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Capewell destroys defending champs

Forties, as Lucozade Leg Trappers dented West Indian Association's title hopes with a convincing win in Sunday's latest round of Commercial League games highlighted by an explosive century by West End Warriors' Ronald Gibbons.

WIA began the day level with Watford on 651 points but a devastating spell by opening bowler Noel Capewell, who took six for 12 in eight overs, spurred Lucozade to a 63-run win at Garrison Field.

A knock of 80 by all-rounder Terence Corday helped Watford reach 228 at the Royal Naval Field but Forties, whose skipper Gordon Campbell took five wickets and made 31, held on for a draw.

Police Recreation Club outpointed Jamaican Association in an acrimonious drawn match at Police Field while West End Warriors paid the penalty for a slow over rate after a late start when their game against North Village at Shelly Bay was stopped because of bad light with 10 overs left.

Lucozade, who earlier thrashed WIA by seven wickets, completed the double despite being bowled out for 139, the main contributors being Gary Knight (26), Mark Finnigan (25), Graham Strange (24) and James Broadbent (20). Junior Watts snapped up four for 22 while Jerry Callender took three for 42 and Randy Liverpool two for 38.

Capewell and Dave Wright, who claimed three for 49 in 14.5 overs, then reduced WIA to 26 for six, the defending champions eventually being bowled out for 76.

Gordon Campbell removed openers Clyde Best for a duck and Ray DeSilva for nine -- two of four victims for wicketkeeper Mark Melvin -- as Forties struck early.

But Forties suffered a setback when Campbell limped out of the attack after six overs with an injured knee and although Michael Corday went for 22 with the total on 41 in the 16th over, Watford took advantage of some poor catching.

David DeSilva (39) and Terence Corday added 80 before DeSilva went in the 27th over. Watford lost two more wickets to slip to 140 for six but Corday and his father Terry added 76 for the seventh wicket.

Terence was eventually out for 80 -- 64 of his runs came in boundaries -- and his father, nursing a groin injury, went for 43. Campbell returned to bowl off-breaks, finishing with five for 61, while Andrew Paynter took three for 23 and Oscar Andrade two for 70.

Forties raced to 80 for three in the first 14 overs as Tim Bridges hit 22 and Melvin 30 but their victory hopes evaporated when Rohaan Simons was out for 21 and his father Gerald for a duck five runs later.

Paynter also went without scoring to leave Forties 96 for six but Campbell, shrugging off his injury, and Gary Edwards, who dropped to number eight after picking up a groin injury in a midweek match, steadied the innings.

Edwards, who finished with 33 not out, was given a life when he was dropped at deep square leg by the usually reliable Danny Cook. Campbell fell to David DeSilva (three for 32) but Forties held on to close at 175 for eight. Terence Corday and Ray DeSilva each took two wickets.

Capewell skittles champions From Page 13 In a close finish Jamaican Association reached 160 for eight chasing Police Recreation Club's 172 for seven but the game was marred by some angry exchanges.

Jamaican Association began brightly as Thomas Ball (37) and Norman Godwin (14) put on 37 for the first wicket and Ian Coke chipped in with 21.

The major flashpoint came when skipper Michael Campbell, who went on to make an unbeaten 67, survived an appeal for a run out.

As Campbell tried to regain his ground after pushing forward, wicketkeeper Dave Geraghty picked up the ball and spreadeagled the stumps with a direct hit. Close-in fielders said Campbell was out by three and a half feet but Godwin, the square leg umpire, turned down the appeal, saying he was unsighted.

Rohan Moore, who earlier blasted eight boundaries in his 67, took three for 26 while skipper Jim Walters picked up three for 32 and Andy McCulloch, who limped out of the attack with a pulled hamstring, had two for 35.

Geraghty made 28 and Chris Clarke 20 for Police, while Junior Lindo picked up two for 35.

Butter-fingered North Village -- they dropped 20 catches according to skipper Wendell Lindsay -- remained a point behind West End Warriors at the foot of the table as each side took five points when their unfinished game was halted at 8.30.

Warriors took four hours to bowl 42 overs as Village made 182 for six, Shiran DeSilva hitting seven fours in his 66 after openers Kevin Lapsley (33) and Dion Ball (29) had put on 65.

Village appeared to have victory in their grasp when they reduced 10-man Warriors to 93 for seven but Gibbons, coming in at number six, turned the game on its head, blasting eight sixes and seven fours in a whirlwind unbeaten 109.

At 8.15 the umpires and Lindsay agreed to halt the game at 8.30 because of fading light but Gibbons almost had the last word as he hammered 40 runs in the last two overs, Warriors finishing eight runs short of an improbable victory.