Somerset 183 Charlie Marshall failed to make it four centuries on the trot, but with so much depth in the Bay batting somebody was bound to take over from the Bailey's Bay skipper at Somerset.

This time it was Irving Romaine coming good with the bat. He slammed an unbeaten 100 as Bay made it six wins in a row with a 76-run victory.

Romaine added 41 with Marshall (20) for the fourth wicket but when Marshall departed on 119, Romaine took over the leading role to guide Bay to another big total.

The Somerset Cup Match player stroked 11 fours and five sixes as his 50 came up in 110 minutes off 62 balls and the 100 off 107 balls in 203 minutes.

Next high man for Bay was Glenn Blakeney with 36 as Leon Place, Tony Cheeseman and Francis Richardson all took two wickets. Place had two for 36, Richardson two for 33 and Cheeseman two for 49.

After losing Cheeseman with only three runs on the board, Somerset recovered with a second wicket stand of 70 between Steven Mendes (40) and Place (29) before Wendell White kept the momentum with 23.

But the slump started after White's dismissal at 108-4 as Somerset were soon 121-7 with the heart of their batting ripped apart.

A last-wicket stand of 30 between Norman Godwin (18) and Tacoma Robinson (9) only delayed the inevitable.

Jim West returned three for 40, Clarkie Trott three for 47 and John Ray two for 46.

Southampton 283 Police 84 (10 men) Police ended a disappointing weekend with this 199-run hammering at the hands of Southampton Rangers at Police Field.

Only one top order batsman for Rangers -- Keith Waiwright -- failed as Kwame Tucker scored 49, Janeiro Tucker 34, Olin Jones 45 and player-coach Clevie Wade 51 before Ian Armstrong chipped in with a patient 20.

Terry Thomas took three for 56 and Freston Hurdle and Nyon Steede two each for 54.

Police never seriously considered a run chase, made all the more evident by the rejigging of the batting order which saw captain Dennis Archer drop down to number nine and Andrew Rollins number eight.

Hurdle, promoted to number three, was the only Police player in double figures with 22 as Garry Williams took three for 29 off 10 overs, Ryan Belboda two for seven and Gary Crofton two for 17. Rangers dismissed Police in 25 overs for their second score under 100 over the weekend. They were earlier skittled for 54 by Western Stars in the Central Counties Cup final (see page 30).

St. David's 210 PHC 94 PHC did well to restrict St. David's to just 210 at Sea Breeze Oval -- claiming the last five wickets for 14 runs -- but it still wasn't enough as the Islanders won comfortably by 146.

Attempting to push the score along in the last 10 overs, St. David's slumped from 157-4 as Shoron Hunt came back for a second spell to pick up three more wickets and finish with four for 33. Cal Waldron supported with three for 50 off his 10 overs.

Opener Allen Richardson led the St. David's batting with 65 as he and captain Clay Smith put on 80 for the third wicket in taking the score from 71 to 151.

Smith finished with 59 while teenager OJ Pitcher scored 36 at number three.

PHC's biggest stand was one of 30 runs for the second wicket between Sheridan Ming (12) and Waldron (16). But once that stand was broken they lost wickets regularly to be 66-6 as player-coach James Pace lasted just two balls against his former team before being bowled by Dale Fox off an inside edge.

Fast bowler Fox had a five-wicket haul, finishing with five for 21 from seven overs while Lionel Cann took two for 26.

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