Ten-man Willow Cuts did well to restrict Bailey's Bay to just 168 but after Anthony Braithwaite had them reeling at 16 for two with wickets off successive balls in his second over, it was always going to be a tough task for the visitors at Sea Breeze Oval.

Cuts captain Dexter Basden played some delightful shots off his pads against Braithwaite and also hit Clarkie Trott for a six over mid-wicket as he looked set to carry on from where he left off last weekend when he scored a century against Hamilton Parish.

But after losing Anthony and Kevin Fubler to Braithwaite, Basden shared in another important stand with Vivian Simons, this one worth 41 for the third wicket, to keep the west-enders in the hunt for an upset. But Braithwaite came back for a second spell and removed Simons for 16 before Noel Gibbons dismissed Basden (29) and Trevor Dickinson on successive balls the following over to have Cuts now reeling at 57 for five.

No other Cuts batsman reached double figures with six of them failing to get off the mark. Gibbons finished with three for 13 from seven overs and Braithwaite four for 25 from his allotted 10. Trott was an expensive one for 25 from 3.2 overs.

Earlier, spinner Kevin Fubler took three for 28 in eight overs and Rodney Fubler and Joseph Matthews two wickets apiece as Bay were bowled out in 47.2 overs. Number three bat Charlie Marshall led the batting with 37 while Jermaine Outerbridge hit an important 34 in 69 minutes in the tail-end after coming to the crease at 115 for five. There were also useful contributions from Gibbons (24), Richard Foggo (19) and Cal Dill (15).

St. George's 124 Police 126-5 Medium-pacer Ossie Hinds sliced through a frail St. George's batting line-up, claiming four wickets, to set up Police for an easy victory.

St. George's paid the price for having just three recognised batsmen in their squad and after two were dismissed cheaply it was all downhill, as Hinds proved to be their destroyer.

The total of 124 recorded by the east-enders was somewhat flattering, with 56 of those runs coming from extras, including an amazing 35 wides.

A good result was never on the cards once skipper Wendell Smith was out to Hinds for one after facing just three balls. And when the other opener, Eugene Foggo (six) departed -- another Hinds victim -- with the scoreboard reading 28 it left Graham Fox with the burden of carrying the team load.

Fox batted gallantly for his 27 runs, but his removal by Tyrone Smith at 90 triggered a major collapse, as the final seven wickets crumbled for an addition of only 34 more runs.

Henderson Hoyte chipped in with two wickets for Police, while Smith, Odell Clarke and Dennis Archer collected one apiece.

Chasing such a meagre total, Police appeared to relax and threw away wickets in the process. Captain Ferdinand Thorne (25) was needlessly run out batting with Smith, as they showed indecision running between the wicket. And Smith (34) and Andre Hendrickson (seven) were both out to reckless strokes, playing across the line.

Earlier Dennis Archer was caught by Ian Moe off Greg Foggo and David Greenidge was also out to a catch, this time off of Phillips.

Clarke (nine) and Roger Blades (13) nevertheless saw their side to a victory, which was never really in doubt.

Somerset Bridge 131 Western Stars 134-5 Openers Anthony Foggo and Gregory Sampson gave Western Stars an ideal start to offset later frailties in a five-wicket win at White Hill field.

Foggo (43) and Sampson (29) put on 59, at which time three wickets fell for two runs as Sampson and Arnold Manders went on successive balls from Eugene Burgess.

Then in the next over Jeff Richardson was trapped lbw by Gary Crofton without scoring and Stars were now 61 for three.

Anthony Manders, playing his first match, showed his value as a stabiliser with an unbeaten 34 at number five.

Foggo was the next to go with the score 87 after hitting eight fours. But Manders, who struck seven boundaries, dominated ensuing stands of 19 with Roger Leverock (six) and 28 with Cleon Scotland (13 not out).

Burgess was Bridge's top bowler with two for 19 from six overs.

The highlights of the Bridge innings were in the latter stages as they batted out all but one ball of their allotted 50 overs.

Brian Gibbons top-scored with a knock of 38, which included two fours, after coming in at number seven.

Lee Raynor, Jr. made 19, Gladwin Ingham 15 and Crofton 11 for Bridge who found the going tough after losing their first four wickets for 38 runs.

Skipper Gary Brangman was again Stars' leading bowler, with four for 31 from 10 overs. Leverock took two for six from 10 overs and Manders two for 28.

ANTHONY BRAITHWAITE -- Four for 25.