With their main strike bowler Dale Fox sidelined because of an injury, St.

David's bowling attack could do little to prevent Southampton Rangers' batsmen from reaching a winning target of 143 runs in this game at Southampton Oval.

The eight-wicket loss saw the islanders suffer their second sound defeat within the span of a week and new captain James Pace must now be worried about their sluggish start to the season.

Inspired by a robust 74 not out from Stevie Lightbourne and a fluent 44 from opener Keith Wainwright, Southampton wasted little time in getting the runs after the visitors were dismissed for 142.

After losing opener Olin Jones (14) with 32 runs scored, Wainwright and Lightbourne joined in a second-wicket stand that added 77 runs before the former was run out with the total on 109. Then Lightbourne and Clevie Wade (two not out) easily polished off the remaining runs to take the team to victory in 33.5 overs.

Lightbourne struck 10 fours and two sixes while Wainwright hit five fours.

Earlier, St. David's were shaky from the start, losing opener Shea Pitcher (nought) with three runs scored and finding runs hard to come by afterwards.

There was a sign of stability when skipper James Pace (46) and Lionel Cann (23) put on 35 for the fifth wicket, taking the score from 31 for four to 66 when Cann was bowled by Ryan Belboda.

Pace stayed at the wicket until the score reached 126, but when he became the seventh victim there was no hope of a recovery being staged by St. David's.

Belboda was the top bowler for Southampton with three wickets for 41 while Lightbourne had two for 12, Quinton Burch two for 23 and Wade two for 33.

Somerset 115 Willow Cuts 119-6 Just one week after their crushing 208-run victory over lowly Warwick, Somerset were swiftly brought down to earth by their neighbours Willow Cuts in this game at Somerset Cricket Club.

Willow Cuts won by four wickets, thanks to some good bowling performances by brothers Rodney and Kevin Fubler who combined to take seven wickets. Fast bowler Rodney finished with four for a mere 12 runs off his allotted 10 overs, including three maidens, while spinner Kevin had three for 22 off 9.1 overs with two maidens.

With the pair as sharp as ever the Somerset batsmen had no similar luck on this occasion as they had against Warwick. They offered some resistance with the score 38 for the loss of three wickets when veteran Winston Reid (24) and skipper Perry Maybury (18) added 39 runs for the fourth wicket. But once Maybury was lbw to Kevin Fubler it was not long before their innings came to a close.

Of the remaining batsmen only Cordell Gilbert was in double figures with 19.

Willow Cuts had a scare when they lost three wickets for 23 runs but they were steered out of trouble by new member Andre Hendrickson (21) and Richard Basden (15) who put on 47 for the fourth wicket. Then victory was reached with contributions from Gladwin Edness 13, Rodney Fubler 17 not out and Vivian Simons 11 not out.

Charles Swan was the best Somerset bowler with two wickets for 26 runs.

Hamilton Parish 214-8 Flatts 119 Medium pace bowler Chris Caisey almost singlehandedly uprooted Flatts yesterday at Devonshire Rec. field, spurring Hamilton Parish to their first win of the season.

Caisey made up for the duck he recorded while batting, as he tore through the heart of the Flatts batting line-up claiming six for 31, including the first five wickets to fall.

Parish had earlier mounted a formidable total of 214 in their allotted 50 overs, base on a patient knock of 77 from Irving Burgess and a splendid 70-run opening partnership by Quinn Outerbridge (39) and Cal Burgess (32).

Irving Burgess cracked 10 fours and a six in his innings, coming in at number four. He was finally out caught behind off the last ball of the innings.

Floyd Smith was the most successful Flatts bowler, recording figures of four for 51 from eight overs, while Maxwell Lawrence and Gerald Sims each collected one wicket apiece.

An omen of things to come arrived early for Flatts when opener Andrew Richardson departed before Flatts could put a single run on the scoreboard courtesy of an leg before wicket decision in favour of Caisey.

Caisey soon had Kent Todd (two) and youngster Hewvonnie Baker (one) join Richardson in the pavilion, leaving Flatts reeling at seven for three.

The slide was checked as Troy Dean (38) and skipper Rodney Woolridge (four) added 16 for the fourth wicket before Caisey struck yet again, inducing a catch from Woolridge, which Brian Morris took brilliantly, diving to his left at cover point.

New batsman Rudy Seaman (nought) had barely taken his guard when another Caisey delivery sent his leg stump tumbling.

However, Dean found a willing partner in Troy Bean (22) and the duo inched their way to 83 when the former, attempting a big hit off spinner Cal Burgess, sent a catch to Michael Burgess at the long-off boundary.

And when Bean was out a run later the end result was merely a formality.

Lawrence (22) hung around until the end, but ran out of partners.

Burgess complemented Caisey, snatching three wickets and Morris added one.

Warwick 27 Police 30-0 To describe yesterday's match at Police Field as a walk-over would almost be an understatement and it is becoming painfully clear that this will undoubtedly be a laborious season for Warwick.

The visitors paid a dear price for arriving for the game short-handed -- nine men -- as they were massacred by the officers in rapid fashion, losing by 10 wickets.

It was the second week in succession where Police needed only use the services of their opening pair after they knocked down the visitors for 27 -- the season's lowest to date -- and then scorched to victory in just under four overs.

Warwick appeared to realise their fate early when they won the toss and elected to bat, thus avoiding the possibility of having to toil in the field against obviously superior opponents.

The destruction of the visitors was swift. Five runs were on the board when Freston Hurdle broke through the guard of opener Kevin Lapsley and from then wickets tumbled with alarming regularity.

The largest partnerships were of seven runs, for the second and sixth wickets, which told an all too familiar story of Warwick's recent history for ineptness.

Included in the total were four ducks, and only Johnny Nusum (10) managed to reach double figure.

Chief destroyers for the home side were Hurdle and Roger Blades, claiming three for 11 and four for 16 respectively off 10.3 overs -- all bowled.

Blades stood on a hat-trick in his fourth over after bowling Michael Tuzo (three) and Kallan Johnson (nought) off successive balls, but failed to remove the next batsman.

For Police, Dennis Archer (15) and Tyrone Smith (10) wasted little time knocking up the required runs.

Social Club 131 Somerset Bridge 133-5 Boosted by a fighting half-century from captain Robin Swan, Somerset Bridge recorded their first win of the season, a five-wicket triumph over Social Club at White Hill field.

Batting first, Social Club managed a respectable total with late-order batsman Earlston Wolffe high-scoring with a dogged 34 before being run out.

Opener Caldon Grimes also enjoyed a reasonable knock, reaching 15 before Kirk Trott trapped him leg before wicket.

Grimes had featured in a third-wicket partnership with Jamie Cann (18), taking the score to 45, before Cann became the first of three victims to fall at the hands of Brian Gibbons.

Still the visitors showed resilience, with Desmond Smith (10), Karl Furbert (16) and Wolffe refusing to surrender meekly.

They would eventually succumb though as Gibbons ripped through the tail, taking the final two wickets.

Also enjoying a three-wicket haul for Bridge was Trott, while Gary Crofton seized two and Corvette Lambert one.

For a while it looked as though Bridge were the underdogs in this match, after losing two quick wickets and showing just three runs on the scoreboard.

They were in further trouble at 29 for two, but Swan (54) would ultimately arrive to perform his rescue act.

'NUFF RESPECT -- Clevie Wade, left, pays homage to Stevie Lightbourne who made a brutal 74 not out in Rangers' eight-wicket win over St. David's.