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Wightman Cup Tennis ruman sisters keep hopes flickering By LANCE TINGAY in Cleveland Ohio hold on the Wightman Cup almost ended at the Clerk Stadium yesterday but a threatened whitewash was averted at the last moment Peaches Bartkowicz pushed the NEILL SLIP BEATS ARSENAL By ROBERT OXBY Arsenal 0 Everton 1 teams who finished third and fourth in the First Division last season produced a match of such chess-board counterplot at Highbury on Saturday that it would be too facile merely to dismiss it as tedious In strength-sapping humidity the tight discipline seemed certain to produce a negative result until Neill made the crucial error four minutes from the end that at last gave someone a clear chance Royle whose menace had been in constant control was fouled unnecessarily on the edge of the More sport on Pages 7 10 8 The Daily Telegraph Monday August 11 1969 Monday Soccer Commentnay NORTH MIDLANDS OPEN SEASON IN DOMINANT VEIN By DOM AID SAVNDERS TF Northern and Midland clubs carry on as they started the new championship campaign London is destined to suffer another eight months of frustration and disappointment during a fruitless attempt to end a seven-year run of First Division failure West one-goal victory over Newcastle the Cup holders and a sound first performance by Crystal Palace against Manchester United were the only crumbs of comfort Londoners were allowed on what was for them a disastrous opening day Football League attendances on Saturday totalled 711413 drop of 9384 compared with DOGGED HURST TRIUMPHS Bv RADFORD BARRETT West Ham 1 Newcastle 0 1YEFEAT seldom builds confidence but Newcastle failed so narrowly at Upton Park and looked so strong and well organised fore and aft that Joe faith in the talent of his rebuilt side must be firmer than ever For West Ham the solid reward of two points was accompanied by the comforting thought that well though Moncur marshalled his defence it was not proof against the skill and persistence of Hurst Better still the narrow lead achieved in the 67th minute when Hurst hooked flag kick into the near corner of a crowded goal was steadfastly protected thanks to superb goalkeeping by Ferguson and the courage of Stephenson Injured ankle The centre-half fell awkwardly damaging his right ankle early on But no menacing swelling appeared after the match in which he soldiered on doggedly against Davies even challenging him with fair success in the air where the Welsh striker is so often supreme Gibb defending well hut darting through to link aggressively with Foggon another of successes made a good opening for Robson after the interval which he mistimed Then came decisive contribution as he turned aside and headers and a shot hy Foggon almost within handshaking distance of his opponents Vest Ham Ferguson Bonds Charles Peters Stephenson Moore Redknapn Boyce Bennett Hurst Sissons Newcastle McFaul Craig (Dully 66 mins) Clark Gibb Burton Moncur Sinclair Robson Davies A rent oft Foggon amHm Aff a the Few expected Spurs to up- opening day last season though there were fewer matches (one in the First Division and one in the Third) in 1968 Details: Leeds the champions or Chelsea to survive a visit to United States to a 3-0 lead by beating Christine Janes 8-6 6-0 but Mrs Janes came back with her sister Nell Truman to beat Mary-Ann Curtis and Valerie Ziegenfuss 1-6 6-3 6-4 It reduced the American lead to 3-1 with three to play today Each of rubbers will be crucial for Britain and in the first Virginia Wade meets the United States No 1 Nancy Richey Last year Mrs Janes and her sister won the vital 7th rubber The results SATURDAY Miss Heldman (US) bt Miss Wade IGBl 3-6 6-1 3-6 Miss Richey (US) bt Miss Shaw (GB) 8-6 6-2 YESTERDAY Miss Bartkowicz (US) bt Mrs Janes (OB) 8-6 6-0 Mrs Janes Miss Truman (GB i bt Mrs Curtis Miss Ziegenfuss (US) 1-6 6-3 6-4 POP AY'S MATCHES Miss Wade Miss Richey Miss Shaw Miss Heldman Miss Wade Miss Shaw Miss Richey Miss Bartkowicz Balance 9360 5071 2541 21 274 1969 1968 367157 357797 190539 185 -468 97006 99547 56711 77985 Div I Div II Div Ill Div IV Totals 711413 720797 9384 mmmmrn' Jackson the Crystal Palace goalkeeper turns a shot from Law (right) round a post McCormick watches anxiously Solid Palace make impressive start Crystal Palace 2 Manchester United 2 rjpHE computer could scarcely have offered South Londoners a more intriguing introduction to First Division football than a visit by the old masters to the home of the new recruits writes Donald I IIP teams Saunders Crystal Palme Jackson Sewell As 48610 fans the big- THoy' nnd! ljji Lazarus (T Taylor 0) Kember lackson gest gate applauded both teams Queen Biyth onto the surprisingly lush turf Manchester Rimmer: Dunne one felt that this was the sort of rg a "ki dd Th £rl tomUi show Selhurst Park had for so Besl- Mrs Janes who lost her singles match yesterday and won her doubles asset because Miss Bartkowicz was superlative in driving whether from the forehand or on the double-fisted other wing Mrs Janes rallied from a Hist set deficit of 3-5 to lead 6-5 but having got so far after a physical effort that was almost violent she had little left Miss Bartkowicz pounding the ball more and more happily and with more and more confidence won not only three games running to take the set but all six of the second in remorseless succession But only twice did she reluctantly venture in front of the service line in the 51 minutes that the match lasted set Liverpool But I doubt whether even the pessimists thought the two London sides would concede seven goals between them Nor did most students of form offer Everton who lacked the services of the suspended Alan Ball much chance of victory at Highbury where Arsenal usually gave visitors a chilly welcome last season Leeds keep promise Possibly the South dislikes so earlier a start to the season Perhaps they are still not good enough to cope with the Northern giants We shall have to wait a while to discover the truth Meanwhile Leeds have every reason to feel pleased with themselves They fulfilled their promise to play attacking soccer by scoring three times and Allan Clarke their £165000 close-season purchase got one of the goals Now if they hold Arsenal at Elland Road on Wednesday night they would equal 48 year-old record of 30 consecutive League games without defeat Liverpool whose forwards found scoring difficult last season must have been happy too when Ian St John hit the target twice during their 4-1 triumph over Chelsea Manchester City the A Cup holders also moved off smartly with a 4-1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday that suggested they have no intention of repeating last tardy start long been waiting to stage True the game did not quite live up to the expectations of the most romantic Crystal Palace did not open their First Division career with victory and Manchester United offered only glimpses of their genius Nevertheless this was a good lively start to the season with enough honest endeavour from Palace and touches of class by United to send most of the crowd home planning an early return visit viewpoint is best expressed by their manager Bert Head We still have a lot to he commented this is the general run of First Division football I think we can live with Hynd soon settles Mr Head had watched his solid defence work hard to minimise the danger from talented attack with Hynd one of his Scottish recruits quickly settling down manager must also have been pleased to see Queen But if WATFORD HAVE NO REASON TO BE DESPONDENT BY ROGER MALONE Bristol City 1 Watford 0 Bristol City can be pleased but not complacent about performance at Ashton Gate Watford beaten in their Second Division debut were disappointed but not ing and they need not be despon dent Lacking through suspension two of their best players defender Walley and striker Endean and lacking also any luck when 27th minute shot struck a post Watford were considerably handicapped But the confident attractive manner of their overall method I spiced by the composure of Eddy another import from Scotland and Hale in midfield together But one of the most significant successes of the opening day was achieved by West Bromwich Albion at the Dell Even allowing that suspensions weakened Southampton this was an excellent performance on a pitch where usually only the most accomplished visitors collect both points Moreover two goals were scored by young Colin Suggett one of their three expensive summer signings an indication perhaps that they have spent wisely as well as heavily With Wolves also winning comfortably at home against Stoke Derby marking their return to the First Division by holding Burnley to a goalless draw and Nottingham Forest picking up a point at Ipswich it was an encouraging afternoon for the Midlands Big disappointment True Aston Villa failed to live up to pre-season ballyhoo by going down at home to modest Norwich in the Second Division But at least their Hair for publicity attracted the second-highest crowd Saturday however was not without its sensation Gordon West No 2 goalkeeper announced that he did not wish to be included in Sir Alf World Cup Squad West who helped Everton to victory at Highbury has explained to Sir Alf that past experience suggested he would be homesick long before the end of what could be a six weeks visit to Mexico His honest appraisal of the situation which follows an unhappy injury-curtailed trip to Mexico last June is to be admired His decision means that Sir Alf now has ample time in which to groom a replacement chance The obvious candidate is Peter Shilton the young man who took over from Gordon Banks at Leicester and may one day succeed him in the England team Shilton played with such confidence during his one appearance in Mexico last summer that absence should not be a serious blow to chances Nevertheless reason for withdrawing does emphasise one of the major problems with which Sir Alf may be confronted in Mexico penalty box A lobbed free kick by Morrissey led to confusion of heads and Hurst almost to his own surprise was able to stroke home the winner Understandably this was not the day for young Charlie George to confirm his undoubted promise The pace often confused him and Jackson policed him so relentlessly that he could make little impact But I agree with Arsenal that much more will be heard of him Kendall injured Everton indeed the match Jacked the instinctive genius of Ball who is under suspension but superb competence in midfield almost made up for it Unfortunately Everton lost Kendall in the 40th minute with another ankle injury As last season Arsenal were finely drilled at the back but unimaginative up front and some of the forwards found both the heat and the challenge too demanding I doubt whether they will repeat the error of omitting Sammels when they visit Leeds on Wednesday Arsenal Wilson Rice McNab McLintock Neill Simplon Robertson George Gould Graham Radford Everton West Wright Brown Ken dall (Kenyon 40min) Labone Harvey Husband Jackson Royle Hurst Moris-sey CHELSEA FIND THOMPSON TROUBLESOME By RONALD Liverpool 4 Chelsea 1 Chelsea were unlucky that they had to meet a side revitalised since last season without defenders McCreadie and Webb )oth injured Even so they scarcely did themselves justice They had little cohesion and a void in midfield between the strikers and defence Cooke had occasional bursts which set Chelsea in a promising position hut the languid Osgood contributed little and never got to grips with his midfield role Harris an inspiring captain in defence could find little response apart from centre-forward Hutchinson who extended Yeats in the air and led the attack impressively Two booked Thompson caused most trouble to Chelsea Hollins could not contain him and had his name taken after 24 minutes for repeated bad tackles Osgood had already left his mark by that time being booked after only four minutes for disputing a decision by referee Jennings Graham deputising for the suspended Evans worked hard and the whole Liverpool forward line moved well It was left to the full-backs Lawler and Strong to score two goals St John added the other two and Hutchinson scored the goal that had brought Chelsea level just after half-time Liverpool Lawrence: Lawler Strong Smith Yeats Hughes Callaghan Hunt! Graham St John Thompson Chelsea Bonetti Hollins Houston' Osgood Dempsey Harris Cooke Baldwin Hutchinson Houseman Tambling SCANT REWARD FOR INSPIRED LEAD Ry DEREK WILD Southampton 0 WBA 2 If Colin Suggett West Bromwich new striker from Sunderland cost £100000 one wonders how much Ron Davies Welsh international spearhead is worth With two scrambled goals in six minutes towards the end of a not particularly inspiring first game of the season on Saturday Sugget gave Albion their first victory at The Dell for 23 years But with Astle and Hartford under suspension Davies was easily the best attacker on view Though Talbut shadowed him well Davies managed to cause enough consternation in the Albion penalty area for Southampton to have sealed victory long before Suggett stepped up to prove his worth patterns Danny Hegan for whom Ipswich received £88000 dovetailed in slickly with Brown and Hope and Albion thus wove some patterns in midfield during the first half Yet with thrust and prompting the crisp direct Southampton side always looked the more threatening It was ironical that Albion should take the points after falling away in midfield Hope and the newcomer Peter Freeman giving Suggett his on-the-spot chances Southampton Gurr Jones Hollywood Fisher McGrath Gabriel Paine Stokes (sub: Sydenham 71 mins) Davies Byrne Judd West Bromwich Albion Osborne Williams Wilson Brown Talbut Kaye Hegan Suggett Krzyvvicki Hope Freeman that brought the cup to Britain Yesterday they took another rubber that saved temporarily at any rate the Cup for Britain When they began against the Americans it looked as if they would suffer a heavy defeat Mrs Janes was clearly tired after her demanding singles and in the first set the British couple lost the opening five games They then rather painfully garnered one before Mrs Curtis and Miss Ziegenfuss took the set Miss Truman then became the British heroine Took her share She insisted on taking her share and perhaps rather more of the play and her mid-court play as well as her service returns gained the British couple ample dividends and they led 5-1 before taking the set three games later Miss Truman yielded her service in the fourth game of the deciding set and as the Americans went to 3-1 the threatened British whitewash still looked imminent It was saved not only by spirited play of both the Trumans but hy continued frailty on the part of Miss Ziegenfuss Her service was captured twice and in the end after 74 play the British had taken the set 6-4 to leave the Cup still an open issue Before this British hopes were further dashed when Miss Bartkowicz beat Mrs Janes The main assets of Mrs Janes were her first service her insistence on coming to the net on every possible occasion and her old fighting spirit The assets of Miss Bartkowicz proved more rewarding and more enduring Perhaps I should say GERMAN OPEN (Ham-burg) Singles semi-i inal Okker (Holland) bt Drysdale 5 Africa) 6-4 6-3 3-6 6-4 A Ro he (Australia) bt Kuhnke 6-3 8-6 6-3 Singles semi-finals Mlsfl A Tefart Australia) bt Mrs Schultze 6-1 7-5 Miss lessen bt Miss Walkden Africa) 6-4 6-2 Doubles semi-final Okker 4c lessen (US) bt Davidson A Roche (Australia) 6-3 6-4 3-6 9-7 Final Okker A Rtesen bt J-C Barclay (France) A Fassbender 6-1 6-2 6-4 Mixed doubles semi-finals: Rirsen A Miss Tegart bt Barclay A Mrs Moore Australia) 6-2 6-2 Miss Walkden A McMillan Africa) bt Mrs Procter A Maud (S Africa) 6-2 6-3 CANADIAN OPEN (Toronto) Singles srmi-t inals Bure hole (US) bt Newcombe (Aus-3-6 6-4 7-5 6-0 Rif hey (US) bt Belkin 6-1 6-2 4-6 6-4 Men's Doubles semi-hnals Bute hoi A Moore (S Afriea) bt Guzman (Ecuador) A Crealy (Australia) 2-6 6-2 6-4 MASTERS TOURNAMENT (Newer York) Women's Singles Mis A Jones (CrB) bt Miss Durr (France) 6-0 6-1: Mrs R-J King (US) bt Miss Casals (US) 6-4 6-2 SinglesH Laver (Australia) bt Segura (Ecuador) 7-5 6-1 Stolle (Australia) bt Gonzales 7-5 1-6 6-3 leaver bt Stolle 8-6 6-4 Segura bt Gonzales 6-4 6-1 RAF CH 'SHIPS (Wimbledon) Finals Flt-Lt Hann bt Sq- ldr A Collinqe 6-4 6-2 Flt-Lt Hann A Lt Short bt Smith A SAC Cbarlton 6-2 5-7 6-2 singles: Sat Kemp bt WO Dowdeswell 6-3 6-4 Doubles Dowdeswell A Cpl Smith bt Flt-Lt A Evans A Sgt Kemp 6-8 6-4 9-7 ROYAL NAVY CH'SHIPS (Wimbledon) Finals Lt A Dunlop bt Lt-Cdr Grozier 6-1 6-2 Lt Dunlop A Sub Lt Chadwick bt Lt-Cdr A Lorimer A Lt-Cdr Grozier 6-1 75 Singles 2nd Oflr I MacColl bt 3rd Offr Skelton 6-1 6-2 Women's Doubles 2nd Offr MacColl A 3rd Fffr Skelton bt Ldg Wren Walker A Wren William 6-1 6-3 REGISTERED COACHES CH'SHIPS (at Lastboume): Finals: lies (East bourne) bt Applewhaite (Manchester 6-4 6-4 6-2 lies A Evans (Bournemouth) wo A Horn (Dublin) A I Mom (Scotland) Mrs I Cawthorn (Surrey) A Miss Hird (Hants) bt Mrs Huntington Yk-rks A Mrs A Willis (Herts) 7-5 6-3 lies A Mrs Cawthorne bt Crooke (Shropshire) A Mrs Huntington 6-3 61 cause plenty of trouble up front and Kember emphasise in mid-field that he could take First Division football in his stride Meanwhile Wilf McGuinness chief coach though perhaps a little worried by his understrength defence must have been delighted to see Law back at his sharpest Charlton soon finding his cultured touch and Kidd battling away with skill and purpose A mistake by Rimmer who with mobile marauding should all add up to Watford holding their own in their new environment Bristol City despite some slipshod passing just about deserved their win They were resolute strong and forceful where it matters most Rooks dominates At the heart of defence Rooks the £15000 buy from punched a throw from Hoy back i Middlesbrough began by being over his head led to first goal touched in by Biyth in the 12th minute Charlton equalised in the 35th minute and after Queen had reestablished the lead just before the interval Morgan hit back early in the second half Thereafter United had rather the better of the battle until they lost the hard-working Dunne with a leg injury a couple of minutes from time beaten in the air by Green but then raised his game and dominated Drysdale from Hartlepool at £8000 was neatly effective In attack Galley and Garland eventually proved too much for Watford and firm 31st minute header sealed the points Bristol City Jacobs Clarke Rooks Parr Skirton Garland Galley Kellard Sharpe Watford Walker Welbourne Williams Eddy Garvey Lees Scullion Hale Garbett Green Lewis (Sinclair 65min) Drys-ciale Cordon West goalkeeper who want to go to Mexico Di II vision Professional Golf BUTLER PASSES HUNT TO POCKET £1000 By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDED IN driving rain throughout the last round Peter Butler passed the overnight leader Bernard Hunt five holes from the finish to win the £1000 first prize in the Bentals tournament at LOOK HOLDS ON Cork yesterday NORWICH BEAT VILLA AT OWN GAME MAGNIFICENT drive by Foggo little rightwinger as he picked up a neat reverse pass from Bryceland pricked for the moment at least the bubble of Aston Villa enthusiasm FOR TITLE aggregate of 273 11 under par saw him finish three-strokes ahead of Hunt and South A i Cobie Legrange ERRORS HELP LEEDS By WILLIAMS Leeds 3 Tottenham 1 Spurs arrived at Elland Road with predictably a forward on the bench and a full-back in the No 7 jersey They were a goal down in 15 minutes and another nine minutes after the interval but Want staved on the field and Pearce off it If Bill Nicholson could not bring himself to take off one of his defenders he is a softer man than I thought: but it should certainly not have been Collins who policed Clarke valiantly yet made two mistakes that led to goals Both were a little unlucky Leeds had already gone ahead with a back-header by Bremner from a volley by Hunter and Collins was in the path of an awkward ball from Lorimer which bounced high Collins tried to head towards his own goalkeeper but could put no power behind it and Clarke flitted deftly by him to head his first goal for United Classic Greaves Five minutes from the end Greaves scored a goal that can only he called marvellous Made-ley Charlton and Hunter marvelled at any rate as he flickered past them wooed Sprake into leaving him a foot at the far side to shoot at and coolly put the ball there Poor Collins made his second mistake a minute before time when he handled and gave Giles a penalty: a narrow decision it seemed at the time for the ball was hitting his hand in any case Leeds United Sprake Rearney Madeley Bremner Charlton Hunter O'Grady Lorimer Clarke Giles Gray Tottenham Hotspur Jennings Ba1 Kowles Mullery England Collins Want Greaves Chivers Gilzean Morgan BAXTER CELEBRATES 400th APPEARANCE By BILL MEREDITH Ipswich 0 Nottingham Forest 0 JTXPERIENCE was what really counted in the sultry heat of Portman Road on Saturday the experience of Bill Baxter making his 400th senior appearance for Ipswich and Terry Hennessey who posted a no entry sign on the edge of goal area With both sets of forwards securely padlocked there was little chance of the near 20000 crowd being treated to a goal There was only one clear-cut opportunity when Collard somehow chiselled a chance tor past the granite-like Hennessey Luckily for Forest Hill came out bravely and intelligently to narrow the angle and nudge shot away for a corner Collard who arrived at Ipswich as part of the deal that took Hegan to West Bromwich had a quiet debut Yet he was the only Ipswich forward who seemed able to draw the determined Forest defenders out of position and it was a surprise when he was replaced by Woods near the end Time wasted Forest seemed unsure of themselves even against the modest might of Ipswich They were happy to draw but afraid to go all out for victory Towards the end they appeared more intent on wasting time than making chances This pessimistic approach will win no honours and does less than justice to the enthusiastic approach of young centre forward Hall whose untiring energy an object lesson to some of other forwards It was just luck on Hall that was so effective Ipswich Best: Carroll Mills Baxter Jefferson Viljoen Collard 79th min) Wigg Brogan Nottingham Forest Hill Hindley Winfield Chapman Hennessey Newton Rees Richardson Hall Barnwell Division III LUTON OFF TO FINE START John Collins bought by Alec Stock to improve goal potential and promotion prospects got cracking with a goal in their 3-0 win over Barrow which also warned others with Division II status in mind Reading former club set their new manager Jack Mansell off on the right foot with a 2-1 home win over Plymouth Cave scored the winner for Torquay in the second half to send the powerful Doncaster side home empty-handed and the only awav winners in the section were Orient who ran in three at Rochdale A Dawson goal was sufficient to earn Brighton a point at home to purposeful Walsall Wilson was their but Gillingham got no change at Mansfield where Partridge settled the issue FIRMANI GETS THE ANSWER Charlton 2 Preston 1 Eddie Firmani manager had a dual reason to be grateful for his winning start Apart from the two points he saw his penaltytaking problem solved by Campbell in the 86th minute Charlton missed two penalties against Preston at the Valley last season and Went had a 38th minute penalty brilliantly saved by Alan Kelly Charlton trailing through a 13th minute goal by midfield man Heppolette equalised through Crawford in the 44th minute and piled on the pressure in the second half Preston who had displayed purposeful and at time penetrative football fell back in defence after the interval and superb defence in which Kelly and Ross who headed a Crawford shot off the line were always prominent looked capable of winning them a point chances came and went and Preston nearly scored with a header by Heppolette Campbell who had volunteered at half time to take any penalties then struck and ended hopes Charlton Wright Curtis Kinsey Cambell Went Reeves Gregory Crawford Tees Moore Peacock Preston Kelly Ross poiette Cranston Hawkins Wilson Irvine Ingram Gemmill Ritchie Hep- is Lee By JOHN CAMPBELL The victory of John Cook 19 This was the first tournament in the British Youth Champion-win for Butler 37 since last ship at Lindrick on Saturday a Wills and his first sue- fortnight after becoming the cess on the Irish circuit Hunt youngest player ever to win the saw his three-shot overnight English Amateur Championship advantage slip away by the end indicates the arrival of a new of the third round Butler hav- major force in British amateur ing a three-under-par 68 to golf 71 His aggregate of '289 (74 89 But there was a swing in the superb but suffi- other direction after four holes of keep him two shots clear the last round With a birdie players who tied for sec- three to a five at the third Hunt onh Place on 291 picked up two strokes on Butler They were the 6ft 6ins Andrew and he regained his original Forrester Moseley) who did not margin of three with a par four to dare play a wooden club in rounds a five at the fourth of 73 73 69 76 Leonard Owens But Butler fought back He narrowed the gap a birdie JV 7 4 and three to a four at the sixth re- bovk Bid8yin2 Dassu so carefully built up by Tommy Docherty Norwich under the new man agement of Ron Saunders beat Villa at their own game Mr Saunders said afterwards: came here determined not to let them play and we did as we In the process Norwich wasted time played ultra-negatively and indulged in most of the practices that have become termed as professionalism Villa could hardly grumble: it was the type of game they used to save themselves in away matches last season Cardiff who scored in the 28th second at Carlisle through Toshack last leading Division II marksman and ran out 3-2 winners were the only other away winners apart from Huddersfield Huddersfield triumphed 2-1 at Oxford thanks mainly to the trickery of Dobson Little resistance Oxford whose saviour Mr Saunders was last season look set for another worrying season Graham goal was the only surge of resistance United displayed Portsmouth were victims of a brilliant spell of attacking play at Blackpool and to add to their troubles Harris was hurt and McCann missed a penalty Burns and Craven scored for Blackpool and Hiron replied Queen's Park Rangers were back to their best aggressive vein in their 3-0 triumph over Hull but Millwall without Possee lost 1-4 at Bolton 16 who scored 74 71 72 74 LEADING TOTALS Cook (Calcot Pk) 74 69 29 trieved another stroke with a par three to a four at the seventh and moved into the lead for the first time with a birdie three to a five at the eighth where Hunt was bunkered 73 73 291 was the hard barricade Morris (Woods Moore Ai iPortmarnock) 72 71 74 71 69 76' 73! 292 Wetr (Cowel) 71 75 nwMMi fLtm-oln) 77 73 When Butler three-putted at the 1 Touswint 72 77 11th for a six to five they umjhrv 'Rvi Mid-sumy 76' were level again but the 14th 79! fs Brdfomj 15th and 16th decided the issue A splendid pitch to within three feet at the 14th gave Butler a birdie three and Hunt a long way nuiu mv-o from the pin in two had to settle lUVEEltb I KOCRESS for a four British Pioneers beat Australia At the 15th Butler had his par 10-6 and the United States detour but Hunt really ruined his feated Western Australia 18-1 in prospects by three-putting missing the first round of the women's from only a few inches The re- lacrosse world championships at suit was decided beyond doubt Perth Western Australia reports PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR RESULTS DIVISION I DIVISION II DIVISION IV DIVISION III Division IV I LEY SENT OFF AT PORT VALE Lincoln and Colchester set off With a sparkling start when they shared the points in a six-goal thriller at Sincil Bank As last season they could again be pacemakers Southend at Darlington snatched both points Goals by Best and McMillan in the first 15 minutes shook Darlington who could not produce an effective counter Aldershot were particularly shot-shy at Bradford where last 92nd club made a flying start with a 2-0 win Jim Iley the Peterborough player manager wa ssent off at Port Vale but his held out for a point Everton Manchester Utd 2 Burnley Nottingham For Tottenham Chelsea Sheffield Wed West Bromwich Coventry Newcastle Stoke Arsenal 0 Crystal Palace 2 Derby County 0 Ipswich 0 Leeds 3 Liverpool 4 Manchester City 4 Southampton 0 Sunderland 0 Weal Ham 1 Wolverhampton 3 Barnsley Brighton 1 Fulham 0 Halifax 1 Luton 3 Mansfield 1 Reading 2 Rochdale 0 Rotherham 4 Southport 0 Torquay 2 Tranmere Rov 3 Bournemouth 0 Walsall 1 Bradford City 0 Shrewsbury 0 Barrow 0 Gillingham 0 Plymouth 1 Orient 3 Bury 3 Bristol Rovers 0 Doncaster 1 Stockport Co 0 Reuter SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP when Butler wedged to 18 inches for a birdie three at the 16th to par four LEADING SCORES 273 Butler (Harborne 6 St Cloud) 67-67-68-71 276 Hunt tHartsbourne) 63-68 71-74 Legrange (S Africa) 69- 68-68-71 277 A Horton (Ham Manor) 66- 67-73-71 279 Hutchinson (Moortown) 69-71- 69-70 Cunningham (Troon MPL) 74- 66-69-71 MOTOR RACING AUSTRIAN SPORTS-t AR (Zelt-wrg) Slffert 'Switzerland) A Ahrens (W Germany) Porsche 1157 mph) 1 Bonnier (Sweden) A Mueller (Switzerland) Lola 2 Att-wood (GB) 4i Rrdmao (GB) Porsche 3 ZANDVOORT (Formula 5000 2 races) Taylor I Surtees-Chevrolet) 5 in 63sec 1 Westbury (McLaren 58-338 2 Holvsood (Lola- Sh'vrolet T1 42) 59-38 3 Holland (Lola-Chevrolet T142) 59-498 4 AMATEUR SOCCER ON SATURDAY Kick-off 30 ISTHMIAN LGE Bromley Weald-stone Hendon Walthamstow Ilford Corinthian-Cas Kingstnnian Clapton Leytonstone Barking Oxford Dulwich H- St Albans Enfield Sutton Wycombe Tooting Hitchin Woking Maidstone ATHENIAN LGE Prem Div: Cheshunt Maidenhead Finchley Tilbury Grays Wembley Harwich Leatherhead Slough Stortford Redhill Southall Hayes Eastbourne Walton Dagenham Div Aylesbury Hounslow Carshalton Borehani Wood Croydon Amat Chesham Dorking Hertford Harlow Wokingham Letchworth Aveley Lewes Hornchurch Ware Erith Div II Edgware Leyton Edmonton Wingate Epsom Ruislip Hemel Worthing Horsham Harrow Marlow Herne Bay Uxbridge Rain-ham Windsor Eastbourne SPARTAN LGE Banstead Kingsbury Egham Hoddesdon Feltham Chalfont St Hampton HunUey Leighton Addlestone Molesev Berkhamstead Rayners Lane Staines Tring Chertsey Vauxhall Crown Aberdeen Albion Rov Alloa Ath Arbroath Ayr Utd Brechin City Celtic Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dundee (Jtd Falkirk Hibernian Motherwell Parti Th Oueen of South Raith Raven St Johnstone St Mirren 2 Dunfermline 2 0 Montrose 1 0 Hamilton Acads 3 2 Stirling Albion 3 2 Queen's Park 0 1 Berwick Rang 0 6 Airdrieonians 1 1 Dumbarton 3 2 Stranraer 2 2 Hearts 3 3 Forfar Athletic 1 4 Clyde 1 2 East Fife 0 0 Kilmarnock 2 2 Stirlingshire 0 2 Rangers 3 3 Dundee 1 1 Morton 1 SOUTHERN LGE Prem Div Barnet 3 Bath 2 Brentwood 5 Telford Utd Cambridge Utd 1 Weymouth 2 Chelmsford 3 Gloucester 1 Dover 2 Worcester Hereford 3 Margate Kettering 2 Wimbledon 2 Lynn 3 Burton 0 Nuneaton 2 Romford 2 Poole 2 Crawley 2 Yeovil 0 Hillingdon 1 Div Ashford 2 Wisbech Canterbury 0 Bedford Cheltenham 2 Hastings 0 Folkestone 0 Barry 1 Gtavesend 1 Salisbury Guildford 3 Dunstable 1 Merthyr 0 Dartford 1 Ramsgate 0 Cambridge City 2 Rugby 3 Banbury 2 Tonbridge 0 Corby 1 Trowbridge 4 Bexley Utd ISTHMIAN Barking 3 -Casuals Clapton 2 Hendon 2 Dulwich Thctford 1 St Neots 3 Clacton Sudbury 1 Ely 2 Haverhill 1 Yarmouth Sob am 5 Lynn 3 Maldon 3 Stowmarket 3 Lowestoft 4 Norwich 0 FRIENDLY MATCHES Aylesbury Utd 3 Baldock 3 Bps Storiford 2 Aveley Grays Ath 1 Ware 1 Harlow 2 Hornchurch 1 Leather- head 2 Moor Green 0 Ruislip Manor 1 Finchley 1 2 Hertford Wokingham 4 Hayes 1 RUGBY UNION Tour Match Western Province 8 Australians 14 (Cape Town) RUGBY LEAGUE Yorks Cup 1st Rd Hull 30 Castleford 4 Keighley 4 Hull KR 16 Charity Matches Leigh CHftonville Bangor 1 Coleraine 1 1 Gientoran 1 Derry 0 Ards 3 Glenavon 3 Distillery 3 Linfleld 2 Portadown 0 GTR LONDON LGE Barkingside 2 HcathMde Sp 2 Canvey Is 5 Eton Manor 1 Chin iford 5 Woolwich ly 0 Deal 2 Higiiheld 2 East Ham Utd 3 Brentstonians 1 Mert Utd 1 Penhill Standard 2 Northern Poly 0 Swanley 1 METROPOLITAN LGE Bedford 1 Met Police 1 Cray Wand 1 Brentwood 2 Shepoey Utd 4 Oxford Utd 0 Wellingborough 0 West Ham 2 Autumn Shield 2 Stevenage Ath 1 Epping 4 Hatfield 1 Romford 2 Bury 2 SOUTH-EAST C'TIES LGE Div Arsenal 1 Charlton 1 Chelsea 3 Colchester 2 Palace 0 Ipsw ch 1 Luton 2 Fulham 1 QPR 2 Millwall Tottenham 6 Reading 1 West Ham 4 Watford 2 Div II: Fulham 2 Millwall 5 MITHRAS 1968-69 Semi-final: Tilbury 0 Maidenhead 2 LAWN TENNIS FOOTBALL TODAY DIVISION I West Ham Chelsea (730) FOOTBALL COMB Peterborough West Ham (730) SOUTHERN Preni Div Bam Weymouth 7-30 Chelmsford Linn (730) Margate Brentwood (7 15) Worcester Nuneaton (715) Div 1: Bedford Banbury (730) Ton-bridge Ramsgate FRIENDLIES Croydon Amat Pa'ace XI (6 45) Grays Ath Southend irtd (730) Stevenage Barnsley (7301 A Clark iSunningdale) 70-71-67-73 Pennington (Trevose) 71-70-69-71 Huggett (Betch-worth Pk) 66-74-71-70 FOOTBALL COM Birmingham 0 Ipswich 3 Bournemouth 2 Leicester 2 Bristol Rvrs 1 Arsenal Chelsea 1 Cardiff 3 Gillingham 1 Oxford Utd 2 Norwich 0 Swansea 1 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