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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MONDAY, MAY 23, 1994 S5 SPORT 5 AXA LAW SUNDAY Bowled Mal Loye, of Northants, is the first of Martin Bicknell's five victims Picture: FRANK COPPI Change of pace for Atherton By Clive Ellis Lancashire (170-2) bt Kent (166-9) by 8 wkts MIKE ATHERTON not only ended up being somewhere else yesterday after a hasty detour from Lord's. He was also someone else. A worthy addition to the volume of quirky quiz questions will be: when did Atherton play for Derbyshire? The answer lay in the name emblazoned on the back of the England captain's vivid red Sunday costume. He had to borrow pace bowler Nick Derbyshire's gear, though it was always the intention for Atherton to play here if England's match had been completed on Saturday, and he could perhaps claim a severe case identity crisis for his failure with the bat. He was caught behind for at Canterbury two in the midst of an excellent opening spell by Alan Igglesden, but Kent had noone else to maintain the pressure on a pitch far from tailor-made for strokeplay.

Graham Lloyd and John Crawley added 157 for the second wicket in 32 overs as Lancashire completed their first victory over another county this season with 19 balls to spare. Crawley's increasing brilliance, in an innings of 91, echoed the evening sunshine, though he was fortunate when Trevor Ward's backward momentum took him over the boundary rope at deep square leg as he made a neat catch. The key to Lancashire's success in the field was in Martin's dismissals of the normally prolific Ward and Carl Hooper. Reeve times it right By Bryon Butler Warwicks (106-5) bt Somerset (105-7) by 5 wkts THERE was a mischievous twist in the script but Warwickshire won with five wickets and four balls to spare after Monsoon rain and marshy patches had reduced the game to 20 overs a side. Warwickshire's target was less than intimidating and Brian Lara, naturally, was supposed to win the game on own, but, after scything a six into the old pavilion, he chopped a ball from Paul Bird on to his leg stump with his score at 11.

Bird may need a little introduction. He is a 23-yearold 6 ft 3 in former bank clerk whose brisk pace helped the Optimists of Bristol win the National Club Competition at Lord's a cou- at Taunton ple of years ago and Mr Lara was his first wicket as a Somerset professional. It was Lara's score since the Big Knock. Somerset, however, did not score enough runs to capitalise on Bird's mark on history. Mark Lathwell breezily hit four fours in his 31 and Andy Hayhurst took 15 from an over by Tim Munton but their batting lacked conviction against well directed bowling and aggressive fielding.

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Stewart at Southampton Hants (159) bt Middlesex (158-5) by 10 wickets HAMPSHIRE'S Jekyll and Hyde start to the season continues. Woeful in four-day cricket but highly competitive, in are the staring day the game, distinct possibility of losing the founday match champions against by an innings but rolled Mike Gatting's men over yesterday with a 10-wicket victory. Winning the toss was an important factor for Mark Nicholas as the ball seamed around to start with. The captain had a moment of glory when he ran out Mike Roseberry with a direct hit from midwicket. Local legend has that the last time that happened there was a Labour Government.

Winston Benjamin accounted for Mark Ramprakash and Gatting so, at 79 for five after 27 overs, Middlesex were stuck firmly in the glue. To be honest, Middlesex's performance in this game looked thoroughly lackadaisical apart from when John Carr and Keith Brown, so often their middle-order saviours, put on 70 for the last 10 overs. Tony Middleton and Paul Terry went quietly about business and stroked their way to victory with nary an alarm at all. Bicknell thwarted By D. J.

Rutnagur at the Northants 53-7 Surrey: No result A DEVASTATING spell by Martin Bicknell, who took five wickets for only 12 runs, was of no avail to Surrey, whose run of seven wins in all competitions was halted by the weather, rather than the opposition. Having interrupted play when Northamptonshire were 40 for five, the rain returned to deny Surrey the chance to reply. The contest was reduced to 29 overs a side after the initial 83- minute stoppage. The ball swung prodigiously in damp conditions and, starting with the dismissal in his second over of Mal Loye, who was comprehensively bowled, Bicknell took his first three wickets for one run, in 12 balls. Rob Bailey was superbly held by Monte Lynch, at slip, and Alec Stewart took catch behind to account for Alan Fordham.

In his sixth over, Bicknell claimed Allan Lamb and David Capel both lbw with consecutive balls. Lamb had arrived by helicopter after attending the christening of the newlyarrived son of Earl Spencer, in Brinkley. Lamb is the infant's godfather. NICOLA Fairbrother, the world lightweight judo champion, took a silver and featherweight Debbie Allan a yesterday to add to the collection of five medals Britain won at the European Championships on Saturday. Fairbrother, 23, beat Ursula Myren, from Sweden, in the semi-final, but made uncharacteristic mistakes in the final against Jessica Gal, of Holland.

Allan, 18, confirmed her potential by taking the bronze after coming back from two scores down to beat Marina Kovriguina, of Russia. Middleweight Rowena Sweatman and light-middleweight Ryan Birch, a couple who last year started a judo teaching business, won gold on the same day, while Olympic silver medallist, Ray Stevens, lost in the final to Poland's Pavel Nastula. Light-middleweight Diane Bell took a silver, and lightheavyweight Kate Howie conceded a score the seconds of her semi diving ATHLETICS: Colin Jackson made a fine start to his outdoor season in the 110m hurdles and the 100m as a guest in Wales' two-day international against Israel, Scotland and Turkey in Istanbul. Jackson clocked 13.23sec for the hurdles and 10.36 on the flat. Wales won the men's match but the Turks took the overall title thanks to their women's team.

Angie Hulley, of Leeds, overcame a heavy cold to win the women's national 10km road race title in Liverpool yesterday in 34min 16sec. walker Vicky Lupton, from Sheffield, was disqualified for 'lifting' after crossing the line first in the women's national 5,000 metres event at Birmingham on Saturday. Melanie Wright, of Nuneaton, was promoted to first place. CYCLING: Miguel Indurain suffered a rare defeat in a time trial yesterday when France's Armand de las Cuevas won the 4.3-mile opening GOLF Father helps Romero get back in the swing By Richard James in Rome ARGENTINA's Eduardo Romero held off a stirring challenge from Greg Turner, the defending champion from New Zealand, to squeeze to a one-shot victory in the Tisettanta, Italian Open at Marco Simone club in heatwave conditions yesterday. After tugging his last drive into the rough he coaxed in a tricky six-foot second putt for a 67 and a 16-under-par 272 tally to earn his fifth Tour title and £75,000 as Turner, who closed with a 64 to win a year ago at Modena, fired an eight-birdie 65 for 273 and £50,000.

Romero was out in 32 and never over par a tribute to swing made under the watchful of his teaching professional father, also Eduardo, at the Cordoba club in recent weeks. Overnight leader Fredrik Lindgren, of Sweden, shot 71 for 275 to edge into third place a stroke ahead of Britain's Paul Eales (71), Swede Anders Forsbrand (68), en American Peter Teravainen (67), Australian Robert Allenby (66) and South African John Bland (70). Lancastrian Eales, who opened the week with a 65, had hoped to follow his win in Spain's Extremadura Open with success number two to go to the top of the European but one of the first seven greens in going out in 34. ITALIAN OPEN (Rome) Leading final scores (GB Ireland unless stated) 272--E Romero (Argentina) 69. 67, 69, 67.

273-G Turner (NZ) 69, 69, 70, 65. 275-F Lindgren (Sweden) 71, 64, 69, 276-R Allenby (Australia) 70, 71, 69. 66. Teravainen (US) 71, 73, 65, 67, A Forsbrand (Sweden) 73, 69, 66, 68: Bland (S Africa) 70, 67, 69, 70; Eales 65, 70. 70, 71 277-R Lee 71, 68, 69, 69.

278-M Harwood (Australia) 71, 72, 69, 66; Nobilo (NZ) 70. 66. 72, 70; Price (Australia) 73, 67. 68. 70 279-P Affleck 71, 70.

69, 69. 280-J Spence 70, 72, 71, Rafferty 67. 71 73,69. 281-M Mackenzie 72. 67.

73,69. Clark 70, 69, 73, 69; Nelson (US) 69, 70 72, 70; Boxall 68. 71, 69, 73 282-S Bennett 70, 69, 72, 71 Tom Lehman, in a performance deemed "unbelievable'' by Jack Nicklaus. eased the pain Masters loss with a echis five-stroke triumph vesterday in the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio. Just as he did six weeks ago in Augusta.

Lehman took a lead into the final round. But instead of letting it get away, he simply built on it in completing not only his first triumph on the tour but the most one- victory of the season. Lehman's fourth consecutive five par 67 produced total 20-under par 268, three strokes better than the course and tournament record of 271 set by Hal Sutton in 1986. MEMORIAL T'MENT (Dublin, Ohio) Leading final scores (US unless stated) 268-T Lehman 67, 67, 67, 67 273-G Norman (Australia) 70, 69. 70.

64 276-J Cook 67, 69, 69, 71. 277-D Hammond 69. 69, 70, 69. 278-D Edwards 69, 67, 72, 70 279-R Gamez 77. 69, 66, 67.

280-B Crenshaw 72, 66, 74, 68: Brooks 64. 75, 70, 71 WOMEN'S GOLF WOMEN'S AMATEUR GOLF Fairclough foiled Hall has resolve by birdie barrage to call the shots By Bill Johnson in Lisbon By Lewine Mair COSTA AZUL WOMEN'S OPEN (Aroeira, Lisbon) Leading final scores (GB Ireland unless stated): 140-S Mendiburu (France) 70, -L Fairclough 70, 71. 143 -J Morley 73, 70; Hammond 72, 71; Wadsworth 70, 73; Dassu (Italy) 69, 74. 144 -S Nicklin 71, 73. 145- Hodge 74, 71; Navarro (Spain) 72, 73; Duffy 72, 73.

146-R Lautens (Switzerland) 74, 72. Other British: 149 -P Grice-Whittaker 77, 72. 150-A Shapcott 75, 75; Madill 75, 75; Hall 74, 76; Wright 73, 77. 151-J Brown 76, 75. 152-S Elliott 77, 75; Craik 76, 76; Dicks 78, 74; Brighouse 75, 77.

153-S Bennett 77, 76; Barnard 76, 77: Furby 75, 78; Stewart 80, 73. 154 Soulsby 77, 77; Smith 77, 77; Moult 74, 80. 155 Forbes 77, 78. 156-K Douglas 81, 75. 157-A Johns 80, 77.

158 Hanna 80, 78. 159-T Yarwood 77, 82; Rundle 79, 80; Robinson 81, 78; Dowling 82, 77; Hast 82, 77. 160-C Swallow 80, 80; White 82, 78. 161-R Bolas 83, 78. Eduardo Romero.

out in 32 and never over par in his final 67 Money List. On a day of birdies galore he managed only two. He could still move into the top two, however, after this week's Volvo PGA championship at Wentworth to earn US Open place. Four birdies in the opening holes set Turner, who has to go easy on practice after rupturing a tendon sheath in his left wrist two years ago, on his way. In a storming finish, he holed from seven feet to birdie the 16th and then downing a putt of 40 feet for a two at 17 before bravely pitching close from 40 yards at the last after a bunkered drive to be home in 32.

LAURA DAVIES narrowly missed out her third straight win on the US Tour yesterday, finishing second in the Lady Keystone Open at Hershey, Pennsylvania. But the world No 1 had the consolation of becoming the first player to top $500,000 on the US women's tour this season after collecting the prize of $37,237. Davies" shot a final round one-under-par 71 to finish on 212, one shot behind American Elaine Crosby. LADY KEYSTONE OPEN (Hershey, Pennsylvania). Leading final scores (US unless stated): 211-E Crosby 69, 72, 70.

212-L Davies (GB) 70, 71, 71. 213 Skinner 70, 71, 72; King 70, 70, 73.214 Daghe 69, 74, 71; Barrett 75, 67, 72; McGeorge 74, 68, 72; Berteotti 66, 75, 73. SPORTS ROUND Fairbrother's silver adds to glittering day event in the Tour of Italy at Bologna. Indurain, who is seeking a third successive victory, was 5 sec behind de las Cuevas, while Endrio Leoni led an Italian one-two-three in the 53-mile morning stage. The Welsh national squad of Steve Colloby, Alun Owen, Matthew Postle and Richard Wooles set an unofficial British record of 1hr 0min 42sec for 50km in the Sturbridge CC team time-trial yesterday.

Two three- man England teams did not record times after failing to get their third rider home. Richard Prebble and Stuart Dangerfield finished in for an England A team but Matthew Illingworth unshipped his chain four times, and while Paul Jennings and Peter Longbottom recorded for the team, Simon Lillistone did not finish because he had a viral infection. GOLF: Brian Huggett, the Welsh former Ryder Cup player, won the £100,000 Spanish Seniors Open at La Manga yesterday, beating David Snell and Malcolm Gregson in a sudden-death play-off. The trio tied on a oneunder-par total seven after Gregson shot a par 65, Snell, the 60-year-old 1959 PGA matchplay champion, had four birdies in his final five holes and Huggett birdied last three. Huggett took the a -off with a five-wood to three feet which set up an eagle-putt.

MOTORCYCLING: World champion Jordi Tarres, from Spain, led the fourth round of the world trials champion- HOCKEY Hounslow serve up a treat to foil Dutch By Cathy Harris Romero looked unlikely to score his first win since taking the Spanish and French Open titles in 1991 when he threeputted the first for a par five but he was swiftly back into his stride with a two from eight feet at the next. It sparked a spectacular spurt of birdie-eagle-birdie, a putt of eight feet dropping for his three at the long third and another seven-footer going in for his three at the next as he swept out in 32. Lindgren, by contrast, was having to scramble for his figures. He pitched close for birdie fours at the first and third and single-putted all Picture: MARK NEWCOMBE NEVER was it easier to pinpoint the shots which made the difference. In winning what was her second English championship, Julie Hall, 27, hit a drive and a two-iron to board the green at the 435- yard 16th on The Berkshire's Blue course.

She then holed from six feet for the eagle which saw her one up and went on to defeat Suzanne Sharpe at the 18th. Hall maintained it was not too long ago that she would have cracked under the kind of pressure she experienced on Saturday. Sharpe, very much the underdog, simply refused to lie down, holing one -packed putt after another in the sodden conditions. It is Mickey Walker. Solheim Cup captain and coach to the Curtis Cup squad, who has helped to make Hall so much less brittle.

She has polished her game in all departments and, at the same time, installed a more deep- confidence. Sharpe, 22, similarly demonstrated plenty in the way of belief. Indeed. English officialdom must have drawn much encouragement from the way this relative newcomer reacted to her morning's work. Far from patting Al-Tayer was the runner-up, seven seconds behind the winner, and the world champion, Khalfan Hareb, finished third.

Britain's Steve Curtis led what remained of a fleet decimated by heavy swells to take fourth place at an average speed of 90.17 mph. SNOOKER: Allison Fisher, the world No 1 and defending champion, captured five frames in a row as she claimed the women's world championship title for the seventh time in nine seasons in New Delhi, India, on Saturday. Fisher, 26, beat Stacey Hillyard 7-3. LAWN TENNIS: Davis Cup players Mark Petchey and Sapsford were surprisingly beaten in the Everest national club league yesterday, though their respective teams. David Lloyd Raynes Park and Castle Farm Newcastle, won their matches and meet in the final on Saturday.

Petchey was beaten 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 by Danny Ward, of Clearview, while Sapsford lost 6-4, 7-6 to Jeff Hunter. THREE PEAKS: Dick Skipworth, of Aylesbury, skippered his 37ft Morrison trimaran Severalles Challenge to victory in a record time of 35hr 57min 20sec in the Isle of Jura Scottish Islands Peaks Race. WATER POLO: Coventry regained the ASA Women's Championship with an 11-7 victory over Sheffield at Hucknall on Saturday to complete the national league and cup double. Andrea Norris scored four goals and Liz Green and Sally Vockins two apiece as Coventry claimed their seventh club championship in eight years. WOMEN'S FOOTBALL: Arsenal caused an upset by beating the FA Women's Cup winners and treble Doncaster Belles at Hendon yesterday.

Doncaster have four games in hand, which could still give them the Premier Division title. in Bloemendaal, Holland HOUNSLOW yesterday succeeded in doing two things here that no other side has achieved when they beat Bloemendaal 2-1 and silenced the home crowd in the European Club Championships. Their deserved victory in front of more than 7,000 4 home supporters also helped them to clinch a place in today's medal play-off for the the against German team, Durkheim, with Glasgow Western taking on Ipswich for third spot in the women's section. Both German title-holders, Uhlenhorst's men and Russelsheim, qualified for the finals against Dutch opponents Bloemendaal and HGC respectively. Hounslow seldom allowed Bloemendaal to create scoring chances and went ahead after eight minutes when Bobby Crutchley slid in to reverse-stick the ball home after Jon Rees burst down the right wing and delivered a perfect cross.

The hosts responded in the 16th minute when Ted Schopman took advantage of a deflection and scored from close range. But within a minute Hounslow's captain, Dave Hacker, made it 2-1 when he finished clinically following Nick Gordon's break along the by-line. Injury-hit Ipswich came close to clinching a place in the final but, needing only a draw to qualify and after holding on for 59 minutes against the seven-times former champions, HGC, they lost 1-0. The Suffolk team were missing their best forward, Sarah Bamfield, when she tore ankle ligaments on Saturday, and after 26 minutes yesterday, Helen Bray suffered a nasty thumb injury and took no further part in the match. Ipswich's international goalkeeper, Thompson, is also doubtful for today's match after sustaining a rib muscle injury when she dived to save a penalty corner.

The Dutch side, including seven past and present internationals, dominated for most of the game, but determined tackling and tight marking by Ipswich, who successfully defended 10 penalty corners, prevented them from breaking the deadlock. But with 11 minutes left, the Dutch broke down the left and as the ball took several deflections into the circle, Miranda van Brimbergen was left with an easy tap-in for winner. Glasgow Western also finished on a high note when they held Russelsheim to 1-1 to earn their place in the bronze medal -off against Ipswich. In a scrappy encounter, the Germans took the lead in the 41st minute through Susi Muller, with Sue MacDonald levelling from the penalty spot eight minutes later after she was brought down. Details S11 SANDRINE Mendiburu, of France, yesterday produced a late barrage of birdies to slip past Britain's Lora Fairclough with a final round of 70 to complete maiden Tour victory in the Costa Azul Open at Aroeira, Lisbon.

In the rain-troubled tournament in which two days play were lost, Mendiburu, 21, had two rounds of 70 for a four-under-par aggregate of 140 to finish one stroke clear of Fairclough, who added a 71 to her opening 70. Fairclough did little dropping only one stroke' to par over the two days, but could muster only one birdie in her final round. At the time it looked a winning total, for Mendiburu the sixth holes on had seropped early shots at her way to the turn in 37. Then Mendiburu chipped from under the trees to eight feet for a birdie at the long 15th before recording birdies at the next two holes. She then holed from 30 and four feet at the 16th and 17th, but at the 18th hit her five iron heavy leaving herself 60 yards short of the green.

But the Frenchwoman hit a superb wedge to four feet for her four and victory. herself on the back for a good performance, she was rueing the eight-footer she had short on a wet 14th green. "If you don't take your chances you don't said she. matter-of-factly. The rain had done its best to wipe out the proceedings but, thanks to the contribution of Bob Moreton and his squeegeeing team, it failed to douse the excitement of what was one of the best finals in modern times.

For the record, Hall round in 70 to Sharpe's 73. ENGLAND TEAM (European Junior Team Ch'ships, Vienna July 6-10) Brown (Heswall), Buxton (Woodsome Hall). Fields (Falmouth): Head (Goodwood). A Murray (Lancaster); Simpson (Cleckheaton District) Res: Nugent (Brookmans Park), Rostron (Clitheroe) Forster (North Foreland): Bailey (Whittington Heath Capt: Stirling (Meon Valley) Catriona Matthew, of North Berwick, repeated the first part of the winning treble she achieved last vear when retaining the Scottish Women's Championship with a one- -hole victory over Stirling University's Valerie Melvin at Gullane. East Lothian.

Now she is looking forward to the next two stages. the St Rule Trophy at St Andrews at the weekend. and the British Matchplay title at Newport next month. ship after yesterday's first day in Osnabruck, Germany. Britons Steve Colley and Dougie Lampkin were seventh and ninth respectively with the final two laps on the same course to be completed today.

MOTOR RACING: Paul Stewart Racing's Gil de Ferran claimed pole position for today's second round of the European Formula 3000 championship at Pau in the South West of France yesterday. The Surrey-based Brazilian clocked 1min 09.632sec to line up alongside Italy's Vincenzo Sospiri on the front row for the 72-lap race. Scotland's Allan McNish did well to qualify his Vortex Reynard on the fourth row and carries Britain's hopes after Oliver Gavin crashed his Lola in practice due to brake problems. The 21-year-old Bedford driver was unhurt. RUGBY UNION: Scotland field a blend of experienced forwards and young backs for the first game of their tour of Argentina, against Buenos Aires, tomorrow.

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