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1 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1996 5 COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY LEAGUE Northants are overtaken at top of the table after late onslaught Cowdrey blast tips treble Surrey scales Kent's way still on Up and under. Richard collects more runs during against steady bowling, making 36 off the first 10 overs. Then came the acceleration as Richard Montgomerie chipped in with an impressive 66 off 76 balls. Having reached 95 for two at the halfway mark (10 less than Kent at the same stage), Northants were galvanised by a terrific innings from Tony Penberthy, Twice he swung Hooper for huge leg- AXA EQUITY AND LAW SUNDAY LEAGUE -UP Durham sink to new low in 88-run defeat WARWICKSHIRE, clinging on to their best chance of adding to six trophies in three years, brushed aside Durham by 88 runs at ton when dismissing the bottom side for their lowest total in the Sunday competition. Simon Brown's first match as Dur.

ham's stand-in captain began isingly as Warwickshir6 struggled at 118 for six. They recovered to 187 for eight (Shaun Pollock 56 off 55 balls) and then humbled Durham for 99 as Gladstone Small took four for 14. Durham's openers fell to Trevor Penney's brifliance in the field. Stewart Hutton was caught at ward point off Pollock and Sherwin Campbell was run out by a direct hit. James Boiling (27) survived three chances in becoming the only Dur.

ham player to score more than 20, but was then the first of two victims in successive deliveries from Small. By Geoffrey Dean at Northampton Kent (236-6) beat Northants (235-7) by four wickets WITH 11 overs remaining, Kent needed 95 with six wickets in hand to maintain their challenge in the Sunday league. Nigel Llong hit two sixes off Jeremy Snape in the next over, and the requirement became 80 from the final 10 overs. Graham Cowdrey then played one of his one-day specials to win a gripping with eight balls to spare. So Northamptonshire slip from top spot, while Kent now have an outside chance of retaining their title.

Cowdrey's unbeaten 52 came off just 36 balls, and included some hard-struck bottom-hand shots into and over the midwicket fence. He received some good support from Will House, the Cambridge Blue, who belied his inexperience to make an important 17 off 13 balls. Kent were pinned back at the start of their innings by a miserly Curtly Ambrose. But Kevin Curran's introduction led to a rapid increase in the scoring rate as Fleming pulled him for six and then hit him for three successive offside fours. In between, he was dropped when 29 by Ambrose on the deep midwicket boundary off Curran.

This proved crucial. Fleming rampaged on to make 72 off 74 balls, before swinging across a straight one from David Capel, having earlier deposited him for a straight six. Capel had already had Carl Hooper lbw playing across, and when he bowled Trevor Ward, Kent, at 141 for four in the 29th over, were now the underdogs. They still were when Capel capped a fine spell by missing "Liong in the 51sP over. But the excellence of the pitch and the depth in Kent's batting proved important.

Northants, began slowly Derbyshire's title hopes disap. peared when they lost on run-rate in their game against Sussex Hove, Minute fractions rain were involved, but a miss proved to be as good as four points, and Sussex were worth their win. Both sides contained two players making their county debuts. Mike Newell, brother of Keith, helped settle the match with 42 balls, though fellow newcomer Giles wood, a left-hander from Lancing College, made no impression. Glenn Roberts, a useful-looking left spinner from Yorkshire, bowled well for Derbyshire without much luck: David Womble, a from Stoke, proved expensive, Pacer Derbyshire built their total of 255 on a punishing 88 by Chris Adams, amazingly his first Sunday fifty of the season.

Robinson races to aid Notts revenge Notts (139-1) bt Middlesex (137) by nine wickets By D. J. Rutnagur NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, humiliatingly beaten by Middlesex in the championship on Saturday, outplayed them in every department to gain a resounding victory, Their target in a' match was not demanding, but they batted with such a flourish that they with 41 overs to spare. Tim Robinson set the tone with an unbeaten 66, scored Golfers. A Club that makes your money go further.

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He refused to comment yesterday on the Surrey rumour, but his brusque demeanour suggested that it was true. Surrey, in a letter to Sussex, have denied making an approach. A migration players such as Salisbury among clubs is bound to increase within the next few years, whether championship is split into two divisions or not. Provided some sophisticated transfer regulations can be introduced to prevent excessive traffic, the trend should ensure every player can maximise his career. Salisbury, Northampton born and MCC nurtured, has all the right reasons for leaving Hove.

As an England legspinner, he wants to "win something" and desires a change after seven years' service. Speculation about dressing-room discontent seems to add weight to his decisionce pension scheme, which began this year, should eventually loosen the power of the benefit, a feudal system that effectively ties the better players to their county for 10 years. A few England players give up their benefit prospects for a move, such as John Stephenson from Essex to Hampshire last season, but these occasions are rarer than they should be. If the professional clubs insist that development compensation should be paid for transferred young players, Staffordshire and other minor counties should do rather well. It so happens that Sussex, who have never won the championship, could move into contention if they Derbyshire at Hove serious, today.

They need only 185, with eight wickets standing, and their task has been simplifled by the injury to Colin Wells, Derbyshire's former Sussex -rounder, who. jarred his back bowling on Saturday, Four counties have marched past Yorkshire during their two consecutive defeats at the top, including Essex. Peter Such collected wickets with his off. breaks in an innings victory over Somerset at Taunton for a fourth win in a row. Leicestershire, aiming to regain first place, were halted in their tracks by Tony Cottey at Swansea, his home club, with an all-round performance that bordered on fantasy.

Cottey added a career-best 203 to his best bowling return of four for 49, and combined with Ottis Gibson Love break. record Glamorgan's that had stood since 1947. MINOR COUNTIES Larkins hits 1,000 mark By Mike Berry WAYNE LARKINS, the former England batsman, reached 1,000 Minor Counties Championship runs this season on the first day of Bedfordshire's game with Cumberland at Dunstable yesterday, Larkins scored 101 not out his sixth championship century and needs 213 runs with a maximum of three more innings to overhaul the record aggregate of 1,212 runs in a season by Alan Brazier for Surrey II in 1949. SPORTS ROUND-UP Davies comes on to relieve Welsh worries By Stephen Thorpe at Old Trafford Surrey (202-7) bt Lancs (128) on faster scoring rate SURREY went to the top of the AXA and Equity Law League after victory on a faster scoring rate yesterday and remain well on course for a possible treble Lancashire had slid to 41 for three, chasing 203, before rain interrupted proceedings, but were never in the hunt for a revised target of 182 in 36 overs. Surrey were a spirited outfit field, helped by all the bowlers, especially Martin Bicknell (three for 25) and Joey Benjamin (two for 22), maintaining a consistent line on an easy pitch.

Nick Speak (33) and Graham Lloyd (24) made some headway, but the rest offered only token resistance as Lancashire were eventually dismissed 54 runs short. Surrey had won the toss but soon lost Mark Butcher; and Alistair Brown heaved across the line after a typically forceful 35. They were in dire need of momentum when Darren Bicknell went in a mix-up with Nadeem Shahid. Nadeem responded well after this, making 58 off 82 balls before he was splendidly caught, one-handed, by Neil Fairbrother. Generally Lancashire's kept a tight rein bowlers, Brendon Julian, in making a quick 22.

lifted Mike Watkinson on to the committee room roof. Glen Chapple (three for 29) was the pick of the Lancashire attack, with good support from Richard Green and Gary Yates, part of the raft of young talent striving for recognition. Indeed. Yates has appeared in all one-day matches this season. Both Surrey and Lancashire are involved in Nat West semi-finals.

Lancashire rested Peter Martin, still suffering from a troublesome back spasm. Austin, in tion for their tie against Yorkshire, taken none, induced a collapse after Glamorgan had been 79 for one, Leicestershire were indebted to a rapid partnership of 91 in only overs for the fifth wicket from Ben Smith (80) and Darren Maddy Peter Bowler had a large say in proceedings at Taunton yesterday as Somerset eased home with seven balls remaining against Essex in a match reduced to 32 overs each. The acting captain, backed up by a halt-century from Mark Lathwell, finished on 68 in an unbroken 57-run partnership with Richard Harden. Earlier, Bowler pegged Essex back by introducing Jason Kerr, the seamer dismissing Ronnie Frani (58) and registering a Sunday league best of three for 27 as Essex lost their last six wickets for 28. Hampshire's clash against Gloucestershire at Southampton was washed out.

WALES wlaunchedscheis remaining. Bolts's sprint rugby rest. Johan qualifying campaign with Museeuw leads the World victory at the Cardiff HSOB Cup with five events left. Sevens yesterday, though in Andy Wilkinson broke the the end they had Jonathan British 100-mile record yesDavies to thank for saving terday when he won Wester- Montgomerie, the Northants his Sunday afternoon 66 side sixes, and later he dumped Fleming over the long-off boundary, Penberthy's 70 took only 55 balls, but he was given a costly life when 29. after a misunderstanding between Hooper and wicketkeeper Simon Willis.

Penberthy's top- edged sweep off Hooper could have been caught by either bowler or wicketkeeper, but each opener, watches as he Picture: FRANK COPPI saw the other going for the catch and neither even got hand to the ball. Despite this drop. Kent's fielding was an important difference between the two sides. Dean Headley took two good catches to add to some impressive bowling. Llong ran out Capel, later.

held a catch on the boundary to dismiss Penberthy at a crucial time. Keith Greenfield was the Sussex winner, striking 60 at a run a ball and sharing a third wicket stand of 73 in 12 overs with captain Alan Wells, who had made 38 when he was caught off Roberts. Newell and Danny Law later added 58 in 36 balls for the fifth wicket to accelerate Sussex at the crucial time, Newell, on 48, was bowled by Kim Barnett immediately before the downpour, but Sussex had already victory, ing it past the 197 required to finish on 200 for five off 33.5 overs. Glamorgan's batsmen had no answer to the Leicestershire spin combination of Matthew Brimson and Gregor MacMillan as they subsided to a 60-run defeat at Swansea. On a pitch which turned prodigiously, Brimson who had previously taken only two wickets in the league and MacMillan, who had bats well for his pig roast TOUR Rhodes MATCH By Brian Bearshaw at Worcester Third day of four: Worcester.

shire (77 and 239-6), need 212 runs to beat South Africa A (202 and 325) fell on the first day staggered THIS ITINERARY HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY TAILORED FOR READERS OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, INCLUDED HIGHLIGHTS its way into a fourth and final COMBINING RUGGED AFRICAN BUSH LANDSCAPE WITH THE SOPHISTICATION OF MAJOR CITIES day helped today. with 109 The overs weather lost AND LEGENDARY THE CHANCE 'BLACK TO KNIGHT' PLAY HIMSELF. YOU WILL EXPERIENCE REPUTE, THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF with South African Airways. COURSES OF INTERNATIONAL MANY DESIGNED BY THE International flights to rain, but Leatherdale and SERVICE AND EXCELLENCE A UNIQUE GOLFING HOLIDAY, GIFT WRAPPED IN COMFORT AND STYLE, Domestic flights with Rhodes played the major South African Airways S.A Airlink. part in the recovery from a 22 MARCH: Evening departure from London 01 APRIL: After early breakfast join the Garden 12 nights accommodation in the bleak position.

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The Wales team were hav. ing their final outing before travelling to Dubai in November for the World Cup qualifying tournament. Eric Lacey, 75, the former president of Leicester, died yesterday after a short illness. He would have completed 50 years of service at the club next year as a player and administrator. LAWN TENNIS: Andre Agassi followed his Olympic victory by successfully defending his title at the ATP Championships with a 7-6, 6-4 victory over Michael Chang in Cincinnati.

Agassi's win ended an excellent run for Chang this summer, which resulted in titles at Washington and Los Angeles. Now ranked at a career high of three in the world Chang had plenty of opportunities to extend his run, holding four set points at 5-4 in the first set. FOOTBALL: Borussia Dortmund, the German champions, and Kaiserslautern, the cup holders, were both beaten by non-league clubs in the first round of this year's cup competition. Dortmund lost 4-3 after extra time to Wattenscheid. The champions, trailing 3-1, levelled with goals from Heiko Herrlich and Stefan Reuter but Frank Blacker scored in the 115th-minute to put the west German side through.

Kaiserslautern beaten by another regional league side, Greuther Fuerth. SHOW JUMPING: Eddie Macken provided his home crowd with a thrilling finale to the Dublin Horse Show yesterday, when he pipped Britain's Robert Smith in the Kerrygold Grand Prix. Macken, 46, riding Schalkhaar, finished fractionally quicker than Smith, who also rode Tees Hanauer to a clear round, Peter Charles, another of the Irish riders, clocked the fastest time of the three- horse jump-off with La Ina, but hit a fence. CYCLING: Udo Bolts, of Germany, celebrated his 30th birthday with victory in the sixth round of the World Cup, San Sebastian sic in northern Spain. Bolts and five others broke clear from a group including Miguel Indurain, Jan Ultrich and last year's winner Lance Armstrong with 12 miles ley RC's event on a course near Didcot, Oxfordshire.

He took more than four minutes off the record held by Ian Cammish since 1983, clocking a time of 3hr 27min 39sec. GOLF: David Russell, the European Tour player, won the £17,000 Rover Midland Professional Championship yesterday, the oldest professional title in the world, dating back to 1897. He finished one stroke clear of former Ryder Cup man Peter Baker. ROVER MIDLAND PRO CH'SHIP (The Warwickshire). Final leading scores: 137-D Russell (Kedleston Park) 68, 69.

138 -N Turley (Kidderminster) 71, 67; Baker (The Warwick shire) 69, 69. 141-K Waters (Grange Park). 73, 68; Wesselingh (Hawkstone Park) 71, 70. SWIMMING: Denis Pankratov, Russia's Olympic champion at 100 and 200 metres butterfly, broke the world 50m record in Mulhouse, France. Pankratov won in 23.68sec to beat the previous record of 24.05sec set by Byron Davis during the American Olympic trials in March.

He now holds the 50m, 100m and 200m world butterfly records. CLAY PIGEONS: Carl Bloxham won an all- English men's final at the World Championships in Hodnet, Shropshire, yesterday. Bloxham, 40. from Stratfordupon-Avon, hit 19 out of a possible 25 targets to win from three -times world champion George Digweed in second and Stuart Clarke. who was third.

SHOOTING: Nigel Ball, from Hampshire, came out on top after a three-day duel with Kent's Chris Weeden to win the British Columbia Grand Aggregate, the overall rifle championship, at the end of Britain's tour of Canada. Ball, winner of the Royal Navy title for many years, scored an impressive total of 555 out of 555, with 93 of his shots in the small central area of the bulls-eyes. AUSTRALIAN RULES: Sydney regained top spot in table by defeating Richmond, with Tony Lock: ett kicking 12 goals for the Swans to take his season's tally to 106. North Mel. bourne slipped to second after losing to Brisbane, "Jason Dunstall booted personal Hawthorn best of 14 Footseray goals as beat while Carlton, the champi ons, lost to Melbourne, David Neita kicking eight goals for the Demons.

POLO: Old Berkshire won Daily Telegraph Trophy, the senior event of the BMW Pony Club Championships, by beating the Cotswold at Cowdray Park yesterday. They started with half goal handicap and reached half time leading With Toby Hartley an able playmaker and good support from James Haigh at back they ran out deserving winners by 61-2. RESULTS SERVICE: SPORT 11 at Trent Bridge off 88 balls, By the time Paul Johnson joined him, Notts had their fourth successive Sunday league victory well in sight, Robinson and the left-handed Mathew Downman having put on 83 for the first wicket overs. The intervention by rain, which caused the number of overs to be curtailed by eight, occured too early to unsettle Middlesex, who batted first. But they gave the impression of being stampeded.

They suffered a major setback when Mark Ramprakash, a victim of an overambitious call for a second run by Jason Pooley, was run out for four. A fourth-wicket partnership between John Carr and Owais Shah raised hopes of a revival. Carr was in full flow and Shah, the teenaged apprentice, improvised like an old hand. They added 41 in 10 overs before Carr holed out to give Chris Cairns the first of his four wickets. Then Shah, who made 38 off 57 balls, was run out at the bowler's end by a direct under-arm throw from midon by Chris Tolley.

Only six overs remained and Keith Dutch justifiably attempted a big hit and was caught by Keith Evans. Keith Brown batted safely and purposefully for 25 before he was yorked by Evans, and the three remaining wickets could muster only 10 runs. England, much encouraged by a convincing win over Zimbabwe on Saturday, must defeat the West Indies at the Lensbury Club in London today to qualify for the semi-finals of the inaugural Lombard Under-15 World Challenge. Group A (Lensbury): England Indies, Zimbabwe India. Group (Oundle): Africa Australia, Sri Lanka Pakistan.

0 A CENTURY partnership between David Leatherdale and Steve Rhodes, two of only three capped players in the Worcestershire team, denied the South Africans victory inside three days. A game in which 26 wickets pig roast TELEGRAPH SPORTS TOUR PROMOTION Gary Player GOLF TOUR SOUTH AFRICA 22 March 5 April 1997 Play some fabulous golf courses enjoy some wonderful sightseeing.