PORTLAND RED TRIANGLE 119 (6pts) lost to PAVILION SPORTS 151-9 (19pts) by 32 runs.

PORTLAND'S defeat to Pavilion Sports at Reforne ended the islan-ders' unbeaten home record this season.

The reversal, on the back of a crushing defeat at Poole last time out, has pushed the islanders down into eighth place in Dorset Funeral Plan League Division Two.

Captain Simon Barrett was disappointed with the outcome.

He said: "This was a poor result for us. In dropping six catches we allowed Pavilion to score 30 or 40 more than they should have done and when we batted, once again, we simply did not put enough value on our wickets.

"The only real positives to come out of the game were Alex Charlton's new ball bowling plus the excellent left-arm spin duo of Jon Dixon and Jan Davey.

"We go into this week's game away at Hamworthy knowing that we must win and, if we do the basics well and enjoy a little bit of good luck, I am confident we will be successful."

The visitors batted first at Reforne and were indebted to opener Mackrell whose careful half-century was the backbone of their 151.

Apart from Beale (25) non-one else really looked comfortable, especially against the spinners Dixon and Davey.

Although Davey took four wickets with his flighted deliveries, it was the slightly quicker Dixon who really put the pressure on with an incredible spell of 12 overs for just eight runs.

Portland appeared favour-ites at the halfway point and must have fancied their chances of another home win.

However, accurate bowling from opener Martin (6-28) created all sorts of problems, with Triangle on 35-6 after only 13 overs.

Despite a spirited knock of 36 not out from Jan Davey (4 fours and 2 sixes), the tail-enders were simply left with too much to do and the eventual margin of defeat was a comfortable 32 runs.

REFORNE SCOREBOARD

PORTLAND RED TRIANGLE

Styles b Martin 11

Skinner c G Beale b M Beale 0

Sawyer b Martin 3

Nott b Martin 4

Randell lbw M Beale 0

Dixon b Martin 10

Barrett b G Beale 4

Price b Martin 13

Pegrum b Martin 2

Davey not out 36

A Charlton lbw Martin 13

Extras (14w, 8b, 1lb) 23

Total (all out, 39.5 overs) 119

Bowling: J Martin 12-3-28-6, M Beale 12-4-23-2, M Seal 2-0-8-0, M Edwards 5-2-12-0, G Beale 6-0-30-1, C Martin 2.5-0-9-1.

PAVILION SPORTS

Mackrell st Pegrum b Davey 51

M Beale b Charlton 0

Edwards lbw Dixon 16

Martin c Barrett b Davey 12

New b Davey 4

Seale c Charlton b Davey 6

Coleborne lbw Dixon 0

G Beale c Nott b Charlton 25

Moores b Randell 0

M Seal not out 12

C Martin not out 0

Extras (7w, 13b, 5lb) 25

Total (9wkts, 45overs) 151

Bowling: A Charlton 11-1-39-2, D Price 5-0-26-0, J Dixon 12-8-8-2, J Davey 12-0-42-4, G Randell 5-0-20-1.