Impressive batting performances by veteran Allan Douglas and Aaron Adams combined with a good spell of bowling by right-arm spinner Del Hollis led Cleveland to a shock 110-run victory over home team Police.

Douglas hammered 82 and Adams struck 56 as Cleveland reached their formidable total against their favoured opponents, the duo putting on 114 for the fifth wicket after losing the first four wickets for 75 runs. Douglas hit nine fours and three sixes while Adams also had nine fours and a six.

Hollis was to later inspire the Cleveland attack, finishing with four for 33.

Police were made to pay for their poor fielding after dropping Douglas four times. The hard-hitting batsman was finally caught by Roger Blades off spinner Dwayne Leverock.

Others reaching double figures for Cleveland were opener Wayne Smith with 25, Johnny Richardson 16, skipper Peter Philpott 16, Grant Smith 11 and Maxwell Musson 10.

After the stand between Douglas and Adams was broken, it was not long before the now-inspired bowlers tore through the remaining batsmen. Blades snatched three for 45 while Tyrone Smith claimed two for 31.

Known for their ability to fight back, Police were expected to do just that against a Cleveland attack led by Albert (Mango) Simons, but he was not their main weapon on this occasion.

In fact, Simons received harsh treatment from opener Dennis Archer who hammered 35 off his first three overs, forcing skipper Philpott to replace his fast bowler in quick time.

Archer (37) however followed his opener partner Wayne Clarke (eight) back to the pavilion with the score on 49 and the stability Police so desperately needed just never came.

There was hope when skipper Ferdinand Thorne (five) and Tyrone Smith (28) joined for the third wicket, but the former was run out with the score on 61 to complicate things.

Of the remaining batsmen only Leverock (12) and Blades (18) offered resistance and with Hollis leading the way and Simons returning to snatch two wickets, Cleveland recorded a rare victory over Police that moves them into second place behind Bailey's Bay.

Social Club 261-7 dec.

Warwick 69 Social Club scored a crushing 192-run victory over Warwick at Southampton Oval, thanks to a brilliant all-round performance by Roddy Thompson.

Thompson hammered 51 not out and then ripped Warwick's batting apart by taking seven for 20 in 16 overs with six maidens. No Warwick player reached double figures.

Also taking wickets for Social Club was Vince Tweed who had two for 15 from 10.1 overs with three maidens.

In addition to Thompson, Social Club also got solid batting support from Thomas Brangman who scored 52. Others among the runs were veteran Lee Raynor with 32, Webster Mills with 25, Cecil Tucker 21, Danny Smith 16 not out, Roy Trottman 15 and Dwayne Adams 15.

Brangman and Tucker put on 61 for the fifth wicket, taking the score from 97 for four.

Mike Tuzo had the best figures for Warwick with three for 33 while Sheridan Ming took two for 40 and Hoyt Zuill two for 56.

Flatts 53 Southampton 54-3 Opening bowler Ryan Belboda demolished Flatts' batsmen by taking seven wickets for 20 runs to lead Southampton Rangers to a seven-wicket victory at Devonshire Rec. field.

Thanks to Belboda, Southampton made short work of 10-man Flatts in a game that saw one of the quickest results of the season. In addition to Belboda's bag of wickets, there were two run-outs.

Opener Troy Dean was the only batsman in double figures with 18, but he too became a victim of Belboda when he was out lbw. The opening stand of 18 between Dean and Wright was the biggest, otherwise wickets tumbled regularly.

Southampton had to sweat it out a while before recording victory, losing the wickets for opener Keith Wainwright (nought), Stevie Lightbourne (eight) and Ricky Brangman (13) with the total on 30.

Opener Olin Jones (11 not out) and Clevie Wade (17 not out) weathered the attack and steered the team to victory although the latter was dropped three times.

GOT HIM -- Cleveland wicket-keeper Allan Douglas celebrates the run-out of Police batsman Ferdinand Thorne at Police field. Cleveland romped to a 110-run victory.