After grabbing the early breakthroughs to have the visitors 3-29, Manly fought back, chiefly through Justin Cox (128), to gain ascendancy.

When he was dismissed at 4-228, Manly looked likely to pile on the runs in a hot afternoon's play.

Instead, Sutherland bowlers headed by Nathan Fitzgerald (4-61) and medium-pacer Jason Holley (3-33) dismissed the last six batsmen for 81 runs.

Fast bowler Joel Tuccia (2-78) and Andre Adams (1-41) were the other wicket takers, as Sutherland chase 309 this Saturday.

SUTHERLAND representatives Phil Jaques and Steve Smith, who took part in the Cricket NSW launch of the 2009/10 Season at Blacktown Olympic Park last week, excelled for NSW on the weekend.

Jaques made the most of his recall to the NSW team, hitting a fast 50 (51 balls) in his side's Ford Ranger Cup one-day win over Western Australia at North Sydney Oval on Sunday.

Steven Smith hit 29 from 30 balls as NSW passed WA's total of 179.

Smith took 2-64 off nine overs, while Cronulla quick Stuart Clark bowled an economical eight-over spell for just 15 runs.

First grade: Manly-Warringah 309 (Nathan Fitzgerald 4-61, Jason Holley 3-33, Joel Tuccia 2-78) v

Sutherland.

Seco nd grade: Manly-Warringah 213 (Louis Talay 3-56, Nathan Rowe 2-33, Chad Gilmour 2-43, Tim Freeburn 2-44) vs Sutherland 3/107 (Tim Freeburn 52, Joel Burnett

36no).

Third grade: Sutherland 118 (Nathan Loder 31, Sam Newman 30, Liam Casey 29) vs Manly-Warringah 4/119 (Nathan Whittingham 3-17).

Fourth grade: Sutherland 287 (Shayne Smith 95, Grant Johnson 51, Chris Macnamara 40, Hayden Watson 38no) vs Manly-Warringah 0/10.

Fifth grade: Sutherland 187 (Jamie Brown 38, Blake Miller 36, Nick McCarthy 26, Trevor Lienert 23) vs Manly-Warringah 2/37.