After a brilliant start to the season the 1st XI were well beaten by Chingford in their first league match since returning to the Premier Division. Put into bat they struggled against former UCC fitness coach Ryan Harris, and despite 33 from Shabaz a total of 110 was never going to be enough. John Curtis picked up a wicket in reply but Chingford won by nine wickets. Scorecard

The 2nd XI had the better of a draw with Shenfield at Upminster Park. A wonderful century from Farid Butt (118) and useful contributions from Terry Wyatt and Nathan Woods helped Upminster to reach 243-9. Max Carter Miller impressed with the ball early in the Shenfield reply (2-59), but despite three wickets from skipper Ollie Peck, Shenfield were able to play out for the draw at 159-7. Scorecard

The first league winners of the season were the 3rd XI who beat Hutton by five wickets at the Polo Ground. The four man attack of the White Brothers, D'Cruz and Soomro picked up two wickets each, and they were backed up by an excellent fielding display as Hutton were restricted to 140-9. Paul Middlemiss, Rob Waghorn and Steve Limn then all made useful contributions as Upminster cruised to victory. Scorecard

The 4th XI were also winners as they overcame Orsett and Thurrock. Upminster looked in trouble at 84-5 but Anthony Limn (59) and youngster Ellis Pickering (27) led the fightback and the home side were able to make 177. The evergreen Karim Govani then took over as his 5-23 helped dismiss the visitors for 125. (Scorecard)

Present and past captains combined with the bat for the 5th XI as they eased past Loughton at Campion. 2016 skipper Alex Bottoms made 43 and 2017 skipper Scott Fisher made 71 as Upminster made 206 in just 33 overs. This Year's skipper then picked up three wickets as Loughton were bowled out for 149. (Scorecard)

It was an opening day defeat but a promising performance for Ray Calder's 6th XI at Walthamstow. George Sadek complied 52 as Upminster made 233-7 but despite a valiant effort in the field, Stow got home by three wickets with plenty of time to spare. (Scorecard)

The 1st XI exited the National Cup on Sunday despite a gutsy performance at Wanstead. Shaffiq Rahman (4-35) was the pick of the bowlers as the reigning Premier Division champions made 239-5. Alan Ison then made an excellent 69 but the visitors closed on 204-9 to lose by 35 runs. (Scorecard)

Goresbrook proved to strong for the Sunday League side in the game at Upminster Park. The visitors made 248-4 from their 40 overs, with Rob White picking up two wickets. In reply Upminster were never in the chase but youngster Kiran Kullar played a superb innings. He batted throughout the 40 overs to make a brilliant 80 not out and ensure Upminster picked up two batting points. (Scorecard)