Devonshire 145 Kenny Phillip had a five wicket haul as St. George's clinched victory in fading light to extend their lead in the Open League to 10 points with a 64-run win at Devonshire Rec. yesterday.

At one time a draw looked on the cards as Devonshire passed the 104-5 three overs before the final 20 overs began. Phillip took two wickets in successive balls to make it 113-7 when the final 20 overs began. In terms of runs, Devonshire could have made a push for victory, with 96 needed at about five an over. However, Anthony aamory was quickly running out of partners and when he was trapped lbw for 49 five overs into the last 20, a draw didn't even look likely for the home team. Amory hit seven fours in his 49 while opener Dexter Smith was the next high with 22. Phillip, who claimed the first three wickets in his first spell, finished with five for 45 from 10 overs while Herbie Bascome and Ryan Steede had two for 31 and two for 13 respectively.

Captain Clay Smith decided to bring himself back on the ball at the western end after a mid-wicket conference by the two umpires.

He ended the match at 7.00 p.m. with his second delivery when he removed Don Vickers who lofted an easy catch to Lionel Cann at slip. Four minutes later in Somerset, second placed Western Stars had their match with Willow Cuts stopped because of bad light.

Earlier Smith was back amongst the runs, though this time he fell just short of a sixth half-century of the season when he was caught off the bowling of Anthony Edwards for 47.

Western Stars 207 Willow Cuts 109-4 The half hour they lost at the start, plus their decision to bat until 4.47 for their 207 runs in 62.1 overs, cost Western Stars a chance of winning at Somerset.

The match was stopped at 7:04 p.m. with Willow Cuts still 99 runs from victory with six wickets intact. From 40-4 they reached the 100 mark without further loss as Richard Basden and Gladwin Edness led the recovery with an unbroken stand of 69 in 57 minutes for the fifth wicket.

Edness was high man with 39 from four fours and a six while Basden, who batted 11 minutes longer, had three boundaries in his patient 24 not out. Captain Dexter Basden scored 22. Wayne Wolffe took two for 16 from seven overs and Hasan Durham two for43 off 11. Arnold Manders led the Stars batting with 51, before walking out of his crease and being run out after playing the fifth ball of Kevin Fubler's sixth over to a fielder.

Manders hit four fours and three sixes while younger brother Anthony batted 103 minutes for 40 in the lower order after Stars had slumped to 153-7.

Openers Albert Steede (24) and Treadwell Gibbons (31) put on 41 for the first wicket in 45 minutes.

Southampton Rangers 271 Bailey's Bay 224-9 Janeiro Tucker hammered a century for Southampton but Irving Romaine and Ricky Hill answered for Bailey's Bay with sterling knocks of 93 and 77 to earn the home side a draw in this exciting clash at Sea Breeze Oval.

Lively batting was the order of the day throughout this match with Tucker first setting the stage for excitement with a whirlwind knock of 114 to lead his side to their mammoth total.

Tucker and Dwayne (Pickles) Steede steered Southampton from early trouble when they were 57 for four, the pair putting on 169 for the fifth wicket. Tucker, aided by some sloppy fielding as Bay put down four catches off him, faced 90 balls and stroked six sixes and 14 fours while Steede hit seven fours and a six.

Although tail-enders Pilgrim and Allan Walker saved Bay from defeat at the end with their defiant batting for the last three overs, batting honours had earlier gone to Romaine and Hill. The duo put on 136 for the fourth wicket after three wickets had gone for 72. Romaine stroked four sixes and 10 fours during his stay.

Police 283-8 Cleveland 97 Peter Philpott hammered 92 not out against his former team-mates to lead Police to a 186-run victory over Cleveland at Wellington Oval.

But it wasn't just Philpott's bat that found the bowling tasty as Ferdinand Thorne and Andrew Rollins also got into the scoring act. Thorne had an innings of 77, including thre sixes and nine fours, while Rollins hit 67 with three sixes and five fours.

However it was Philpott who was in his most vicious batting form, slamming nine sixes and five fours during his heroic stay. His century was denied when skipper Dennis Archer decided to push for victory and made a declaration at 4.10 p.m. It proved a good decision as Cleveland replied with just 97. Johnny Richardson was the top bowler for Cleveland with three for 79 off 17 overs while Curtis Jackson had two for 66 off just seven overs.

THROUGH BALL -- Leon Place of Devonshire Rec. misses a catch off a St.

George's batsman.