Defending 185 after being put in to bat, Horspath looked up against it with Challow well placed at 149-4 and opener Freddie Robson (55) and Luke Jones (43) at the crease.
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Smith took the final wicket as Challow were bowled out for 176 in the final over with their last six wickets having gone down for 27 runs.
Gibbs finished with 4-31, while skipper Max Smith took 3-33, and there were also wickets for Jason Cardy (1-21), Mark Skelton (1-27), making a welcome return, and Suban Javaid (1-28), while Andy Cummings bowled his 10 overs at a cost of just 24 runs without reward.
Earlier, Horspath had recovered from 20-3 thanks to a fourth-wicket stand of 82 between Tyrone Eyles (46) and Rob Wight (40) as Ross Packham took 3-30 and Jack Pearce 3-31. The win keeps Horspath in fourth place.
Skipper Ryan Hicks's first five-wicket haul proved in vain as Horspath 3rd slipped to a three-wicket defeat at Bletchley Town in Division 3A.
The visitors were shot out for 76 after being inserted with opener Alex Thomas (26) top-scoring. Bubar Raja (3-14) and Alisdair Dawson (3-30) were the chief destroyers.
Hicks then got stuck into the Bletchley batting, taking 5-24, before the hosts secured victory at 77-7.
Horspath 3rd bowed out of the Airey Cup with a 101-run defeat away to Division 3A rivals Oxenford in the first round on Sunday.
The home side rattled up 258-8 off 40 overs after electing to bat. Alex Jackson took 3-53, while Euan Barrett picked up 2-23 and there was a wicket apiece for Javaid and Ryan Timmo.
Mark Phillips smashed an unbeaten 55 off just 23 balls with seven fours and one six to take Oxenford to their final total after good contributions from Div Puri (49), Ayyaz Mallick (36) and Bharat Ramanathan (35).
Joey Todd (38) and Christopher Hofen (21) put on 50 for Horspath's first wicket against an accurate home attack. Javaid chipped in with 34, but the run rate kept creeping up and the visitors eventually fell well short at 157-6, with Peter Healey unbeaten on 26 at the close.
Opener Adrian Manger hit a half-century and Lukas Yendole came within a run of a maiden fifty in Horspath 4th's five-wicket defeat at home to second-placed Wolvercote in Division 5C.
Manger made 50, which included 10 fours, and Yendole hit five fours and two sixes in his 49 as the hosts posted 188 all out after choosing to bat, with Barkat Ahmed taking 3-32.
Horspath made the high-flying visitors battle for the runs, before they got home at 192-5 in the 42nd over.
Robin Pykett took 2-46, while there were tidy spells from Manger (1-20), Barrett (1-29) and Hadi Ali (1-31). Openers Mark Child (53) and Ben Madden (31) laid the foundations for Wolvercote's run chase, before Tohsif Manzoor (39no) clinched victory.
Posted by: Russ
Posted by: Russ