Bailey's Bay 118 Albert Steede hammered his second century of the season to lead defending champions Western Stars to a comfortable 142-run victory over Bailey's Bay in this Premier Division Overs game at St. John's Field yesterday.

Those who might have questioned Steede's form of late can rest assured he's lost none of the drive and commitment that make him one of the Island's premier batsmen.

With Steede stroking a classy, unbeaten 101 and Gregory Sampson assisting with a solid 77, Bay found the going tough from the outset. And there was little respite as Stars piled up a formidable total with most of Bay's bowlers treated with the same disdain.

Steede batted for 166 minutes and struck five sixes and two fours, putting on 107 runs during a second-wicket stand of 107 with Sampson after opener Treadwell Gibbons (12) was dismissed with the total on 30.

Sampson gratefully accepted the supporting role, but his restricted knock still brought him six fours.

The other batsman in double figures for Stars was skipper Arnold Manders with 14.

Dennis Pilgrim was the most successful bowler for Bay with two for 32 off 10 overs, three of which were maidens. He was by far their most economical bowler.

With Bay fielding five youngsters the onus was on their senior players to produce significant innings -- and when it didn't happen, victory for the home side was virtually assured.

Skipper Charlie Marshall (15), Roger Trott (6), Cal Dill (4), Glenn Blakeney (4), Corey Hill (1) and Irving Romaine (11) combined to score just 41, leaving rookie players with the unrealistic task of getting the rest, which proved to be beyond their ability.

Both opening batsmen Trott and Desmond Crockwell (5) were dismissed with the score on 27, and wickets fell regularly afterwards.

Treadwell Gibbons led the Stars attack with four for 24 off 6.4 overs while Gary Brangman took three for 40 off 10 overs.

Dale Fox claimed two for 24 off 10 overs, including three maidens.

Police 148 St.George's 149-4 New signing Mark (Beaver) Ray endeared himself to the St. George's fans with a fine all-round performance at Wellington Oval to give the home team their second straight Premier Division Overs victory.

First Ray, who marked his debut with a three-ball duck last weekend, claimed five for 19 from 10 overs of medium pace as Police were restricted to just 148 in 50 overs, and then he hit 35 as St. George's romped to victory.

Dwayne Leverock offered the most resistance for Police, batting throughout the innings for 58 not out.

Leverock and Dennis Archer (14) added 43 for the first wicket but there was little else for Police to shout about after that as St. George's not only took wickets but kept the runs down. Eugene Foggo gave up just 15 off his 10 overs of left-arm spin.

On the field Police had some early success as they got a breakthrough with Foggo sent back to the pavilion with just 28 on the board.

Further wickets fell on 39 in the 12th over and 46 in the 17th before an unbeaten stand of 103 for the fifth wicket in 24 overs between Dean Minors and Ray completed the victory with nine overs remaining.

Minors, dropped on two by Archer off Roger Blades in the 14th over, made them pay with a polished 54 not out, including six fours and two sixes, while Ray finished with 35 from just three boundaries as he played the perfect supporting role.

Blades was the pick of the Police bowlers with three for 26 off 10 overs while Freston Hurdle claimed one for 28 off 10 with three maidens.

Southampton 241 Cleveland 166 Cleveland felt the backlash of Southampton's thrashing at the hands of St.

George's the previous weekend when they were hammered by 75 runs at Southampton Oval yesterday.

Cleveland, impressive winners over Bailey's Bay in the first round of the Premier Division Overs seven days earlier, made the trip to the Oval confident of a second straight victory.

And despite a century from home boy Janeiro Tucker (107 from eight fours and six sixes), the target of 241 never looked out of Cleveland's reach, after Carlton Smith and Curtis Jackson put on 42 in the first eight overs.

However, by the 15th over things were going horribly wrong as four wickets tumbled with just 63 on the board, seamer Quinton Sherlock snatching the first three wickets on his way to figures of three for 28 from eight overs.

Veterans Allan Douglas and Grant Smith gave the vocal Cleveland following some hope as they added 78 in 12 overs to take the visitors to within 100 runs of the Rangers total.

But then Douglas fell to a good catch on the boundary by Garry Williams off the last ball of spinner David Saltus' third over for 48. And on the first ball of the next over, Smith (25) departed, and with him went Cleveland's last hopes of victory.

Saltus, formerly of Social Club, picked up two more wickets in his second and third overs to make it 148-8 and the Cleveland fans knew defeat was inevitable, although they sportingly cheered Rangers off the field at the end.

Saltus finished with three for 25 and Janeiro Tucker two for 43.

Premier round-up From Page 23 Earlier Southampton's Olin Jones contributed 40, putting on 124 for the fourth wicket with Tucker while Keith Wainwright scored 29 and Carl Garzette 25.

Andre Smith, Jeff Tyrrell and Jason Simons all claimed two wickets for Cleveland.

Devonshire Rec. 122 Willow Cuts 125-5 Willow Cuts scored a five-wicket victory over Devonshire Rec. at Somerset CC with opener Dwayne Basden hitting 39 and Brian Gibbons 20 not out. Devonshire made a gallant attempt to defend their modest total and had the home team struggling on 26-2 before a stand of 36 between Dwayne Basden and captain Dexter Basden kept them on course.

Dwayne Basden then added 33 for the fourth wicket with Richard Basden (14) as they edged closer to their target. In the end they won with 13.2 overs to spare.

Earlier Lloyd Morrison was high man for Devonshire with 32, while Anthony Amory scored 24 in the middle order and opener Dexter Smith 20. Brian Gibbons, Kevin Fubler and Richard Basden all took two wickets for Willow Cuts, Gibbons conceding 34 in just five overs while Fubler finished with two for one from 4.3 overs with three maidens and Basden two for 13 off four.

Charles Swan was the most economical of the Cuts bowlers, claiming one for 24 from 10 overs with three maidens.