Wendell Lindsay put the boot in after Commercial Cricket League runners-up Hamilton Parish opted to watch football rather than complete their league programme and defaulted their scheduled match against new champions North Village.

Admittedly, with the title already sewn up late last month, there was little at stake in Sunday's final match at Shelly Bay between the top two, who had been neck and neck for most of the season.

But Village spokesman Lindsay, whose team turned up ready to play, fumed: "This was disrespectful, really selfish of Parish."

Lindsay said a couple of Parish players turned up at the ground to say the rest of the team were at the clubhouse watching the English Premiership match between Liverpool and Chelsea and had no interest in playing cricket.

Last month, Lindsay went to bat for Parish after Fine Leg Byes' default to unbeaten Village, when they refused to play with eight men, handed the league title to Village for the second time in two seasons, robbing the final weekend of a possible exciting climax.

"It was discourteous to Parish," said Lindsay at the time.

Of Parish's default on Sunday, Lindsay said: "I take this as a personal insult. Nobody from Parish had the decency to call us in advance that they weren't going to play."

Last season Parish twice defaulted against Western Stars, the second time because of a christening party in September.

Jamaican Association and BC Allrounders also watched Sunday's football match - but still managed to get in a 25-overs-a-side game starting at 3 p.m. after players made the trip to Garrison Field in St. George's, putting Parish to shame.

As it happened, Parish's default - which left them 23 points behind Village - enabled West Indian Association to switch their match against Forties to Shelly Bay after the Police Field strip, prepared but left uncovered overnight, was declared unfit after early morning rain.

Clearly the Police groundsman hadn't learned his lesson, as a similar thing happened 12 months ago when Village and Parish were left frustrated after he failed to put the covers on following a Central Countries Cup match the previous day and the pitch was left flooded.

WIA, who meet Forties on September 2 in a Knockout Cup semi-final, got the better of last season's league champions in a boundary-filled drawn match reduced to 35 overs a side because of the late start.

Elsewhere, FLB made short work of beating seven-man Western Stars despite playing with only eight men themselves.

WIA, who won the toss, piled up 190 in 33.2 overs and then restricted Forties to 170 for seven in 26 overs - despite David Campbell's attacking half century - to claim seven points to Forties' three.

Richard Foulds struck four sixes and two fours as he led the way for WIA with a fine knock of 51, Barry Richards blasted five sixes and two fours in a quick-fire 41 while opener Patrick Hamlett chipped in with 21.

Brian Brangman, Forties' most successful bowler with three for 27 from six overs, was given good support by Brian Holdipp (two for 23 in 6.2), acting skipper Braxton Stowe (two for 32 from four) and Blake West (two for 39 from eight).

Campbell, who began the season with a century against FLB, ended it in good style before returning to school in Canada, smashing four sixes and three fours in his 67. Veteran Clevie Smith, appearing in his first game of the season, clouted three sixes in his unbeaten 23.

Slow bowler Boobalan Kannan took three for 56 from 13 as Forties settled for a losing draw.

Nine-man JA easily overhauled BC Allrounders' 74 in 19 overs, completing a four-wicket victory in the 14th over.

Junior Lindo was man of the match, claiming four for 12 in six overs and then making 20 in JA's 75 for four.

Keniek Wallen took two for five in four for JA while BC Allrounders' best bowler was Worrell Bean with two for 18 in 3.4.

"It was the last game of the season for us and everyone went out and had fun," said BC Allrounders' team organiser Kenny Smith.

It was more a case of men against boys at the Warren Simmons Community Field where Western Stars, fielding five youngsters, were skittled out for 30 in 14.2 overs by FLB, who romped to a victory inside five overs without losing a wicket, David Gibbons stroking six fours in his 27 not out.

Craig Smith took three for seven from seven and Janaka Perrera two for 17 from five for FLB.

Forties and Western Stars have agreed to call their earlier postponed match a draw, the five points enabling Forties to finish a disappointing fourth behind Jamaican Association in the final standings.

The League Cup semi-finals take centre stage this weekend with Group A winners Village, who headed Forties on superior run rate in their two completed round-robin matches, taking on WIA at Shelly Bay. Group B winners Parish face Forties at Garrison Field.