Burton Mail from Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England • 24

-irT Tiff ER WATCH 1 a BARGAIN BASEMENT FORECAST: Siimn or clear intervals isolated showers Wind westerK a i a i strong OUTLOOK: Suiinv inlet jvals and showers some heavy and prolonged TEMPERATURE: (Tues-day) Max U5C (52F) Min 7 SC (4(d) at Stretton Max II 2C (52F) Min 75 (4(d) at Wat nail RAINFALL: (Tuesday): (i 7mm (Stretton) 24mm (Watnall) SUNSHINE: (Tuesday) 0 hours PRESSURE: (Today) 993mb (8 am Stretton) 992mb (10 am Watnall) Trend: Falling slowly LIGHTING-UP TIMES: 629 pm to 7 15 am 7 Your key to savings on anything ii i jl-J i 1 1 i WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22 1986a slaughter SCOREBOARD Allan Lamb had a field day on the farm at I awes today as England beat a South East Queensland Country XI by 58 runs The Northamptonshire batsman who was only in the side because of Bill calf injury hammered an unbeaten 111 off 99 balls before a 450(i-strong crowd at Queensland's Agricultural College Lamb's knock which included 15 fours and a six helped England out of the mire after they had slipped to 90 for four in the 20th over Queensland Country XI England ENGLAND Broad i Drinncn Beattie WN Slack Mabcn Beattie I (rower Drinkwatcr Beattie AJ Lamb not out JJ Whitaker Roberts eys CJ Richards Stanley JE Emburey Mason Dennis AJ DeFrcitas Beattie Dennis Edmonds cb Drinkwatcr NA Foster cb Beattie GC Small not out Extras: The Country side were never in the hunt from then on and were happy to reach 187 for six Spinner Phil Edmonds had 55 knocked off his nine overs but by then England had the contest safely in their pockets It had not looked that easy for the tourists when sawmill manager Simon Beattie cut through early order after John Emburey captain for the day had won the toss 10-10-62-1 Beattie 10050-4 Tcys lOI 48-1 Stanley 101-41-1 Umpires ibblc and Masters SE QUEENSLAND COUNTRY XI Mabcn cb Foster 17 Roberts Emburey Small 4 Mason run out 25 Vcrenkamp st Richards Edmonds 38 Schulte Edmonds Small 13 Stanley not out 34 Tevse Richards DeFrcitas 5 Beattie not out 28 Extras: 13 Total: (6 wkts 50 overs) 187 Fall: 1-14 2-38 3-SO 4-116 5-117 6-130 Bowling: DeFrcitas 102-16-1 Small lO 026-2 Foster 101-34-1 Emburey 102-34-0 Edmonds 9-0-55-1 Slack 1-01 W) runs off the last over which included a no-ball That took England to 245 for nine from their 50 overs with 121 of those runs coming from the last 15 quietly and took 101 minutes over his half-century But his second 50 came up in just 24 minutes helped by slamming 24 Showing no ill-effects from last month's knee operation which prompted him to miss the opening tour match at Bundaberg Lamb started Total: (1 wkts 50 overs) 245 Fall: 1-40 2-78 5-80 4-W 5-1 Id 7-182 8-212 d-221 Bowling: Dennis 10-2-42-2: Drinkwatcr unbeaten Lamb century NEW CASH CRISIS AT ETON PARK Johnson is still SAM: ALBION COULD Joe Johnson aims to be next number one despite a woeful start to his season as world champion by topping the chart rankings with his first record which with a little musical help from his friends Preston band Made In Japan goes into the record shops today Johnson captured the heart of the nation last May when he demolished Steve Davis against all the odds 18-12 in the World Championship final at Sheffield But he has failed to qualify for the televised stages of the first two major tournaments this term and while the remaining 16 go into the fifth round of the Rothman's Grand Prix in Reading today Johnson is trying to find some time in a crowded schedule for the practice he needs to get his game back into shape Were on the Burton Albion chairman Sam Brassington is poised to deliver a new shock warning that the club could go out of business In a hard-hitting letter to be published in full in the Mail tomorrow Brassington says: this club does not achieve very good crowds for the rest of the season whether the team are winning or losing then I cannot see us surviving by good crowds I mean upwards of 1 000 people at every home game Other than that we need a knight in shining armour capable of injecting a very large amount of cash into the club" By Rex Page latest statement comes hard-on-the-heels of other dire warnings about the perilous state of the Brewers' finances He said today: get the impression that people don't think matters are as serious as I have been saying you can take it from me that they are We are losing money by the week and unless the town rallies round to support Burton Albion it won be here for much longer shall give every ounce of my energy to try to turn the club round but unless there is substantial help from the townsfolk of Burton then I will be fighting a losing battle" Hard-up Burton Albion tonight take the first step along the road they hope will lead to a moneyspinning run in new super cup The Brewers travel to meet Multipart League rivals Worksop Town in the qualifying round of the GM Acceptance Corporation Cup And the prize for victory could be a cash-laden tie against one of the giants of the GM Vauxhall Conference Manager Brian Fidler said today: the club is in need of every bit of financial help it can get We will move heaven and earth to get through Fidler is expected to name an unchanged side As part of his bid to save Albion from extinction Brassington has masterminded the relaunch of the 200 Club target is to turn the fund-raising venture into 2000 Club Brasssington said: 1800 people come to the ground in the next month or so and become members of the Brewers' 2000 Club then we would have a marvellous chance of surviving "It costs just £1 a month to join and if we can fill all the places we will he able to offer 1000 prizemoney is a great opportunity for Burton to prove that it wants a top non-league side in the town" While he waits in the wings at Bradford Irish eyes were smiling in Reading last night when Paddy Browne and Ulsterman Dennis Taylor reached the fifth round Browne (21) beat Welsh rookie Mark Bennett 5-0 and now tackles 17-year-old champion Stephen Hendry who defied a stomach upset to cut down Bob Chaperon 5-2 Brassington losing money by the week Prims at the Park Albion Reserves meet Graham St Prims Reserves in a Central Midlands League game at Eton Park tonight Albion from: Bamford Parsons Burke Blower Earley Sibley Heap Hopkins Weston Betteridge Rafferty Williams Warren Joe Johnson Former world champion Taylor sweated it out against John Virgo who hit back from 4-0 down to 4-3 Taylor rolled home a 75 break in frame eight to clinch his fifth round place against stahlemate Tony Meo who edged out John Parrott by the same 5-3 scoreline 3 3 33 rr ft? s3-? 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