Team A 230 Team B 217-9 Although former West Indies Test players Joel Garner and Gus Logie were outshone by a number of local players, Saturday's Testimonial cricket match at Somerset again provided the kind of entertainment for which this annual occasion has become noted.

Inspired by the batting of Colin Blades, John Tucker and Gordon Campbell, and helped by useful contributions from Logie and skipper Gladstone (Sad) Brown, Brown's A team scored a narrow 13-run victory in the 40-overs game.

Blades led the batting with a masterful 52, which included eight fours and a six, while Tucker followed with 35 and Campbell 22. Logie added 19 and Brown 18.

Others among the runs were Albert Donawa (14), Ronnie Madeiros (12), Mel Roberts (11) and Barry DeCouto (10).

Logie showed glimpses of his past Test form with some impressive strokes before being caught and bowled by Lionel Thomas.

But Garner, bowling at a far gentler pace than during his prime, managed just one wicket in two spells. He took one for four off his four overs before being rested for a second spell which followed when the B team batted.

Logie, whose spin bowling never got any recognition at Test level, proved more useful with the ball, taking three wickets for 17 from four overs for the A team while Lee Raynor returned three for 31 from five overs.

Also claiming wickets were Arthur Pitcher, with two for 37 off six overs, Eldon Raynor one for 16, Thomas one for 27 and Rupert Scotland one for 31.

The A team were steered away from danger when Tucker and Campbell took their total from 57 for four to 116 during a productive fifth wicket stand.

Garner and Logie both doubled up when the B team batted, Garner bowling four overs again, finishing with no wicket for eight runs, while Logie batted a second time, scoring 10 before being bowled by spinner Ronnie Madeiros as he ran down the wicket in an attempt to swipe a boundary after smashing the same bowler for six.

Garner, though unsuccessful with his bowling, contributed 14 runs when he batted.

Top scorer for the B team was Arthur Pitcher with 63 not out, including four fours and four sixes. Lionel Thomas followed with 41 while Elliott Pitcher scored 31, Stephen West 16 and Eldon Raynor 15 not out.

Campbell led the team in bowling with four for 32 off eight overs while Ronnie Madeiros had two for 37 off five overs and Winston Reid two for 58 off eight overs.

Testimonial committee member St. Clair (Brinky) Tucker said the event had again proved a huge success, "thanks to the co-operation of so many who volunteered their time''.

"Everything went fine. We are particularly thankful to the two foreign players who came in. In about two weeks' time we will have a post mortem to see just how things went from a business aspect.

"It was pleasing to see so many of the older cricket fans come out and support those players who gave them so many thrills over past years. One sad thing, though, was the lack of present day players, especially members of the current national squad, who were not in attendance.'' Through the presence of the two former Test players, Tucker said he believed domestic cricket could benefit as both had expressed a wish to contribute to Bermuda's development programme after being made aware of some of the problems.

Garner and Logie, he said, had agreed to assist Bermuda Cricket Board of Control in their efforts to establish various junior programmes.

"During a meeting with officials of the BCBC, they made it clear that their intentions were to send the Board documentation of programmes that were being held in the West Indies,'' said Tucker. "They said that the West Indies Board had long been aware of the lack of development in Bermuda cricket and this would help us to set up programmes.

"Like us, the players, too, felt that it was a great day for Bermuda cricket, the fans and the honourees who will pick a charity to which the money raised will be forwarded.'' FORMER Windies paceman Joel Garner managed just one wicket during Saturday's game.

Photos by Arthur Bean STROKEMAKER -- Former West Indies Test star Gus Logie hits this ball to the on side on his way to a score of 19 in Saturday's Testimonial match at Somerset.