Cleveland just failed to settle the last Camel Cup place outright when Western Stars beat them by 16 runs in an exciting match at St. John's field yesterday.

After letting victory slip away Cleveland must now wait and see how the Bermuda Cricket Board of Control rules on the game between Devonshire Rec. and St. David's, which apparently is to be replayed.

Devonshire and Cleveland are the two teams challenging for the fourth place in the Camel Cup, the other three being secured by St. George's, Stars and Bailey's Bay.

Thanks to a fine 71 by Grant Smith and a valuable 20 from number nine batsman Diallo Sharrieff, Cleveland were able to put intense pressure on their opponents going into the final five overs with things evenly balanced at 168 for eight.

Sharrieff departed with the total on 143 and Smith and Johnny Richardson (nine) were causing great concern with some lively batting, but Stars were much relieved when a brilliant throw from Hasan Durham ran out Smith with the score 170 to put an end to the threat.

Then with 4.1 overs left Dwayne Steede ended it when he came back for a second spell and trapped Richardson lbw.

Smith helped Cleveland to recover from 55 for five with his splendid knock that featured six fours and a six. Aaron Adams scored 18 and skipper Peter Philpott 12.

Wayne Richardson took four for 31 off 10 overs, Steede two for 15 off 8.1 overs and Arnold Manders two for 28 off 10 overs.

Stars were earlier steered from disaster at 33 for six when Durham (53 not out) and Anthony Manders (38) put on 90 runs for the seventh wicket. Also among the runs for Stars were Steede with 24 not out, Gary Brangman 15 and Gregory Sampson 14. Del Hollis took three for 26 off 10 overs and Sharrieff two for 26.

Flatts 131 Devonshire Rec. 132-1 Devonshire Rec. completed a good weekend yesterday when they beat a short-handed Flatts team by a convincing nine-wicket margin at Devonshire Rec.

field. Flatts could only field nine players and they had a shaky start after winning the toss and deciding to bat first. In a half-hour Rec.'s main strike bowler Anthony Edwards had them 21 for two with the wickets of captain Rodney Woolridge and Floyd Smith.

John Carey and Brandon Woolridge put on 33 for the third wicket as Carey hit four fours in his 21 befor being run out. Woolridge hit seven fours and two sixes in his top knock of 61, which came in 119 minutes from 118 balls. But his dismissal -- bowled by Anthony Amory -- signalled the end of the Flatts innings.

Gerald Sims, with 15, was the only other Flatts batsman in double figures as Amory finished with three for 21 from six overs and Edwards two for 21 from 10. Bruce Perinchief and Erskine Smith both took one wicket in their 10-over spells for 26 and 23 respectively.

Donald Norford and Terry Fray found gaps in the field to put on 73 for the first wicket in just 55 minutes. Fray was the only wicket to fall, for a brisk 26.

Norford batted for the duration of the Devonshire innings, 85 minutes, as he and his captain Albert Steede took them to victory after putting on 59 in an unbroken second-wicket stand. Norford finished with 68, including five fours and a six, while Steede was not out on 31 from 31 balls in 29 minutes.

Woolridge was also the pick of the Flatts bowlers, taking the only wicket to fall for 27 runs from five overs.

St. George's 310-7 Warwick 68 St. George's completed the first perfect league season in modern cricket history after a 242-run whipping of bottom team Warwick at Wellington Oval yesterday.

Warwick started the match with eight players and by the time they accumulated 10, the league champions' march was already on with stand-in opener Graham Fox leading the way.

Fox hit a boundary-laden 80 (14 fours, one six) and Clay Smith stroked 61 to go past the magical 1,000-run mark for the season. He needed 42 going into the weekend's play.

Smith hit 10 fours in an innings that lacked the assurance of his recent performances. He was eventually out to a full toss from Daniel Caines, which he hit to Hoyt Zuill at deep mid-off.

Lewis Foggo hit a season-best 40, which included seven fours, and regular opener Dexter Smith was unbeaten on 35 after being dropped to number six for the day. Kenny Phillips crashed a rapid 29.

Zuill was Warwick's top bowler with two for 58 from 10 overs while Kallan Johnston claimed two for 59.

Clay Smith's success would not be limited to the bat as he took five for 32 in eight overs of off-spin. Warwick lasted only 20 overs.

Opening bat Johnny Nusum made 23, Mark Tucker 14 and Johnston 12 as the only players in double figures.

St. George's suffered a blow when fast bowler Kenny Phillips pulled a hamstring while attempting a catch in the deep. He will be pressing for fitness in time for Saturday's Knockout Cup final against Devonshire Rec. at White Hill field.

St. David's 228 PHC 164 Captain James Pace produced his best knock of the season, 88, and then left it to 15-year-old schoolboy Kameron Fox to show his promise with his orthodox leg-breaks as St. David's broke out of their slump with a 64-run win over PHC at Lord's.

Pace, batting at number seven, carried on the good work at the top of the order by Allen Richardson by smashing his way to seven sixes and five fours to take his team past the 200 mark. Earlier, Richardson, back as opener in the absence of Reginald Pitcher, gave St. David's a good start with a knock of 64 that saw nine fours.

Richardson was third out on 106 after sharing in a third-wicket stand of 51 with Oliver Pitcher who scored 26. Lyle Millett, who took the new ball for PHC, closed out his season with a good bowling performance as he took three for 20 from 10 overs with three maidens. Four other PHC bowlers took one wicket each.

Sheridan Ming rescued PHC from early trouble with 49 runs before being bowled by Fox. Ming and Mark Smith (29) took the score from 11 to 56 before Fox got the first of his six wickets, which cost 42 runs from 10 overs.

Ty Williams hit three sixes and two fours in a dashing 32 in the middle and Cal Waldron, with 16, was the only other batsman in double figures for PHC.

Another youngster for St. David's, Rudy Smith, grabbed two for four from 2.2 overs of medium-pace as the islanders fielded a number of youngsters.

Somerset Bridge 232 Somerset 75 Robin Swan, who once helped Somerset win the league championship, yesterday did his part to assure that the Cup Match club finished last of the three Somerset teams when he hit 81 to help home team Soerset Bridge to a 157-run win.

The Bridge captain scored his 50 off 69 balls in 64 minutes and eventually finished with 11 fours and a six after putting on 82 for the fifth wicket with Sidney Simmons (33) in taking the score from 103 to 185.

Bridge, winning the toss, were given a good start by Tony Cheeseman (32) and O'Neil Virgil (19) before David Jones kept it going with 23 at number three.

Charles Swan, sharing the new ball with Kevin Saunders in the absence of captain Perry Maybury, was the best Somerset bowler with two for 29 from his 10 overs while Steval Arorash, the sixth bowler used, took two for 40.

Veteran Roger Hunt was the only Somerset batsman in double figures with 32 after coming to the crease with his team in early trouble at 14 for two.

Brian Gibbons ripped through the Somerset batting with five for 19 from seven overs while Francis Richardson claimed three for 25 from 10 overs and Corvett Lambert two for 13.