Bermuda Cricket Board of Control administrator Mike Glasford confirmed yesterday that Sunday's Premier League match between Police and St. George's would be recorded as a tie and not a St. George's win as originally reported.

Even umpires Mahdee Shabazz and Ronald O'Hara signed the two scorebooks thinking that St. George's were the winners on the grounds that they lost fewer wickets than Police in scoring 186-8 in reply to Police's 186 all out.

When questioned on the result, Shabazz argued that a tie would only be the result if both teams were all out with the same score, and stated to a reporter that St. George's were the winners.

The east enders left the ground thinking that they had collected all five points. But yesterday a copy of the playing conditions for limited overs cricket supplied by the BCBC ended the confusion.

Section 10.2 under rule 10, states: ". ..If the scores are equal, the result shall be a tie and no account shall be taken of the number of wickets which have fallen.'' Both teams have now been awarded three points.

"What we try to do is with whatever competition there is we ask the parent body to send us regulations in advance, so that the two officials will have some idea because each regulation is different,'' explained BCBC secretary Stephen Douglas yesterday. "The recommendation (to umpires) is that you take a copy with you to every game, something you can refer to rather than trying to remember what's going on.'' St. George's pair Graham Fox and Mackie Crane needed to score 19 off the final two overs for victory and managed 18 as they finished level with their opponents, thus producing the first league tie of the season.

A week earlier, PHC and Devonshire Rec. finished with the same score in the Knockout Cup, but PHC were declared the winners on a faster scoring rate. PHC scored 130 in 23.1 overs while Devonshire scored 130 in 27.4 overs.

PHC were also involved in the first `no-result' of the season on Sunday when their match with Social Club was abandoned because of a wet wicket. PHC batted first and scored 124-2 in 23.3 overs before rain forced the teams off.

With no groundsman present at St. John's field -- Social Club's home field -- to prepare the wicket for a restart, the umpires later deemed the wicket unplayable and called off the match.

In this case both teams must bat at least 25 overs to constitute a match, "unless one team has been out in less than 25 overs or unless the team batting second scores enough runs to win in less than 25 overs.'' Defending champions Western Stars will meet St. George's at Wellington Oval in the top match in the quarter-final round of the Knockout Cup which is scheduled for Saturday, July 15.

Somerset, beaten by Stars in last year's final, are at home to Cleveland County while Southampton Rangers will play PHC and Bailey's Bay will host Social Club, who received a first round bye.