Hamilton Parish dragged Somerset Trojans deep into the relegation dogfight with a shock win at Somerset Cricket Club last night.

Goals from Jamie Smith, Angelo Cannonier and Chris Caisey sent bottom-of-the-table Parish level on points with Trojans and means that just three points separates the bottom four clubs.

Written off as relegation certainties at the start of the season, defeat to Trojans would have left Parish's hopes hanging by a thread, but the visiting side dominated the encounter and in the end ran out comfortable winners.

Trojans were the masters of their own downfall however. They were sloppy in defence, inept in attack, and gave the ball away too easily and too often to pose any real threat to a side that had conceded 28 goals and scored just 11 before last night.

Smith opened the scoring when Shiroy Fubler missed a defensive header, the ball bounced to Cannonier who flicked the ball goalward before being clattered by Trojans goalkeeper Shaquille Bean, leaving Smith with a simple tap in.

Jahi Simmons briefly dragged his side level moments later with a piece of individual skill, but from then on it was all Parish.

Cannonier restored his side's lead soon after half time when he brushed past the Trojans defence and finished a sweeping Parish move that tore the home side apart.

And substitute Chris Caisey wrapped things up from the penalty spot in the closing stages after Trevin Ming's clumsy tackle on Smith.

The only worry for Parish is that victory might have come at a high price. Both Smith and Cannonier hobbled out of the game in the second half.