Western Stars 159-2 A brisk 85 not out by top batsman Albert Steede combined with some good bowling by skipper Arnold Manders, Hasan Durham and Cleon Scotland gave Western Stars victory and maximum points in this game at St. John's field.

But despite winning, their hopes of remaining in the title race floundered as Southampton beat St David's, leaving Stars to settle for second place.

Chasing a target of 159, Stars breezed to victory off 28 overs.

Steede persevered after losing Jermaine Postlethwaite (2) and Treadwell Gibbons (4), putting on 125 in a third-wicket stand with Ricky Brangman who was 47 not out. Steede struck 11 fours and a six.

Derek Wright finished with two for 29 off seven overs with one maiden.

Flatts had made a good start with Andrew Richardson and Wright putting on 50 for the first wicket. Richardson scored 19 and Wright 29.

Once the breakthrough occurred the Stars' bowling attack was allowed to get on top and restrict the remaining batsmen.

Manders finished with three for 46 from 10 overs, Durham two for 23 from 10 overs and Scotland two for 41 from 10 overs.

St. George's 241 Cleveland 137 Mark Ray struck 57 and Gregg Foggo took four for 22 to lead St. George's to this 104-run victory at Wellington Oval.

Curtis Jackson led the Cleveland bowlers with two for 19 off five overs. Aaron Adams hit 51 in reply for Cleveland.

Taking wickets for St. George's in addition to Foggo were David Adams with three for 30 and Ryan Steede with two for 47.

Police 236 Warwick 182 A solid all round performce by skipper Dennis Archer helped Police to a 54-run victory over Warwick at Police field.

Archer struck 53 and then took four for 31 off seven overs to complete his fine day. Also among the runs for Police was Ferdinand Thorne with 61.

Reginald Pitcher was top bowler for Warwick with three for 21 off eight overs while Johnny Nusum had two for 35.

Daniel Morgan led the Warwick reply with 40 while Nusum scored 34 and Richie Foggo 22.

Devonshire 217 PHC 215 Wali Salaam, more known for his football exploits, was one of the heroes as nine-men Devonshire Rec. inflicted a two-run defeat on Western County champions PHC yesterday at the Rec.

Despite going for 44 runs in his 5.4 overs, Salaam redeemed himself by holding a return catch on the fourth ball of the final over to dismiss Dennis Joell and leave PHC three runs short.

Shoron Hunt kept victory in sight for PHC when he scored 21 not out, as a ninth wicket stand took them from 184 to 209. Going into the last over PHC still needed four runs to win. PHC had a bad start when Devonshire had them 55-4 before a fifth wicket stand of 110 between Cal Waldron (41) and Kevin Dill (65) raised their hopes.

Dennis Williams did the bowling damage for Rec., taking five for 23 from 10 overs. In the Rec. innings, Winston Trott Jr was the most successful batsman with 80 while Williams, scored 30, Salaam 31 and JaJa Millett 20.

Somerset Bridge 189 Willow Cuts 193-5 Willow Cuts defeated Somerset Bridge by five wickets at Somerset CC. No further details of the scores were available.