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34 The Daily Telegraph, Friday, March 10, 1978 Soccer DEADLINE TAKES TRANSFER FEES BEYOND £9m By DONALD SAUNDERS pool as the only; spenders of £300,000 or more, by formally signing Hart from Blackpool. WITH Bolton paying their record fee of £120,000 for Alan Gowling and Leeds completing the £330,000 signing of Paul Hart, the season's total expenditure in the transfer market had soared beyond £9 million when the five o'clock deadline was reached last night. Though this sum is 50 per cent. above last year's figure, clubs in general have not been as free with their money as statistics suggest: Manchester purchase chances of reaching the F.A. United's of Gordon McQueen and Joe Jordan Cup the first time.

Aston Villa among the from Leeds accounts for a day's busiest clubs, selling John tenth of the total. Burridge, a Palace reserve for goalkeeper, £50,000, to Crystal Even so, there have been and reserve defenders, Mick Buttress and Charlie Young to 10 transactions of £200,000 Gillingham for a total of £40,000. and upwards and 18 worth The last deal of the day was between £100,000 and 175.000 completed by Jimmy Sirrel, Notts since the Charity Shield County's manager, who reached match opened the pro- the League's Lytham after head- the quarters 10 minutes gramme on Aug. 13 last year. deadline with a transfer form Leeds, having earned £350,000 signed by David Hunt, Derby's from the sale of Jordan and utility player.

collected another £500,000 when The transfer was allowed to followed him to Old go through because the time on the form was This McQueen Trafford, yesterday, joined brought the total £45,000 Manchester United and Liver- move deadline day to £998,000. spent on Hopes dashed Birmingham were more interested in signing a manager to replace Sir Alf Ramsey. But any hopes they cherished of luring Tommy Docherty to St Andrew's were quickly dashed George Hardy, Derby's chairman. have Birmingham, not but been I approached understand by they would like Tommy Docherty to join them," said Mr Hardy. 66 There is no question of his leaving.

We are very happy with him and he is happy with us." Mr Docherty was taking a day off, after Derby's victory over Liverpool, which was followed by an incident between him and Bruce Rioch, Scotland's captain, whom he fined £450 last Tuesday. Rioch, who walked off with a groin injury, without consulting the bench, during last Saturday's match against Newcastle, proached Mr. Docherty on Wednesday night when the manager was talking with journalists. Angry words were heard as they left the ground together. Other transfers yesterday included: Terry Austin (Plymouth) to Walsall.

£25.000: Steve Raines to Bradford, Tyrone Janes (Fulham; to Plymouth. £15.000: Rob Mountford (Huddersfield) to Halifax, Alec Lindsay (Stoke) to Oakland (US), Burke (Barnsley) to Halifax. £4.500: Ton Nixon (Shrewsbury) to Barnsley, Tom Horsfall (Halifax) to Dover, £2.500. LOAN SIGNINGS INCLUDED: Danny Bowers (Stoke) Shrewsburv: Steve Faulkner (Sheffield United) to Stockport: John Lumsden (Stoke) to Port Vale; David McLean (Newcastle) to Carlisle. Young Italy taint their new-found image By ROBERT OXBY MANY English managers likely fate of their players in the UEFA Under-21 second leg Rome on April 'in Swimming SPARKES BESTBUT NO MEDAL By PAT BESFORD Gowling sale The only other major deal on sale of Gowling, who decided to deadline or day was Newcastle's rejoin manager Ian Greaves at promotion-seeking Bolton rather than try his luck with Championship hopefuls Everton.

Mr Greaves admitted he had signed Gowling with a return to the First Division next season in mind. But it a also an insurance policy, aimed certain we get the needed to clinch added the manager. Carlisle, who sold Bill to Wolves for £125,000 last week, and Portsmouth were in involved in the next biggest single transaction of the day. Portsmouth, leading parted with scorer, David who is valued at £75,000, in return for Carlisle's midfield player, John Lathan and a cash adjustment. promised Kemp we would allow him to go if we received a good offer and I am honouring that promise," explained Jimmy Dickinson, Portsmouth's manager, who later bought Colin Garwood from Colchester for £25,000.

Peter Angell, Orient's acting manager, also kept his word, by allowing Peter Allen, his experienced mid-field player, to move to Millwall for £10,000, though this could lessen the club's Paul Sparkes, winner of the 1,500 metres freestyle title at the Coca-Cola National Short Course Swimming Championships Sat Cheltenham on Wednesday, had, the fastest time of the night 400 metres yesterday -and didn't win a medal. Sparkes, 17. from 1 Merton, failed to qualify for the final in the morning heats and even had to swim off for the last place in the consolation final. to a 4 min. sec.

victoryThen the 3 Surrey boy sped away 1 82 sec. faster than Andrew Astbury from Leeds, the winner of the final proper and the title. FINALS--Men 400M FREESTYLE. A. Asthury (Leeds) 4m 6s.

1: P. Hubble (Reading) 4-7 46. 2: D. Cleworth (Manchester) 3. 200M BACKSTROKE.

R. Waller (Edmonton) 2-10 Harrison (Southampton) M. Patrickson (Wigan) 3. 100M BUTTERFLY--P. Hubble (Reading) 57:69.

J. Mills (Sutton C) 57-70. P. Morris (Beckenham) 58 03. 3.

Women 800M FREESTYLE. C. Brazendale (Norbreck Castle) 9m L. Holland (Warrington) J. Wilmott (Southend L) 3.

100M Taylor (Coventry) 1: S. Jenner (Mermaid Marlin) S. Davies (Plymouth) 3. 4 1 INDIV -S. Davies (Leeds) 1-32 65.

M. Kelly (Becken(Plymouth) IN M. Houston ham) 3. FOOTBALL RESULTS FOOTBALL COMB. Bristol R.

1, Tottenham 2. SOUTHERN LGE CUP. Semi-Final, 2nd Leg: Waterlooville 1, Weymouth 1 (after extra time). Div. I South: Romford 5, Tonbridge 1.

PREM. MIDWEEK LGE. -Woodford 0, Barking 4. ESSEX FLOODLIT 0, Ilford 1. UEF A JUNIOR 2nd Leg: Belgium 2, N.

Ireland 0. TODAY'S FOOTBALL Kick 7.30 unless stated) DIVISION HI Fulham Luton DIVISION Tranmere Plymouth DIVISION Doncaster 4 Rochdale Stockport Newport -Pontypool Ebbw Vale (7). BADMINTON DANISH OPEN -1st Rd: R. Stevens (England) bt S. Karlsson (Sweden) 15-4, 15-10; E.

Hamsen bt M. Fredgett (England) 15-5, 15-7. CORRECTION FOOTBALL POOLS DIVIDENDS Zetter Pools Dividend announceent in the paper yesterday, dividends for 3 draws and 4 draws were incorrectly quoted to a stake, this should have read to a 15p stake. Rugby Union Apprehensive Welsh delay selection By JOHN REASON WALES have deferred team to play France in international championship after their squad practice on Sunday. This is a somewhat surprising decision because Wales have used the minimum players to win the Triple Crown this year so move could mean they are apprehensive about the French game.

They know the situation is no different from last year when France won the Grand Slam and the Welsh forwards took a fearful pasting in Paris. They also know that France have advanced with the discovery of Jerome Gallion at scrum-half and Wales could be worried about the ability of their back row to deal with him. Different proposition Few people expected France to both wings the drone at Cardiff especially a wing as defensively powerful as Jean-Luc Averous. Guy Noves and Daniel Bustaffa, the new selections, did well enough against the All Blacks in Toulouse but the Arms Park next Saturday will be a very different proposition. What made the French decision even more unexpected was that their goal-kicking this season has been so indifferent that they have made hard of winning three matches in which they ought not to have been stretched.

That suggests that France will need to make doubly sure of their defensive organisation in Cardiff because the place-kicking of Phil Bennett and Steve Fenwick were powerful factors the Welsh victories a against England and Ireland. Women's Lacrosse ENGLAND'S TWO SCOTTISH GAMES The England women's lacrosse team will play Scotland row and Celtic XII on Sunday, both matches being at Dunfermline College of Physical Education. They will be hoping for more goals from Lorraine Campbell, who scored five against England Reserves at Nottingham last Saturday. ENGLAND. B.

Dootson (North). A. Saunders (South), A. Glanvill-Smith (South), J. Clarke (South), J.

Liversedge (North), M. Williams (South), J. Gregory (North), B. Cheetham (North). C.

(South), S. Proctor (South. L. Campbell (North), S. Wilson (South).

Reserve: C. Alcock (North). Golf Injured out of By ALEX TONY JACKLIN pulled Open in Miami with an He home Jersey last compete again the Jacklin's withdrawal, after cult decision. rain, saved ed him making a diffiplaying eight holes in heavy He third alternative Jerry Heard and Bobby Nichols, for the £180,000 tournament Players' Championship at Sawgrass, Jacksonville next week. To have any chance of competing in the city where he won in 1968 and 1972, he would have had to stay in America for at least another six days.

If I'd been playing really well here and felt fully fit I would have stayed on," Jacklin said. As it is I'd be foolish to play with a a bad wrist. A doctor told me I'd damaged the bones and I'm on painkillers. I very nearly didn't start." Jacklin's dilemma over next week's event-thought by some Americans, to be the strongest championship of all--arose because he lies 150th on the money list. Only 146 qualify automatically and Jacklin's US and British Open wins do not make him an exception.

Heavy rain stopped first-round play, which continues today with existing scores standing. The earlv leader was Ed Fiori 25, on 65, who had five birdies in seven holes. Among those on 67 were Tom Weiskopf, John Mahaffey and Bill Kratzert with Jack Nicklaus challenging on 69. Peter Oosterhuis scored 71 and Brian Barnes 75. announcement of their the deciding match of the at Cardiff next week until SLEMEN OUT OF LIVERPOOL CUP TEAM By JOHN MASON MIKE SLEMEN, England's hard-tackling left-wing, has broken a finger and misses Liverpool's John Player Cup quarter-final against the Harlequins at the Stoop Ground, Twickenham, tomorrow.

But he believes he will be fit to play against Ireland tomorrow week. Liverpool, previously underestimated in the South even though there had been warning signs following their victory over Sale, have Mike Killen, an able goalkicker, as Slemen's deputy duties he carried out expertly against London Welsh last week. Liverpool prefer not to call on Maurice Colclough, the England forward who used to play for them and is now with Angouleme. Colclough, who also has links with East Grinstead, runs a bar-Le Liverpool--in France. Senior flying over For their part Harlequins, at their own expense, are bringing Gary Senior, former member now playing for Carcassonne, over match.

And in one of the memorable quotes of the season, Liverpool's spokesman said yesterday: "If Quins want to play someone suffering from jet-lag, that's their business." The Liverpool man, illustrating admirably the abrasive humour of his city, added: 66 Our colours are red, black and blue-and that's the way a lot of our opponents finish a match. Harlequins are taking us far more seriously than London Welsh did." The Rosslyn Park National Schools' Sevens, which involve seven pitches, three grounds, 425 matches and 235 schools this year, begin at Roehampton on Monday week. Trophies will be presented to the winning teams by Mike Davis, Budge Rogers and Bob Hiller. Jacklin drops Doral Open in Miami out of the £100,000 Doral. injured left wrist yesterday.

night and says he will not Portuguese Open. Tony Jacklin LEADING SCORES Fiori. 67-T. Weiskopf, J. Mahaffey, B.

Kratzert, G. Gilbert. L. Mikles. 68-L.

Graham, W. Armstrong. 69-J. Nicklaus, L. Ziegler.

KENYA OPEN (Nairobi). British unless stated: 68- G. Cullen, S. Torrance. 69-B.

Charles (NZ), D. McClelland, B. Gallacher, S. Belfour, M. Ballesteros (Spain).

70-N. Hunt, B. Waites, S. Lyle, P. Cowen, T.

Powell, E. Polland (Ireland), P. Elson. 71-D. Dunk, B.

Huggett, B. Wynn, K. Brown, D. Creamer, L. Higgins (Ireland).

72- A. Charnley, T. Horton, P. Townsend, P. Berry, J.

Morgan. 73-I. Mosey, P. Cotton (France), Hammond, B. Casper (US), S.

Ballesteros (Spain), J. Fowler, M. Ingham, D. Vaughan. HOCKEY CLUB RECORDS A 103 35 Havant 9 31 25 Hawkes 8 40 25 Henley 9 64 37 Hersham 13 Horsham ..11 35 21 Hounslow 16 31 17 Iiford ....1.

42 40 IndianGym 23 28 40 Ipswich ..16 23 33 Isca .20 30 29 Jersey 10 20 17 K. Alfred's 8 28 31 Lensbury 9 62 11 L. Buzzard 26 25 Letchworth 51 19 LincinImps 13 26 45 Lloyds Bk 5 49 25 Long Sutton 27 34 Maidstone 5 43 23 Marden R. 15 35 27 Marlboro 20 28 11 Marlow 8 39 19 Martlets ..11 46 36 Merton ..16 42 20 Met Police 9 44 34 Midland Bk 19 27 Mid-Sussex 33 25 Mill Hill ..15 M. Keynes 49 33 Morlands ..15 43 28 Nat West Bk 4 20 28 Newport 9 51 18 NewqySnts 10 28 31 Nottinghm 14 19 18 5 81 48 8: Cranleigh 8 69 15 18 34 Georgians 4 30 34 O.

Hicmbns 12 52 38 Kingstns 11 35 18 O. Lghton's 10 78 23 O. Mid-Whit O. Paludians 60 18 O. Reigatns 21 12 O.

50 24 O. Thamesns 41 36 O. Willms'ns 6 34 37 Orpington 10 61 25 Oxfd Hwke 12 19 16 Oxted 8 30 25 Parrots 5 46 40 Petersfield 9 37 25 18 Pelicans ..14 Hm 49 Penarth 17 58 39 Plymouth ..20 2 92 15 14 Poly 5 6 27 30 24 Poole 6 10 24 35 14 Prtsmth Ply 12 3 56 19 20 Potters Bar 11 4 43 28 23 Purley 4 13 19 36 16 Reading 9 35 22 8 Reigate 10 34 54 36 Richings Pk 21 12 32 Richmond 10 35 21 28 Romford 6 20 25 19 Rugby 8 37 29 22 St Albans 10 10 34 35 29 St Helens 12 40 37 32 Sanderstead 5 10 25 54 13 Sevenoaks 12 40 18 Slough ....21 89 25 18 Southendns 4 14 12 36 21 SouthgateA 11 54 39 19 S. Saxons 15 2 48 24 34 Spencer .23 97 28 43 Staines 8 8 21 31 34 Stevenage 5 2 12 18 30 41 Sunbury ..12 6 35 025 19 Swindon 11 32 39 41 Taunton 28 29 25 Teddington 10 36 31 39 Thames Ply 9 38 26 28 Thurrock 10 24 16 21 Tonbridge 9 28 28 14 Trojans 23 82 25 37 Truro 7 00 36 25 Tulse Hill 6 00 22 27 8 Upminster TnbridgeW 11 9 29 53 17 Wallingford 5 00 21 32 26 Walton ..14 39 18 27 Wayfarers 26 28 Welwyn GC 9 21 45 Westcliff 14 43 17 33 W. Gloucs 13 48 31 West Herts 13 36 32 Weston-s-M 8 1 14 28 51 35 West Wilts 24 18 Whitchurch 20 80 16 29 12 32 14 20 Woking .:10 5 40 5 Worthing 10 4 36 24 WOMEN'S HOCKEY RECORDS DL Andover 6 Barclays Bk 11 Barnes ......11 11 Bath Belvedere Bishop Stort 00 Bletchley Bromsgrove Cambridge Cambrdg Lad Chem 00 Chelmsford 12 Chester Chiltern 9 2 Cottesford 12 10 Crosbv .10 4 Crowborough 13 0 Ealing 11 4 Grinstead 6 Epsom 8 3 6 Lawn Tennis COX GIVES EUROPE FINE START By a Special Correspondent in Madrid MARK COX gave Europe a good start £87,000 four-day tournament against Latin America in Madrid's indoor Palace of Sport last night and earned more than £120 every minute he spent on court.

But the South Americans were level at the end of the opening day when Ivan Molina, of Colombia, beat Italy's Adriano Panatta 6-4, 7-5. Only about 1,000 people were in the stadium to see Britain's No. 2 defeat Thomas Koch, of Brazil, 6-2, 6-0, in the opening match of this tournament sponsored by Marlboro, the richest indoor event ever staged in Europe. Cox, a last-minute substitute for Buster Mottram, forced to pull out of the European team because of back trouble. 'had played Koch, 33, three times before and had never beaten him--including a 1969 Davis Cup match against Brazil when he had three match points.

But night, Cox, a vear older' the Brazilian, spiced plast his game with nine aces, including in his second service game to shatter Koch. Minimum of £4,000 From the opening game, Cox, who earns a minimum of £4,000 just for playing in the event and more than double that amount if the European team wins, broke Koch's service with a superb passing shot from the baseline and never looked back. inline set the he sixth served game two of the aces openwent on to win the set in just 22 minutes. He continued to power his way to an easy victory in the second set of 16 minutes, leaving Koch more than slightly bewildered. 1ST -Europe 1.

Latin America 1: M. Cox (GB) bt T. Koch (Brazil 6-2 6-0: A. Panatta (Italy) lost to I. Molina (Colombia) 4-6, 5-7.

SCHOOLGIRLS IN QUARTER-FINALS American schoolgirls Tracy Austin and Pam Shriver, both reached the last eight of the singles, in the Virginia Slims women's lawn tennis tournament in Dallas yesterday. Miss Austin beat Helena Anliot of Sweden 7-5, 6-2 to qualify for a meeting with Martina Navratilova, the No. 1 seed. Miss Shriver, a 6-0, 7-6 winner against Regina Marsikova, now plays the sixth seed, Australia's Kerry Reid. VIRGINIA ST.IMS T'MENT 1st Rd: B.

Stove (Holland) bt N. Richey 6-2. 6-4. 2nd Rd: M. Navratilova bt L.

Hunt (Australia) 6-0, 6-1; T. Austin bt H. Anliot (Sweden) 7-5, 6-2: P. Shriver bt R. Marsikova (Czechoslovakia) 6-0, 7-6: K.

Reid (Australia) bt V. Ruzici' (Rumania) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. INTNTN'L CH'SHIPS EGYPTIAN. Singles, Qtr-Final: J. Higueras (Spain) bt P.

Dominguez (France) 6-3, 6-4. Doubles, Qtr- Finals: R. Drysdale (G.B.) N. Spear (Yugoslavia) bt Menon (India) J. Fassbender (W.

Germany) 6-4, 3-6, 8-6: B. Fairlie (N. Zealand) I. el Shafei bt F. Gebert (W.

Germany) K. Johansson (Sweden) 6-3, 6-2. SCANDINAVIAN CUP B. Borg (Sweden) bt V. Gerulaitis (U.S.) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

3rd place: J. Lloyd (G.B.) A. Mayer (U.S.) 7-6, 6-3. Women's Hockey SORTING OUT THE RULES By RACHAEL FLINT Further steps in the move to rules of men's and women's hockey into line are being taken at the council meeting of the International, Federation of Hockey Association's now being held in London. Other matters which will affect the game worldwide are being discussed.

A Press conference at Crystal Palace this afternoon will give the news. Details are expected of the 1980 Moscow Olympics and their inaugural women's hockey competition. And a report made by the Canadian Women's Hockey Association on arrangements for the 1979 IFWHA world championship in Van- couver. Three world events the introduction of women's hockey into the Olympics. there are now three different world competitions for the sport.

The other one is the male-orientated Federation Internationale de Hockey held every two years for their women members--some of whom are in IFWHA. A simplification of world women's hockey is needed, but obviously neither IFWHA. the larger senior body, nor FIH wish to lose their identity. NATIONAL CALLS HIT BIG GAME By A Special Correspondent With four World Cup sides (Australia, England, India and as well as Scotland and Wales, playing London area, this weekends, league hockey inevitably has to take a back seat. The clash between the London League's top clubs, Slough and Southgate, will be badly affected by affairs at Lord's (where eight players are involved), injuries and unavailability.

The game will go on tomorrow morning but, even if Southgate win, they cannot catch the leaders. only required by Wales, placed Guildford, with should pick up three points at Surbiton's expense, while the next two teams Hounslow and Bromley have no game, SO Blackheath will overhaul Bromley if they defeat Hampstead. In the Greene King East League Blueharts will win the Premier Division if they beat or draw with Norfolk Wanderers tomorrow. EAST COUNTY LEAGUE Pts Norfolk LA 4 12 Beds 15 Essex Herts 12 Lincs Cambs 3 19 Suffolk 0 NINA-1-100 TRUMAN SOUTH LEAGUE Kent Sussex Region--Leaders WDL A Pts Marden 11 1 1 27 8 19 Ashford 13 00 24 15 19 Tunbridge 10 6 2 26 11 14 Lewes 24 14 13 Worthing 11 19 10 13 LACROSSE UNIVERSITY MATCH (The Cambridge 8. So easy for the Russian masters By HOWARD SEVERAL records, were title with apparent ease the Civic Centre rink in Ottawa.

It was rather like watching a very familiar film yet again. The slick Russians provided five action-packed minutes with almost flawless cohesion excelling with a series of superb movements. It was the sixth consecutive victory for this pair, two more than any other, and for Miss Rodnina a tenth straight winincluding four with her previous partner, Alexei Ulanov. It equals the highest number of successes in any figure skating event and she shares the distinction with two great presoloists, Sonja Henie and Slachow. The girl who refuses to quit and probably has thoughts about a third gold medal in 1980, perhaps ominously looked more spent than previously at the end of a stamina-sapping perform- ance.

Opening stages battle for the silver went to East Germans, Uwe Then Bewersdorff and Manuela Mager, edging out the more spectacular Americans, Randy Gardner and Tai Babilonia-coached in Los Angeles by John Nicks, who, with his sister Jenny, won this title, for three Britain British in 1953. couples were soon well to the fore during the opening stages of the ice dance championship. After two compulsory dances, Tango, Romantica and Kilian, Warren Maxwell with Janet Thompson were fourth, Ken Foster with Kay Barsdell tenth Chris Dean with Jayne Torvill eleventh. Anett Poetzsch consolidated her earlier advantage in the middle section of the women's championship, but FratiUnited States title defender, regained second spot and Italy's Susanna Driano, now third, also rose above the West German, Dagmar Lurz. BASS in Ottawa shattered when Alex Zaitsev retained the world pair skating before a capacity crowd at The details Alan Gowling, for whom Bolton paid Newcastle £120,000, and (below) David Kemp, who moved from Portsmouth to Welsh side the lead after five with a drop goal from potipped penalty in front of the But a sweeping 50-yard move by the English forwards reflected their increasing authority and gained a from firm where foothold Rose in landed the an angled penalty to square the game in the 25th minute.

The final score came when Stone cross-kicked for Moriarty tackiether send and Rose forge over past in two the corner. ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES. -M. Merriman (Leeds): Moriarty (Durham), C. Scudamore (E.

Anglia). J. Watson (Bristol), A. Gardner (LSE); M. Rose, K.

Norkett (Durham): M. Stone (Newcastle), Davies (LSE), N. Weaver (Leeds), K. Davis (Durham), S. Morgan (Warwick), T.

Allchurch (Durham), Brooks (Leeds), P. Ackford (Kent). UNIVERSITIES. Lewis (Aberystwyth): (Uwist), Murphy (Cardiff). T.

Jones (Swansea), T. Young (Cardiff H. Davies (Uwist), N. Osborne (Abervstwyth); A. Bathie (Uwist).

H. Davies (Cardiff C.I Dew (Swansea), D. Hughes (Cardiff A. Marriott (Swansea), D. Smyth (Uwist, Rep.

R. Robinson, Swansea), A. Morgan (Swansea), C. Thomas (Aberystwyth, Rep. M.

Wyatt, Swansea). Thomas (N. Midlands). Universities' Rugby ENGLAND OWE MUCH TO ROSE By DICK NORMAN English 7pts Welsh Universities 3 SCORELESS secondA, half of almost unremitting English pressure tells a story of brave Welsh defence, but also of untidy attacking by a side, who had looked set a big total in the international universities match at Birmingham yesterday. Both sides had their upsets.

England started with two substitutes because the captain, O' and Owen, both from Loughborough-and both Welsh, incidentally took the wrong train. So Marcus Rose had to move from to fly-half, with Merriman and Brooks coming in. In fact, Rose's quick thinking and astute kicking had much to do with his side's dominance. made replacements. They, By half time, Wales also had too, lost their captain, Smyth, plus No.

8 Thomas, through injury, to be replaced by Robinson and Wyatt. Early lead Fly-half H. Davies gave the' Welsh side the lead after five Old Boys REIGATIANS HUNT RECORD By A Special Correspondent Reigatians attempt to become first Old Boys club to win the Surrey Cup when they play holders Esher in the final at the Guildford and Godalming ground on Sunday. History underlines the size of their task because, for the past two seasons, Esher have beaten Reigatians on the way to winning the cup. 66 Esher play a slightly higher standard of rugby, and that should make their reactions quicker," says Reigatians forward Keith Dow.

66 We know it will be tough, but it might be third time lucky." Reigatians have relegated leading points scorer Tim Wright to the replacement bench. His place goes to Roy Hoolahan, who moves from centre to wing threequarter to accommodate Peter Lambert, who missed the 22-3 semi-final win over Guildford and Godalming. Alleynians become the first Old Boys side to tour Bermuda when they leave next Wednesday and the highlight of their five-match tour 1S against the Bermuda national team, who recently won the Caribbean championship. Rugby on the island is fostered by the ex-patriate British community, and clubs are mainly associated with professions, such as the police and teaching. RUGBY YESTERDAY U.A.U.

INTERNATIONAL (Birming-English Univs 7pts, Welsh Univs 3. TOUR MATCH Under-21 7, Club Atletico de San Isidro Argentina 13. Co. Sevens: Barnard Castle 10. BOWLS HASTINGS T'MENT.

3rd rd: F. J. Mallett. 24, C. May, A.

Hunneman 14-A. Allen, J. Moseley 23, Gates. J. Marley 22-C.

Lovell, J. A. Bull 21, A. Borrill, H. Smith 18 -H.

E. Mitchell, C. L. Jennings 16, F. G.

Oldman, E. Outram 13-A. L. Ryder, Stewart 21, L. Knight, G.

H. Reed 19- -A. Potten, A. V. Howell 24, A.

Neale, H. J. Sawyer 15-R. Savage, M. Luker 21.

W. Muddle, J. Wilson 12 -D. Nuttall, E. J.

Smart 25, A. Barnett, J. Richardson 14. WOMEN (after short free): A. Poetzsch (E Germany), 11 placements, 52 pts, L.

Fratianne (US) 16, S. Driano (Italy) 32, D. Lurz (W. Germany) 41, 4: P. Hill (US) 5: E.

Watanabe (Japan) 63. 6. British Placing: K. Richardson 112, 72 80, 14. Zaitsev Miss I Rodnina (USSR) 9 placements pts.

U. Bewersdorff Miss M. Mager (E. Germany) 19, R. Gardner Miss T.

Babilonia (U.S.) 28, 140. 78. 3: S. Shakhrai Miss M. Tcherkasova (USSR) 39, 137 T.

Thierbach S. Baess (E. Germany) 46, 136-04. Spiegl Miss I. Spieglova (Czech) 50, 134 64, 6..

ICE DANCE (after 2 dances): G. Karponosov Miss N. Linichuk (USSR) 9 placements 40 20 pts, A Minenkov Miss I. Moiseeva (USSR) 18, 39 28, 2: A. Sallay Miss K.

Regoeczy (Hungary) 32, 3: W. Maxwell Miss J. Thompson (G.B.) 31, 38 16, 4: S. Drastic Miss L. Rehakova (Czech) 45.

37-04. J. Dowding Miss L. Wighton (Canada) 48, 6. Other British placings: K.

Foster Miss K. Barsdell 91, 34-40, 10; C. Dean Miss J. Torvill 92, 11. Motor Racing BMW MEAN TO KEEP TITLE By COLIN DRYDEN The international motor racing season in Britain gets under way at Brands Hatch on Sunday with the first round of the European Touring Car Championship.

Jaguar's XJC coupes have been withdrawn from Group 2 racing after last year's debacle, but more than 30 entries have been received from 12 countries for the event. BMW will be making a determined effort to keep their grip on the series with four litre CSL cars. British drivers entered include Tom Walkinshaw (BMW), Tony Dron (Chevrolet Camaro), Chris Craft (Ford Capri) and Barrie Williams (Vauxhall Magnum). Racing starts at noon with a 20-lap race for their Formula Ford 2000 Championship. The main event is at 1 p.m.

ATLANTIC WEATHER MAP 1008 968 976 SHIGH 001 8 10008 SITUATION AT NOON, MAR. 91 High will move slowly east with little change in pressure. Low "R' will move steadily north-east, filling slowly. Low "'Y" will swing quickly north-east, deepening steadily. will be worried about the when England face Italy Championship quarter-final 5 following their 2-1 win over Italy in the first leg at Maine Road on Wednesday.

The Italian team produced the negation of the policy of Enzo Bearzot, their national coach, who, for three years has striven improve his country's image in world football. In Manchester, however, some of the players -notably Galbiati (Pescara) and Canuti (Inter resurrected the behaviour which has disfigured Italy's reputation in previous generations. Both were extremely fortunate not to be dismissed from the field. Peter Barnes, who in the England senior aplaxed defeated Italy at Wembley in November, was a particular victim, being hacked down repeatedly and suffering a facial injury from a punch. have never been so frightened in my he admitted.

Independent opinion The cynicism of the Italians was utterly depressing. In a man-toman marking system, when man has to stop another, one must expect physical contact. The consensus of opinion was that unless Mr Bearzot can take firm control of his players in the World Cup in Argentina, there are likely to be scenes reminiscent of that dreadful match in 1962 when they collided with Chile in what remains the nadir of on-field soccer hooliganism. From the England point of view, Tony. Woodcock, who scored both goals.

gave another impressive performance, as did Glenn Hoddle, the Spurs midfield player. whose rich talent kept him aloof from the conflict. He was so adroit and nimble that no one was able to kick him. Mike Smith, the Welsh team manager, an independent voice in the chorus of angry comments from English observers, said: OXFORD SKILL PAYS OFF By Our Schools Soccer Correspondent Oxford Univ. 4, Arthurian Lge 1 The Arthurian League team have beaten Cambridge and London Universities this season but they could not match the skill and fitness of Oxford and went down 4-1 at Iffley Road Though the first half was even territorially, Oxford took a 2-0 lead through Hannon and Wainwright (o.g.).

The University were much more on top in the second half. Hall and Price scored for them, and L. Walton for Arthurian. OXFORD Power (St Edmund Hall: P. Chambers (Corpus Christi), D.

Doughty (Hertford): P. Dochertv (New). N. Rogers (Oriel), S. Smith (Worcester): P.

Hannon (Queen's), C. Walton (cant, Oriel). T. Price (St John's). M.

Hall (Mansfield), R. Nugent (Queen's). -R. Worthy D. Wainwright (Cholmeleians); S.

Boon (Harrorians): Jackson ow (Wykehamists), (Brentwoods), G. Green (Foresters), J. Herlihy (Brentwoods); D. Baldry (Wykehamists), L. Walton (Carthusians), T.

Peacock (Reptonians), M. Collins (Cholmeleians), G. Inch (Chigwellians). BRITISH ISLES FORECAST FOR NOON, MAR.10 Shetlands 46 Orkneys APERDIEN 1020 GLASGOM in NEWCASTLE DUBLIN 48 9) 48 ANCHESTER ARMCUTH in. AS WARM FRONT.

COLD FRONT OCCLUDED Issued at 6.30 p.m. Black circles show temperatures expected in Fahrenheit. The equivalent temperature in Centigrade is given alongside in brackets. Arrows indicate wind direction and speed in m.p.h. Pressures in I millibars and inches.

WEATHER FROM THE RESORTS Reports yesterday: East Scarboro Bridlingtn Lowe-tolt Clacton South Folkestne Hastings Eastbrne Brighton Bognor Bournmth Swanage Weymouth Exmouth Teignmth Torquay Penzance Jersey Guernsey West Douglas Morecinbe Blackpool Southport Colwyn Anglesey Ilfracombe Newquay Scilly Is Scotland Lerwick Wick Strnoway Kinloss Dyce for the 24 hours to 6 p.m. Max. Sun Rain Temp. Weather hrs. ins.

(day) 3.8 0.04 50 10 Rain pm 3.2 0.01 52 11 Shr pm 6.9 52 11 Sun Pds 6.4 48 9 Sun Pds 2.0 45 Fog am 0.2 46 00 Fog 0.7 48 01 am 0.1 46 00 Fog am 0.1 46 00 Cloudy 0.4 55 13 Fog am 48 Cloudy 48 Dull 48 Dull 0.2 50 10 Cloudy 0.02 50 50 10 10 Drzl Dull Dm 54 12 Cloudy Cloudy 0.2 0.15 45 7 Rain 0.06 48 Rain pm 0.5 0.12 50 10 Rain pin 0.3 0.12 50 10 Shr pm 1.8 0.02 52 11 Rain pm 1.0 0.04 48 40 Rain pin 54 Cloudy 52 11 Cloudy 50 10 Fog 1.6 0.02 45 Cloudy 0.3 0.08 43 ON Rain pm 0.08 46 Rain 0.08 48 CC Rain pm 1.0 0.04 48 Rain pm LONDON READINGS Min. temp. (6 p.m. to 6 a.m.): 43F (6C); max. temp.

(6 a.m. to 6 p.m.): 52F (11C); rainfall: nil; sunshine: 3.0 hours. In yesterday (daytime): Britain, (15C); coldest: Eskdalemuir, 41F (5C); wettest: Rhuvaal, Islay sunniest: Lowestoft, hours. up time 6.26 p.m. to 5.55 a.m.

Sun rises 6.27 a.m. Sets 5.56 p.m. Moon rises 6.58 a.m. Sets 7.52 p.m. High water at: London Bridge 2.27 a.m.

(23-8ft); 2.54 p.m. (24 4ft). Dover 11.52 a.m. (22 8ft). BILLIARDS ENGLISH AMATEUR CH'SHIP man (Peterborough) bt R.

Edmonds (Middlesbrough). A -Qtr-Final: M. Wild(Cleethorpes). CONDITIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD Algiers Amstrdm Athens Barcelna Beliast Belgrade Beriin Biarritz Birmghm Bristol Brussels 0 Budapest Cardiff Cologne Copnhgn Dubrovnk Edinbrgh Faro Florence Funchal Geneva Gibraltar Glasgow Guernsey Helsinki sn I.o.M. Innsbrok Istanbul Jersev L.

Palmas Kev: C- s-sunnv; (F C) 65 17 Lisbon 52 11 46 8 Locarno 61 16. 63 17 London 52 11 59 15 Luxmbrg 45 7 46 8 Madrid 61 16 46 8 Majorca 61 16 41 5 Malaga 63 17 55 13 Malta 63 17 50 10 Manchstr 46 8 52 11 Montreal 52 52 11 Moscow sn 32 41 5 Munich 46 50 10 Naples 57 14 48 9 N. York 41 41 5 Nice 59 15 55 13 Oslo 30 -1 46 8 Paris 50 10 63 17 Prague 39 54 12 Reykjavik 39 61 16 Rome 59 15 52.11 Sickhlm sn 34 1 63 17 Tel Aviv C. 79 26 45 Toronto 25 -4 48 9 Tunis 55 15 30 I Valencia 66 19 46 8 Venice 54 12 52 11 45 48 9 Warsaw 39 4 48 9 Zurich 54 12 66 19 f-fair; -rain: sn-snow. Temperatures lunchtime generally.

SKIING CONDITIONS The following snow reports were re ceived yesterday from representatives 0 the Ski Club of Great Britain: Con- Weather Depth ditions Temp(H) piste o.P. 5 pin Andermatt 36 116 45 Avoriaz 64 80 39 Isola 2000. 84 112 D. 37 La Plagne 74 112 32 36 Niederau 80 pr fa 59. St Anton 14 156 fa 39 Zermatt 52 100 41 The following reports have been received from other sources: Aber Staff 17 Aldermaston 6 Amersham 11 Anchorians 13 Ashford, Kent 13 Aylesbury 10 Bk of Eng 11 Barclays Bk 6 Beeston 4 11 Berkhamsted 4 Stortford 3 Blueharts 16 Bournem 'th 6 Bournville 16 6 Bromley 13 Broxbourne 8 Burnt Ash 11 CmbridgeC 13 Cmbs Nmds 11 Canterbury 10 Cheam .15 Chelmsford 9 Chichester 8 of Oxford 5 Cliftonville 11 Coventry NW 14 Crawley 12 Crowboro 3 Crydn Gas 13 Crydn MO 5 Derwent 4 E.

Devon ..13 E.Grnstead 16 Enfield ..11 Epsom 6 Exeter Crk 10 Fruhm Com 9 Firebrands 15 Folkestone Opts ..15 Fords 7 Gloucs C'. 12 Gore Court 11 Gravesend Harborne 14 Harpenden L- Harrow 00 6 3 6 00 10 6 00 6 00 2 11 4 6 00 08 en 13 6 006 3 10 00 01 00 4 10 000 10 00 64 11 51 10 36 6 69 32 60 37 101 43 106 31 47 52 54 36 40 18 52 74 23 37 10 46 44 54 31 65 13 25 68 0 33 39 42 45 33 00 40 60 27 43 4 00 35 00 28 00 17 30 26 26 34 40 24 UT 51 27 15 GERMANY Depth State of 1 Piste Temp. (F) Bechtesgaden 16 pr Garmisch 10 20 fa Hindelang 14 24 spr 56 Kleinwalsertal 24 52 spr Mittenwald 0.4 10 pr Ober 8 16 pr Oberstaufen 28 44 on 25 ITALY Abetone 40 60 Bardonecchia 36 108 Canazci 20 64 Cervinia 72 140 Claviere 88 120 Cortina 56 Corvara 72 Livigno 44 58 Macugnaga 40 120 Madesimo 60 124 Madonna di C. 72 140 San Martino 64 104 Selva 28 56 Sestriere 88 112 Vipiteno 0 48 SWITZERLAND Adelboden 12 60 spr Arosa- 42 48 spr Braunwald 40 60 spr Champery 8 48 I Chateau d'Oex 4 28 spr Disentis 20 68 spr Flims 24 60 spr Gstaad 32 spr Klosters 24 70 Kandersteg 12 24 spr Lenzerheide 20 36 Les Diablerets 20 80 spr Leysin 4 32 spr Morgins 00 48 hd Pontresina NC 64 sn Saanenmoser 8 32 spr Saas-Fee 36 80 0 St Moritz 34 56 0 A Villars 12 40 spr Wildhaus 16 52 36 Key: 1-lower slopes: u--upper slopes; -cloud; -fine: fa- fair: g- good: hd- pr- -rain; S- sunny; sn- snow; spr- spring; v- varied: -piste; o.P.- -off Piste. Depths in inches.

SCOTLAND Cairngorms: main runs and lower slopes: all runs complete, wet snow. Vertical runs: 1,800 feet. Access roads: clear. Snow level: 2,000 feet. Glenshee: main runs: all runs complete, spring snow.

Lower slopes: ample nursery areas. spring snow. Snow level: 2,000 feet. Glen Coe: main runs: all complete, wet snow on a firm base. Lower slopes: all runs complete, wet snow.

Vertical runs: 1,300 feet. Access roads: clear. Snow level: 2.300 feet. Forecast for ski-ing areas for, Friday: dry and bright morning, becoming cloudy with rain in afternoon. Continuing in mild with freezing level above mountain tops.

Southerly wind, becoming strong in afternoon. Outlook for Saturday: starting cloudy with occasional becoming brighter in afternoon. III IV 1 A 20 35 50 24 45 38 48 25 21 14 39 24 25 30 37 14 31 15 36 12 39 30 57 26 33 18 33 11 66 55 54 28 62 35 33 24 25 30 Folkstn Opt 10 Gavesend 13 Green Drag 12 Harpenden 9 Harrow 9 Hayes Hemel Hmpstd Hendon .10 Kidderminster 9 Lloyds Bank 11 Long Sutton 11 Marden Rusts 9 Nat West 7 Neston 11 Newbury NPL 9 Orpington 7 Oxford Etcrs 6 Peterborough 11 Potters Bar ..11 DL A A 3 4 83 42 RAE Farnbr 14 0 3 62 23 0 7 99 36 Redland 17 2 81 18 5 5 56 25 Reed 13 0 6 57 38 3 4 39 28 Ascot 13 0 0 52 11 47 31 Sandpipers 30 30 00 3 46 24 6 25 32 Sevenoaks 7 4 30 20 6 Southmptn 12 CO 41 21 4 51 39 Southgate 10 3 41 29 5 38 19 Southwick ..11 3 4 54 24 63 27 Sunbury ....11 3 61 17 60 18 46 33 Thames Towcester Poly 11 1 8 60 36 36-34 41 14 36 12 Wallington 12 10 39 18 21 29 West Witney 11 4 37 19 33 23 Wimbledon 10 4 35 18 28 13 Winchester 8 5 34 16 21 15 Winchmore 12 4 9 53 34 50 23 Wrekin .10 2 51 22 3 2 61 17 Wychwood ..12 2 12 79 65.