A determined last wicket stand of 45 in 36 minutes between captain Graham Fox and his uncle, Eugene Foggo, delayed Derbyshire's fifth straight victory of their Bermuda tour yesterday at Wellington Oval.

After seamer Dominic Cork had effectively put the match out of the reach of St. George's with a hat-trick in the 39th over, Fox and last-man Foggo, who normally opens the St. George's innings in league play, put some respectability in the scoreline with a partnership that lasted the final 11 overs as Derbyshire won by 39 runs.

The only disappointment was that Fox, who batted for 93 minutes, did not go on to complete a deserved half century. He needed 10 runs off the last two overs and finished on 41 not out while Foggo was 21 not out.

When Cork trapped Allan Douglas lbw and then bowled Kenny Phillips and Clarkie Trott in successive deliveries in his eighth over to make it 164-9 some spectators began collecting their possessions in preparation of their departure.

But Fox and Foggo at least assured that St. George's batted their full quota of overs on what was probably the easiest batting strip of the tour.

Derbyshire, sent in to bat, showed that by making 248 off their allotted 50 overs -- their highest score of the tour -- as captain Kim Barnett went past 50 for the second time in four innings with his top knock of 74 from seven fours and a six in two hours and four minutes at the crease.

Barnett added 37 with Peter Bowler for the first wicket before Bowler was trapped lbw by Kenny Phillips for 11 in the 11th over. Barnett and John Morris (36) added 89 for the second wicket in just 13 overs as Clevie Wade and Eugene Foggo were punished by the Derbyshire captain and vice captain.

The St. George's attack was without Noel Gibbons who left the field for a family emergency after the first few overs. His father, Ambrose Outerbridge, died at the hospital though Gibbons later returned to bat in the St. George's innings.

Spinner Arnold Manders broke the Barnett-Morris partnership when he bowled Morris in his first over from the eastern end after replacing Foggo. Foggo returned five overs later from the western end in place of Wade and in his first over bowled Barnett to make the score 150-3 after 33 overs.

Barnett had been dropped on 29 when the diving Wade failed to hold onto the chance at point.

A big Derbyshire was always on the cards as their 200 came up in the 43rd over with Chris Adams (30), Tim O'Gorman (41) and Frank Griffith (28) all making valuable middle order contributions.

Clarkie Trott, Phillips Manders all took two wickets.

St. George's, set five runs an over to win, had a good start thanks to the fluent strokeplay of Dexter Smith whose 71 earned him the distinction of becoming the first local batsman to score a half century against the visitors.

Despite losing Clay Smith in the sixth over and Glenn Smith in the ninth with just 28 on the board, Smith shared in two promising partnerships that kept the Cup Match champions in the hunt.

First, he and Manders put on 50 for the third wicket in just seven overs as 78 came up by the 16th over when Manders flicked the third delivery from spinner Richard Sladdin off his toes and was caught inside the midwicket boundary by Cork for nine.

Smith brought up his 50 with a square drive for four off Cork in the next over as he and Gibbons put on 39 for the fourth wicket before Gibbons came down the crease to Sladdin and was stumped by Karl Krikken for 10.

Smith departed the very next delivery when Alastair Richardson trapped him lbw. The innings lasted one hour and 53 minutes and the hard-hitting left-hander hit nine fours and a six off 116 balls, with one of his sixes off Frank Griffith shattering the rear window of a car parked on the deep mid-wicket boundary.

Only Fox, leading the team in the absence of the injured Wendell Smith, and Foggo added any real resistence after that as Sladdin picked up his 16th wicket of the tour by trapping Clevie Wade lbw in the 34th over.

Sladdin, who had three for 22 the day before against Bermuda to go with two five wicket hauls last week, finished with three for 23 from 10 overs while England A bowler Cork took three for 46 from 10 overs.

Derbyshire close out their six-match tour tomorrow when they take on league champions Western Stars at Somerset starting at 11 a.m.

SPREAD EAGLED -- Derbyshire batsman Tim O'Gorman is comprehensively bowled by Clarkie Trott after an innings of 41 off 46 balls at Wellington Oval.