rovers gave Bournemouth Electric Reserves an 11-1 drubbing. Adam Dale (2), Mark Goldsworthy and Tom Doughty were the other QPR marksmen with Tom Jennings providing some consolation for the Sparkies.

Lewis Till notched up a hat-trick for Cranleigh and there were further goals from Richard Green and Mark Beverley but it was not quite enough to prevent Redhill squeezing through 6-5 after extra time courtesy of Ross Browne, Chris Vallory, Simon Dilawershah and a Roy Leigh-Bryant hat-trick.

Jon Bloomfield struck twice for Hordle Spurs but Mercury edged them out 3-2 after extra time with goals from Simon Croydon (2) and Tony Belliot.

Hisham Douik (2) and Jon Spooner gave Berrans Park Avenue a 3-0 victory over Foresters Arms and Vienna Windows were also 3-0 winners when Michael Bradley, Jesse Hodgson and substitute Paul Barber polished off Parley Sports.

Darby's Corner hammered AFC Bransgore 8-1 in their second round tie with goals from Kieran Campbell (2), Mark Walker (2), Steve Gilbert, Ricky Mee, Steve Llewellyn and Karl Chalkley, while Strouden put paid to Westside 5-0 through David Horgan (2), Marc Roders, Chris Rigby and Lloyd Barrass.

WHEELER HITS SIX

MARK Wheeler was the six-goal star of Bluewood Athletic's 13-2 larruping of AFC Westvale in the first round of the M A Hart Robbins Cup, accompanied by Jack Foster's hat-trick and further goals from Gary Glaire, Jamie Fuller, Shivan Roushbaini and Chia Khider.

Michael Haskell let rip with five and there were hat-tricks from Steve Talliss, Simon Talliss and Shane Walton in TX United's 18-0 second round thrashing of Hollies United, while Ashley Nash led the way with a hat-trick when Christchurch Royals crushed JP Morgan 13-0.

Glenn Bowen tucked away four in Angel of Poole's 9-2 triumph over depleted White Heather Hornets.

James Clease's four-goal blitz helped Ferndown Locomotive put paid to New Milton Borough 7-1, and Luke McArdle slotted home four in Ensbury Park's 8-4 success against Oakdale.

Mike Kent and Ben Bosley both claimed hat-tricks when New Star United poleaxed Ferndown Forest 7-2, while Eddy Knight's hat-trick proved decisive when Boscombe Celtic ousted AFC Verwood 4-1.

Tom Barber's hat-trick enabled Chaseside Wanderers to shade it 4-3 against Kartechnic and DH Britannia just got the better of AFC Face 4-3 thanks to a Shane White treble, while Luke Hughes plundered a hat-trick when AC FC gave AFC Leigham Vale an 8-1 tonking.

BERRANS GO THROUGH

MARK Pimperton and Gary Craig gave JS Bournemouth Sports Reserves a two-goal lead in the first round of the M A Hart Lawrence A Brivati Cup but Berrans Park Avenue Reserves came back with goals from Darren Ritchie, Luke Ansell and Scott Metcalf to win 3-2.

HOT-SHOT SHELLEY

DAN Shelley's four-goal burst proved decisive when Priory Quays Reserves emerged 6-4 winners after extra time against Branksome Celtic Reserves in the second round of the M A Hart Nicholas Read Cup with Tony Haddon and Marvin Fayer-Honour adding one each.

Tony Hannan-Bobe settled the issue 1-0 for AFC Burton Reserves against Boscombe Celtic Reserves.

RAILWAY ROLL ON

LAST season's BFA-Hayward Sunday Premier League runners-up Bournemouth Electric found themselves trailing to goals from Dan Manuel (2) and Kane Andrews against Branksome Railway.

The Sparkies reduced the deficit with a second-half goal from Joe Kittle but Jamie Wilson had the last word for Railway to seal an impressive 4-1 victory.

Sean McCoy and Adrian Pavey netted for Spire Broadway in Division One but Rodrigo Pons's hat-trick gave Kinson Conservative the edge 3-2.

Withor Veloso weighed in with a hat-trick for AFC Burns Lettings and, with Gary Bennett and Rodrigo Da Silva adding one each, they were 5-2 winners against Mercury Reserves in Division Five.

Vienna Windows Reserves opened their Division Six campaign with a 4-1 triumph over Magpies Reserves thanks to Richard Howard, Stuart Ogilvie, Sam Cummings and Lascelles Richardson, while White Hart and Queens Park Rovers Reserves battled out a 1-1 draw. Rob Stephenson was the White Hart scorer with Robert Harber replying for Rovers.

Paul Rideout (2), Clive Bates and Alex Hanrahan struck for Heritage Reserves in Division Seven but Rounders just got the better of them 5-4 thanks to Richie Hearn and George Knijff's four-goal blast.

Ollie Moore and Dean Hooper both plundered four and Leigh Elliott grabbed a hat-trick in Rockbourne's 14-1 trouncing of Real Carling Reserves in Division Eight with Sam Bates, Nick Collier and Will Moore completing the rout.

Mike Hope (2) and Ray Liu netted for AFC Leigham Vale Reserves in Division Nine but they had to settle for a point when Adam Janes's hat-trick earned Newtown Rovers a 3-3 draw.

  • The Merlo Sunday Team of the Week is Verwood SSC FC from Division Nine who beat Division Four new boys FC Banter 4-3 in the second round of the M A Hart Robbins Cup. They win a Mitre Match football.