Controversy marred this surprise win by the Islanders at Devonshire Rec.

field, but in the end the home team have only themselves to blame for throwing this match away when well placed.

In reply to the modest St. David's total of 162, Rec. were cruising to victory at 146 for three when Dale Fox, having been called for chucking by square leg umpire Oliver Bain in the first over of his second spell, returned for a third spell to claim two of the last three wickets -- five deliveries into his 11th over! Fox, warned for throwing on the Bermuda tour of Barbados, was called for the first time this season by Bain and then allowed to have his over completed by captain James Pace who had made the request to umpire Mahdee Shabazz. The law states that a bowler can only have an over completed if he is injured.

However, Fox did not stay off long and soon came back on at Bain's end and kept St. David's in the hunt for victory with the key wickets of opener Trott who hit six fours in his top score of 49 before being fourth out and tail-enders John Ray and Bruce Perinchief.

Devonshire fell from 146 for three to 148 for six before finally being out for 158, five runs short of their target.

John Ray, who led them to their last two wins with good knocks late in the order, earned a promotion to number nine but he could not produce with the bat this time as Fox had him lbw for one.

Jason Lewis continued his good form with four fours and two sixes in his innings of 46 while captain Albert Steede, dropped on one, was the only other Devonshire batsman in double figures, scoring 25 from five fours.

Lionel Cann did the brunt of the bowling damage for St. David's with five for 23 from eight overs.

Cann had also earlier led their batting with 43 from three fours and two sixes while opener Allen Richardson, missed on one, went on to score 38.

Winston Trott, Jr., returning to the Devonshire team, took four for 42 from his 10 overs while Anthony Amory claimed four for 26 in 8.2 overs.

The win was only the second of the season for St. David's who were languishing near the bottom of the table.

"We put a lot of emphasis on our fielding and it showed in the end with a couple of run-outs,'' said St. David's captain James Pace who was a Devonshire player last season.

Warwick 60 Western Stars 63-2 Arnold Manders tore Warwick apart with his spin bowling by taking seven wickets for a mere 12 runs off 9.5 overs and four maidens to lead Western Stars to a comfortable eight-wicket victory at Southampton Oval.

Despite the dominance of Manders though Warwick managed to survive for 34.5 overs with Frank Morgan and Dyke Lawrence the only batsmen in double figures.

Morgan was top scorer with 14 while Lawrence followed with 12.

Warwick lost opener Johnny Nusum (one) with only one run scored and it was an uphill battle for them throughout.

Stars needed just 10.3 overs to record victory after being setback briefly when opener Gregory Sampson (four) was dismissed with the total on 18.

The other opener Anthony Foggo (22) and Andre Manders added 18 for the second wicket and when Foggo was dismissed, Manders and new batsman Cleon Scotland steered the team to victory. Manders was not out on 21 and Scotland undefeated on nine.

Cleveland 234 PHC 160 PHC crashed to their sixth straight loss, but improvement in their batting has at least enabled them to move off the bottom of the standings on strike rate.

On a good batting strip at Sea Breeze Oval, Cleveland recovered from a shaky start to post 234 in 46.3 overs with number three, four and five batsmen Jermaine Postlethwaite, Aaron Adams and Allan Douglas leading the way with good knocks.

After openers Grant Smith and Curtis Jackson were dismissed in the first three overs with just 12 runs on the board, Postlethwaite and Adams added 91 for the third wicket with Postlethwaite scoring 31 and Adams, with 10 fours and a six, hitting 60. Douglas kept the runs flowing with a dashing 77, which included eight fours and five sixes.

Opening bowler Lyle Millett claimed three for 25 from 7.3 overs while Jamaican Neil Anglin took three for 37 from 10 overs of medium-pace.

PHC, despite the loss of Wallace Minors in the first over and Sheridan Ming in the third over from Diallo Sharrieff with just 22 on the board, had 91 on the board from their first 20 overs. Mark Smith and Dennis Bell added 38 for the third wicket before Smith went for 29.

Bell (28) and Kevin Dill (18) then put on 40 for the fourth wicket to bring up the 100 only for Dill and Cal Waldron to depart on successive deliveries from spinner Hugh Murray to put Cleveland in control.

Lyle Millett (22) offered some resistance in the tail-end as Del Hollis and Murray both claimed three wickets, for 32 and 31 respectively. Sharrieff finished with two for 46.

Flatts 166 Somerset 168-5 Veteran Roger Hunt hit an undefeated 58 and Steval Arorash and James Swan gave bowling support with three wickets apiece as Somerset defeated Flatts by five wickets at Somerset Cricket Club.

Flatts were seemingly heading towards a large total at 100 for three before their batting fell apart with none of their last seven batsmen reaching double figures.

Skipper Rodney Woolridge was top scorer with 39 while Derek Wright followed with 27. Opener Kent Todd made 32.

Todd and Wright were involved in the team's biggest stand taking the score from 38 for one to 73 when Todd departed.

Medium-pacer Arorash led the Somerset attack with three for 29 while Swan had three for 34 and Winston Reid two for 29.

Hunt led Somerset in their reply with a good knock, including nine fours, off 68 balls while batting for 89 minutes. Hunt was a part of their biggest stand when he put on 87 during a second-wicket partnership with opener Reid who scored 36.

Brandon Woolridge was the top bowler for Flatts with two for 25.

Social Club 150 Southampton 151-3 Social Club made their highest score of the season at St. John's field yesterday, but the might of the Southampton batting attack had no difficulty in securing a seven-wicket win.

For Rangers, the result was a timely one as it ended a two-match losing streak. Keith Wainwright struck his second half-century of the season (58) and Olin Jones hit 47 to lead Southampton's reply. Stevie Lightbourne wrapped it up quickly at the end with 26 not out.

Social Club had an early sniff when Jamie Cann trapped Kwame Tucker leg before for six with the score 19. But Wainwright and Jones virtually took the match beyond with a stand of 80 for the second wicket.

Spinner Elvis Richardson took the other two wickets for 29 runs.

Cecil Tucker, playing for the first time since opening day, scored 39 at number seven to help lift Social Club from 72 for five.

Tucker and Hugh Hollis (24) added 57 for the sixth wicket before Quinton Burch accounted for both in his second spell. Burch then dismissed Caldon Grimes for 15 to finish with three for 42 from 9.2 overs.

Earlier, Webster Mills made 22, Francis Grenardo 19 and Dwayne Adams 15. Garry Williams took two for 43 from 10 overs.

GLENN SMITH -- During his of knock of 78 in a losing cause for Bailey's Bay yesterday. (Story on Page 19).