New boys Winchester City are enjoying the sweet smell of six-cess at the top of the Sydenhams Wessex League.

The City slickers' 6-3 victory at Bemerton Heath Harlequins on Saturday was their sixth successive victory and it moves them six points clear at the summit.

But it was former City striker Stuart Findlay who gave his old club a real scare with a well-taken hat-trick - all equalisers - before three goals in the last ten minutes maintained Winchester's proud 100 per cent record.

Andy Forbes fired the visitors into the lead midway through the first-half only for Findlay to level minutes later with a shot high into the roof of the net.

City moved ahead again on 30 minutes through Danny Smith yet the lead was again short-lived, Nathan Renyard was brought down in the penalty area and Findlay stepped up to despatch the spot-kick.

Michael Dean restored City's three minutes into the second half but when Findlay completed his hat-trick to square the match at 3-3 after 78 minutes it looked as though the points would be shared.

Two minutes later, Forbes rose highest to head in Matt Bicknell's free-kick and then Bicknell curled his 87th minute free-kick around the wall to make it 5-3, with Smith adding a sixth in stoppage time.

Second-placed Gosport Borough made it four wins out of four following their battling 1-0 victory at BAT who are still searching for their first point.

Gosport assistant manager Gary Lee said: "It was a good win and I'm pleased with the overall performance, we had to battle hard because BAT never give you anything."

The only goal of the game came after 65 minutes, Stuart Hensman played the ball across the face of the penalty area and Mark Tryon beat two defenders before rifling home.

Fabulous Fareham smashed the perfect record of Andover at Cams Alders as they tamed the ten-man Lions 4-1.

The home side took the lead on 26 minutes when Dave Rowe crashed home a stunning 30-yard shot and things went from bad to worse for Andover moments later when they had Mario Nurse sent off for a professional foul on Paul Morby.

Rowe doubled Town's advantage just before half-time from a goalmouth scramble and Jamie Musselwhite made it three on the hour mark with a firm header.

Five minutes later, Floyd Hamoudu was pulled down in the area by the Andover keeper and Musselwhite netted from the spot for Fareham's fourth before Danny Sullivan grabbed a late Lions' consolation.

"It's a fantastic result for us and I thought that we played very well today," said Fareham boss Jon Gittens.

Patrick James and Ben Thomson both struck with two goals apiece as Lymington & New Milton whipped Whitchurch 7-0 at Fawcetts Field where Kevin James, Peter Smith and Kevin Reacord also netted.

"Football-wise it was probably our best performance of the season as we took our chances," smiled Linnets manager Ian Robinson. "Our pace upfront exposed them defensively and it was nice that we kept going right until the end."

Robinson's old club, Totton, were also among the goals at Downton as solo strikes from Martin Whiddett, Danny Salter, Sean New, Robbie Savage and Mark Osman saw them to a convincing 5-0 success.

Hamble ASSC also enjoyed an awayday win at managerless Brockenhurst with the Planemakers' boss, Larry Clay, admitting: "It was probably the right time for us to play them, we were very disjointed with seven players out.

"It was not our best performance, it was a case of the result being more important than the way we played."

A 25-yard drive by Craig Rickman gave Hamble an early lead, Jamie Hill bagged a second just before half-time and Neil Ward completed the scoring after 70 minutes.

Cowes Sports made it two away wins this week when goals from Marc Burrows and Simon Butler saw them triumph 2-1 at Christchurch who had levelled through Paul Rideout on the stroke of half-time.