Visiting Bailey's Bay had Southampton in a spot of bother but had to eventually settle for a draw at the Oval, which cost them their hold on first place in the Open League.

Clevie Wade, enjoying his finest start to the season with the bat in several years, stroked 65 and Ricky Brangman 40 as Rangers battled back from 66 for five.

Wade and Brangman added 109 for the sixth wicket before Noel Gibbons had Brangman trapped leg before. But Wade batted on a little longer in an innings that contained nine fours and two sixes.

Opener Keith Wainwright made 24 and Stevie Lightbourne 20 in the early stages of the home team's innings.

Gibbons finished with five for 35 from 25.3 overs and Charlie Marshall two for 25 as the Rangers innings lasted until 5.30 p.m., leaving frustrated Bay an hour and 20 overs of batting time.

Bay made a gallant charge in the 35 overs they received with Glenn Smith crashing 52 (seven fours, three sixes) with other useful knocks coming from Marshall (33) and Cal Dill, Jr. (30).

Quinton Burch took three for 31 for Rangers and Ryan Belboda two for 20 from four.

St. David's 123 St. George's 124-6 Fast bowler Kenny Phillips tore St. David's apart when he took seven wickets for 35 runs off 13.3 overs and two maidens to lead St. George's to a four-wicket victory over St. David's at Lord's.

After Phillips sent openers Shea Pitcher (25) and John Pitcher (eight) packing with 39 runs scored it was an uphill battle for St. David's who were soon struggling at 68 for five. But Phillip Pitcher (21) and Dale Lambe (14) stayed during a sixth-wicket stand that added 32, taking the score to 100.

However, Phillips and spinners David Adams and Eugene Foggo made short work of the remaining batsmen after Lambe was out. Adams took two for 17 and Foggo one for 23.

Clay Smith scored 29 to lead St. George's to their winning target. Graham Fox, acting skipper in place of the injured Wendell Smith, followed with 22.

Cecil Pitcher took four for 38 to lead the St. David's attack.

Hamilton Parish 166 Police 167-6 Even a subdued Tyrone Smith proved too much for Hamilton Parish as he took advantage of a toothless bowling attack in registering another half-century in Police's four wicket win.

Promoted up the order to opener alongside Dennis Archer (nine), Smith started off slowly but soon revved up to a feverish pace, requiring just 56 balls for his knock of 50.

Following the dismissal of Archer, he and Andre Hendrickson (23) engaged in a 64-run second-wicket partnership broken when Smith was caught off the bowling of Cal Burgess.

Police were now well on their way and scores of 31 and 26 by Ferdinand Thorne and Dwayne Leverock further aided the cause.

Coming in at number seven, Irving Burgess had earlier frustrated the Police bowlers with a dogged innings of 34 after being dropped at nought and 22.

Quinn Outerbridge (20) and Dennis Trott (26) also had useful knocks.

Dwayne Leverock took three for 32 from 20 overs of left-arm spin.

The match between Willow Cuts and Social Club, scheduled for the Royal Naval field, was not played because there were no umpires.