Warriors who grabbed the major share of the spoils in a drawn game against North Village as the Commercial Cricket League began the second half of its season on Sunday.

Leading clubs Hemisphere Leg Trappers and Jamaican Association both scored comfortable victories to put more daylight between themselves and the chasing pack.

Jamaican Association, who trail unbeaten Leg Trappers by 15 points, completed the double over defending champions Watford Sports Club with a five-wicket victory at Garrison Field. Ten-man Leg Trappers beat Police by four wickets.

St. David's also completed the double over Forties -- winning a low-scoring match at Shelly Bay by eight runs despite a six-wicket haul by Forties' leg-break bowler Hugh Hollis.

Meanwhile, league officials have agreed to a day off this weekend as the majority of clubs opted to take a break to watch the soccer World Cup final.

Sunday's West End Warriors-North Village match was shortened to 35 overs a side because of a delayed start and a religious service at the Royal Naval Field starting at 7.00 p.m.

Opener Gibbons, who hammered a century against Village at Shelly Bay last season, lashed 20 boundaries -- 12 sixes and eight fours -- in his explosive 128 while Mel Thomas, batting at number six, struck nine fours in his 50.

The pair added 116 runs for the fifth wicket as Warriors, playing with eight men, piled up 232 in 32.2 overs after being asked to bat, leaving nine-man Village 37 overs to reach their victory target.

Despite half centuries from skipper Kevin Lapsley and Mike Young -- he also took four for 83 in 13.2 overs -- and a welcome return to form by Andy Boyce, who hit eight boundaries in his 48, Village fell short and had to call on the last pair of Cleve Trott (11 not out) and his brother Alton (three not out) to play out the final eight overs to save the game. Lapsley's 54 included six fours and a six while Young hit three fours and a six in his 53.

"It was chaotic finishing the game as the church service was starting -- we had to really concentrate towards the end to make sure we didn't lose the game,'' said Village spokesman Wendell Lindsay. Warriors took 61 points to Village's 31 .

Chris Graham-Ward (18), Rudolph Richards (17) and Andy McCulloch (16) were the main contributors for Police who were dismissed for 99 after being sent in on a damp Nationals pitch. David Hosier and Roddy Moore each took three wickets while Graham Strange chipped in with two.

Slow bowler Richards followed up with three for 22 as Leg Trappers slipped to 49 for three after McCulloch removed opener Jeremy Franklin cheaply. Pete Norris made 20 before a fifth-wicket stand of 43 between Ian Smith (33) and David Napier (18) carried Leg Trappers to the brink of victory. Tom Pratt took two for 34.

Former Premier players Donovan Livingston, who made 48, and Lloyd Morrison (24) helped lay the foundation for Jamaican Association's triumph. An unbroken stand of 60 between David Gibbs, with an unbeaten 45, and Michael Campbell (10 not out) sealed the victory after Watford, who elected to bat, closed at 172 for eight with Ray DeSilva making 26 not out and Michael Corday 25.

Fast bowler Gibbs also starred with the ball, his 18-over stint earning him a four for 62 haul. There were also two wickets apiece for Campbell and Morrison. David DeSilva was Watford's most successful bowler with two for 41.

"I figured we made enough runs to win but it wasn't to be,'' said Watford skipper Terry Corday, who normally fields first after winning the toss but was persuaded by team-mates to bat after the team had run up a string of big totals in recent weeks.

Forties, who lost the season opener to St. David's by two wickets at Garrison Field, appeared set to gain revenge when they reached 102 for six in pursuit of the East Enders' 114.

Rohaan Simons played the leading role in seeing up the 100, lifting Forties from 63 for six, but when skipper George Cannonier swapped his wicketkeeping gloves for his left-arm medium pacers he struck in his third over, bowling Simons off his pads for 31 and triggering a collapse in which the last four wickets tumbled for four runs.

Bowling honours were shared by medium pacers Rudell Pitcher, who took four for 21, and McLaren Lowe, who grabbed two wickets in his first two overs on his way to four for 37.

Earlier opener Grayson McCallan anchored the St. David's innings with a painstaking 29 but once he went the innings quickly folded, Hollis snapping up six for 25 from 14 overs. Craig Christensen took three for 48 in 13.3 overs.