North Village made hard work of this FA Cup first round clash with Island Rangers before finally eliminating their Commercial Division opponents.

The Dockyard side's fairy tale run was ended as Derek Bell and substitute Maceo Dill struck late second half goals after Village were continually frustrated by game, if not the most skilled, opponents.

Bell converted from the penalty spot in the 80th minute after the hard-working Chris Sabir had been ruthlessly hacked in the area by Michael Bremar as he charged at goal following a swift attacking move with Rahji Edness.

For good measure Dill, a second half replacement for Sean Dill seeing his first action since returning from college, consolidated the advantage five minutes later with a break-away score.

Latching onto a pass from midfield by Elliott Jennings, a fresh Dill was able to outstrip Ranger's defence before slotting the ball underneath the falling body of goalkeeper Tyrone Berkeley.

Still, like warriors, Rangers fought to the end and while not necessarily threatening the target, never allowed their opponents to feel comfortable.

Earlier, onlookers might have been mistaken as to which was the First Division team as Rangers refused to be intimidated, taking the game to their more illustrious opponents.

Meanwhile, Village, fielding a reshuffled starting line-up that included two other players just back from overseas colleges -- Richard Todd and Edness -- struggled to find cohesion, being out-hustled, while also shooting themselves in the foot with errant passing.

The only real chance of the first half fell to player/coach Troy Berkeley in the 42nd minute when he burst up the middle on a quick counter attack, but with only goalkeeper Gladwin Edness to beat planted the ball firmly into the goalie's midsection.

Village were almost gifted a goal moments after the start to the second half when Tyrone Berkeley mis-kicked his clearance of a back-pass and presented Dill a chance, only to see the latter side-foot the ball wide.

As time wore on Village were finally able to stamp their authority on the match, but Rangers held on vigorously, until Bell and Dill finally settled the matter.

Island Rangers: T.Berkeley; D.Madeiros, L.Bremar, R.Williams, M.Bremar, T.Darrell; T.Corday, T.Smith, B.Outerbridge; W.Anderson (J.Pacheco 83 mins), T.Berkeley North Village: G.Edness; A.Simons, I.Romaine, D.Bell, K.Grant, R.Todd; R.Edbness (D.Rogers 86 mins), N.Smith, C.Sabir; E.Jennings, S.Dill (M.Dill 69 mins) Referee: Frank Drayton Men of the match: Michael Bremar (Island Rangers); Elliott Jennings (North Village) Somerset 2 Prospect 0 Somerset strolled into the next round of the FA Cup, using a workmanlike performance against an overmatched Prospect.

Never did the men in blue look like troubling a more youthful and skilled Somerset side and were flattered by the slender score-line.

Reggie Tucker and teenager Harry Hunt scored either side of the interval to finalise the win, but there was a multitude of missed opportunities inbetween that could have blown the match wide open.

While the first 25 minutes proved uneventful in terms of shots it was the West Enders who dictated the pace and direction of the match, with Duval Binns, Steval Arorash and Tucker controlling the midfield and able to pick apart the opposing defence in supplying the front-runners.

Lamaul Crofton was the beneficiary of this dominance in the 30th minute as he received a pass from midfield and sped up the middle but could only produce a tame effort that sailed meekly into the arms of Prospect goalkeeper Andrew Bissell.

Six minutes later Binns fired a dipping blast from 25 yards that went just over the crossbar.

However, just as it appeared Prospect would enter the half time interval on even terms, Tucker popped up to strike, neatly lobbing Bissell after he and Binns had combined yet again, this time on the left side.

Prospect's best shot came from the head of big striker John Richmond who was able to connect with an Anthony Mouchette left-wing cross, but looped the ball inches over the bar.

Stung by the near miss Somerset woke up and began to again batter the Prospect defensive wall, with Bissell kept busy between the sticks.

Full-back Hunt, after slamming one effort against the crossbar and having his team-mates fail to finish on a number of crosses, took matters into his own hands in the 68th minute.

Hunt rocketed a shot from 24 yards which overpowered Bissell, slipping through his clutches and into the back of the net.

Somerset: Ricky Tucker; J.Smith, D.Derosa, P.Place, S.Roberts, H.Hunt; Reggie Tucker, S.Arorash, D.Binns; R.Scott (K.Tucker 73 mins), L.Crofton (R.Bascome 53 mins).

Prospect: A.Bissell; L.Smith, D.Archer, A.Daniels, A.Mouchette; T.Adams (S.Van de Weg 59 mins), T.Lightbourne (M.Thomas 57 mins), R.Goodchild; J.Richmond, A.Rollins, D.Leverock Referee: Cal Simons Men of the match: Harry Hunt (Somerset), John Richmond (Prospect) Forties 0 Devonshire Colts 3 Two goals by Craig Smith and another by Ellington Weldon killed Forties' hopes of becoming the lone Commercial Division side to advance to the FA Cup second round.

This first round match-up at White Hill saw Forties prove to be more than a group of honest triers. But while they remained competitive throughout seldom did they look capable of beating their First Division opponents.

While hard work and determination by Forties was enough to pin down the defence early in the game, lack of imagination when they reached the penalty box meant that they were never a real threat to Colts.

When Colts settled down a goal always seemed imminent, but assistant coach David Furbert, deputising for coach Lorenzo Symonds who is abroad, watched in agony as good build-up work brought them nothing.

Twice lively winger Marvin Lewis beat two defenders during a 10-minute burst only to see his defence-splitting crosses wasted with Shannon Burgess putting a shot over and then another wide from close in.

After 36 minutes Colts got a penalty when Jason Smith was sandwiched by Derek Scott and George Muhlbacher and the spot kick was made good by Weldon.

Forties, who up to this stage hadn't managed a direct shot on goal, were unlucky after 41 minutes when a blast from striker Andy Robinson from 17 yards was brilliantly tipped over by goalkeeper Randy Darrell.

However, two minutes later Colts went ahead 2-0 when Smith's shot from an angle on the right beat goalkeeper Kevin Poole.

Forties continued to get good support from defenders Scott and Bret Michelsen, but as hard-working midfielder Roy Fellows began to tire Colts regained the initiative.

Smith put Colts 3-0 up after 75 minutes when his seemingly harmless grounder from 20 yards slipped through Poole's hands.

Forties: K.Poole; G.Muhlbacher, D.Scott, B.Michelsen, R.Jones; R.Fellows, B.Hughes, C.Lee; A.Robinson, H.Cotterill (N.Deviors, 80 mins), F.Caparra.

Dev.Colts: R.Darrell; D.Zuill, M.Hollis, J.Bean, A.Wilson; J.Smith (J.Richardson, 78 mins), R.Jones, S.Burgess; M.Lewis, C.Smith, E.Weldon (H.Trott, 80 mins).

Referee: Peter Sousa Men of the match: Derek Scott (Forties ; Craig Smith (Colts).

ON THE BALL -- Devonshire Colts winger Marvin Lewis holds off a Forties defender during yesterday's cup tie at White Hill Field. Colts won 3-0.