Leg Trappers opened up a 12-point lead on closest Commercial League rivals North Village, who had the day off, while Forties inflicted more misery on defending champions St. David's and Jamaican Association notched up their first win of the season.

Leg Trappers suffered a batting collapse on a low-scoring weekend, slumping from 81 for one to 140 all out in the final over against Police Recreation Club, but still ran out comfortable winners as they dismissed their opponents for 65 at Police Field.

Medium pacer Raj Goonewardene followed up his six-wicket haul against St. David's the previous week by undermining the Leg Trappers innings with five for 37 from 12 overs after Gary Knight (42) and Damion Henderson (18) had added 61 for the first wicket.

Skipper Jim Walters (three for 34) and Ian Simpson (two for 36) also bowled well for Police while Graham Strange (25) and Chris Fleming (21) chipped in with useful contributions for Leg Trappers.

Two run-outs didn't help the Police cause as they succumbed in the 27th over to the spin of James Swan, who claimed four for 14 from nine overs, and medium pace of Strange (three for 13) and Marc Wetherhill (two for 17). Eric Thornton was top scorer with 20.

"I thought we were in with a shout after getting them out for 140," said Walters, "but we had problems with our batting."

St. David's, so impressive last season but now missing several of the stars who helped them lift the league and knockout titles, crashed to their third successive defeat and slipped to sixth place in the standings after losing to Forties by seven wickets at Lord's, where the home team's blushes were spared by a dashing half century from Reginald (Lucky) Pitcher.

Asked to bat first on a pitch that was damp at one end, St. David's scored at more than four and a half runs an over but the efforts of Pitcher, who struck seven fours and two sixes in his 61, went to waste as wickets fell at regular intervals, the east enders tumbling to 103 all out in the 23rd over.

Opening bowler Brian Holdipp was destroyer in chief, grabbing five for 39 from nine overs, while there were two wickets apiece for David Jarrett and skipper Gordon Campbell, who later made 23. Campbell's fellow opener, Harold Minors, ensured victory by smashing six fours and three sixes in an unbeaten 64 as Forties raced home in 16.2 overs.

Pick of the St. David's attack was Arthur Pitcher, the PLP St. George's South MP, who took two for 10.

Jamaican Association, who walked off the previous Sunday in disgust over two umpiring decisions that went against them and conceded the match to North Village, put their troubles behind them, skittling out bottom club Devonshire Stars for 36 - including five ducks - to secure a 104-run victory at Shelly Bay.

Medium pacer Glenroy Brown, who finished with four for nine from eight overs, started the slide by claiming three wickets for one run - a wide - in the opening over and the demolition job was completed by Junior Lindo (three for 19) and Ian Coke who completed his church duties in time to take two for one.

Earlier, Chris Daley made 31 and Lindo 27 as the Jamaicans were restricted to 140 thanks to fine bowling from Worrell Bean, who claimed four for 37 from 15.4 overs, and skipper Derek Smith whose four for 53 came from 15 overs. But Stars' hopes of their first victory of the season were quickly dashed.