Allen Richardson hit the Premier Division's first century of the season,102 in three hours and eight minutes, and then Ken Pitcher claimed five for eight runs from six overs as visitors Somerset Bridge were outclassed in every department on their way to a 199-run thrashing.

Bridge must have regretted sending St. David's in after winning the toss as, despite getting an early breakthrough when Shea Pitcher fell to Corvett Lambert when the score was 10, St. David's were soon in total control.

A second-wicket stand of 76 between Richardson and captain James Pace (38) carried the score to 86, before stands of 33, 23 and 59 for the next three wickets saw St. David's move past the 200 mark with the loss of four wickets.

Veteran Oliver Pitcher hit 29 in the middle order before Richardson was sixth out when the score was 227. His knock included 11 fours and four sixes.

St. David's added 70 in the last 10 overs with Ken Pitcher blasting five fours and two sixes in his knock of 40, which came in just 23 minutes. Brian Gibbons was the best Bridge bowler with three for 41 while Duval Binns took two for 34.

Bridge never made a serious bid for the runs, losing their first wicket with just 10 on the board and then quickly slumping to 39 for seven, which then became 50 for eight before last man Leroy Brangman delayed the St. David's celebrations with a knock of 27 to top the Bridge batting. The only other Bridge batsman in double figures was David Jones with 14.

First-change Ken Pitcher had impressive figures of five for eight from six overs with three maidens as St. David's ran through the Bridge batting without the injured Herbie Bascome who missed the match and Lionel Cann, whose seamers were not required. Dale Fox, sharing the new ball with Scott Minors, took two for 21 from six overs.

Bailey's Bay 242-9 Nationals 163 Home team Nationals enjoyed their best day at the crease so far this season, but the winning target was always beyond them despite opener Graham Strange's gallant 50.

For a brief period late in the afternoon, Nationals flirted with an upset as Strange played some attacking shots during his innings, which contained six fours.

After losing opening partner Gary Knight with just eight runs on the board, Strange dominated the next three stands as he and captain Neil Speight (nine) put on 36 for the second wicket.

Strange and Michael Campbell (26) then added 47 for the third wicket before Campbell was trapped lbw by spinner Damon Edwards.

It was the fourth-wicket stand of 44 between Strange and James Thomas that kept the game alive even though Nationals were behind the required run rate.

It all changed in the 35th over when Ricky Hill removed Strange to make it 135 for four.

In the space of seven overs, the stuffing fell out of Nationals as they slumped to 148 for nine with Hill being involved in further dismissals in the 37th, 39th and 41st overs and then leaving Clarkie Trott to pick up his first two wickets of the match in the 42nd over when he removed David Wright and David Gibbs.

Soon after Strange's dismissal, Thomas was run out after a bad mix-up as he and Peter Norris showed some hesitation over a single against Hill's bowling and Thomas was well short at the bowler's end.

Hill then removed Norris and David Geraghty to finish with three for 45 from his 10 overs of medium-pace while Trott took two for 15 from 10. Anthony Braithwaite, playing his first match of the season, was one for 18 off seven.

Despite the absence of Charlie Marshall and Noel Gibbons, Bay still piled on the runs with Cal Dill, Jr. leading the batting with 67 not out off 69 balls.

Coming in at number six after Bay had been put in, Dill stroked nine fours.

Good early contributions came from captain Chris Smith and Glenn Smith (31 each) and Clarkie Darrell with 28.

Strange was also the top bowler for Nationals with three for 25 from nine overs of medium-pace while Wright and Thomas claimed two for 51 and two for 56 respectively off 10 overs.

Hamilton Parish 71 Cleveland 72-3 Just a week after dismissing Western Stars for 38, Cleveland had another easy day after skittling Hamilton Parish out for just 71 at Wellington Oval.

Their comfortable seven-wicket win was wrapped up in just 14.1 overs -- well before tea -- thanks to Grant Smith's dashing 37 not out. However, he saw three partners go cheaply, starting with Curtis Jackson for three with just 13 on the board.

However, the Parish bowling was never strong enough to offer much resistance as captain Peter Philpott stayed there with Smith to finish on nine not out when the Parish total was passed. Chris Caisey, captain for the day in the absence of Cal Burgess, led the Parish bowling with two for 28 from five overs while teenager Jahmiko Marshall took the other wicket.

Opener Quinn Outerbridge led the Parish batting with 21, with Curtis Lee the other batsman in double figures with 14.

Cleveland needed just three bowlers and 20.3 overs to run through the Parish batting, with Albert Simons and Charles Richardson each taking three for 31 and Del Hollis two for seven.

Simons had control problems in his sixth over when he bowled seven wides, as extras (14 wides and a bye) was the second major contribution to the Parish total.

Somerset CC 65 Police 71-2 Poor running between the wicket combined with some good medium-pace bowling by Roger Blades and Freston Hurdle led to the demise of Somerset at Somerset Cricket Club where they went down to Police by eight wickets.

After Blades and Hurdle had frustrated the home team by tearing through their top-order batsmen, careless running between the wicket accounted for the last four dismissals and an early end to Somerset's innings that lasted for just 25 overs.

Hurdle was the top bowler for Police with three wickets for 31 off seven overs, including a maiden. Although less successful, Blades proved virtually unhittable as he had seven overs and five maidens and claimed two for two.

Donovan Livingston took the other wicket for 21 runs.

The only stand of any significance came when Wayne Ball (23 not out) and Reod Jones (five) put on 17 for the sixth wicket, taking the score from 29 for five to 46.

In addition to the resistance offered by Ball, the only other batsman in double figures was opener Winston Reid with 15.

Police wasted little time in reaching their winning target, getting the runs off just 15.1 overs despite losing two wickets.

There was mild concern when openers Terry Thomas (nought) and Roosevelt Maroni (two) were out with just 15 runs scored, but Stevie Lightbourne hit them out of trouble with a brisk 55 not out.

Southampton 172-7 PHC 58 Ryan Belboda claimed four wickets for just five runs and Dwayne Steede took four for 41 to lead Southampton Rangers to a 114-run victory over PHC at White Hill field.

PHC's frail batting had no answer for the medium-pace bowlers. They lost the wicket of Kallan Johnston (one) with just two runs scored and wickets fell regularly afterwards.

Belboda was as sharp as ever as he claimed his wickets off just 5.2 overs, including two maidens. Steede had 10 overs and two maidens. Quinton Burch had one for nine off six overs with two maidens.

Opener Derek Bell was high batsman for PHC with 13 while Sheridan Ming followed with 10. No one else managed to reach double figures as the team succumbed to defeat after just 22.2 overs.

Earlier, Southampton reached a respectable total, thanks to fine knocks from openers David Stoneham and skipper Keith Wainwright who put on 78 runs.

Stoneham made 50 and Wainwright 40.

Also among the runs were Lyndon Raynor with 20, Wayne Raynor 19 and Burch with 13. Charles Symons took four for 34, Mike Dill two for 24 and Neil Anglin two for 32.

Warwick 90 Western Stars 94-0 Western Stars predictably had an easy time against Warwick, winning by 10 wickets at Southampton Oval.

Warwick, playing without their big guns El James and Trent Lightbourne, found the going rough against the left-arm spin of Hasan Durham who took five for eight in only 7.4 overs, including two maidens.

Stars were also well supported in the bowling department by Wayne Richardson who took two for 17 and Arnold Manders who had two for 18. Warwick had a decent start when A.Minors and G.Rogers put on an opening stand of 24, Minors scoring 18 and Rogers three. But once the breakthrough was recorded, wickets fell regularly although Jeff James (14) and Mark Tucker (21) offered some resistance with some steady batting.

Western Stars reached their winning target off just 17.3 overs with openers Gregory Sampson and Treadwell Gibbons needing no help from their team-mates.

Gibbons hammered out nine fours and two sixes on his way to 60 not out while Sampson was undefeated on 26 when victory was reached.

ALLEN RICHARDSON -- His 102 was first century of the season.