The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 60

Monday, November 14, 1988 6(0 The Sydney Morning Herald Sport Bonner has his abie eye on world title SNOOKER acK in LES WHEELER th lunt tor lest Scottish-born Jim Bonner, who has sight in only one eye, is Australia's No 1 player in the world amateur snooker championship which begins at the State Sports Centre at Homebush today. But Bonner's good eye is his left and, as he is right-handed, his cue alignment is close to the body with less room for the "wobble" which afflicts "natural" players (the majority) who are not opposite-eyed. The late Joe Davis, undefeated world professional champion, was a right-hander who relied heavily on his left eye, having only partial sight in his right. And the equally great Walter Lindrum, a left-hander, favoured his right eye when low over the cue. Photographs of Sir Donald Bradman at billiards, a game he enjoyed, show the great right-hander with a preference for sighting with the left eye.

The resultant compact stance leads to truer cueing. And batting? As host for the snooker championship Australia is allowed three entries. Bonner's teammates'1 are the Victorians Stan Gorski, runner-up in the Australian championship with top break of 1 16, and David Collins who beat Peter Hawkes (Victoria), the championship reserve, in a playoff for third. Bonner, also Australian champion in 1985, is seeded 12th in a round-iobin group headed by the England No 2, Steve Ventham, 1 the No 5 seed and a regular on the "non-professional" UK circuit. Assuming that Ventham qualifies for the knockout section (top 16), Bonner's hardest to beat for the second position may be the vastly experienced Ron Jones, 45, runner-up in the Welsh championship.

Gorski drew the group headed by No 4 seed Geet Sethi, the Indian who set a world amateur record break, the maximum 147, in retaining his national championship, and the No 13 seed, Paul Doran, the Northern and All-Ireland champion. Collins also has a tough task to qualify against 1985-86 world champion Paul Mifsud, of Malta, the No 3 seed, and Gay Burns, seeded 14 but perhaps Ireland's most accomplished representative. In their opening matches on Monday, Bonner should beat Rene Dikstra (Netherlands) at 7.30 pm, Gorski will at least strike Sethi "new" at 4 pm and Collins should beat Latif Mawazalali (Kenya) at 4 pm. Light tables will be used for the first six days, with sessions at 10 am, 1 pm, 4 pm and 7.30 pm today and 9 am, 12.30 pm, 4 pm and 7.30 pm on the other five days. Admission is $5.

GREG GROWDEN ON THE WALLABY TOUR Tombs odd man out in Test warm-up EDINBURGH, Sunday: Queensland centre Richard Tombs is the only Wallaby who will miss out on the chance to impress Australian selectors before the Test against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. The selectors, who announced their side today to play North and Midlands at Dundee on Tuesday, have tried to give all the 31 members of the squad one last opportunity to push their Test claims. The team to play North and Midlands basically comprises those who did not play in Saturday's 29-4 win over South of Scotland at Hawick. However, because of the odd number in the squad and the addition of an extra back in Michael Lynagh, one had to miss out. That fell to Tombs, who after a quiet start to the tour improved markedly in the victory against Edinburgh last week.

Instead the selectors opted for ACT's Paul Cornish to take the inside-centre spot. After the great show on Saturday, the pressure is on several of the established Test players to perform to their full potential against North and Midlands, or they will find themselves in the grandstand on Saturday. "Hunger and fear have become great motivators in this team," Australian coach Bob Dwyer said today. "Hunger for some, and fear for others who are worried about retaining their Test spot." The team is: David Knox, Paul Carozza, Brad Cirvan, Paul Cornish, James Grant, Stephen James, Brad Burke (vice-capt), Tim Gavin, Julian Gardner, David Carter, Rod McCall, Bill Campbell (capt), Andy Mclnryre, Tom Lawton, Mark Hartill. Reserves: Nick Farr-Jones, Michael Lynagh, Richard Tombs, Mark McBain, Rob Lawton, Jeff Miller.

In Cardiff, Wales ran in five tries to beat Western Samoa 28-6 at a near-deserted Cardiff Arms Park but it was far from an impressive performance by the home team. Although they had most of the possession, Wales constantly made errors and not even captain Jonathan Davies could provide the inspiration they so badly lacked. The Samoan forwards showed up the Welsh with their mobility and ball-handling skills. sv 4g r-2R Maltese maestro has carved a sound image i Paul Mifsud, the Maltese snooker player in the world amateur championship, is so celebrated on the Mediterranean island that his statue has been erected in his home village, Zebbug. He is Malta's greatest cueman, past and present, and although seeded third at Homebush is by far the best-performed player in the field of 57.

He is the only past winner having won the championship in Blackpool, England, in 1985 and in Invercargill, New Zealand, 1986 to add to his impressive performances in the event since 1972. To complete the picture, he is the only amateur to win world titles at both billiards and snooker, having taken the three-ball championship in 1979. Mifsud's opening match will be against Saymon Hamdan, of Brunei, in the 7.30 pm match today. Five straight wins appear certain before he meets Gay Burns, of the Republic of Ireland, at 7.30 pm on Saturday, the last of the six days of group round-robin competition. Burns has been the most consistent player of the season in the Republic and is favoured to qualify with Mifsud for th'e last 16 knock-out section of competition, beginning next Monday.

He was unbeaten in Invercargill before losing to Mifsud in a semi-final. EDINBURGH, Sunday: The shrill sound of the huntsman's horn and the cannon-like boom of liuodreds of galloping horses reverberated through the rolling hills high above the Hawick Rugby ground yesterday. The hunt for the fox was on. Qown in the valley the members of Jthe Australian Rugby team were somewhat more subdued, talking quietly among themselves and carefully preparing their game plan to cover all escape roirtes in their hunt for the red and white striped South of Scotland opponents. Different methods and different results.

About 100 riders accompanied by a river of yapping hounds pounded across the lush lowlands of the majestic Scottish Borders. But the fox proved to be far too smart and happily trotted off over the horizon while the horses went in the opposite direction. The Australians, also hunting in packs, opted for a more subtle approach and stalked their prey before going for the jugular. By the" end of the game South of Scotland were only a skeleton of their former selves. The Australians' success went beyond the lopsided scoreline, the uncharacteristic jolly after-dinner speeches and the breast-beating.

Fop the players it was the first major indication that they might have an edge over Scotland in the at Murrayfield next Saturday. Australia's inspired effort, involving five tries and the best combination of forward and back play of the tour, should force widespread changes to the Test team. the faultless efforts of all on Test trial Acura Niuqila, Lloyd Walker, Rob Law-ton, Damien Frawley, Ewen McKenzie and Scott Gourley coach Bob Dwyer may make as many as six changes to the team who lost to England 28-19 last weeTc. Lawton is expected to take Mark HartilPs loose-head spot, Gourley Julian Gardner's breakaway position and Niuqila James Grant's wing position. And the inclusion of Walker at inside-centre now appears a formality.

Walker's slow midfield play has been widely criticised, one Scottish commentator suggesting that someone needed stamina more than pace to get around him. But yesterday Walker exhibited the bal skills and football brain that have made him one of Sydney's most creative club footballers. He may not have been always at the head of the charge, but he was usually nearby. He instigated numerous successful backline moyes, cover-defended perfectly breaks. Dwyer was quick to praise the centre after the match and said he had, been the standout performer of the game.

But that comment understated the. performances of the Australian back-row of Jeff Miller, Steve Tuynman and Gourley, who had beefi busy chasing down Scots all afternoon. "Everyone knows that I have a lor 'of faith in Lloyd Walker," Dwyer said. "But he did a great job always fighting for it, taking it up and doing all the hard work. I don't think he is the best player in AUSTRALIA 29 SOUTH OF SCOTLAND 4 the world but he is a hell of a long way from the bottom." Walker, it must be remembered, has been given ample opportunity to prove his worth.

Yesterday's match was his sixth on tour; Stephen James, in contrast, has played only three. But Australia's secret was their forward play: it was effective and tight. Farr-Jones received good ball from the line-outs and had time to properly start second- and third-phase ball, while the backs had enough space to try something different. The game followed the usual trend: Australia comfortably winning the line-outs (on this tour they have won ihe jumps 1 73-1 1 0, topping the count in all nine matches), while being slaughtered in the penalty count. Irish referee Stephen Hilditch penalised the tourists 22-9, including 10-3 in the second half.

The tour tally is now Australia 102 penalties, opposition 137. The Wallabies' proper use of the line-out ball, won primarily by Steve Cutler, came as a refreshing change. They showed the required fire with Cutler and Tuynman taking out their aggression on the opposition with effective forearm jolts when infringed. Australia fully deserved to be 23-0 ahead at halftime after well-crafted tries by Niuqila, Gourley and David Campese, who left the field in the 30th minute with a slight groin strain. South of Scotland, whose defence and commitment was at times flimsy, improved in the second half and only rigid defence from the Australians kept them from scoring.

The Wallabies came close to achieving a complete shutout until replacement winger Grant made a mess of retrieving a South kick. He fumbled the ball and virtually handed it to winger Doug Robeson to score. Dwyer said he was pleased with the overall effort. "The performance of many of the young guys today has put the pressure back on some established members to perform on Tuesday against North and Midlands," he said. "They now know they must do a lot of good things on Tuesday to stay in contention for a Test spot.

It was also pleasing that Nick Farr-Jones was able to play his natural game today, possibly for the first time on tour, as he received good service from his pack." The taste of victory is among the Wallabies again. AUSTRALIA 29 (A Niuqila Gourley 2. Campese tries: Lynagh pen goal 3 goals) bt SOUTH OF SCOTLAND 4 (D Robeson try). Crowd: About 7.000. Referee: Hilditch (Ireland).

Jim Bonner turning a handicap to his advantage. rminafol trivia A new to twist array inte Instead 'he made his way discreetly to a quiet spot at the southern end of Bondi Beach and emerged from the surf with his competitors' singlet pulled down, over the wedding tackle. between Tasmania and Western Australia at Bellerive Oval in Hobart? Western Australia declared their innings closed yesterday when they reached 502 for the loss of only two wickets. Opener Geoff Marsh contributed 223 of those runs before being dismissed, Mike Veletta 157 and Tom Moody 1 12 not out. It looks like it's going to be a very long summer for the Tasmanian team.

HOURS All is revealed There's nothing like an expert commentary. Richards revered The adulation for West Indies' captain Viv Richards must be reaching the level accorded Sir Donald Bradman if yesterday's play in the West Indies-NSW match at the SCG is anything to go by. Richards scored his 100th first-class century yesterday. As soon as he reached the landmark many people in the crowd promptly got up and left. One of those seen to leave was champion New Zealand batsman Martin Crowe, a great admirer of Richards's talents.

The Herald's cricket writer, the peripatetic Mike Coward, described the behaviour of the crowd leaving after Richards reached his century as similar to that when thousands would turn up to matches just to see Bradman reach another milestone in his batting career and then leave as soon as he was out. Of course it should not be FOR THOSE of us not lucky enough to be in Adelaide for the Australian Grand Prix, there was at least some consolation to be had from watching it on television. One of the real delights of the Grand Prix circus is that Formula One fans get to listen to commentator Murray Walker. Walker is right up there with the ABC's Gordon Bray when it comes to having a great mind for trivia. His description of Austria's Gerhard Berger was breathtaking: "He is allegedly the man with the slowest heartbeat in Grand Prix racing." Walker's knowledge of the sport is undoubted, but occasionally his obvious enthusiasm for his job stops him from getting that knowledge across to the viewing audience.

At one stage of the race yesterday as the leaders approached some particularly difficult corners around East Terrace, Walker said: "They're coming up to the twisty bits now." HOURS CAN now reveal the reason 48 Shipshape snooker table YOU'VE REALLY GOT to hand it to the English when it comes to unashamed hedonism. A report in 77) Times, London, tells of two companies. Leisure Services International and ICI Acrylics, that have come up with a design for a marine snooker table. Yes, that's right. A marine snooker table.

This wondrous invention uses sliding discs instead of balls and is played on a waterproof table. Apparently it is already in use in the Royal Navy and a hinged version is being worked on for use in submarines. Let's just hope the RN isn't too busy playing snooker if a war ev er breaks out. PALL TAIT team was so nervous about playing the English side that when she went in to bat she appealed against herself for caught behind. Allen recalls that he was so caught up in the match that he tried to take up a position near the NSW dressingrooms in the old Sheridan Stand to get a better view of the action.

Apparently a rather large policeman from Darlinghurst didn't think such behaviour was proper and threatened to arrest Allen for loitering there. Running into trouble ON TH SUBJ ECT of cricket, when was the last time you saw a scoreboard such as the one for the Sheffield Shield match construed from this that Coward is so old that he was actually there to witness such behaviour. He assures 48 Hours that somebody told him that's what they did. Geoff remembers it well A story in the Herald Jast Friday about NSW cricketer Trevor Bayliss prompted an interesting letter from a reader and fellow-journalist, Geoff Allen. The story told of how Bayliss's maternal grandmother once played for the NSW women's team against a touring English side.

Allen was at the match and said it was an interesting one indeed. Apparently a member of the NSW hy John Burkett made a late and rather mysterious withdrawal from the Sydney Ironman contest at Bondi Beach a week ago. While competing in the board leg of the event Burkett, from Sydney's northern beaches, suffered the embarrassing misfortune of losing his swimming costume in the surf. Thankfully Burkett decided not to frighten the locals by continuing to compete in his state of dishabille. SPORT SUMMARY (Drummoyne) 9ml 7s 1 8 22s easy ROWING Fairfield 10 Hawkesbury 9.

Kellyville 33 Kings Langley 12. Hills Rockets 33 St Marys 5. Blacktown City Hawks 9 Parra-matta 7 Colyton-St Clair 17 Castle Hill 12 BOWLS Seve breaks the $1m barrier GOTEMBA, Japan, Sunday: Seve Ballesteros pushed his I988 earnings over the million-dollar mark and reasserted his claim as the world's top golfer With a three-shot victory in the 1 00 million yen Taiheiyo Masters golf tournament today. The reigning British Open champion closed with his third one-under-par 71 round and a 72-hole total of 21 for a rousing win over Japan's Ikuhiro Funatogawa. Ballesteros pocketed the 18 million yen (SA 178,000) first prize to go with the he earned on the European tour and another in seven US appearances.

Australia's five-man contingent had its finest day of the tournament today but proved absolutely no threat to Ballesteros. Ballesteros was 10 shots ahead of the best of the Australians, first-round leader Brian Jones, and West Australian Roger MacKay who finished ith three-over 291. Jones closed with a one-under 71, Mackay had a 72, Terry Gale 69, Ian Baker-Finch 71 and defending champion Graham Marsh 73. Brazil. McLaren-Honda.

36 '87 seconds behind 3 Nelson Piquet. Brazil. Lotus-Honda. 47 546 4: Riccardo Patrese. Italy.

Willia-ns- Judd 1m20 08B 5 Thierry Bout-sen. Belgium Benetton-Ford one lap 6 Ivan Capelli. Italy. Ma-ch-Judd. one lap 7 Pierluigi Martini.

Italy. Minardi-Ford. two laps 8: Andrea de Cesaris. Italy Rial-Ford, five laps 9 Stefan Johansson. Sweden.

Ligier-Judd. six laps 10 Philippe Alliot. France. Lola-Fard. seven laps 11 Philippe Streiff.

France. AGS-Ford. nine laps cjrs classified at finish) 12 Pier-carlo Ghinzani. Italy. Zakspeec.

13 laps 13 Nigel Mansell. UK. Wil-liams-Judd. 17 laps 14 Alejandro Nannini. Italy.

Benetton-rord. 19 laps 15 Stefano Modena, Italy. EuroBrun-Ford. 1 9 laps 16 Derek Warwick. UK.

Arrows-Megatron. 30 laps 17: Eddie Cheever. US. Arrows-Megatron 31 laps 18. Mauricio Gugelmin Brazil.

March-Judd. 36 laps 19 Satoru Nakanma. Japan. Lotus-Honda. 37 laDS 20 Luis Perez Sala.

Spain. Minardi-Ford. 41 laps 21: Ales-sandro Caffi. Italy. Dallara-Ford.

50 laps 22: Gerhard Berger. Austria. Ferrari. 57 laps 23 Rene Arnoux France. Ligier-Judd.

58 laps 24 Jonathan Palmer. UK. Tyrrell-Ford. 66 laps 25 Oscar Larraun. Argentina.

EuroBrun-Ford 70 laps 26 Michele Albor-eto. Italy. Ferrari. 82 laps (Fastest lap Prost. 1m21.216.

167.553 kph). WORLD DRIVERS' C'SHIP FINAL PLACINGS 1 Ayrton Senna. Brazil. 90 points 2 Alain Prost. France.

87 pts 3 Gerhard Berger. Austria. 41 pts 4 Thierry Boutsen. Belgium. 31 pts 5: Michele Alboreto.

Italy. 24 pts 6 Nelson Piquet. Brazil. 20 pts 7: Ivan Capelli. Italy.

15 pts 8. Alessandro Nannini, Italy. 15 pts. 9 Derek Warwick. Britain.

15 pts 10 Nigel Mansell. Britain. 12 pts Newman Whetton KV A Paulow Peterson Prosser Intermed Jnr K1 Suska Klenke Kemp Mxd TK2 Schmidt-T Norauay Veteran: K2: Krautz-C Pitman. Leeke-G Smith. Krautz-J Barnes 35yrs: TK1 Rayward Georgans Marsh K1 Suska Thorburn Ridge CI: Hands Glastonbury 45yrs: K1 Dorsman Sulh-van Chalmers TK1: Robinson Graber Woolndge WOMEN: TK1 Bevan Welton Veteran: 35yrs TK1 Ellis-L Stevens.

CROQUET MAKARA CARNIVAL at Hurstville: Doubles hep Div 3-4 Drake Stubbs wo Reid Shaw. Aitkin Tears 16 Pile Russell 14 Field Howard 16 Bramham Ward 13. Dillan Martins 1 3 A McKinney Mara 10. Clark Greentree 22 Drake Stubbs 13. Wright Wright 24 A Staples Slatyer 15.

Aitken Pearce 18 Howard Field 6 Men singles hep Div 3 Wright 23 Dowling 20 At Strathfield: Doubles hep Div 1-2 Ellison Aitkin 13 A Graham Graham 12 Malone Purvis 19 Roche Roche 17. Pell Simpson 22 Jones Abernathy 14. Cox McAuley 15 Derriman Jones 11. I Olde Olde 20 Roach Warren 18. Malone Purvis 21 Pell Simpson 7.

Hunt Remits 23 Carter Lever 10. Cox McAuley 1 7 Ellison Aitkin 1 4. ICE HOCKEY NHL: Detroit Red Wings 5 Philadelphia Flyers 4. Calgary Flames 2 Boston Bruins 1. Buffalo Sabres 3 New York Islanders 0.

New Jersey Devils 6 Washington Capitals 3. Edmonton Oilers 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 2. Hartford Whalers 3 Minnesota North Stars 1. St Louis Blues 4 Quebec Nordiaues 3. Los Angeles Kings 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 2.

BADMINTON US OPEN tot Pasadena. California (prefix number denotes seeding) MS qf 1-Sze Yu (Aust) esper Thomsen (Den) 15-6 15-4. 6- Lm Jun (Chm) 4-Misbun Sidek (Malay) 15-5 15-0. Phyun Kwang Mm (S Kop) 5-Steve Butler (Brit) 15-6 6-15 15-12. Pongoh (Indcri) Bae Sang Yong (S Kor) 15-515-1 MS sf: 1 -Sze Yu (Aust) 6-Lin Ju (China) 15-10 15-1.

2-Lius Pongoh (Ind) Phyun Kwong Mm (SKcr) 15-2 15-8 WS sf: 3-Lee Jung Mi (S Ko) 7- Git Young Ah (S Kor) 11-1 1 2 9)5-Lee Meyong Hee (S Kor) 6 Zheng Baoiun (China) 11-6 11-5- BASEBALL MAJOR LEAGUE FIRST GRADE At Oriole Stadium BAULKHAM HILLS 010231 3 lOr 12h4 BLACKTOWN OOO OOO Or 2h 3e Biulkham Hills Cook Sio In 'k 2fy Keshock 2io 1h 3k Ow to Douglass Hits Wilson 3 Murohy 2 Keshock 2 Bell 2 Wj; Haddan Douglass Blacktown Webb 4id 6h 4k 1 S- Bnen 3io 6h 2k 2w to Stoif Hits I Smith Potter At Northmead BAULKHAM HILLS r. 200 062 2 12r15h1e l- MANLY 000 11002r6h 1e Rjulkham Hills Lewer 5ip 6h 2 Hadaan 2id Oh 1 Ow to ass Hits Harvey 3 3 Douglass 2 Douglas 2 -Waes Haddan Keshock iSt.1 War Manly Pacey Sio 12h 5k 4w Vflrte 1 id Oh 0k Ow Wood 3h 0k Ow to Pierce Hits 2 Stevens Pacey Ccupan Pierce i At Tonkin Oval CRONULLA I 26010-1726r23h3 WESTERN SUBURBS 'w 002 1020Sr11h4e Gronulla Heffernan 7io lib f-k '3 to Mitchell Hits Franklin 4Chr) Beasly 4 Franklin 3 McConachie 3 Murphy Booker 28 Hogan Neill Honer Hogan 24 FIVE DOCK RSL: Mxd pairs c'ship semi-f Dunreith-Coooer Dunreith-Coooer 24 Clements Ahrens 8 Anderson Davids 1 8 Miller Cox 16 INGLEBURN: Mjr pairs semi-f Williams Ross 27 Cook Hudson 11 Fitzpatrick Kelly 28 Ting David 1 1 Ross 23 Kelly 19 KYEEMAGH RSL: Mjr singles semi-f Wenman 3 1 Hyland 1 1 Pearce 31 Elliott 27. Mnr singles semi-f Mitchell 31 Cruikshank 11. Hyland 31 Schutz 7 Pairs c'ship semi-f King Dunn 19 Antomuk Hyland 9 Hodson Home 21 Hale Reed 19 LANE COVE: Hep pairs semi-f A Campbell Tyler 23 Levy Costin 14. Waddell Hillerman 29 Regan Charker 1 3 LEICHHARDT: Fours c'ship semi-f Coakley Moran Saunders Pike 29 Tribe Atkins Flello Pollard 21.

Donnell McMahon McGuirk Austin 25 Hand Howlett Lucas A Conlon 18 Austin 35 GPike 16 LIDCOMBE: Mjr-mnr pairs Dunn Craig 22 Valler Daniel 21 Mxd pairs c'ship semi-f Klein Wilson 24 Tibbies Cooper 1 5. Daley Wiggins 25 Payne Payne 1 1. MANLY VALE: Consistency pairs semi-f Pickering Kemps-ter 91 Poole Booker 79. Wade A Keeling 94 Lloyd Turner 76 PADSTOW: Mjr-mnr pairs A Byrnes Willis 26 Fisher Benson 1 3 PEAKHURST: Fours c'ship semi-f Kidd Pritchard A Talbot Aitkin 28 Baker Fletcher Robinson Stuart 23. Langtry Mcleod Shoesmith McDonnell 33 Anderson Rennie Guthrie Waller 1 1 PETERSHAM: RSL Mir singles Lynch 31 Lecornu 19 PUNCHBOWL DIGGERS: Triples c'ship semi-f Larsen Pickford A Virag 20 Walker A Walker McGrath 12.

Crane Schreiber Slaviero 32 Pritchard Och Nock 7 Fours c'ship Cox Och Graham Peislev 31 Pritchard A Walker Nock Slaviero 24 REVESBY WORKERS: Mxd pairs c'ship semi-f Morando Johnson 2 Mitchell 2 Thomas 2 Munro Moodie Dunn Western Suburbs Hunter 5-23io 18h 7k 11w Pollard 13id 5h Ik 2w to Pollard McDermid Hits Newby 2 I Klauzer 2 McDermid 2 Jenkins 2 Hunter Deluca Aitken. At Oriole Stadium CAMPBELLTOWN 16 NEWCASTLE 4 (no details available) At McLaughlin Reserve NEWCASTLE 001 005 303 12r17h8e CANTERBURY 001 161 001 10rl3h3e Newcastle Lofts 9id 1 3h 8k 5w to Hellver Hits Weaver 3 Hellyer 3 Rodgers 2 Wmgrove 2 Tntten 2 I Anderson 2 Watson Barclay Lofts Canterbury Barnes 6-1. '3io 1 2h 5k 6w Stewart 2-23io 5h 2k 2w to Grant Hits Sloan 4 Thomoson 3 Leonard 2 Marks 2 White Grant SECOND GRADE Baulkham Hills 7 Manly 3. Cronulla 12 Western Suburbs 1 1 Canterbury 5 Newcastle 4 THIRD GRADE Baulkham Hills 15 Manly 2. Cronulla 12 Western Suburbs 4.

Newcastle 5 Canterbury 2. U-18 Manly 20 Baulkham Hills 1. Western Suburbs 12 Cronulla 8. Newcastle 7 Canterbury 4 METROPOLITAN LEAGUE RD7 A Grade NSW Police Hawks 5 Guildford Leagues 2. East Hills 5 Baulkham Hills 4 Grade: Arncliffe Scots 14 Bankstown Soorts 2.

Guildford Leagues 9 NSW Police Hawks 0. East Hills 8 Baulkham Hills 4. Willoughby 13 Sydney Zephyrs 10 Grade: Hawkesbury 8 Fairfield 4. Pen-nth 13 Winston Hills 6. Colv-ton-St Clair 14 Colonials 10 Grade Fairfield 12 Arncliffe Scots 5.

Wentworthville RSL 1 1 Blacktown 9. Moorebank 20 East Hills 4. Wentworthville Eagles 16 Lidcombe Waratahs 1 1 Canterbury 15 Auburn 4 Grade: Hawkesbury 19 Fairfield 10. Kings Langley 12 Blacktown 6. St Marys 15 Baulkham Hills 12.

Winston Hills 9 Penrith 6 Grade Arncliffe Scots 17 Fairfield 7. Chipping Norton 18 Kings Langley 7. Moorebank 15 East Hills 11. Ingleburn 11 Bankstown Sports 3. St Marys 15 Colyton-St Clair 8 Grade: Patten IS Airey Airey 17.

Masterson Adam 19 Taylor Taylor 15 RIVERVIEW: Fours c'ship Oilerenshaw Harrison I Fincato Harrison 21 Simpson McKeown Field I Soster 16 ST GEORGE LEAGUES: Fours c'ship qtr-f A Jarrett Quinn ST JOHNS PARK: Triples c'ship Shearing Hamilton Linley 31 Cuneo Stnngbean Curtin THE HILLS: Mxd triples c'ship semi-f Webster Webster Palmer 40 Hammond Hammond A Bolt 6 TOONGABBIE: Fours c'ship Rowney Watson Valentine Hooping 21 Powell Thomas Green Lane 12 Triples c'ship Barker A Cue Chapman 22 Wlodarski Higgins Taylor 20 WARRAWEE: Mxd fours c'ship Beattie Boulter A Beattie Boulter 19 Gray Longes BartleyK Longes 17. BOXING WBC STRAW-WEIGHT TITLE FIGHT in Osaka. Japan Napa Katwanchai (Thai) Hiroki loka (Jap) after 12 rds (Maipnty decision). CANOEING MANLY-WARRINGAH KAYAK at Narrabeen Lakes: Long distance 6km two-race series: A McDermott Kelly Hughes Ashburner Weaver Rakicic Andrew Roberts Wall Doubles Pick-ard-K Pickard White-A Joyce Chapel-C Chapel Hep A Wilson Kelly Walker Reilly Bird Ashburner Andrew Wall Reide Hep PS A Kelly McDermott Walker Rakicic Reilly Lancaster Andrew Wall Reide Line hnrs White-A Joyce. Chapel-C Chapel.

Wilkson. MARATHON SERIES: Race three at Wagga: MEN: Open: TK2 Harrison-S Montgomery Hills-C Gittens. Waters-M Wool-ndge TK1 Jones Davey George KI Doyle Howsden I Gardner C2 Coulthart-G Coul-thart TC2 Orr-R Arthur. A Jones-S Jones. Lock-M Hawkins Jnr K1 Wildman Jones Sullivan Sub-inr TK1 Bastin RUGBY UNION BICENTENNIAL TOUR At Hawick.

Scotland AUSTRALIA 29 (Scott Gourley 2. Acura Niuqila 2 David Campese tries: Michael Lynagh penalty 3 conversions) SOUTH OF SCOTLAND 4 (David Rnbeson try) Half-time 23-0 Crowd: 5000 BRITISH MATCHES TOUR MATCHES: Wales 28 Western Samoa 6. SWIMMING SECOND NORTHERN SUBURBS CARNIVAL at North Sydney: MEN: Open: 200m indiv medley Dunn (Knox PA) 2m17 87s (rec) Meares (Lane Cove) A Olesen (Nth Syd). 100m freestyle: Anderson (K PA) 55 00s (rec) Meares (Lane Cove) A Green (Nth Sd) 100 backstroke Anderson (KPA) 1m06 00s A Green (Nth Syd) Dunn (KPA) 17yrs and Over: 50m breaststroke Weeding (KPA) 31 24s (rec) Harker (Nth Syd) A Williams (Nth Syd) BOYS: 15-16yrs: 100m freestyle Anderson (KPA) 55 80s (rec) Dunn (KPA) Ford (Nth Svd). 100m butterfly.

Grieve (KPA) 1m04 03s (rec) A Olesen (Nth Svd) Anderson (KPA) 13-14yrs: 100m breaststroke Pearse (KPA) 1m18 88s Trevitt (Nth Syd) Cameron (Ku-nng-gai) 100m butterfly Owen (KPA) 1m09 39s (rec) Pearse (KPA) Watson (Nth Syd). 12yrs: 100m backstroke Gray (Nth Syd) 1 ml 9 32s (rec) A Hinde (KPA) Huxtable (Ku-nng-gai) 100m butterfly Gray (Nth Syd) 1m18 26s A Hinde (KPA) Ward-Harvey (Nth Syd) lOyrs: 50m backstroke Giovanelli (Ku-nng-gai) 41 18s Huxtable (Castle Cove) McNamara (Nth Syd) 9yrs: 50m backstroke Germaine (KPA) 41 52s (rec) Moore (Ku-rirg-gai) Hazel (Balmoral) WOMEN: Open: 200m indiv medley Burley (KPA) 2m36 26s (rec) Gray (KPA) Cross (KPA) 100m freestyle Burley (KPA) 1m02 49s (rec) Gray (KPA) Monteith (Nth Syd) 100m backstroke Cross (KPA) 1m1947s Winter (KPA) Monteith (Nth Svd) 17yrs and Over: 50m breaststroke: Daw- BALMAIN ANNUAL REGATTA on Iron Cove: MEN: Open quad scull Haberfield ro. First grade: Coxless pair Sydney (1) 8m25s Sydney (2) Sydney (3) 1 7 84s 9 47s Single scull Grady (Nepean) 9ml Is Waghorn (Haberfield) Sizzi (Drum-moyne) 4 Is easy. Lightweight single scull Grady (Nepean) Hoffman (SU) Second grade: Single scull Hoffman (SU) 9m27s Watts (Nepean) Ryder (Sydney) 5 92s 14 24s. Third grade: Eight Drummoyne.

North Shore ntt Heavyweight coxed four Drummoyne 9m 13s North Shore. Drummoyne (2) 9 66s 1 75s Coxless pair Sydney Uni (1 9m06s Sydney Uni (2) Mosman 9 42s 12 07s Double scull: Nepean (1) 9m42s Sydney. Nepean (2) 5 67s 28 84s Single scull Hill (Sydney) 9m40s Leary (Nepean) Hicks (St Geo) 4 06s 7 36s Fourth grade: Eight: Leichhardt 4m04s. Drummoyne North Shore 5 13s 7 66s Single scull div 1 Douglas (St Geo) 6m20s Wilmott (Leichhardt) Halase (Balmain)4 51s 15 30s Div 2 Dullow (St Geo) 6m07s Owen (Mosman) Pavet (Bal-main) 54 45s 13 53s. Div 3 A McKenzie (UNSW) Hoory (Leichhardt) Austin (Nepean) 6m38s JNR: Coxed four Leichhardt 6m31s Mosman.

Nepean 1 8 57s 7 34s Double scull Leichhardt 6m27s St George (1) Drummoyne (1) 4 09s 4 51s U-16yrs: Single scull Allen (Leichhardt) 2mS0s Coglin (Sydney) Abernathy (Balmain) 1 3s 8 8s Div 2 Hughes (Mosman) 2m42s Greuff (Nepean 3) Spencer (St Geo) 9 61s 7 98s WOMEN: First Grade: Coxless pair Nepean (1) 1 1m39s Mosman (2) Mosman (1) 2147s 1981s 1st2nd grade: Coxed four Mosman (1) Mosman (2) UNSW-SU comp ntt Single scull Campbell (Leichhardt) 10m20s I Cullen (Syd Women) Murrell (Syd Women) 6 44s 20 66s Second grade: Coxless pair UNSW 10m43s Nepean. Leichhardt 1112s 14 02s Third grade: single scull Springer (SU) 12m46s Clarke (St Geo) Barlas (Drummoyne) 8 75s easy Fourth grade: quad scull North Shore 6m13s. Nepean. Drummoyne 43 97s easy Jnr single scull Clarke (St Geo) 9m17s Jenson (Leichhardt) Zivkovic GPS OLD BOYS at Drum- moyne: Rd 7 SJC 47 snots 3 Dts TKS 36-1 SIC 48-3 SGS 40-1 Scegs wo-4 NC 0 SHS 54-4 TSC 23-0 Fpts SJC 18 '2 TSC 13 Scegs 13 SIC 12'2 TKS 12 SHS 12 SGS 9'2NC5'; AGC METROPOLITAN PAIRS at Five Dock- McCulla Walsh (Dover Hgts Zone 10) 26 Dawson Ryan (West Sub Lgs Zone 9) 1 3 CLUB ASQUITH: Fours c'ship semi-f Alberd Marton Smith Mobbs 24 McMillan Wilder Naylor McCabe 23. Chidgey Perry Kidd Kurtz 29 Baiker Hoye Gregory Hamilton 27 Mxd pairs c'ship qtr-f McCabe AUBURN; A and pairs c'ship semi-f Soelman Walmsley 18 Rawson Costello 14.

Coburg Currey 26 Wade Allen 1 4 BEXLEY: Triples c'ship A Blacker Finnimore A Gregor 20 Willis Hickey Jones 1 9 BLACKTOWN DIGGERS: Mxd pairs c'ship Hookins Aunsch 23 A Bray A Bray 15 BURWOOD: Mjr singles Phillips 31 MJanacek9 CABRAVALE DIGGERS: Mxd pairs c'ship Lumb Spencer 22GLachHLachl8 CAMPBELLTOWN CITY: Fours c'ship semi-f Hendley Ryba Kean A Beauchamp 21 Wood Cameron Gatherer Loughlin 20. Smith Murdoch Cook Dornngton 27 Highland Robinson Long Strike 7 Dornngton Cook Murdoch Smith 23 Hendley Ryba Kean A Beauchamp 22. CAMPSIE: Mjr singles Matis31 Sullivan 3 CARLINGFORD: Triples c'ship semi-f Henderson Fox Foster 33 Skippen Stanfield Bowerman 8. Farr Wilmont Melham 20 A Halbut Callaghan Monk 1 5 Mxd pairs c'ship qtr-f Monk Lay Pedimont A Buchanan COOKS RVIER: Mxd fours c'ship Booker Morgan Kiccaroo Katrese, Italy, pts Eddie Cheever. USA.

5 pts 13: Mauricio Gugelmin. Brazil. 5pts. 14 Jonathan Palmer. Britain.

5 pts. 15: Andrea De Cesaris. Italy. 3 pts. 16 Pierluigi Martini.

Italy. 1 pt. 17 Satoru Nakanma. Japan. 1 pt.

(Only the best 11 results count). son (Ku-nng-gai) 38 08s (rec) A Harker (Nth Svd) Sidwell (KPA) GIRLS: 15-16yrs: 100m freestyle Burley (KPA) 1m03 11s (rec) Gray (KPLA) Winter (KPA) 100m butterfly Burley (KPA) 1m10 54s (rec) Pettehgell (KPA Hay (KPA) 13-14yrs: 100m breaststroke Gray (KPA) 1m26 34s Cross (KPA) Har-kness (NthSvd) 100m butterfly Cross (KPA) 1m1199s (rec) Germaine (KPA) Antaw (Northbndge) 12yrs: 100m backstroke Winter (KPA) 1m22 77s Trollope (Ku-nng-gai) Rigby (KPA) 100m butterfly Winter (KPA) 1m28 00s Allen (Nth Svd) Field (Lane Cove) lOyrs: 50m backstroke Moses (KPA) 42 09s Watson (Castle Gove) Morris (The Spit) 9yrs: 50m backstroke Cross (KPA)-46 02s Meredith (Ku-nng-gai) Ferguson (NthSyd). SYNCHRONISED FIFTH INTERCLUB at Warrin-gah Aquatic Centre: A Milne (Manly-Warringah Cygnets) 79 87 pts Zimmer (Nataquas) 79 35 Samuel (Auburn) 6651 Johnston (Nataquas) 6163 Parker (Nataquas) 61 06 A Cas-teriano (Auburn) 55 73 Parker (Nataquas) 64 13 Johnston (Nataquas) 63 58 A Casteri-ano (Auburn) 56 02 Ikeda (MW Cyg) 52 54 Blay (MW Cyg) 43 66 Jacobs (MW Cyg) 30 1 1 Novice 1 Lawson (KPA) 22 00 Knorr (MW Cyg) 18 52 Novice 2 Gray (KPA) 24 93 Lawson (KPA) 23 83 Hodges (KPA) 23 65. MOTOR RACING AUSTRALIAN FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX in Adelaide Final placings 1 Alain Prost. France.

McLaren-Honda, one hour. 53 minutes 3nd, 676 seconds. 82 laps. 164 225 kph 2: Ayrton Senna CONSTRUCTORS' WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Final positions: 1 McLaren Honda. 199 pts 2: Ferrari.

65 pts. 3 Benetton Ford. 46 pts 4 Lotus Honda. 21 pts 5: Williams Judd. 20 pts 6 Arrows Megatron.

20 pts 7 March Judd. 20 pts 8: Tyrrell Ford. 5 pts 9: Rial Ford. 3 pts. 10: Minardi Ford.

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