Hamilton ensured their status as a First Division club with a comfortable victory over relegated Raith Rovers in the Starks Park sunshine.
First half strikes from Pat Keogh and David Hamilton secured the points over a disappointing Raith side, who slumped to their 24th defeat of the season.
Hamilton took only four minutes to forge ahead, the deadlock being broken by Keogh, the veteran Accies frontman directing a looping header beyond standed Raith keeper David Berthelot following a free-kick from Lee Hardy on the right.
The early strike gave the visitors confidence and they threatened again shortly afterwards when Hardy, architect of the opener, almost scored himself with an ambitious 30 yarder which slipped narrowly past Berthelot's left-hand post.
The young Rovers side, unbeaten in their last two home games, tried hard to find a way past the experienced Accies defence, for whom former Raith player Franciso Ortiz Paquito was in outstanding form, but the closest they came to scoring throughout the entire first half was a speculative overhead kick from Pat Clarke which drifted wide of goal.
Accies increased their lead in the 23rd minute when a well-placed through ball from Keogh found Hamilton, who steadied himself before slotting the ball home from 15 yards.
The game was becoming increasingly one-sided and, early in the second half, the visitors almost made it 3-0 during the early stages of the second half when Hardy fired in a shot from the edge of the penalty area whch rebounded off the crossbar.
Raith rarely looked like taking anything from the game and they were fortunate not to fall further behind when Hamilton substitute Brian McPhee brought out a brilliant diving save from Berthelot.