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SPORTS GUARDIAN 28 Friday May 15 1987 GOLF Coventry drop Mammon Last night's play-off matches David Lacey Ipswich 0, Charlton 0 Bolder, rock of Charlton David Davies at Las Brisas Fast and noose for Seve Ian Woosnam to David J. Russell, on the practice ground How many Russell, shortly 76." Woosnam Was that shots, or putts The first day of the Peugeot Spanish Open at Las Brisas, Marbella, was full of quizzical questions like that, as the strongest field of the year so far battled with the most difficult greens many of them had ever seen. ONly a handful of players broke the par of 72, the best of them being Christy O'Connor Jnr and the new Epson matchplay champion, Mats Lanner of Sweden, who were both three under. But the man who insisted on the course being set up in this faashion, Severiano Ballesteros, is only a shot behind, and he is the best of good things to win this title if the greens remain as hard and as fast. It is just as well, perhaps, that Ballesteros has never been too bothered about per- sonal popularity.

His fellow professionals would just as soon string him up at the moment, and the lynching mob would probably be led by Woosnam. After four holes my ball was almost in my pocket," he said. I was wondering about the early flights home. The conditions are just ridiculous, and I'm going to have a word with him about FANNING FLAMES Rioting Ajax supporters with a burnt-out car 1-0 in the European Cup-winners Cup final in Athens. Marco van in the centre of Amsterdam after Basten scored the goal.

their team beat Lokomotiv Leipzig down as Atkins lunged in and the penalty was given amid much Ipswich anguish. Not that they need have worried. Cooper, having already saved a number of kicks this season, did so again, reading Walsh's intentions to the letter and scrambling the ball away by the left-hand post. Next to a goal scored nothing inspires a team so much as a penalty saved. Ipswich attacked with more confidence thereafter, their five men mid-field giving Wilson more urgent support.

Just past the quarter hour Brennan's crossfield pass found Dozzell clear on the right and although he struck the ball cleanly, his first-time shot ought to have gone closer from that position. Ipswich would have gone ahead midway through the first half but for a marvellous piece of goalkeeping by Bolder. An Ipswich free kick on the left came to nothing but had to be retaken because the Charlton trainer was still on the pitch after treating an injury. This time Gleghorn's kick found Wilson unmarked in the goalmouth but his fierce downward header was somehow stopped by Bolder before it could cross the line. Charlton forced a corner from which Melrose's header glanced off the Ipswich bar, and the excitement reached new heights a few minutes before half time when Bolder rescued Charlton yet again.

Following a mix-up by his defence he not only saved a shot from Dozzell but also Humes's attempt to head in the rebound. Ipswich Town: Cooper. Yallop. McCall. Atkins.

Dozzell. O'Donnell. Zondervart. Bren-nan. Humes.

Wilson. Gleghorn. Charlton Athletic: Bolder. Grin. Rcld.

Pcake. Thompson. Miller Shipley. Stuart. Melrose.

Walsh. Crooks. Referee: D. A. Hedges (Oxford).

SOCCER Excellent goalkeeping by Bob Bolder in the first half and sound defence in the second brought Charlton Athletic the goalless draw at Ipswich last night which ought to stand them in good stead when the teams meet again at Selhurst Park on Sunday morning. After Paul Cooper had saved his fifth penalty of the season early in the game Ipswich played some imaginative footbal, but were foiled by a combination of Bolder and their own haphazard finishing. Play-offs have added a new perspective to the football season. Had Ipswich finished in Charlton's position a year ago they would ahve survived; had Charlton finished fifth in the second division they would have had no chance of going up. The sides had not met in a league game for nearly 20 years, but Ipswich won a third-round FA Cup tie 3-2 at the Valley in January 1983 after going two down, the way Charlton approached last night's match suggested a belief that not much might have changed in the course of four years, give or take the odd eviction.

With the Ipswich defence weakened by Cranson's absense because of a hamstring injury, attack seemed a sensible policy. In two-legged tics away goals are away goals whether they be scored at Plovdiv or Portman Road. Indeed when Charlton were awarded a penalty after 11 minutes the plan seemed to be working nicely. Walsh, running onto a return pass from Crooks, went Stephen Bierley Leeds United 1, Oldham Athletic 0 header gives Leeds Edwards' Leeds United, thought by many to have an excellent chance of winning a place in the First Division, created disappointingly few chances against Oldham last night but managed to scramble a single goal advantage to take to Boundary Park on Sunday morning, witn only a minute to go Keith Edwards, a 71st minute substitute for Andy Ritchie, scored with a header at the near post. It was a match which positively dripped atmosphere it.

You can't hold the greens even with a sand-iron shot. The trouble is I know he'll just look at me and say So you can spin tne oau, en Well, I'll just look at him and say: 'Yes I can, but not on Woosnam had an astonish- ing round. Five over par with seven to play, he had four birdies and an eagle at the David Foot on the one-day Javed cannot guide from the roofs of the packed Elland Road stands, a night to recall the great nights of Europe even if this prize was a shade more parochial. Understandably, the play was a mite intense although United's FA Cup run, culmi- nating in that wonderful semi final at Hillsborough, had prepared them well. Oldham, who last played First Division football in 1923, have rather less tradition to call upon.

They have been close to lifting themselves out of the Second Division several match at Taunton Somerset had been unsparing from the start of the innings. Roebuck held on to a fiery slip catch to dismiss Mudassar, and the first four wickets went down for 60. Javed, barely off the plane and with only a token net en route to Taunton, was around long enough to produce the match's most handsome stroke, a square drive from those slender, magical writts, and he gave fleeting hope to Pakistan before playing on to Palmer who, like Jones and Davis, allowed little levity. Wasim braced his shoulders for a few overs. The blows always looked more likely to reach the clouds in the middle distance than the boundary, though Davis once somersaulted painfully over fifth, where he holed an 88- yard wedge shot, to finish one under.

He is still in the tournament but one of the men who would be helping hold Ballesteros's rope, Sam Torrance, has rather more work to do. He Robert Armstrong Gillingham 3, Sunderland 2 Cascarino hat-trick A second-half hat-trick by Neither goalkeeper laced a Tony Cascarino, who took his direct shot for lengthy periods, tally for the season to 28, gave although both attacks were Gillingham from the Third fluent and quick witted. Quow Division a first-leg win over provided vision and driving Sunderland in their play-off power from the centre circle for a place in the Second for Gillingham while Proctor Division at the Priestfield Sta- was a versatile playmaker for dium last night. But Mark their opponents. Proctor kept Sunderland's Shearer and Pritchard alter-hopes alive with two goals, nately swung dangerous one a penalty, that will count crosses into the Sunderland double if the clubs finish level goalmouth which flew past Frank Keating on a change of heart by the Cup finalists ONE DAY this season, thinking to research a doodle about goal-scoring, I telephoned a Tottenham Hotsour Dlaver.

"Sorry." he said, "can't say a word unless you see my agent nrst." uet Knotted. Around the same time, a fellow hack on The Times rang an Arsenal midfielder to inquire now tne twinge in nis Knee was reeling, "Only my agent can answer that," said the young man. This is becoming the norm nowadays in English soccer's provincial little bigtime. I daresay agents will soon be picking the teams tor managers. rroD ably already do.

Such was the rarefied air in which unconsidered Coventry Citv found them selves even before the semi-finals last month. They got in on the act, and a local agent inex perienced in such matters, and having done home work only on the ludicrous fees being paid by the tabloids and TV for even more ludicrous personal pieces circularised the media. demanding sky-high sums for sky-blue revelations, starting price of 250 plus 17.50 VAT. Such presumptive greed before even the qualifier for Wembley appalled even the appalling pop papers. To their great credit.

having won that vibrant semi-final so chivalrously, Coventry's players and management sat down to rethink their attitude, They came to the conclu sion that they wanted to share the club's day of days with the world and its wife. Their journey up Wembley Way, they de cided, would be spiritual not temporal, and based on emotion not Mammon. It was a heartening change of tack. A national bus company offered the players' bonus pool anb incredible 18'000 just to have them use one of their coaches for the drive on Saturday from their Thameside hotel, the Com-pleat Angler, just across the North Circular. No thanks, said Coventry, we're using our own team-bus driven by Dave Bacon, who's got this far and why should we ruin his day for a bundle of booty The BBC had also pre pared a large cheque to hand over once Coventry took part in the Saturday evening Match of the Day party.

Sorry again, said Coventry, win or lose we've booked our own party back up the Ml. The players' pool could have been turned into a very nice jackpot indeed, had Coventry accepted the 25,000 from a kit manufacturer who was all tooled up to roll out a brand-new one-off shirt design for the players to model at Wembley as well as, it goes without saying, a fair few thousand replicas boxed in cellophane for the sports shop juniors' department. Sillett and his players disdainfully brushed them aside. "We stick to the original kit and colours we've used all season," he says. "Why should we join in the con? There's a lot of unemployment around here, and I know parents coughed up to buy kids our kit for Christmas.

Why should they be badgered to fork out for another set, just because Coventry City want to get rich quick? "We know now that a nice little victory will be riches enough for us." Tour Match Somerset v. Pakistan Taunton. Somerset won by 79 runs. SOMERSET N. A.

Felton Salim 26 P. M. Roebuck Wasim J. I. E.

Hardy Elahi 34 S. R. Waugh Yousuf KamaUi 34 M. D. Crowe lbw Wasim 75 R.

J. Harden Salim Tauseef 1 N. D. Bums Mudassar Tauseef. 17 G.

D. Rose run out 7 G. V. Palmer not out 1 Extras (08, lb6, w2, nb6) .22. Total (for 8 50 overs) 217 FaU of wickets: 9, 63, 71, 157, 168, 193.211,217.

Did not bat M. R. Davis, A. N. Jones.

Bowling: Wasim Akram 10-2-33-2; Mohsin Kamal 9.1-2-33-1; Manzoor Elahi 11-1-53-1; Mudassar Naiar ll-p-34-1; Tauseef Ahmed 7.5-0-46-2; Salim Malik 1-0-4-0. PAKISTANIS Mudassar Naxar Roebuck Jones 4 Iaz Ahmed Davis 20 Ramlz Rata Crowe Rose 1 Mansoor Akhtar run out 21 Javed Miandad Palmer 23 Salim Amllk run out 32 Wasim Akram Harden Jones 13 Manzoor Elahi waugh ZPalmar 2 Saleem Yousuf Bums Jones 6 Tauseef Ahmed not out 13 Mosln Kamal ens. hurt Extras (Ib3) 3 Total (39.1 overs) 138 Fall of wickets 10, 26, 26, 60, 89, 115, 119, 120, 138. BowUng Jones 9.1-1-1-32-3; Davis 9-3- 231; Rose 5-2-14-1; Waugh 6-0-29-0; Palmer 10-11-37-2. Umpires I.

a Harris and A. A. Jones. Championship BRISTOL. Gloucestershire (first innings) 322 for 5 dec (K.

P. Tomlins 135. M. C. Seaman 84, W.

Johnson 58 not out), Somerset (first innings) 215 for 6. UXBRIDGE. Middlesex (first innings) 458 for 6 dec (A. J. T.

Miller 142, J. D. Carr 193 not out; KeUeher 4 (or 126). Kent (first innings) 57 for 3. Derbyshire 159 (M.

Wakefield 57 not out) and 72 for 7. Leicestershire (first innings) 162 (Taylor 5 for 76). Mike Selvey at Chelmsford Essex become extra on aggregate at Koker next Sunday. TODAY LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS. Semifinals, First Leg, For First Division Place: Ipswich 0.

Charlton 0. Leeds 1. Oldham 0 Second Division Place: Gillingham 3. Sun rierland 2: Wigan 2. Swindon 3.

Third Division Place: Aldershot 1. Bolton 0. Colchester 0. Wolves 2. Sunderland made flexible use of their 4-4-2 system to contain Gillingham's sweeping moves and then counterattack.

With Armstrong breaking swiftly down the left and Doyle looking strong and forceful on the right, Sunderland's strikers Bertschin and Swindlehurst were frequently involved in goalmouth action. Gillingham switched the point of their attack from flank to flank and Sunderland's centre backs Gray and Hetzke were often defending busily on the edge of the penalty box as Smith and Cascarino switched positions trying to shed their markers. late edge side in a two-leg match, were rather more eager to get forward, rather more prepared to take chances, and looked to the much talked-about Sheri- quality for Baird and Pearson. However, both United strikers were marked with grim determination by Moore and Linighan, Leeds United: Day. Aspin.

McDonald. Aizlewood. Ashurst. Ormsby. Ritchie.

Sheridan. Pearson. Baird. Adams. Oldham Athletic: Goram.

Irwin. Barlow. Henry. Linighan. Moore.

Palmer. Cecere Wright. Milligan. Willams. Referee: G.

Tyson (Sunderland) success Crowe was with the New Zealander in the best stand of the match. They put on 50 in 21 minutes. A lifting ball from Mohsin dismissed Waugh but Crowe, as he did so often in 1984, paraded another handsome cameo. There were two sixes in one over, one helped by an overthrow, he was assertive, eager and always prepared to veer from the orthodox, until he was out lbw for 75 in the 45th over. There are lessons to be learned by Pakistan, as -the expression on the team manager's face at the end seemed to imply.

A good deal more fibre is needed in the batting and more discrimination. But Imran will be back against Sussex tomorrow. careless and then hooking page more viciously for another, but with the score on 54, Foster had him caught in the gully from a clever slower bal and the innings faltered. Marshall and Cowley clawed Hampshire back from 120 for six and had taken the score to 184 before the last four wickets went down in a many overs for two runs, three of them lbw to Foster.who finished with four for 32. The English Golf Union are so determined to eliminate slow play that there is a distinct possibility of a player being disqualified from the Brabazon Trophy tournament which begins at Ganton today.

Any repeated offences of slow play could receive the ultimate punishment of disqualification," warned Paul Fisher, chairman of the EGU's championship committee yesterday. Lanes v. Warwicks OLD TRAFFORD. Rain stopped play. Today: 11.0 to 7.0.

WARWICKSHIRE T. A. Lloyd not out 17 A. I. Moles not out 13 Total (for 0.

12 overs) 30 To bat: A. C. Stone, D. L. Amiss.

G. W. Humpage, P. A. Smith, D.

A. Thome. G. I. Parsons, G.

C. Small, A. A. Donald, N. Gifford.

LANCASHIRE: G. D. Mendis, G. Fowler. I.

Abrahams, N. Fairbrother, S. 1. O'Shaughnessy. D.

P. Hughes, M. Watkinson, I. Simmons, K. Mcleod, P.

W. 1. Allott, 1. Stanworth. Umpires: B.

Leadbeater and R. A. Julian. Leicester v. Derbyshire LEICESTER.

Rain stopped play. Today: 1 1.0 to 7.0. LEICESTERSHIRE L. Potter run out 0 I.P. Butcher Mortensen 7 D.I.

Gower lbw Holding 10 P. Willey not out 39 I.J. Whitaker Anderson Mortensen 0 T.I. Boon Roberts Mortensen 2 P.A.I. DeFreitas Jean-Jacques Finney 14 P.

WhirUcase not out 20 Extras (lb 1, w4, nb I) 6 Total (for 6, 41.1 overs) 98 FaU of wickets: 0, IB. 19, 19. 27, 47. To Bat: W.I.M. Benjamin, LP.

Agnew, L.B. Taylor. DERBYSHIRE: K.I. Bamatt, B.J. Maher, B.

Roberts, 1. E. Morris, I. S. Anderson, P.G.

Newman, R. E. Wamer, R.J. Finney, M. Jean-Jacques, O.H.

Mortensen, M.W. Holding. Umpires: H.D. Bird and D.O. Oslear.

Second XI ELLAND. Yorkshire (first innings) 325 for 6 dec (D. Byas 125. N. G.

Nicholson 81). Glamorgan (first Innings) 36 for 4. HORSHAM: Surrey 323 for 9 dec (D. M. Ward 143, G.

Boxatl 80) and 166 (or 2 (D. J. BickneU 64, P. D. Atkins 56 not out).

Sussex (first Innings) 213 (M. Pringle 66; Doughty 4 for 94). NUNEATON. Warwickshire 224 (Aalf Din 68. Austin 6 for 49) and 103 (Austin 6 for 25).

Lancashire 156 (Riley 8 for 74) and 68 for 5. times in recent years, but have always suffered a touch of the collywobbles at the vital moment. Elland Road was no nianp fnr faint hearts on this grey and cold, un-spnng-iiKe i i i in evening. Aizlewood was booked after 13 minutes for a late chal-lpnef and within BO seconds MilTigan was also reciting his name alter a recKiess tacKie. Aspin, victim, retaliated but.

escaped with a stiff lecture. Tempers, somewhat like the football, were brittle. Leeds, as befits the home tourists to the fence in a vain effort to save a six. Next over, Wasim predictably was out. The innings petered out then and, with Mohsin Kamal unable to bat after hurting his back while bowling, the end came prematurely.

The Somerset batting had looked altogether more composed, after some useful early bowling. Roebuck was unlucky enough to face the most lethal delivery of the day, his was an excusable duck after three successive hundreds, and if Wasim reproduces many such deliveries Old Trafford can take heart. Waugh, the Australian all-rounder making his first ap- Eearance for Somerset he ad been signed as cover for FOSTER Four for 32 scored from and an appalling 21 wides. Even allowing for the fact that the ball moved around, this was unforgivable stuff in a limited-overs match, yielding as it did only extra runs but more than four additional overs. I know the Essex team are wide boys, but this is ridiculous.

It could cost them the game. Greenidge made a booming start, swivelling Foster sweetly over long leg for six Minors Glamorgan OXFORD. Rain curtailed play. Minor Counties need 210 runs to win. Today 11,0 to 7.0.

GLAMORGAN A. Hopkins Todd Busby 0 H. Morris Gamham Bunting 20 A. R. Butcher Bunting 31 R.

I. Shastri st Gamham Greensword 8 R. C. Ontong not out 77 I. G.

Thomas Busby Greensword 17 G. C. Holmes run out 20 M. P. Maynard not out 30 Extras (b 1, lb 2, II.

nb 3) 17 Total (for 6, 55 overs) 220 FaU of wickets: 50. 68. 79, 103, 144. Did not bat: C. P.

Metson, S. R. Barwick, I. Smith. Bowling: Green 11-3-43-0; Busby 11-4-35-1; Bunting 11-0-43-2: Greensword 11-2-29-2; Plumb 6-0-37-0; Roope 5-0-30-0.

MINOR COUNTIES S. R. Atkinson not out 6 R. Herbert not out 5 Total (for 0, 4 overs) TT To bat: S. G.

Plumb, G. R. 1. Roope, P. A.

Todd. S. P. Henderson, M. A.

Gamham, S. Greensword, R. C. Green, R. N.

Busby, R. A. Bunting. Umpires: D. L.

Evans and A. G. T. Whitehead. Notts v.

Northants TRENT BRIDGE: Rain stopped play. Today: 11.0 to 7.0. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE B. C. Broad Ripley Capel 6 R.

T. Robinson Walker 37 D. W. Randall G. Cook Capel 45 C.

E. B. Rice not out 26 P. Johnson not out 4 Extras (b 3, lb 3, 4, nb 2) 12 Total (for 3, 37 overs) T3o FaU of wickets: 21, 61, 118. To bit: R.

I. Hadlee, B. N. French, E. E.

Hammings, R. A. Pick, K. Saxelby, D. Birch.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. O. Cook. W. Larklns, R.

1. Bailey, A. I. Limb, D. J.

Capel. R. G. wnUams. D.

I. Wild. D. Ripley. N.

G. B. Cook, W. W. Davis, A.

Walker. Umpires: J. H. Hampohlra and I. W.

Holder. Essex, who must beat Hampshire to stand any chance of progressing to the quarterfinals of the Benson Hedges Cup this year, won the toss on a day cut in half by the weather, put Hampshire in, saw Gordon Greenidge race out of the blocks, but recovered, thanks toa spell of three for six from Don Topley. Hampshire later regained some of their equilibrium to score 189, but Neil Foster brushed aside the tail and Essex will need to bat well today. It would be nice to say that Hampshire's modest recovery was due entirely to a seventh-wicket stand of 64 between Malcolm Marshall (34) and Nigel Cowley (27), but a glance at the scoreboard will show that top scorer with 35 was Extras. This is in no way a reflection on David East's wicketkeeping; there were no byes, but there were six no-balls, two of which were McClair is southbound CRICKET Somerset's resurgent summer continues.

They beat Pakistan by 79 runs with 10 overs left in their one-day match at Taunton and there was never much doubt about it. Pakistan's batting, in reply to 217 for eight, often looked both raw and reckless, as if the team were uncertain how to polish up their one-day technique. Nor were they either wise or nimble on their feet between the wickets. Salim (30) was out going for the most hazardous of third runs when there was no need for panic measures, and Mansoor earlier was well run out by Palmer. ROUND-UP Michael Henderson Mortensen makes hay Grapes one day, poison the next.

Leicestershire, who shot out Nottinghamshire for 74 in the week's first Benson and Hedges group match, were themselves forced to hop about at Grace Road yesterday by Derbyshire's quick men. The Leicester wrecker was Ole Mortensen, who proved he is a straight, if not great, Dane by dismissing Ian Butcher, James Whitaker and Tim Boon in an 11-over spell worth 3 for 20. Captain Peter Willey refused to hoist the white flag, an unbeaten 39 carrying his troops from 27 for five to 98 for six before a rain-sodden day petered out. Trent Bridge welcomed back Chris Broad after the England opener had missed two games with a hamstring injury, but it was a trying return against Northamptonshire. Broad took 25 minutes to get off the mark before falling to David Capel.

Tim Robinson and Derek Randall followed so the home side will look towards skipper Clive Rice to move the score along when they resume this morning at 130 for three. Play was possible after lengthy delays at Worcester and at Oxford, where the Minor Counties met Glamorgan, but only 12 overs were bowled at Old Trafford, where Tim Hudson continues to hover. Lancashire refused Hudson's request to release names and addresses of members so he could circularise his ideas for reorganising the club. A subsequent referendum of the 11,000 membership produced a response of 3,000 in favour at the committee decision and only 600 against. Pakistan manager Hasib Ahsan confirmed yesterday that Imran Khan would face his county colleagues when Pakistan meet Sussex at Hove tomorrow.

Javed Miandad, a former Sussex man, will also play, but the host county will be without Garth Le Roux (groin strain), Tony Pigott (back injury) and Allan Green (damaged nbs). "I know it will be said that we are not treating the tourists with proper respect" said captain Ian Gould, "but these injuries are genuine. They are in no shape to turn out Into the team step Peter Heseltine, Merrick Pringle and Simon Kimber. Kent fast bowler Alan Igglesden damaged an ankle while fielding yesterday and will be out of action for six weeks. Igglesden sustained the injury while fielding on Wednesday, and Kent's cricket administrator, Brian Luckhurst.

said It's been put In plaster because there was a chipped bone which had happened some time ago in a previous injury." BRIAN McCLAIR, the Celtic striker who finished the season with 42 goals, turned down a new contract with the club yesterday and looks like making his future south of the border. If Manchester United make an appropriate offer, there is little doubt that he will end up at Old RESULTS opened with a 75 and, as one -of the best putters on the tour, found the greens totally over the top. It's not fun out there," he said. You just can't relax. I know Seve says that we'll get these ereens for the Ryder Cup, but in America they're not small and bumpy like these." Ballesteros.

of course, would not countenance any criticism. I think the course is lantas-tic it could not be better. Of course, if you're in the wrong place on the green they are very fast. But I'm disap-nointed if nlavers who could be in the team are complain- -ing. They should come and play the US Open this is nothing compared to that." It helped, of course, if you liked fast ereens in the first place, and O'Connor does.

He st911 missed three little ones early on, but told himself this was ridiculous and then holed six of the 10-15 footers that are so necessary for a 69. At the moment it does not seem to matter what Lanner Dutts on. He revelled in the slow ones at St Pierre last week when he won, and now, on greens that are at least a third as fast again, he had 12 putts in a last nine of level par. Craie Stadler. the 1982 US Masters champion, has con- firmed that he will compete in next month's Dunhill British Masters at Woburn.

He joins Bernhard Laneer, Jose-Maria Olazabal, Sam Torrance, and Ian Woosnam as joint favour- ites in the absence of the defending champion, severiano Ballesteros. Sue Strudwick, from Staffordshire, set up the 1 chance of her biggest payday when she shot a three-under-par 72 in the first round of the French ODen championship at Fourqueux yesterday. She was one stroke behind Lotte Neumann, of Sweden. Evening racing SANOOWN 6.15 (51): 1. PLANTATION.

A. Kimberlev (7-4 lav), 2. Valrosa Lady (2-1); 3. Lapierre (8-1). 7 ran (M.

Stoute). Tote: 2.50: 1 60: 1.70. Dual 2.60. CSR 5.71. NR: Fire Top.

6.45 Mm): 1. BATH. G. Carter (10-1). 2.

Hymn of Harlech (16-1): 3. Giving It All Away (12-1). 9-4 fav Tom Forrester. 10 ran (J. Toller).

Tote: 15.00: 3.10. 3.30. 3.50. Dual 78.70. CSF.

127.23. Tricast: 1.719.14. 7.15 (13.m): 1. ALL IS REVEALED. M.

Roberts (7-2 fav): 2. Step In Tim (9-2); 3. Trapeze Artist (5-1). 11 ran (D. Thorn).

Tote: 4.00: 1.80. 2.10. 2.40. Dual 8.50. CSF 18.22.

Tricast: 70.73. 7.45 (51): 1. EVER SHARP. C. flutter (20-1): 2.

Top and Tail (7-1); 3. Father Time (7-1). 3-1 it-lavs Quick Snap, Green nciure. a ran (L. uoneieui.

lore: tiuuu 2.70. 2.70. 1.60. Dual 79.60. CSF 138.82.

Tricast: 990.47 8.15 (1m): 1. TAHTLLA. Pat Edderv (4-7 fav); 2. Yuwaj(8-1). 3 ran (I.

Tree). Tote 1.40. Dual 2.00. CSF 3.89. NR Neshad.

8.45 1. WARNING BULLS. M. Roberts (18-1). 2.

aland Lake (10-1). 3 Tittlemouse (8-1). 5-2 fav Kerali. 17 ran (A. Stewart).

Tote: 24.30: 4.80. 4.49. 270 Dual F. 41.90. CSF 145.76.

UTTOXETER 6. IB (2m Hdls): 1. TTMoa LAD. I Mnrnan (6-4 fav): 2. Star Routs (5-1): 3.

Noble Rise (5-1). 10 ran. (J Edwards.) Tote. 190, 1.10. 1.10.

1.50. Dual 4.20. CSF. 8.16. NR.

Guymyson. 6.45 (2m CM: 1. MLLOMr CTlfl ONeill (9-1): 2, Row Rule (9-1). 3. Keycom (8-1).

9-4 fav Stevasa. 11 ran. (R Francis). Tote: 8.80; 2.10. 3.00.

2.30 Dual F. 67.50. CSF' 78.73. Tricast: 61 1.65. i'2m enj: 1.

luckt vintauE, linn (3-1): 2. Swift Mueanaer M-1 ran (P Pritchard). Tote: 3.40. 1.60, 2.00; Dual tO.U; CiSr. E13.4Z.

7.45 (2m CM: 1. MISTER FEATHRM Llewellyn (6-1); 2. Kilsyth (9-2); 3. Pan fucne yo-i). -i rav me vvemer, ran.

(J King). Tote: 11.70; 3.80. 1.80. 3.00: Dual tw.ou. vi.

E3i.ut. rncasi. cizy.trt. 8.15 (3m Hdls): 1 MISS NERO. Hvott (5-1); 2.

Military Band (2-1 (av); 3. Just For The Creek (5 1) 8 ran. (F lackson). Tole: 6.00; 2.00. 1.10 1.90 Dual 1040.

CSF EKSis frk.asi- 46.37. 8.45 i2rt I. WY'ERN Diane Clav (7-2i. 'Hnilowd 15-8 iii-favj. 1S-8 it fav i-Ton UHunnmi.

(W Way), role. E640 Dual Ei M. CSF 9 47. doui Mesiora ana tne incoming strikers, but cool defensive work by the full backs Corner and Kennedy took the sting out of Gillingham's better moves. Sunderland took the lead against the run of play with a penalty in the 29th minute.

A fierce volley by Corner, from a corner kick by Armstrong, was handled against the crossbar by Haylock to prevent a goal, and Proctor scored crisply from the spot with a low drive to Kite's right. Impressively confident now, Sunderland repelled Gillingham's increasingly ragged attacks and poured forward in search of a second goal, but Gillingham's centrebacks Berry and Greenall showed composure and sound positional sense. Gillingham Kite Haylock. Garnon. Berry Quow.

Greenall. Pritchard Shearer. Smith. Elsey. Cascarino.

Sunderland Heslord Corner. Kennedy. Hetzke. Gray. Bennett.

Armstrong. Proctor. Bertschin. Swindlehurst. Gates.

Referee B. Hill (Kettering). Trafford. In the end, it was not money which persuaded McClair, valued at around 600,000, to leave Celtic Park the club made him an extremely good offer but doubts about whether another spell at Celtic had anything to teach him. FRENCH WOMEN'S OPEN.

Leading Scores. First-round (GB and Ire unless stated): 711. Meumann (Swe). 72 S. Strudwick.

73 D. Barnard. 74. M. Garner.

75. M. Wennerstcn (Swe). 76. Gnce-Whinaker.

B. Lunsford (US). F. Glass (Zim). M.

Thomson. K. Hansen (US). G. Stewart.

C. Griffiths. F. Dassu (II). WELSH WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP (Aberdovey).

Leading first round scores: 73 V. Thomas (Pennard). 76 S. Roberts (Maesdu. Llandudno).

79 P. Chugg (Whitchurch). 801. Evans (Monmouthshire) 81 L. Dermott (St Melyd).

83 D. Tulfnell (Aberdovey). Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE. Oakland 8. Milwaukee Cleveland 7, Chicago 5: Detroit 10, California 7: Kansas 8.

Baltimore 7: Seattle 5, Boston 4: Texas 8. NY Yankees 6: Toronto 7, Minnesota 0. Leading positions: East Division: 1. Milwaukee (W 20 11 Pet 2. NY Yankees 3.

Toronto (19-12-613). West Division: 1. Kansas (17-13- 567): 2. Seattle 3. California NATIONAL LEAGUE.

St Louis 7. San Francisco Cincinnati 12. Montreal Pittsburgh 9. San Diego 5: Atlanta 10. Philadelphia Houston 2.

NY Mets 1: Chicago 5. Los Angeles 0. Leading positions: East Division: 1. St Louis (18-13-581); 2. Chicago (19-14- 576); 3.

Montreal West Division: 1. Cincinnati San Francisco 3, Houston (18-14-563). Billards BCE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (Ant- I. Kamehm (Eng) beat M. Ferreira (India) 4-3.

Cycling TOUR OF SPAIN. 21st Stags (Segovia to Collado Villalba. 160km): 1. F. Rodriguez Col).

4hr 18mm, 03sec; 2. Pascal potsson France) at 4min I2sec; 3. G. van Calseter Belal same time. Other: 9.

M. Early (Ire). Overall: 1. L. Herrera (Col) lOOhr.

05mln 31sec, 2. R. Dletzen (WG) at lmln (Msec; 3. L. Flgnon (Fr) at 3:17 Other: M.

Early at 27:15. Ice Hockey NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAY OFFS. Campbell Conference Finals: Edmonton Oilers 6, Detroit Red Wings 3 (Edmonton win a best-of-seven series 4-1). Rowing WINGFTELD to Mortlake, miles). 1, S.

Redgrave (Marlow) 21mln. 41scc: 2. P. Johnson (Globe) 2153: 3. M.

Pollecutt (Thames Tradesmen) 22 00. 4. P. Cittcrmaste (Barclays Bank) 2207. 5.

Hamilton (Tideway Scullers School) 22.16. CRICKET SCOREBOARD Tennis I ITALIAN OPEN (Rome) Third Round: M. Wilander (Swe) beat Motta (Bra) 6-3. 6-2. 1.

Nystrom (Swe) beat 1. Lendl (Cz) 6-4. 2-6. 6-3: M. Jaite (Arg) beat H.

Leconte (Fr) 6-2. 2-0. rid; C. Mezzadri (Switz) beat U. Stenlund (Swe) 6-0, 6-2; A.

Gomez (Ecu) I beat M. Pernfors (Swe) 6-2, 6-3: P. Cane (It) beat R. Agenor (Haiti) 2-6. 6-2.

6-2. HI-TEC TOURAMENT (Lee-on-Solent) Men's Quarter-finals: P. Aldrich (SA) beat S. Youl (Aus) 6-1. 60.

T. Theina (W Ger) beat T. Bischof (Austria) 61. 7-5. Women's Singles.

Quarter-finals: K. Karlsson (Swe) beat S. DaUavalle (It) 6-4. 7-5. M.

Llorca (Sp) beat A. Karlsson (Swe) 6-2. 6-4 I WEST GERMAN WOMEN'S OPEN (Ber- tin) Third Round: 1, S. Graf (W. Ger) beat Porwik (W Ger) 6-0, 6-1: R.

Reggi (It) beat J. Novotna (Cz) 6-2. 6-2. N. Tauzlat (Fr) beat I.

Budarova (Cz) 4-6. 7-6. 6-3; N. Provis (Aus) beat I Durie (GB) 6-1, 4-6. 6-4: P.

i Tarabini (Ar) beat S. Meier (W. Ger) 6-1. 6-I O. C.

Kohde-Kilsch (W. Ger) beat L. Benson Hedges Cup Essex v. Hampshire CHELMSFORD. Rain curtailed play.

Essex need 187 runs to win. Today: 11.0 to 7.0. HAMPSHIRE C. G. Greenidge Lilley Foster.

25 V. P. Terry lbw Topley 23 M. I. Nichols Gooch Topley 3 D.

R. Turner East Gooch 28 L. Smith Topley 2 K. D. lames East Gooch 8 M.

D. Marshall lb Foster 34 N. G. Cowley Foster 27 T. M.

Tremiett lbw Foster 1 R. I. Parks lbw Foster 0 S. I. Andrew not out 0 Extras (lb 10, 21, nb 4) 35 Total (50.2 overs) 186 Fall of wickets: 54, 61, 65, 75, 102, 120, 184, 184.

IBS. Bowling: Foster 10.2-1-32-4; Topley 11-3-29-3: Gooch 11-3-36-3; Page 9-0-52-0: Pringle 9-2-27-0. Umpires: 1. Birkenshaw and R. A.

White. Worcs v. Scotland WORCESTER. Rain curtailed play. Worcestershire need 150 runs to win.

Today: 11.0 to 7.0. SCOTLAND I. L. Philip Botham Newport 21 K. Scott Botham Radford 1 R.

G. Swan Rhodes Bradford 37 w. A. Donald rutoaes a zo 0. Henry Botham 8 A.

B. Russell Rhodes Botham 13 D. L. Snodgrass lbw B. Radford 0 P.

G. Duthl Curtis Botham 22 1. E. Kerr Rhodes DUloy 3 A. W.

I. Stevenson run out 1 I. D. Knight not out Extras (lb 12, 8. nb 6) 23 Total (54.S overs) 149 Fall of wickets: 48, 75, 94.

110, 110, 133, 144. 149. Bowling: DIUey 11-2-24-1: Radford 11-1- 25-3; Prldgeon 11-2-29-0; Botham 10.8-4- 29-3: Newport 11-1-30-2. Umpires: D. Lloyd and K.

I. Lyons. No play rain LORD'S. Middlesex v. Comolned Universities.

Today: 11.0 to 7.0. HOVE Sussex v. Surrey. Today: 11.0 to 7.0. Gildemeister (Peru) e-4.

y-e; l. neia (aus) beat C. Singer (W. Ger) 7-5. 6-2; S.

Cecchlnl (It) beat P. Huber (Austria) 6-2. 7-5. LTA NORTH-EAST OPEN (Teesside) Men's semi-finals: R. Antoun (Kent) beat M.

Baldrldge (Durham and Cleveland) 6-4. 4-6. 6-4: B. Parker (Durham and Cleveland) beat P. Russell (Gloucs) 7-5.

6 0. Golf SPANISH OPEN (Marbella). Leading first round scores (GB and Ire unless stated) 69 C. O'Connor Jnr. M.

Lanner (Swe). 70 S. Luna (Sp). S. Ballesteros (Sp).

71 J. Hawkes (SA), I. Woosnam, R. Davis (Aus). D.

Dumlan. 72 F. Nobiio (NZ). N. Faldo, R.

Rafferty. 73 B. McColl. N. Hansen.

L. Stephen (Aus). R. Lee. A.

Garrido (Sp). R. Wall. J. Quiros (Sp).

1. Anglada (Sp). H. Baiocchi (SA). 74 E.

Carey. J. Bland (SA), A. Murray. A.

Stubbs. R. McFarlane, W. Grady (Aus), B. Malley (US).

S. Lyle. Morgan. M. Poxon, D.

Ray, P. Parkin. V. Fernandez (Arg). H.

Clark, Other British and Irish: 75 J. Spence. K. Waters, B. GaUacher.

G. Brand Jnr. S. Torrance, B. Lane.

D. Williams. P. Curry. J.

Heggarty. d. Smyth. T. Chamley.

7a I. Russell, M. Mackenzie, D. Jones, L. Jones.

R. Chapman. 79 J. O'Leary. CLYDESDALE BANK NORTHERN OPEN (Aberdeen).

Leading second round scores: 139 J. White (unattached). 140 J. Farmer (Duddingston). 141 M.

Gray (Ladybank). 142 A. Hunter (Sandyhllls). 145-A. Oldcorn (Dalmahoy).

S. Bree (Cathkln Braes)..