The Daily Telegraph from London, Greater London, England • 25

Professional Golf Ingham ruled out after lying 4th By MICHAEL WILLIAMS PUR hours after completing a second round of 72 that left him sharing fourth place on 145 in the £8000 John Player Trophy Tournament at Bognor Regis yesterday Mike Qualifiers 189 V-t Auaamlia 67-78 Dabson (6t Tl-70 742 Hutto? Hartornci 72-70 i stump Aurrtta 75-70: Buikto Norm Wales) 70-73 Haaitoti (Caoirntges6ire Hotli 69-74 ITJacksot? Holme Hal: 70-3 7 ov nttml Hortmar-nock: 70-73 144 Martin Pint Valiev 73-71 6 7 orraare tRoutanburn 70-74 an (fcacnarv 73-71: A DASHING CENTURY FAILS TO BRING RESULT J- RL 4GI at Chelmsford J7SSEX declaring their first innings in the morning 70 behind and Hampshire closing their second at 185 for no loss 20 minutes after lunch tried to contrive a finish yesterday but failed by a long way After rain had extended the interval between innings by five minutes Essex had 165 minutes available including the last 20 overs to score 256 A draw was settled for at 198 lor five with four overs remaining Although Edmeades open ing the innings and staying tih the 15th of the last 20 overs scored a dashing century Essex had not been able to set up a firm enough platform from which they could launch an attack worthy of the task Apart from Edmeades' innings wtiirh was a counter to a faultless 104 not out by Richards for Hampshire onlv Fletcher and Ward made any worthwhile contribution to the Essex effort scoring 25 and 39 respectively Fletrher moved alone smoothly but bv the time an out-of-lorm Ward had gained am sort of touch Essex's chanors had evaporated They had been curtailed initially W'hen in three successive overs Samsbury accounted for Fletcher Tavlor and Bovce all falling in an attempt to boost the run rate hen Boyce went Essex were 512 for four Second toning A RicttorOe not out ifwn imm out fcxirn is 6 2 Si ftovvltnu Boyce -1-31-0 Lew Em- 21-2-82-0 Turner 10 Pont 1 -O-l-O Firftt Inning 27-5 dec (Eamea 73 Seville 70 Fletcher 62) Bowling Herman 20-7-52-0 28 5-5-82-3 Greemdqe 4-1-4 0 Salisbury 25-6 77-1 Worrell 30-8-75-1 Se on inning A Eaineade Turner Herman G- Seville 5fiintur Rice Fletcher Ibw Sanvbur 1 a vlor A SemsDury Boyce Herman ftaiireb Ward not ou1 Turner not ut Efttra Hb 3) Totei 5 wktsi rail oi wicket 1-25 4 92 5- 94 Howling Herman 10-2-31-1 Rice 1-48-1 Sainsourv 15-2-60-3 WorreL 14 1 -56-0 Eaae 5ph Hnnh I mptrea Elliott Sr A G- hitehad tidier than in the first innings his early overs Boyce bowled quite a sharp pace Yet 104 71 10 jack Newton of Australia plays out of a bunker at the 18th He finished with a 72 to lead the John Player Trophy field Oosterboui Paci6c Harbour Fill 70-74 8 Hood Hramzey 71-73 8 Burma Dr T7-TS A (tiro iHomtord 72-73 Moore Hartswood: 73-73: Don (Beauchiet 70-75 Whitehead (Moor Park 74-71 CuamnalMai 'Troon Mnmrtml TS-T2 Murra DownSeid: 68-77 Walker 67-78 hranlan (Long Ashton) 71-34: Wood 'Tumorervi 75-72: E- Poiiunc Hamora: 70-75 Vines (Australia) 72-74: Coles (Coombe Hill) 71-75: Ballesteros (Spain) 71-75: Stood' (Duddingvton 72-74: Skerrttt (6t Aimes 1 70-76 GalloctoeT Wnn- worth 72-74 Sharp Australia 73-74 Boiorrhl Africa' 74-73 A Brook (Lanark 74-73 i Stoarke Queen PAirki 74-73: 8 Dessau Ita'v 75-72 Aline (Stockpor 72-75 I Veuetoan (Bv! I vernon1 73-74 748 MrCuir tCo Lough) 72-76 Greeeon (Mnor AUerton? 74-74 71-77 luplino Phoesvx) 74-74 Bode? rGoci 0000 1 76-7 2 Webster tLondin Link 74-74 Hunt (Wentworth 73-76 I ere rhtn Park 70-78 BOGNOR REGIS CARO Radley gathers in another century7 By JOHS 4 SOA at Lord's declare or not to declare That is a question that has bothered so many captains so many times that there was really nothing new about events or the lack of them at Lord's yesterday Middlesex and Notts for COUNTY TABLE whom White scored 114 not out succeeded in denying each other anything more than bonus 25 IS ON FOUR PAGES (Oceer J6 bho Jumping 26 Boxing 26 Athletics 26 Racing 27 Lawn Tennis 28 Cycling 28 Rugby I nion 28 Miss EYERARD TRIUMPHS IN FINAL Bv ENID WILSON IARY EYERARD (Hall ampshire) took the English Championship at Woodhall Spa defeating Angela Bonallack (Thorpe Hall) twice winner of the title by two and one in the final after earlier winning on the home green in her semi-final with Linda Denison Pender Miss Everard had single putts on the two last holes of her morning round a 30-footer from the side of the 17th for a birdie three being the decisive blow that made her one up on Miss Denison Pender and she saved the 18th bv chipping to within two feet In the final Mrs Bonallack turned four down Miss Everard had gone out in 36 sterling golf in the wild weather The Yorkshire girl's first mie take rame at the 11th where she took three putts to lose ft Mr pitch to the short 12th was four feet from the pin and she won that hole with a beautiful two and the next with a four to he only one down Miss Everard had the better ot the play on the long 14th but Mrs Bonallack gained a half in five bv getting down from eight feet players were bunkered andhalvpd it in fiie Thel2 as ajst Sived in the same figure Pitched close The 17th was into the teoth of the gale and Miss Everard making sure of being up pitched perilously dose to the fence vond the green hut a good shot back and a putt of eight feot gave her a four Mrs putt from six feet failed to drop Miss Everard produced the most consistent golf during the four day- of the event but Mrs Bonallack showed she is still a force to he reckoned with Her tne semi-final against Norma Tons wag magnificent S)EMI-FI4L MISS IMKVKD Hri Lams hire bt Ml Pnon Pndqr on bore MRb BONALLACK I xh in Mi' 1 iiu ai aml) 6 ft 5 FINAL: M15S EYERARD Un 2 1 The Daily Telegraph Saturday May 27 J972 Ingham of Moor Alter-ton received a telephone call at his hotel to tell him he had been disqualified This bolt from the blue came when Bill Murray who had partnered Ingham in the morning saw Vince Hood hit his tee shot at the 18th in the afternoon on to the practice ground and walk back to play another With horror he recalled that Ingham had hit his drive to the same place but oblivious to the fact that it was out of bounds had then played to the green and taken five Murrav who had shared second place overnight but had faded from the scene with a second round 77 at once reported the incident Arthur Cravlev-Boevev the PGA tournament administrator then contacted Ingham who accepted instantly that he had unwittingly broken the ruiea In fact the out of bounds areas are clearlv defined on the scorecard and this was an innocent but regrettable case of two players not having read the rules of the tournament Violent day Bo at the end of another violent dav a gale thundering ceaselessly in from the direction of Selsey Bill it was Jack Newton of Australia who continued to lead his second round giving him a 36 hole total of 139 one under par It was another solid exhibition bv someone slowly gathering confidence in himself though no doubt he will he onlv too aw-are that a fortnight ago he held a similar lead in the Penfold tournament with 56 ho'es to go and found it not enough This time it is Kim Dahson a former runner-up in the hovs championship and still only 19 who is hs closest challenger for he was one of only two nlavers to match the par of 70 and is two strokes awav on 141 He was 35 for both the outward and mward halves driving very straight and benefiting noticeably in his attempt to fade rather than draw the ball challenge Peter Butler whose experience id steadiness meant that the the other player to have a 70 also with equal halves of 35 New- ton will be as aware of his pre- sence today as much as anybody Peter Townsend also kept in touch with a 73 to be one ol those wind held few terrors for him was ORTH AN TS FADE TO GLAMORGAN HOLD OUT IN GALE By GERALD PAWLE at Cardiff IT ARELY can cricket have been played under more bizarre conditions than at Cardiff yesterday when a high wind caused havoc after Glamorgan and Worcester had contrived the prospect of a finish from the wreckage of two rain-ruined days A sightscreen was smashed planks were uprooted from a stand damaging cars parked behind it and television commentators fled from their rocking platform Ratting and howling w'ere well-nigh impossible an ordeal Worcestershire declared at their overnight score of B5 for two Shepherd then tried to forfeit first innings without battinc at all misinterpreting law 15 After a phone call to however he elected to bat for one ball before Worcestershire went in again to score 93 for three This set Glamorgan to make 179 in rnughlv two-and-a-half hours but the appalling weather was too much for them and thev could only struggle to 81 for four Slow scoring Worcestershire made onlv 35 in 80 minutes before lunch for the loss of Turner and Parker After- wards Ormrod showed more purpose and they were able to set a challenging target But Glamorgan made a disastrous start losing Lvon-s and Walker to successive halls from Holder in the third over Bowling with a gale at his back Holder was a formidable adversary but Jones and Honkins a promising colt added 50 With four wickets down for fi5 Gifford claimed the extra half-hour but the breakthrough never came and Jones and Fredericks managed to play out time WORCESTERSHIRE Firat Innings: 85-2 dec Bo ling Nash 7-2-23-0 William 14-5-19-1: Corrlle 6-118-0 Shepherd 13-7-14-1: Walker 2-O-S-O erond Inning RG A IlMdlff Williams Cordis Turner Lyons Parker Davis Cord! I A Ormrod not out Herrale not out Extras ib 4 lb 3 nb 2) 27 7 3 38 9 9 Total (3 wkts tier 93 Fall or wickets: 1-21 2-30 3-63 Bowling: Nash 8-3-13-0 William 4-2-5-0 'von 15-3-36-1: Cordle 12-4-3 -2 GLAMORGAN First Innings Shepdoad not out 0 L- William not out 0'1 takers Total (no wkt dec) 0 Rowling: Holder 0 1 -0-0-0 Second Inning A Jones not out Lyon Holder Walker Ibw Holder 1 A Hopkins Hrmsiey Glflord 29 6 Moderate progress To make up for the 45 minutes that rain had lopped off the night before Tavlor declared at the overnight score With the wicket still sound the odds w'ere all in the i batsmen's favour but Richards and Lewis who opened because of Greenidge's indisposition made moderate progress Ideally Hampshire would have liked to give themsslves more time to bowl Essex out but both in numbers and quality their attark this season has grievous limitations Undoubtedly the Essex bowling in the morning was keener and ipi dlesex could not bowl their opponents out in the second innings When a second innings does not begin until midday on the third day the options ar? few Add to this a pitch lacking pace life bounce or turn and everything points to match drawn which is what happened When rain stopped them 70 minutes before the close on Thursday Middle-sx were 343 for five a lead of 54 The decision yesterday morning was to continue batting which among other things relieved Bolus of the task of declaration sums later on Scrambled runs In less than an hour Middlesex were all out having scrambled 51 runs and lost five wickets Radley Bill Taylor and to a lesser extent Pullan will have been reasonably satisfied but no one else Radley gathered briskly the 15 runs required for his eenturv and departed at 364 with a county championship record this season that begs no half measures 112 0 100 He had batted well Jones as is often his habit drove strongly undisturbed bv the comings and goings at the other end engineered mostly by Pullan the wicket-keeper and Bill ffavlor whose industry-brought him five wickets The all out total of 394 cave Middlesex a lead of 105 and there were five hours possible playing time remaining If Notts batsmen wavered at all Middlesex would have the chance of victory if they did not it was odds-on a draw Placid pitch Harris and White batted pleasantly without even a suspicion of alarm The bowling on so placid a pitch made no great demands either upon skill or technique At lunch Notts were 82 for no wicket and any thoughts of Middlesex forcing victory were dis-aopea-ing rather more quickly than the clutter of rain clouds iPHWP 15 15-6-45-0 10-3- Rice 102 12 25 4 1 11- In at the security of opening stand was threatened only once That was in the second over of the morning when Lewis flirted with a ball from Lever outside the off stump The snick should have been held but Taylor put it down Every now and again there was a truly good shot from both Richards and Lewis (71 not out) and their progress was about even But their individual half-centuries came in the somewhat leisurely time of two hours Richards got his next 40 in less than even time and passed his century almost immediately after lunch having batted for 170 minutes HHH mSfSm-y wssrmm 7 34 55 109 Cope lf2 Leadbeater Mowle Joo Hamnahtr i Dennras Cartwright A Hutton Kitchen CnrtwriaBt IP John -on not out 0 Extras lb 6 1 nb 5) 10 83 over Total (4 wkts dec) 226 Pall ol wickets: 1-16 2-85 5-1S4 4-2 2b Ho IMB )n 12-1-48-1 Mnsr le 18 5-57-1 uartwrmht 28-10-58-2 OKeeflr 20-5-64-0: Cloaa 5-2-9-0 So erect 5 pt A ork I LmPire Jiksmtn ft Peimer Last year they took £4408 in their 12 three-day games itself a lift of £700 from 1970 On eight John Player Sundays bv contrast their takings were £8251 an average of more than £1000 a match Those who shake their heads at 40-over cricket and I do now and then must not forget conclusive facts 8uch as these AVERAGES AUSTRALIANS Battinc Total 6 300: Par 70 on )4o and though he again had the odd rush of blood on the greens be shoved a maturing mastery of playing in the wind So did Hugh Jackson likewise on 145 after a sprond round TV four at the 460-vard seventh where his approach from 106 vards with a six iron under the I wind left him almost stone dead was masterlv and he clearlv en-ioved the challenge of a difficult day Bnan Rarne otaved some fine virokes too and wa out ip 34 hut a mtesed outt at the awkward little Iftth after he had hit the oin out of a bunker set him back and his inward half of 46 while it keeps him in the running wa a disanpointment r5 Goif KARL IN LEAD Richie Karl led after the lirs round of the Atlanta tournamen wjth He was one stroke ahead I Yancey- and BoV Lunn Jack Nicklaus had 70 and Plaver 7 Leaders: 66 Kn a atm mn AL ZmT Bianca LET ATCH A FARCE NORTH dec (Crump 75 not Cook 71 I alt AC smitn Gw Cook un out tt! A Smith Whitetmuac MusIhq Monammad not out Watt Whitetiouse A t-mtw Willtv no otot Extra it Ib Si fota 4 wfct QC 264 a i keg 1-68 3164 4-257 Bowling Irow 8 1-19-0 MrVicker 5-2 -8-0 boduti 2 0-5-0 Gibb S-1-21-1 Route 6-1-22-0 Kllichrtrrn 8-0-47-0 lmwor 29-6-69-0 Wliit-houe 21-3-59-1 A Sftiith 3-1 -2-1 Vk ICk'HIKL irm lenmu- (Kanhai 121 laoeor 66 Dve 6 second Innmqe A lameaon Ibw Dve I ni'Wouv Ibw Dy A 1 KalMcharran not out A Smith no ou I 7 24 1 Total (2 taocketei -oil oi wicket 1-8 2-27 Bowling Dve 6-2-T-2 Batlo 4-1-21-0 Mnantaa 4-I-9-0 Bed t-0-8-0 Northonf pm Mandela I 'moire Aanmolt 4 A 1am 45 -197 64 Bv MIKE STEVENSON at Northampton THE manner in which Northants in general and their 1 captain Watts in particular conducted their match with Warwickshire must prompt the conclusion that if this attitude were universal first-class cricket as we like to think of it would die The scoreboard ANTS I tr Innuts Richards square cuts a ball from East for one of his 1 1 boundaries against Essex yesterday CLOSE ANI) PREVENT COLLAPSE Somerset drew their match with Yorkshire By WANTON at Taunton TT needed an extremely helpful wicket if Yorkshire were to be likely to make up the time lost in this match to the weather This was not forthcoming and although Somerset lost two wickets for 12 after Yorkshire had declared shortly before 1 pm 16 runs behind a stand between Close and Wilkinson his newest recruit closed the door on a collapse The Yorkshire spinners Wilson and Cope were soon set to work with the appropriate propaganda fields and Wilson with his first ball of the match had wicket to a mcelv taken catch by Bovcott at The score hoar cl ROM I HSU wright 93 4-76) Second Innings 1 Virgin Boycott Wilson Kitchen Sharpe Wilson Wilkinson not out Close not out txtnm (b 7 1) Total (2 wicket Pall ot wickets 1-9 2-12 Rowling: Old 4-0-7-0 Nictmtsor 22-8-43-2 11-4-24-0 ORKSH1KI First innings lot ou' Sharpe tow Mrweley ecomsM V4a brltldiiUA berteon iDunaverty bt lln Anaeme Troon 7 6 6 Mias a v-eobam (Cawueri bi Llia Alwter (Duuitne a count?) 52 Mr Rennie Anerdeeai ht Mia Jemi-e)b CarOraaa 1 tool Dr wit Haem Caatoa 61 Mr Preetior (Mjewail Caatiei 3 A 2 Maw Log' on Gut lee i at MM Waiker -lrooto 5 4 4 Mia 1 McClelland fTporvni Mnb A laiiM Aberdeen 2 noire ie Hem Duiitemi linn bt Mi Pantoe (Gte-trorvle 1 Unto Mre Nam Hamil ton Mi Walk) Kllnwcomt 1 9m lilt raw vira Kobertauc bt Mm nn 3 to 2 Mr Rewa bt Dr Witooc 1 tn Mm Lent nr to Ma Mr CiellanaJ 65 Mrs Nonia to Mm Ha 3 to 2 IRISH WOMEN'S LH 'WHIP Kuaegea 4tb Rti Mr Morton 810 o' Bt Mr IllOWOi 1 10 1 di Mark Miiitowai tot R4n Martin (W dbroukj 4 to 3 Mia A MtCo bt Ml 9 Gonaao Militonwi 5 4 Mia- Mcgami Donabatni bt Mm A Hevkin 1 Dowoiool fr to 5 Mr 6 1 Butter Elm Pk 64 jm Butier iMiMtown 3 4 2 Mia WOMEN CM 'SHIP rd run Mr I Mi i Bandnn range i bt M' 5 Mm Lltnabtei b' Dr Cootcllp at 19tti Mlw Cc Mt Able Rnt Cto Down Mr MrHuato (G wav 1 ott-final Mia Mark b' Mia MrCnr 5 to 5 Mat Mr Kenn bt Mm un 1 hair slim Mr Auto bt Mm Moone bote Mr Butler Mia Sinaietoa 4 6 3 Fiflupw in brack 1971 ormitiona that swirled above Even Latch-man always anxious to bowl looked dispirited Ha-is did fall to him caught and howled soon after lunrh and Nanan was quickly run out also by Latchman But the dismissals did not mean a great deal by that stage White kept third man and long leg prettv busy was prepared to leave when 66 but was dropped and was still there having batted for four-anri-a-half hours at the end The extra half an hour was not necessary! MOTTS First Inning 289-7 dec i Sober 71 Bolu 53 Smedlev 51) berond Inning Hnrri A Latchman 51 A White not out 114 Nanan run out 0 ft Hisan Prhtt Latchman 7 Smiley Radley Latchman 16 Bolu not out 14 Extra (b 4 Ib 1 1 nb 1) Total (4 wkts) 209 Fall of wicket 1-106 2-107 3-123 4-171 Rowling Price 9-2-27-0 Setvey 10-4 27-0: Tone 11-2-22-0 Tltmu 20-8-28-0 Latchman 25-6-72-3 Parfltt 4-1 -3-0 Murray 2-0-17-0 Radley 1 -0-6-0 M1DDI F5FX Ftrat Inning Rue ell Stead 9S Smith Harm 77 Parfltt Rnlus Sober 0 Radlev Pullan Tavlor 100 Brearlev Terlor Tavlor 20 Miirrav Tavlor Jone Sober Tavlor 35 Titmu Stead 4 Latchman Pullen Tevfor 0 1 5 Price Pullan Stead 2 Selvey not out 1 Extra (b 1 Ib 14 1 nb 1 17 Total 394 Fall of wicket 1-164 2-165 3-208 5-308 6-362 7-374 R-381 9-3R6 Bow lino Sobers 14 -0-53-1 Stead 22-4-77-3 VV Tavlor 18 5-0-87-5 White 13-1-28-0 5 Tavlor 14-1-45-0 Ham 19-5-77-1 Nana 2-0-10-0 MMdlem Rot Notts 4 Umpire Rudd ft I Crapp Middlesex at Lord's Barclay- is an off-spinner and Morley a left-hand bat Ted Dexter and fast bowler Paul Pbillipson 20 are in John Plaver League squad at Leicester tomorrow 2nd XI COMPETITION At Out Traitor! Nr -than 1 7B Having taken around six hours to compile 238 for eight declared in their first innings without managing a single batting point they continued their second innings until tea yesterday declaring at 264 for four to set Warwicks 206 to win in 25 minutes plus 20 overs The stark facts ol such batting followed bv such a declaration are bad enough When one considers that Alan Smith bowled his second-line bowlers 'himself included Mike Smith taking over as wicketkeeper) for most of the second Mushtaq who exploited Warwickshire second-line attack innings the magnitude of their sloth becomes apparent Whitehouse Jameson and Kalli- Motor Racine CLASH OF CHAMPIONS AT 01LT0N PARK By COLIN DRYDEN TTWO former world champions Denny Hulme and John A Surtees plus Emerson Fittipaldi who is leading on championship points so far this year are expected to contest the Rothmans In- ternational Gold Cup race BRAVE OXFORD BEATEN BY 44 RE NS Bv REX ALSTON at Oxford QXFORD UNIVERSITY made a gallant attempt to score 314 for victory over Leicestershire but ram constantly interrupted the last 20 overs and though Hambiin and Paver added 45 for the ninth wicket Leicestershire won by 44 runs with two overs to spare Hamblin the Blue and opening bowler was promoted to No 5 and reached his maiden 100 in only two hours 20 minutes with 16 fours including some splendid driving and hits to leg Indeed his 50 was his first in first-class cricket Such an innings wil be a moral booster for him and his struggling team and though he took five wickets in the he looks on this evidence a better bat than bowler Twice not out He came in at 53 for three and was only 45 when joined by the left-hander Wagstaffe for the eighth wicket Together they added 70 and Hamblin had reached his hundred before Wagstaffe was out Hamblin at 123 was not out for the second time in the match having scored 37 in the first innings Several other batsmen played more positively this time mostly against the spinners Birkenshaw and Steele as Booth scourge of the first innings had a damaged ankle Faber whose first five scoring strokes were boundaries agam looked the best of them In the morning Leicesershire batted for a further 30 minutes before declaring at 149 for five Oitford took the wicket of Haywood a neat catch bv Faber at slip and Leicestershire scored 42 for one off 10 overs Oxford were left five hours 20min which was cut to five hours by rain to score 314 Gale smashes screen All day cricket was a difficult and unpleasant art A gale whistled across the Parks blowing over and smashing one of the sightscreens so the boundarv was shortened at that point pending demolition during the lunch interval HAS LATE TRY-OUT Basil mav return for championship match against Derbyshire at Worcester today He has a torn ham-string and will have a test shortly before the start Ivan Johnson IB a left-hand batsman and slow bowler from Nassau Bahamas is in Worcestershire's squad He plaved for Malvern College and the Public Schools last year John Barclay Eton captain for the past two seasons and Jerry Morley once on the Lord's ground staff are in he Sussex 12 against BnvtHng Holder 12-3-30-5 Carter 3-2-10-0 Gifford 11-6-12-1 Cumbea 12-2-21-0 Ormrod 4-3-2-0 Glamor Ipi ore 0 I mpirft Alley ft Ptiiiltpon TODAY'S CRICKET Svanri 1 1 30-6 30 1 Glamorgan Australian Cfcelmatord (1130-6-30): Emei Warwicks Bristol (1130-6301: Glow Somerwt Mairiwtom (1130-6 301: Knt Burrev 1130-630): Middieeex Northampton (1130-6 30): Northant Hampshire Nottingham (1130-6-30): Notth Loirs Vorcetrr (1130-7): Wore Drtxg eddinqlr (11-30-630): lorto Lane Oxford (11 50-630)1 Oxford Unix Free ometer MINOR COL TIES Reading School Rrrks Ruck flofiPY HOUNSLOW AIM FOR THE TOP Bv HOLLANDS Hounslow first holders of the club champronship of England meet the champion clubs of Ireland (Queen's University Belfast) Scotland (Stepps) and Wales (Northop Hall) this weekend in the Isle ot Man to decide who is top among the cup-winners of the four countries The sponsors the Isle of Man Tourist Board describe it as the club hockey championship ol Great Britain and Ireland However the chairman of the Hockey Association executive committee Adrian Weston says The A have accepted their invitation subject to the qualifi- cation that the winners are not to be regarded as the champions of Great Deserved toast All the same Hounslow if they win this weekend as they certainly should with their group of internationals will surely toast themselves on the way home as British champions rise from the lower rungs of London hockev to the top is a success story that any dub in any game might enw HBUMtow Morgan Scott Hrn I Thomsor Oltv- 1 Grmmr VA Cortiy McManu Langhoriw (cpt 1ft 5mith Fvan Nortbor Hall 8ntrts fatora form I Cousins I) Srlwefer Fvam William Llry 5 Out-ram rapt Peers Dnni kmitb 1 Fill iftilLam Own Ualte 2rirar Ptndlav 1 MrDonauqh Corkr Ouinn Mnary I Clark Anlr'Ht ft Grgg irapfi Craw Dunlop rhompann Mu'll Hrepp Biark 1 Collin 5rrith 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Well possihlv but hitting way out of a bad patch is one method and not necessarily the worst In anv case anyone who knows what it is to be out ot form will be sympathetic hoping that a batsman of his class will soon be in the runs Soon after lunch Gose was atalk out Sharpe having made the 52ord catch of his career which looked just as simple as most ot the others to dismiss Kitchen It the captain had failed now Somerset would at least have been committed to an anxious afternoon Batsman in making But he never looked like doing while Wilkinson luckv to have so experienced a hand at the other end confirmed the promise be had shown in the first innings He used his height and reach well and looked in general a well-organised batsman in the making The scoring was slow the ball needed watching with Cope's off-spin particularly accurate and in any case there was no point in it being otherwise but by midafternoon the match had been At tea Somerset were 88 runs on with Gose and ilkin-6o unseparated and the proceedings thereafter were merely academic Boycott duly ran to his first championship hundred of the season when after half an delav at the start the game was continued Hampshire was caught by Dennmg whose fielding in the covers had been a feature of Somerset's out-cricket after the third icket had put on 112 Then Hutton helped his captain in the effort for bonus points contributing a quick 19 It was never a headlong dash and when the third had been afelv garnered Boycott declared rather than attempt to gather a fourth by making 24 in a couple ol overs The weather has been such as to make the public response to this fixture attractive enough on paper impossible to judge Only the hardiest watch cricket mackintoshes! in corners out of the wind when it is as damp and chilli as in these last three days Taunton one can only hope that the increase Somerset's membership to 5700 this year is matched by an increase in championship gates NO Avge DC 122 58 229 176 212 83 153 34 279 101 42 48 34 87 rancis 8 Sta kpode 11 Hirer fc nb 3 A StlCdtMB 8 A A Mailed 8 Tabr 3 I CoHey iF Hommond 2 W- Gifimor A Mamie 1 0 Aiao batted 500 UJtoe 2-2-19-11 INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDS LEAP Bobbv Unser in an All-American Eagle is favourite to win what is almost certa to be the fastest Indianapolis 500-mile race today reports Reuter Each of the 33 starters exceeded the track record in qualifying with the average speed for the field 1R3-655 mpn compared with 171-665 mph last vear The reason for the big jump in speed is the increased and improved use of air foils and the wide slick tyres which have helped increase cornering speed oto r-Cxclirtf JEFFERIES FOR NORTON SQUAD By TONY BUTLER T)ve John Play'er Norton 'earn are making an a 11 -oar effort for honours in next For mula 75P and production events in the Isle of Man TT races After signinc John Cooper to ride in the 750 event with Phil Read and Peter Williams thev have non agreed term with Tony Jefferies who will nde a Norton the production race Last year Jefferie won the first Formula 750 TT and the Junior at Oulton Park Cheshire on Monday Nine Formula I cars are entered for the Gold Cup meet- entered charran were little short of cannon-fodder on this piacid Northampton wicket and it ap peared as if Steele and Watts himself were actually refraining from scoring off them After batting points In addition Warwickshire had avidly sought batting points throughout their innings and had in the process presented Northants with a number of cheap bowling points on the evidence they would gladly have accepted any reasonable challenge Naturally this would have given No-thants a slight but definite chance of victory with their opponents chasing a hard but pi ic-ticable total Instead the game was allowed to sicken and die Cricket cannot afford such self-inflicted wounds Cook again hatted well and Mushtaq exploded his John Plaver team-mate David attack without sug- Walker gestmg real urgency so that fair- It is a busv weekend for motor minded observers could only find sport South Crystal comfort in the dismissal of Watts Palace circuit sadly due to close caught off the bowling of Alan this vear stages its last Formula 2 Smith his opposite number as meeting on Monday and there is captain The game mercifully ended at 530 with Warwickshire at 45 nr two having lost Whitehouse and Jameson Ibw to Dye a gale-blown shower just before the dose aptly symbolising the level of mg brought forward this year to the Spring Bank Holiday Monday Surtees won in 1970 and 1971 and he will attempt the hat-trick in Mike Haihvood's B-ooke Bond Surtees if Tim Schenken's car damaged in a crash during the Monaco Grand Prix is not repaired in time Marlboro BRM will have cart for Peter Gethm Reine and Formula I newcomer Vem Schuppan from Australia Ronnie Peterson is down to drive an 7 March Pescarolo's hope Henri Pescarolo the Frenchman who gave Surtee a run for his money last year will be there in the Frank Williams March if it can be repaired after vet another crash in the wet Monaco race Fittipaldi will be backed bv his John Playe a full programme of races in the Ford5port day at Brands Hatch tomorrow Attractions include IB GT4Gs or the circuit at the same time and the Teape Tropbv race for Gapris with top racing drivers Bowlins 4s 6 592 106 654 04 3 I Am 152 13 77 69 12 1 1200 131 7 18 71 259 13 19 92 188 8 23 50 190 7 2714 ifO 4 29J 99 29 3 43 00 6-1-80-0 16 28 23 18 15 12 Chetnwi 8tark poe aair Inxerarinr Hammooid Mai alt ig I 5f 41 66 1 1 1200 i i S3 00 ABANDONED MATCH At Bristol Glo 121-8 6r Auatr alien 44-1 Bowlin Procter 2-0-6-0: Dave 7-2-23-0 Brown 7-4-8-1 Morttmor 0 3-0-2-0) MATCHES bwaaara (2-7 1: Glamorgan Autraiaia JOHN PI AVER LGF 2 I-830) brtmatord kwi Notn Maiddonf Knot Glo nr he tar Lanoa fiomwMI Ifiifilri Lwci Suaae (od ilmine Humpy andcKi Irrfdlnrtl lori' Derhv MINOR COUNTIES long Gutter LHm- Suffolk Cheat er-le-St Durham Northiimbrgd (iaptdin wickrtKreper SCHOOLS 231-7 1 1 5 Manrtteater T37l BrMol ft 1 OX ft r-evAe Hrer nl 147 Brttnl 113 anrtiMter 9 ON 6 ampbeM CD 33 King Cumrm 142-9 Ktwo wmitharr B4 -7 Colloetf 120-6 rire ftorelrh 80-8 manuel 218-4 Qvmton kiMitoe 33-ft MCC 199 6ec Wrektn 107-8 Perse 177 MCC 164-9 1.