SEMI-FINAL day produced the result of the competition when division two champions Merrie Monk B beat Wolversdene A from division one.

They meet Chute Club, who cruised past the Wellingtons. Graham Howerd, the Monk's skipper and Saints supporter, will now be hoping that Chute fail to do an Arsenal, and wanted the final played in Outer Mongolia -- but the committee have decided upon a more prosaic venue: the Wolversdene Club on 6 June.

This reporter, having failed to pick the Merrie Monk even as a rank outsider, will be hoping for peace and quiet over the next few months by putting his faith in Ampy Fallon's team to produce the same form as they have done all year and so win the double of league and cup.

In the plate competition the Railway Social Club prevailed over Central Club A and now meet New Street A, winners against Plough Longparish.

This is the inaugural playing of this event, which has proved popular, as it gave every team a second chance of a trophy when eliminated from the KO Cup.

Whoever wins the final, which is to be played at the Entertainer on 6 June, will have been led by a captain who plays the game in the spirit intended and both Mick Viney and Gordon Leslie will be the first to congratulate the other in triumph or defeat.