Nakia Smith and Mark (Beaver) Ray each scored a hat-trick as Wolves breezed through the first round of the Friendship Trophy with a seven-goal demolition of St David's at BAA Field last night.

St. David's, the Premier Division's basement club who earned their first point of the season with a draw against Dandy Town at the weekend, competed well for most of the first half.

But after conceding two goals in three minutes just before the break to go 3-0 behind, they started the second half devoid of confidence and simply caved in.

The opening goal arrived in the 19th minute, when Cory Smith flicked the ball through a static St. David's defence to Ray, who fired home from 10 yards.

The best the east enders could manage was a snap-shot by Chae Simmons easily saved by Wolves keeper Hewvonnie Brown.

St. David's scrapped hard for the ball but when they won possession, they lacked composure and gave it away again far too easily.

Wolves gradually ground down their opponents, with left-winger Torry Davis the source of many of their best attacks.

Davis himself almost scored on the half hour when his acrobatic left-footed volley was caught at the scond attempt by St. David's keeper Sidney Minors.

Wolves doubled their lead in the 42nd minute, after Ray's poor free-kick from the left wing had been half-cleared as far as Davis, who volleyed a cross towards the far post and Nakia Smith ran in to open his account with a powerful header.

Davis then hit the post with a low drive from 25 yards, before the inevitable third goal came in first-half injury time.

Again the St. David's defence failed to cope with a high ball to the far post, this time supplied by Jamel Warren, and Nakia Smith headed back across goal to give Ray the simple task of nodding home from close range.

In the second period, the floodgates opened. First, Nakia Smith grabbed his second, racing onto a through ball and shooting past Minors to make it 4-0 in the 53rd minute.

A minute later St. David's escaped briefly when Davis miskicked in front of an open goal after a fine cross by Dane Simmons. But Wolves got their fifth and Ray his hat-trick in the 61st minute, when the striker turned onto a deep free-kick by substitute Carlos Lopes and fired into the corner of the net with his left foot.

The St. David's defence was in tatters by that time and Wolves relished the generous space they were allowed.

Goal number six came after Smith left his marker for dead with a smart turn in the 68th minute and put Ray clean through. Ray unselfishly squared the ball back to his fellow striker, who gleefully completed his hat-trick from close range.

Wolves were attacking in droves and with the St. David's defence in a mess once more a simple pass was enough to free Warren who rolled the ball past Minors to make it 7-0 with 12 minutes to go.

A double-figure scoreline looked a distinct possibility, but to their credit St. David's kept trying and almost claimed a consolation goal when Lionel Cann twice went close with good headers in the space of a minute.