SOUTH Berkshire men were edged out 4-3 in their MBBO Regional Two top-of-the-table home encounter with Sonning.
Ben Dudley, Sam Fox-Harvey and Ravi Patel were on target, but braces from Nick Leach Noel Plant proved decisive.
Third-placed South Berkshire travel to the team one below them in the table, Banbury 2nds, on Saturday (12.30pm).
South Berkshire 2nds maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a 5-3 success at Wycombe 3rds.
The Division Two table-toppers were grateful to a brilliant Daniel Ray hat-trick and goals from Rob Badley and Mike Longson, with Harmohan Juttla, Jack Prior and Jono Turney on target for the hosts.
In Division Three, Julien Bruyninckx got the only goal of the game as Oxford University 4ths edged out South Berkshire 3rds 1-0.
South Berkshire 4ths beat Slough Swifts 5-1 in Division Seven, and South Berkshire Terriers eased past Oxford 7ths 7-2 in Division Eight West.
In Premier Division One of the Trysports Three Counties League, South Berkshire ladies moved up to seventh with a 2-1 victory at Aylesbury.
South Berkshire 2nds lost 3-2 to Reading Rockets in Premier Division Two, and South Berkshire 3rds were defeated 3-1 at Phoenix & Ranelagh 2nds in Division Two.
South Berkshire 4ths lost 3-1 at Sonning 4ths in Division Five.
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