North Village threw the seesawing Commercial Cricket League wide open by narrowly defeating leaders West Indian Association and now the top four clubs are separated by just seven points.

Hemisphere Leg Trappers and second-placed Watford Sports Club both suffered major batting collapses in a nail-biting drawn match, in which Roddy Moore had a five-wicket haul for the home club, while Forties and Jamaican Association both scored emphatic victories in Sunday's other matches.

Leg Trappers and Forties, who have a game in hand on their rivals, will now meet on August 22 in the day's only match.

Third-placed Village squeezed home by 19 runs at Sea Breeze Oval after WIA's last pair, Juniors Watts, who made an unbeaten 26, and Clevon Cunningham (four), gave them a scare by adding 29 runs.

Earlier useful contributions from Alex Virgil (39), Mike Levon (31) and Mike Young (20) helped Village reach 165 as pace bowlers Jerry Callender, who claimed four for 27, and Olwin Clarke (three for 31) did the bulk of the damage.

WIA started badly, slumping to 10 for two, as pace bowler Derek Bell bowled skipper John McConnie first ball for nought and then had Callender caught next ball in his first over.

Ken Savoury (27) helped revive the innings and No. 9 Edwin Wickham weighed in with 24 as Watts, at No. 8, carried the fight to the Village attack before running out of partners. Young claimed four for 32 from nine overs while there were also two wickets apiece for Bell, Chris Caisey and Neil Robinson, the club's soccer captain.

Rain led the captains of the Leg Trappers-Watford match at Nationals to cut the game to 38 overs a side which produced a thriller with the west enders hanging on for a "losing'' draw with their last pair at the wicket.

A knock of 33 by opener Gary Knight helped Leg Trappers reach a comfortable 76 for two but then eight wickets tumbled for the addition of just 28 runs as the defending champions, hurt by three run-outs, slumped to 104 all out in the 34th over.

Second-change bowler Quinton Burch picked up three for nine from five overs while veteran George Rock took two for 29.

Left 42 overs to win on a slow pitch, Watford eased their way to 59 for one from 25 overs but when opener Terry Ward was caught at fly slip for 38 the innings went into a nosedive as Moore, a family doctor, sliced through the batting and Graham Strange, who took two for 22, also held three good catches.

Skipper Terry Corday and his two sons, Terence and Trevor, all perished for ducks as Moore, who snapped up five for 22 from nine overs of tantalisingly slow medium pacers, Strange and slow left-arm bowler James Swan almost gained Leg Trappers an improbable victory.

In the end last pair Ray DeSilva and Andrew Paynter hung on as Watford closed at 90 for nine, earning three points to cut WIA's lead at the top.

"We were happy to get a `winning' draw out of it,'' said Leg Trappers' batsman James Broadbent.

But Watford skipper Corday was far from happy. "It was the worst we've ever played,'' he lamented afterwards.

Apart from a breezy 23 from left-hander Worrell Bean and 16 from No. 10 Lamarr Caines, Devonshire Stars were undone by Forties' pace attack -- and three run-outs -- at Shelly Bay where they were bundled out in the 27th over for 83.

David Jarrett produced his best figures for the club -- three for 32 -- while Brian Holdipp, who removed Bean with a superb, low, one-handed slip catch by Andrew Borland, took two for 28.

Stars' only crumb of consolation came when Bean bowled skipper Gordon Campbell, whose young son David earlier held two catches, for 20 with the total 41 but Harold Minors plundered an unbeaten 42 as Forties reached their target in just 77 balls to complete the double over their opponents.

Fresh from their 23-run victory over fourth-placed Forties the previous week, Jamaican Association continued their climb up the table by crushing St.

David's by seven wickets at Lord's.

Opener George Cannonier struck five fours and two sixes in his 53 -- and later took two for 51 from 15.2 overs -- while Granville Bennett made 31 as St.

David's reached 165 for nine, Junior Lindo taking four for 64 and Simroy Crosdale two for 34.

But opener Michael Campbell, despite a shoulder injury which has prevented him from bowling in the last two matches following a collision with a team-mate, and skipper Ian Coke made light of their task as the Jamaicans sprinted home in the 27th. Campbell's 54 contained nine fours while Coke hit seven fours and two sixes in an unbeaten 49.

"I think we are on the up now and getting into contention again,'' said Jamaican Association spokesman Glenmore Barrett.