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frv-r-t SPORTS GUARDIAN iLF FiBtOTDoifeiiiier CRICKET Arlott at SOCCER David Lacey Coventry 2, Bristol 2 i 1. 1 Rose Blossoming saved Goliisfanard J.UCVIli, uuvxivu in oDDorrutiitv to takf thelnostlmor.thaniin IW0(rPyXXy'' Tha," thought -meant Stanley, desperate at; thin'- Ballesteros' a clear Point to win a.ftoie ana set back into the game, metlcu- markedfthe spot, almost, bitck on -the which tie lcaneriesviwHlchre so sight the flag. They halved much a part of and. the hole and, Ballesteros went in the first 5 and. 4, Sports-Alliance match-play champion-j'manship and honour can.sur-ship at lian, Ian Stanley, felt himself to Golfers, like tigers, are often be a novice at this strahge.fprnv most dangerous When wounded, of the game.

as; the' ailing Sarii Torrance' The best he could manage Despite' a sore throat ZVL VL and a Eeneral feeline of moe- yaTds froni' the Kreen idlv yaras irom xne, green ess he man convinc ih fh vmi-hini, Bristol A goal from Don Gillies 12 minutes from the end of an emotional and fluctuating game at Highfield Road last night kept Bristol City and Coventry in the First Division and sent Sunderland back to the Second, i heir remarkable run since being all in vain. draw at Coventry was Alf flttHitv of this an on second naif wiien Coventry iook i-0 lead. But within a minute Cow had scored for Bristol then Ciillies equalised and once the result from Goodison Park was known what had been an inten sely physical contest dissolved JSMPT Bs tite last four minutes passing imck rv lhe ball. or nearly an nour tuenuy ck. nrpCprvPghthMry hPin- thJ onlv current status of being the onl current Pirst Division club never to vV heen releeated Yorat ve ye mem wiiiiiu wmo i in u.c VAnd the centre circle and llacc again looked a strong nd mobile prospect near goal.

Bristol City for their part eeraed intent on encapsulating Hie disappointments of, their erst season in the First Division for 65 years." Once more swinging nis tour-wooa. i trie 3. VfiL. if ViU late and much' missed Stephen Potter would have smiled irtdul- SSJJSSS Boug McClelland, gently at such an elementary Part by 7 and 5. ploy, even though it worked.

Torrance then departed to seek medical- attention. That His opponent was duly con- may have been unwise so far ned into taking a wood for his this season he has been as fit as shot from a similar distance but a flea and right off his golfing then, instead of sailing the ball form over the green atvo into the One, of the best victories of a woods according to Stanley's warm but blowy day fell to evil design, he topped, the shot Christy O'Connor. Junior, who and it finished on the green, beat last week's Benson and And yet there is another side Hedges winner, Antonio Gar-to this malicious coin 'of games- rido, by 5 and 4. In the third round, it is always a 'tricky moment three down aeainst Severiano urhon oiwj Ballesteros, the same Stanley buiuu mauer now careiuny tne re- SLiTi thl sponse is phrased it is liable to SSffiSflthSii'EJf the nlntH 60und Patronising or arrogant behind the beer tent. or'mock modest.

O'Connor; with As the Spaniard was weigh- no thoughts for the impli-mg up the shot Stanley cations, said with genuine sin-walked over and told him that cerity I think he is a he was entitled to drop clear, magnificent player." snrelv the voting batsmen of both sides enioved and that is the word festival weather and an improving wicket at Bath yesterday. Somerset scored opu- lentlv and declared, only for lhe Australians to counter so handsomely that they are now 64 runs ahead with six second innings wickets left. The first high note of the day was sounded bv Chappell who. with complete assurance, ran from slip to square leg and held on. through a somersault, to catch Breakwell.

Then Somerset showed the extent of their vouthful promise. Denning had plaved well before he was out overnight now Rose, Botham and Slocombe paraded their talent-; Rose, a tall. fit. calm left- bander, batted with a convinc- strokes. Botham struck the ball with immense power: at one point he took twenty from Jour balls from O'Keeffe he off- drove the first for' four lofted Cyril Chapman at Northampton Willey so smooth Northamptonshire bowled out Essex for 91 at the County Ground yesterday, and then.

with the help of a smooth '3 irom nriliej. uuiu up a iicuu- some lead of 300 that will stand them in good stead on the final day. Essex, who had wilted to 63' for live on Wednesday lost their remaining five wickets roi runs in 4u minuies as noosso" anu tore them as under with accurate fast bowling. Hodgson struck the first blow in the third over of the day when Boyce was lbw and Essex were rz tor eignt wnen tasi edged the same bowler ta second slip. Gooch had pro mised to bring Essex round during their evening and morning difficulties, but he was caught at the wicket for 25, leaving Sarfraz as top scorer with 36 in the first two innings.

Sarfraz, who began the Essex collapse, took three for 37, Hodgson four for 24 and Dye three for 24. With a lead of 87 and almost a whole day to set their stall lor victory, ionnampionsmre were in -no hurry for runs, and Steele, unflurried at the best of times, enjoyed the luxury of self-righteousness as he batted just over two and a half hours for 38. A long bowling stint for East, stretching to 46 overs, was re- warded by the wickets of Steele and Larkins to level Northamp- tonshire out a little at 140 for five, LAWN TENNIS Ronald Atkin in Rome More 'Nasty' Patrick Barclay Everton 2, Sunderland 0 Sunderland go down One of the most inspiring pressing forward, persistence of resistance against and number, oncoming ace, relegation which has been seen after he beimling llf the in the First Division for many second half became apparent years ended in anti-climax at tilat thev were running out of Goodison Park last night with a penetrative ideas, defeat for Sunderland which Everton. plvin Latchford. was narrower than the McKendei ald c.oodlass with might suggest.

long began to carve good It was only the third match chances and an increasingly they had lost out of 19 since threadbare Sunderland defence mid-January. when Jimmy lived dangerously. Buckley, Adamson's influence began to Goodlass. McKenzie and Lyons make itself felt and invigo- all shot wide or had efforts ration spread from the youthful blocked before the visitors talent of Arnott. Elliott and threw everything into a last When Hie Nastase Bob Hewitt, those past masters of dissent, converge jn a--tennis tournament most nrraniwrc nM 1 ft lh- would quail at the prospect, The officials at the Italian ChamnionshiDS.

well' "aware that Rome and Nastase are made for each other, responded by sche- duling this third round match at peak viewing' time on the uentre court. The end Droduct would have thl Colfseum Nastase Sw won -3: 7-5 after smashing a racket and DicKenng with everybody in sight and Hewitt, who missed live set points and contributed a fair percentage of argument. was fined 50 dollars on the spot Rowell. Anxiety, while thoroughly understandable, was often obvious in their wooden attempts tn breach a sound defence in which McXaught and Lyons were outstanding. Everton sel- dom seemed in danger of losing snot was parried bv Siddall it lhe lead which Latchford gave spun slowlv into the net.

Soon tliem in the tenth minute, and afterwards 'the whistle went and might well have increased it in the Sunderland plavers trotted the second half before Rioch put ff. their faces clearlv yearning the result beyond doubt a for news of a Coventry victory minute from the end. over Bristol City and crumpling Latchford's goal was simple in disappintment when they and harsh, an expertly directed learnt it had been a draw, header at the zenith of his rise This was the biggest disap-to Pejic's accurate free kick, pointnient of ray life." said but Sunderland retaliated im- Jimmy Adamson. You've got mediately and Holden should to make your own luck in this have done better than head game, but we could not." Dy tne umpire for slamming a- Wastase in today's quarter-ball away angrily at the first of finals. Adriano Panatta, the top those set points.

seed and defending champion. The areuine starfprl nn th. wno nas not dropped a set or match when Nastase disputed a 0tLJhLml line judge's call. He won that tiMfif opening game with an ace Gerulaitis of the United States. which Hewitt claimed was The acrobatic Antonio Zugar- served before -he was ready to elli meets Pecci, Nastase plays re.qeive.,.His long and bitter pro- Phil Dent of Australia and the, test.was-overruled.

American, Brian Gottfried, is The courtside photographers up against another Australian, were the- next targets of Nas- Kim Warwick, tase's attention for distracting mi' singles Tuini Bound. k. Warwick him. His reaction was to serve a 'Austi bt b. scanion (US) 0-6.

6-1. 6-1 rinnhlp fnnlt- and ion an Dent (Aust) bt E. Debllcker (France) aoUDie lauit ana ttien an ace b-A v. Pecci (Paraguay) bt I. Tirlae which earned him the first set.

(Romania) 7-5. 2-5. 6-4 1. Nastasa Nastase putting as mucheffort EfgHg, ftJL wiftje into entertaining, the audience -3: a. zuguelu (Italy) bt z.

Franuiovic h. af. in-st Hewitt, fell steadily behind in (us) bt J. Kodes (Czech) 6-4, 6-3. Lee on Solent tournament Two Britons reach semi-finals CRICKET SCOREBOARD the next over extra cover for six; went down as if to drive, changed his mind and chopped for four and drove a straight six.

He scored fifty in three quarters of an hpur and then chopped Keeffe to slip. Slocombe, a batsman of great application, built his innings skilfully he Is at his best In the three-day game. For the Australians Thomson, bowling with far more coher- ence and thought than on the first day, sent down only one no ball and that with prac- tice he will soon regain his former pace. Malone was steady and' O'Keeffe beat the bat-more often than his analysis shows. After Taylor declared with a lead of 108, the Australian in- nings began poorly.

McCosker, who found little difficulty with nttamnforl rimiht. ful single and was smartly run out by Denning. When Cosier edged Botnam to tne wickci- keeper the Australians were 18 for two and local excitement Henry Blofeld at Bristol Knott cuts Gloucestershire's batsmen dis- integrated with scarcely a fight yesterday afternoon at Bristol and they lost to Kent oy an in- nings and 161 runs with an hour and a half of the second day's piay remaining. Kent declared jn mid-afternoon at 370 for njne) which gave them a lead of v3u ana lilOUCesiersture weie then bowled out for 78 the whole innings lasting for five minutes under two hours. As in Glucestershire's first in- (four for 33) were tak-Prs anH thev had the splendid match figures of nine for 56 and eight for 69 respectively, Gloucestershire had the worst of the pitch on the first day, but now it was easier the bounce was more consistent, and it also had rather more pace than some at Bristol, and so they had little excuse.

Jarvis, who is improving all the time, again bowled, an excellent first spell having Sadiq caught at first slip as he pushed at one just outside the off stump and then he yorked Stovold. In between these two wickets Zaheer tried chDhi mii nn nlavpd too soon and was caught jn the gulley off the leading edge. p0r a naturallv talented ball piaver Foat is disappointingly snort of runs. He did not look happy now and insisted on try- jng to play Julien off the back foot when he would have been much better forward and was eventually lbw. Shepherd, who is now the grey-haired elder statesman of the Gloucester- shire side, pushed at Jarvis's second ball after tea without, Middlesex v.

Glamorgan LORD'S Glamorgan (2pts) are 196 behind Middlesex (7pts) with five second innings wickets in hand. GLAMORGAN 87 (M. W. W. Selvey 5-32).

MIDDLESEX. First Innings toverniqtit 195-1) M. J. Smith Richards 140 G. D.

Barlow E. Jones Richards 40 C. T. Radley Cordle Ontong 32 N. G.

Featherstone Llewellyn Ontong 10 M. W. Gatting not out 40 P. H. Edmonds Richards Cart-wright 49 M.

W. W. Selvey not out 4 Extras (b 5. lb 7, nb 3) 15 Total (6 wkts dec; 126 oters) 380 Fall of wickets 134, 223, 253, 277, 290. 365.

Bowling Nash 30-6-107-1 Cordle 26-8-65-0 Ontonrj 25-3-69-2 Cartwright 206-46-1 Richards 25-1-78-2. GLAMORGAN Second Innings A. Jones Jones Daniel 23 J. A. Hopkins Brearley Edmonds 35 D.

A. Francis lbw Daniel 34 G. Richards Gatting Edmonds 3 M. J. Llewellyn Edmonds Featherstone 6 R.

C. Ontong not out 5 E. W. Jones not out 1 Total (5 wkts) Fall of wickets 35. 74.

107 96. 105. 88, Cambridge Univ v. Sussex CAMBRIDGE Cambridge University are 61 behind Sussex with all second innings wickets in hand. CAMBRIDGE 203 (M.

A. Buss 4-24) SUSSEX First Innings (cont.) (Overnight 29-1) J. R. T. Barclay 6 Haves 77 J.

Spencer lbw Howat 4 R. D. V. Knight Allbrook 42 Javed Miandad lbw Hayes 32 P. J.

Graves not out 75 M. A. Buss Fosb Hayes 0 C. P. Phillipson Hlgnell Allbrook 22 T.

J. Head not ont 4 Extras (b 7. lb 1. 2, nb 13) 23 Total (7 wickets dec.) 288 Fall of wickets 30, 115, 176, 177, Bowling Howat 17-4-42-1 Grelg 19-1-61-1; Allbrook 46.5-18-97-2 Hayes 21-6-46-3 Bannister 5-1-19-0. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY Second Innings S.

P. Coverdale not out 6 M. K. Fosh not out 13 Extras (lb 4. nb 1) 5 Total (no wkts) 24 Lancashire v.

Warwick OLD TRAFFORD Warwickshire (6pts) lead Lancashire (5pts) by 127 with seven second innmos wicxeis in nana. WARWICKSHIRE 3Rr fnr a IK cmlth 135. J. Whitehouse 104. A.

I. Kallicharran 57 not out). LANCASHIRE First Innings cont. (Overnight 59-2) B. Wood Smith Bourne 88 J.

Lyon Kallicharran Ferryman 28 F. C. Hayes Willis Rouse 89 J. Abrahams Boume Rouse ...43 C. H.

Lloyd not out 24 J. Simmons not out 3 Extras (b 6. lb 11. 2, nb 9) 28 Total (6 wkts 100 overs) 311 Fall of wickets 84. 194.

271, 299. Bowling Willis 17-5-42-0 Roust 24-6-62-4 Hemmlngs 26-6-84-0 Bourne 19-2-65-1 Perrvman 14-5-30-1. WARWICKSHIRE Second Innings D. L. Amiss D- Lloyd Simmons 25 K.

D. Smith Abraham Arrow smith 30 4. WMtehouse Ite 0 G. W. Humphage not out 8 5.

P. Pcrryman not out 1 Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 1) 8 Total (3 wkts) Fall of wickets: 53, 58, 70. 72 GLOUCESTERSH IRE. Second Innings Sadlg Mohammad Johnson Jervls 0 A. V.

Stovold Jirvli 6 Zaheer Abbas Ealham Shepherd 2 Shepherd Johnson Jarvis 25 J. C. Float lbw Julien 2 M. J. Procter Knott Jarvis 21 D.

A. Graveney Johnson Shepherd 0 J. H. Shackleton Knott Shepherd 0 A. J.

Drasslngton not out 14 B. M. Brain Aslf Shepherd 0 J. H. Childs Shepherd 6 Extras (lb 1, nb 1) 2 Total Fall of wickets: 58.

58. 58. 78 5, 8, 18, 24, 43, 58, Bowllno Jarvis 12-6-33-4: Julien 5-2-15-1 Shepherd 10.4-2-25-5 Underwood 2-0-3-0. i i ran Serjeant, who has now scored a 50 in every tour match he has played, was going stea- dilyjenqugh. Tne man who came in to join him WgS.

David Ro(ikeSt the young left-hander from South Australia who in his last home season scored, five centuries in six consecutive Minings and" made such a deep impression in the Centenary Test' His three previous innings of this tour, though, had. lasted, onlyis minutes and produced no flwre than 14 runs. He was entitled to feel anxious but he gave no sign of it Indeed, moved on to attack at once, hitting long and cleanly, his sixes, far clear- ing the boundary catching, and racing ahead of his partner like a man in the form of high summer. Only the loss of Ser- i'iant and Walters setHincf nm- blems checked the momentum which promised to take him to nis cem-ury ucioie me tiuac play. In such a vein, though, it will not take him long today.

loose getting behind the line and was caught at firstslip. At 58 Grav'eney followed Shepherd, also caught at first sijPi an(j at the same score Procter, in his frustration, slashed at Jarvis and was caught behind. This was in effect the end HifForwnno hPtwPPn thfi game played in the second half and that played in first Jwas astonishing al- thnnah' nhvinnslv Kent's strnn? avp nnom was the main reason. Ti; tif which acc0unted for Hills, lbw playing no stroke at Procter, and showed that Woolmer's tim- haH tsmnnrarilv left him. the Kent batsmen did much as they pleased.

iamam miowcu way wmi then Knott saw Woolmer to his century in nearly 4i hours an innings which will have done him a power of good after a disappointing winter with MCC. After Woolmer had been caught at extra cover Knott began to improvise as only he can. He drove, he sweDt. he made room to cut once for four to third man from outside the leg aiump, ue uuuncu aim i.ucw a couple of remarkable tennis shots from two high bouncers by Procter off a six Pace run. Knott's 95 took only 88 minutes and he hit sixteen fours before swinging at Gra- veney and being caught high up by Zaheer on the mid-wicket boundary.

Julien then made a highly entertaining 52 before the declaration. Yorkshire v. Surrey SHEFFIELD Surrey (4 pts) are 82 behind Yorkshire (6 pts) with five second Innings wickets in band. SURREY 171 (G. R.

J. Roope 64) YORKSHIRE. First Innings (cont.) (overnight 39-2) R. G. Lumb Jackman 20 G.

A. Cope lbw Arnold 33 J. H. Hampshire lbw Jackman 88 C. Johnson Skinner Arnold 5 C.

M. Old lbw Arnold 0 D. J. Bairstow Arnold 51 P. Carrick lbw Arnold 30 G.

B. Stevenson Younis Mack 14 A. L. Robinson not out 0 Extras 11. nb.7- 18.

Total (114.2 overs) 279 Fall of wickets 48, 151. 173. 173. 179, 246, 279. 100 overs: Yorkshire 209 for 7.

Bowling: Arnold 33.2-15-63-5: Mack 22-3-58-1: Jackman 33-7-82-4; Roooe 10-3-17-0: Pocock 11-3-21-0: Intikhab 5-0-20-0. SURREY Second Innings J. H. Edrich run out 14 A. R.

Butcher lbw Old 0 G. P. Howarth lbw Robinson 1 Younlsh Ahmed not out 5 T. R. J.

Roooe Old 0 L. E. Skinner Old 1 P. I. Pocock not out Total (5 wkts) 26 Fall of wickets 6, 15, 15, 15, 21.

Notts v. Worcester NEWARK Worcestershire (6 nts) lead Nottinghamshire (6 nts) by 106 wltb fin second innings wickets In hand. WORCESTERSHIRE 210 (P. A. Neale 112 D.

R. Doshl 4-47). NOTTINGHAMSHIRE First Innings cont. (Overnight 84-2) D. W.

Randall Wilcock 63 E. B. Rice Gifford 26 P. D. Johnson Holder D'Ollvelra 32 M.

J. Smedlejf Gilford 34 M. J. Harris D'Ollvelra 10 R. A.

White not out 16 P. A. Wilkinson lbw D'Ollvelra 6 D. R. Ooshi D'Ollvelra 4 W.

Taylor D'Ollvelra 23 Extras tb 2. lb 5, nb 9) 16 Total (105 overs) 258 Fall of wickets 91. 131. 183, 205, 210. 220.

224. 100 Overs Notts 232 tor 9. Bowling Holder 18-4-47-2 Inchmore 9-5-9-1 Gifford 41-12-108-2 Cumbes 7-2-13-0 D'Ollvelra 26-7-50-5 Boyns 4-0-15-0. WORCESTERSHIRE Second Innings G. M.

Turner Hussan White 32 J. A. nrmrorl e. Harris Doshl 44 P. A.

Neat White 2 J. 0, Hemstey not out 58 H. L. D'Ollvelra Harris uosm iu C. N.

Boyns lbw White 0 N. Gifford not out 5 Extras (lb 3) 3 Total (5 wkts) 154 Fall of wickets 54. 56, 129, 141, 142. Oxford Univ v. Leicester OXFORD Leicestershire beat Oxford University by 98 with nine second innings wickets in hand.

LEICESTERSHIRE 276 for 8 dec. (J. F. Steele 67. 0.

I. Gower 56 A. R. Wlngfield-Dlgby 5 for 86). OXFORD UNIVERSITY First Innings cont.

(Overnight 17-0) J. Cloughtnn Taylor 21 R. R. C. Wells Shuttleworth Ward 23 V.

J. Marks Shuttleworth 8ukenshaw 64 M. L'Estrange and Shutleworth 45 S. M. Clements Steele Shuttleworth 2 D.

Kayum Tolchard 15 A. Macphail Shuttleworth 0 D. Brettell lllingworth Blrkenshaw 13 A. R. Wlngfleld-Dlnby Shuttleworth 29 D.

R. Gurr Dudleston Shuttleworth 14 R. Savage not out 0 Extras (b 3. lb 8. nb 8) 10 Total 245 Fall of wickets: 45, 50, 161.

161, 175. 175. 182. WO, 244. Bowllnn Ward 16-3-44-1 Taylor 20-5-37-1 Shuttleworth 27.2-5-55-5 Blrkenshaw 29-7-73-3 lllingworth 3-0-17-0.

LEICESTERSHIRE Second Innlnos D. Dudleston not out 3R J. F. Steele, lbw Gurr J. C.

Balderstone not out Extras (b1 Total (1 wkt) Fall of wickets: 15. 2 38 1 "77 Middlesex, the county champions, look sit for their first victory of the season after building up a first-Innings lead of 293 at Lord's yesterday and snapplnn up half the Glamorgan second Innings with them still 188 behind. they were well organised in their own half but again their attacks were inclined to peter out Willi no shot being offered, Mann missed an easy chance in the 12th minute and two minutes later Coventry went ahead when Shaw met Coops free kick with a weak punch straight to the feet of Hutchin- Tnroufihout the game Coven- try's defence showed some typi- centre back where Holton and Coo? looked square and ponderous and showed a distressing tendency to go for the same ball. Nevertheless they anoeared. to have made the game safe in the 52nd minute when could on push Hutchinson the 'Ir' ri.h.

Lo as came But in the nest instant Gillies had dded the ball down for Cormack replacing an in- iured Whitehead. Coventry's de- aw-av until Gartand headjd I the ball square to Gillies who controlled it calmly before scoring. Country: Sealev: Oakev. McDonala. Vorath.

Holton. Coop Beck. Wallace, Feniii-son, Eowell. Hutchison. Bristol: Shaw: Gillies-, Sweeney Gaw.

Collier, Hunter, Tainton, Ritchie, Garland Mann, Whitehead. Releret: R. Challis (Tonbridae); desperate burst of attacking. Robinson was booked for a trip on Rowell. but the Everton defence survived until the last minute when a long relieving punt found Rioeh with a clear natii nn and althnusrh his Eitrton Davies.

Robinson. Pejic. Lyons. McNauqht, Rioch, Buckley. Dobson, Latchford.

mcKenzte. coodiass. Sunderland Siddall Docherty. Arnott. Waldron, Ashurst.

Kerr. Holden, Lee. Rowell. Referee: M. Lone (Sheffield).

Bolton. Elliott opening match of the final stages. The decisive goal came from on fVoo tr, i7tv which Derek Statham of Weft Bromwich Alhir.n slammed into the net. Ireland beat I ranee by the same score, thanks to a 66th i minute goal by John Bailey, and the Soviet Union had another victory tnrougn a goai Dy Oleg Toran in the 26th minute of their game against Northern reland- eden came through strongly with two second-half goals to beat Holland, who led 1-0 at the interval, and the West Germans were clearly the domi- nant team in their 2-1 win against Yugoslavia, The Greeks had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Iceland, while neither Austria nor Malta looked likely finalists in their scoreless draw. (Whittinqton) 0 and 3 G.

Garrido (Spain) bral 0 Rpqan (V. Byflet: 6 and 4 lM. Pinero (Spain) beat P. Barber (Goq Maqoq) 7 and 6 D. M.

Robertson (Disley) beat Wnn (Leatherhead) 1 hole L. Platts tV(itcliflei beat Boroughs (Boyce Hull al 19th N. Faldo (Welwyn Garden City) bal Ingram (Dalmahoy) at 20th T. Britz (SA) beat L. Hammond (Filvj 2 and 1 s.

C. Mason (Neon Valley) heal 0 Shaw (Rishton) 2 holes W. Barnes (Calediman Hotel, Inverness) beat (Eploiiim) AnH 3 B. G. C.

Hungett 'Cambridgeshire Hotel) beat HdO' 'Soften and 5 Ramos (Scam) beat R. Herbert (Nuneaton) 4 "nd 3 THIRD ROUND Galiardo beat Robsort 5 and 4 Torrance heat McClelland 7 and 5 Coles beat Veaver 2 and 1 Pinero beat G. Garrido 5 and 4 Platts beat Robertson 6 and 5 Barnes beat Mayn 2 and 1 Fourie beat Elson 2 and 1 Chillas beat O'Connor Snr 4 and 3. Husoett rat Ramos 19th King beat i Dunk 3 and 2 Dawson beat Hortan 2 and 1 I Charles beat Clark 4 and 3 O'Connor Jnr beat A. Garrido 6 and 4.

Faldo beat Brit; at 19th Balocchi beat Foster 1 hole Ballesteros beat Stanley 5 and 4. C' denotes seed) Lawn Tennis r.RANn p.uh PRIX (at Duesseldorf) Second (VI Germany) beat Fassbender E. Oibb; (US) 7-5. 6-3 J. Fillol (Chile) beat J.

Hrtbec 'Czech) 6-4, 6-4 R. Moore (SA) hest Fairlie (NZ) 2-6, 7-6, 7-6; J. Borowiak (US) beat K. Meilte (W Ger many) fc-3. 6-3.

B. Mottram (Britain) Deal iiroqini iw bcrrnany) 6-2. tw. Speedway BRITISH LEAGU. Sheffield 44 (R Wil-, -on 11, Wyer 9, Boyle 7).

Wimbledon 34 (L. Ross 14. Jancar; 11) Inswlch 44 (T. Davey 11. J.

Louis 10, B- Sanders 9, 9) Halifax 34 (C. Pti'-ey 12, I. Cartwright 7) Equestrianism DEVON COUNTY SHOW (at Exeter). Everest Double Glaring stakes 1 Elizabeth Arm II (M. Mould) 2, Blossom Hill (F.

Welch) 3. Centre Half (J. Gould). WEST GERMAN DERBY (at Hamburg). Class 1, G.

Wiltfang (W Germany On Duell) no fault! 39.7 sees; 2, H. Simon (Austria, Goldjunge) 40.3; 3, P. Graham (Britain, Ballywater Park) 49.8. I FIRST DIVISION. Aston Villa OPR.

SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Division. Nuneaton v. Dartford; Weymouth v. Mlnehead; Yeovil v. Dover FOOTBALL COMBINATION.

Cardiff V. I west Ham rsi nrttn c.u I NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE. Bangor 1 City v. Scarborough. i wide within a minute after Elliott had nodded on a cross from Rowell.

Davies saved well from Kerr and Holden before half time as Sunderland kept Brian Rose batted with time to spare Harold Mather at Old Trafford Warwicks in control Having gained a lead of 55 on the first innings Warwickshire's batsmen consolidated their position against Lancashire in the evening sunshine at. Old Trafford yesterday and finished at 72 for three, 127 ahead. Considering the task which faced Lancashire at the start of the day 307 behind and two wickets already lost the efforts made by their batsmen were commendable, though workmanlike rather than brilliant. Lyon, the night watchman, set the for before he was caught at slip in Perry-man's first over he batted soundly and helped Wood add 48. Hayes joined Wood and when eight was dropped at slip by Kallicharran, who -bruised a hand and did not field after lunch.

The bowler was Rouse, and' he and Willis maintained an accurate attack it was not until after they were rested that Lancashire's fourth wicket pair blossomed. Then, with strokes progressively more fluent all round the wicket, they added 110 before Wood, having hit 14 fours in his 88, made his first mistake and gave Smith an easy catch at square leg. Hayes found another able partner in Abrahams, whose square and late cuts, especially those made delicately off Hem-mings, were among the best shots of the day. Hayes finally fell at 271 having hit 12 fours in his 89. Three boundaries by Clive Lloyd, all off Bourne, took Lancashire to their fourth batting bonus point but one run earlier Abrahams, whose sound innings included eight fours, was caught at cover off a mishit.

Lancashire's pace, bowling was no more hostile than on the first day and Warwickshire prospered during the first of their two hours' batting before the close. Then a good off spinner by Simmons removed Amiss; Lee, improving as the evening wore on, completely beat White-house's stroke and bowled him before he had scored; and Arrowsmith dismissed Smith just as he looked set again. MOTOR RACING Eric Dymock Brabhams fastest Hans Stuck and John Watson set the fastest times during the opening practice session for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix. The 12-cylinder Alfa Romeo engines in their Brabhams helped them accelerate fastest out of the hairpin bends on the two-mile track around the Principality ahead of Ronnie Peterson (Tyrrell), followed by the Ferraris of Niki lauda and Carlos Reutemann. But, midway through the second practice in the afternoon, a downpour put an end to competitive times, leaving the Brabhams filling the front row of the grid until tomorrow's session decides grid positions for Sunday's race.

Should it be wet again tomorrow, Stuck, Watson and Peterson could start among the favourites on this narrow track, where overtaking on the short straights is extremely difficult. A good start position is crucial, which would leave James Hunt well back in twelfth place "with a misfiring McLaren. Asked what the trouble with the car might be, McLaren's team boss, Teddy Meyer, re-plied curtly If I knew. I'd fix it." Lauda passed a fitness test earlier in the week, and once again demonstrated his determination and courage by setting fourth fastest time in practice. He won this race last year, but in spite of turning up, he cannot be expected to show the form he displayed last year.

Though he has been passed fit, 76 laps and two hours' racinn around the hairpin bends and abrupt camber changes on the trickiest track in the world is a daunting prospect for a man with a cracked rib, caused when changing gear during the morning warm-up before the Spanish Grand Prix two weeks ago. But, if Lauda is unlikely to he competitive, there are plenty more who are. Twenty-five cars will compete for 20 starting positions 111 the sixtn round of the world championship, led by Jody Scheckter, with 23 points, from Mario Andretti, with 20. Scheckter did well in Monaco last year, finishing second to Lauda in his first race with the six-wheeled Tyrrell. This year, Scheckter drives the new Wolf-Ford with a win, a second and two thirds in the five races already run.

LEADING PRACTICE TIMES. 1, H. Stuck (W Germany, Brabham-Alla) 2, 3. WaKon (GB, Brabham-Alla) 3, R. Peterson (Sweden.

Tyrrell) 4, N. Lauda (Aiutrla, Ferrari) 5, C. Reutemann 'Argentina, Ferrari) 6, P. Dcpalller Tyrrell) UEFA Youth tournament Statham gets the first ment on his opponent's play. No antics the second set and eventually smashed his racket on the ground after netting, At Hewitt lost another complaint against what he con- sidered were quick-serving tac- tics, maintaining that he was tuekino in his shirt an nnt looking when another Nastase ace cast him.

Hewitt cast away two more set points in the next game, him t0 the deliShted bellows the crowd. Hewitt manaeed only two points from the last three games. Two Italians, two Americans, two Australians and Paraguay's Victor Pecci have joined Maher, the hard hittin-; Australian, 64, 6-2. He showed plenty of flair but was too erratic and missed his big chance with a point for 5-3 in the first set after Maher had double faulted. Maher now meets Jay Royappa, of India, who won his match after Keith Hancock retired after three games with an injured elbow.

Miss Coe had to survive a match point and struggle through a 3 hour battle to overcome Kate Glancy, the Buckinghamshire junior, 6-7, 7-6, 7-5. Miss Coe now faces Sue Saliba, of Australia, who has already won a couple of titles in the month that she has been here. Miss Saliba, a powerful player, was given a bold match by Linda Geeves, of Middle-sevegnhrough by 7-5, 7-5. The other semi-final brings together Barbara Brankovska, of Canada, and Judy Cdnnor, of New Zealand. Nemeth, no doubt, will not be too worried; he will be content with his performance.

But, if there is not time to present such a competition, display it properly and aclaim the winner, then someone should start to think again about the reason for holding the event in the first place. Certainly, Crystal Palace needs some cosmetic to go with the new stand and relaid running surface, the colour of which only emphasises how tatty the old one was. Nemeth's achievements would have been seen and understood by many more had there been a simple set of markers and indicator arrows to show the position in the competition and who was next to throw. The sponsors, no doubt were happy, but, if their pleasure comes before the dignity and position of an Olympic champion, then the sport has truly lost its way. I 7.45 (21m Ch): 1 SPACER, Holland '(85-40 fav): 2, Allied Carpets .3, Fatherland (11-2).

8 ran. S. Holland. Tote: 35p: 13d. 17p, 15p.

DF: 61p. 8.15 (31m Ch) 1, ROYAL AND ANCIENT. Mrs S. French (14-f) 2, All Spirit (9-4 fav); 3, Xorrlb Road (16-1). 9 ran.

Mrs J. French. Tote 2.21 31p, 18p, 33p. DF 4.07 NR Ben More. 8.45 (2m If Hdle): 1, CONNOTATION.

I. Watklnson (3-1); 2, Royal Arjaln (14-1); 3, Hessian (5-2 Sent Lane 5-2 17 ran. Earl Jones. Tote: 19p. 59p, 15p.

Dual 15.50. TOTE DOUBLE! 36.05; TREBLE: 58.85. Apart from the Lloyd brothers. David in 1971 and John last year, and Lesley Charles in 1975, the men's and women's singles titles in the Lee on Solent lawn tennis tournament have been monopolised by overseas players. That pattern is rapidly being followed, this time and only two home players, Chris Bradnam (Middlesex) and Anette Coe (Devon) are left.

Each faces a tough semi-final today. Bradnam, who gained his place with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Noel Phillips (Australia) meets Gilles Moreton, the French teenager who matches him in height and power. Both stand oyer six feet tall. Moreton showed his skill with a 6-4, 64 win over Rohun Beven (Sussex), who never approached his form of the previous two days. Chris Kaskow (Devon) fell at the same stage to Warren Somerset v.

Australians AATH The Australians lead Somerset try 64 with six second innings wickets in hand. TODAY 11.0 to 5.30 or 6.0. AUSTRALIANS 232 (G. S. Chappell 113 G.

I. Burgess for 25. J. Gamer 4 (or 66). SOMERSET First Innings (cerrnqht 130-3) B.

C. Rose not out 110 D. Breakwell Chappell O'Keeffe 23 I. T. Botham McCosker O'Keeffe 59 P.

A. Slocombe not out 55 Extras (b 4, lb 7. 1. nb 24) 36 Total (5 wickets dec) Fall of wickets cent 146, 228. Bowling Thomson 16-2-O0-0 340 Dymock O'Keeffe Walters JmtiU 2-1-1-0.

AUSTRALIANS Second Inninas R. R. MtCntkir run nn 1 S. Sergeant Garner Botham 50 G. J.

Cosier Taylor Botham 2 D. W. Hookes not out 85 K. D. Walters Botham 25 Extras (lb 6.

1. nb 1) 8 Total (4 wickets) 172 Fall of wickets 16. 18. 141, 172. Hampshire v.

Derby BOURNEMOUTH Hampshire (5nts) lead Derbyshire 8pts) by 93 with fire second I innings wickcis in nana. HAMPSHIRE 314 (B. R. Richards 115. R.

M. C. Gllliat 90). DERBYSHIRE First Innings cont. (Overnight 32-0) A.

Hill run out 90 J. C. Wright Rice 151 G. Miller and Southern 2 E. Barlow Greenidqe Rice 33 A.

J. Borrfngton not out 9 H. Cartwright not out 5 Extras (b 2. lb 7. nb 3) 12 Total (4 wkts 100 overs) 302 Fall of wickets 199.

218. 287. 290. Bowling Roberts 15-2-50-0 Rice 18-7-37-2 Jesty 8-3-12-0 Southern 28-7-82-1 Cowley 15-3-43-0 Richards 4-1-17-0 Taylor 12-2-49-0. HAMPSHIRE Second Innings B.

A. Richards Barlow Hendrick 2 G. A. Greenidge Barlow Miller 19 D. R.

Turner Hendrick 0 T. E. Jesty Wright Miller 19 N. G. Cowley Barlow Swarbrnok 13 J.

M. Rice not out 18 R. M. C. Gllliat not out Extras (lb 3.

nb 1) 4 Total (5 wkts) .81 Fall of wickets 9. 9. 34. 47. 70.

Northants v. Essex NORTHAMPTON Northamptonshre (Spts) lead Essex (4pts) by 323 with two second innnas wickets in hand. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 178 (S.Titmer 6 for 26), Essex 63 for five. ESSEX First lnnlnuj (cont.) (Overnight 63-5) G. A.

Gooch Sharp Dye 25 K. D. Boyce lbw Hodgson 15 R. E. East Mushtaq Hodgson 10 N.

Smith Sharp Dye 7 J. K. Lever lbw Hodgson 1 D. L. Acfleld not out 1 Extras (nb 4) 4 Total (3T.1 overs) 01 Fall of wickets Cont.

72, 82. 82. 95. Bowling Sarlrax 10-1-37-3 Dye 11.1-4-24-3 Bedl 2-1-2-0 Hodgson 8-2-24- NO'tHAMPTONSHIRE Second Innings R. T.

Virgin lbw Tamer 30 G. Cook lbw Bny 17 D. S. Steele East 32 Mustan Mohammad Hardie East 0 P. Willey East Gooch 73 W.

Laikins GoorJi East 2 b. snarp not out .53 Sarfrae Nawaz anl East 0 A. Hodgson Boyce East ..1 B. S. Bedi not out 10 Extras (b 1.

lb 9. 1, nb 7) 18 Total '8 wickets) Fall of wickots: 29. 72, 201, 206. 218. 236 73.

131, 140, ATHLETICS: John Rodda Strings of sponsorship The English team confirmed their position as favourites in the 30th European Youth chammonshiDS when thev beat Belgium 1-0 at Lokeren in the Neal set to move John Neal, the Wrexham manager, looks set to join Mid- dlesbrough todav. He has not vet made a fina'l decision but has arranged a press conference at Avresome Park this afternoon. Neal was impressed with Mid- dlesbrough's offer earlier this week and said yesterday As far as I can see, there are no snags." If he does agree, he will succeed Jack Charlton. Martin Buchan, Manchester United's captain, trained yester- day and made significant pro- gress toward appearing in the Cup Final against Liverpool, Buchan has knee ligament trouble RESULTS Association FIRST DIVISION Coventry (1) 2 Bristol (0) 2 Hijtcninson Gow. Gilhei Everton (1) 2 Sunderland (0) 0 Larcnford; Rioch BOTTOM FIVE A Pts it tn tc it ao rn 3 Sunderland 42 11 12 19 46 54 34 Stoke 42 10 14 18 28 51 34 Tottenham 42 92 9 21 48 72 33 CENTRAL LEAGUE.

Liverpool 2. Black-Pool 2. SOUTHERN LEAGUE Premier Division. Maidstone 3. Burton 2.

NORTH MIDLAND LEAGUE. Rotherham 0. Hull 3. LANCASHIRE COMBINATION Cup Final Second Leg. Accrington 4, Wigan A 1 (Accrinntcn win s-J on aggregate).

oinmmri uuwul i.up rinar. Barkmo 0. Hendon 1. UEFA YOUTH COMPETITION (Belalum) Group A. Iceland 1, Greece 1 Belgium 0, i England 1.

Group B. Ireland 1 France 0 I west oermany i. rugosiavia i. uroup Russia 1. Ireland 0 Austria 0.

Malta 0. Group D. Sweden 2. Holland 1 Italy 2, BUgana 1. Golf MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP 'at Stoke Poqes).

Second Round D. Dunk (Renishaw Pk) beat Jariqcr (Ml Irvine Bay Tobago) 1 hole, M. G. King fC Htath) beat 1. Mosey (Denton) 5 and 3 P.

Dawson (Hartsbourne) beat A. Clark (Sunmngdale) 2 and 1: T. A. Horton (Ryl Jersey) beat Ballesteros (Spain) 5 and H. Clark (Moor Allerton) beat R.

Cm (Sutton) 3 and R. J. Charles I HZ), beat J. R. Garner Flackwell Heath) hole.

C. O'Connor Jnr (Shannon) beat E. Greqson (Lark Valley) 4 and A. Garrido (Spain) beat W. Humphreys (Ryl Mid Surrey) at 20th; M.

F. Foster (Clayton) beat R. D. Shade (Ellersley Hse Htl) 4 and 3: H. Baioccl (Ely City) beat D.

L. Hvde (Surbiton) 3 and P. A. Elson (Coventry) beat D. T.

Stetfe (Hill Valley) 4 and 3: J. Fourie (SA) beat B. Gallacher (Wentviorth) at D. Chillas (Ryl Aberdeen) beat N. Job (Coombe Hill) 4 and C.

O'Connor Snr (Ryl Dublin) beat K. H. Norton (Tyrrells Wood) at 19th: I. E. Stanley (Australia) beat E.

Polland (Sels-don Pk Htl) at 19th; S. Ballesteros (Soain beat G. L. Hunt (Gloucester Hotel, Aberdeen) 1 hole. K.

F. Robson (Harpenden) beat J. 0'Leary 'Hill Valley) 4 and 2: A. Galiardo (Spain) brat Bottell (Oadby) 2 and 1 P. Weaver (Coventry) beat M.

Bembrldge (The Bel-rcy) 5 and 4 'N. C. Coles (Holiday Inns) beat F. N. Hobday (SA) 3 and 2 D.

W. McLellind (Hartsbourne; beat J. t. r.iur rav (Walton Heath) 2 and 1 S. Torrance (Caledonian Hotel, Ayr) beat A.

H. Bones i I I i Britain does not want to become tarnished with a reputation for turning athletes into, commercial puppets. That, though, is the danger, I feel, unless someone administering the sport puts a steadying hand on the sort of competition that goes on outside the arena of such events as the Philips Electrical Silver Jubilee Meeting at Crystal Palace on Wednesday. In. many respects, it was a marvellously-successful evening, with the opening of the new Crystal Palace stand and a crowd of more than 14,000.

But the evening was crammed with so many goodies that it was difficult to keep up with all that was happening as well as the announcer's words, so that many spectators went away un- aware that Miklos Nemeth, of HungaryT the Olympic javelin champion and world record-holder, had achieved the best throw in the world this year. Evening racing UTTOXETER 6.15 (2m 1f Hdle) 1, MR WISE, Bob Oavles (7-4 fav) 2, Due it Bolebec (5-1) 3. Chocolate Imp (11-4). 15. ran.

D. Morley. Tote: 21b; DF 6.45 (2m 1f Cti): 1, SLIPS, P. J. Kelly (3-1 it-fav) 2, Malford Gron (7-2V: 3.

Eielle (100-30). The Sundance, Kid 3-1 It fav. 8 ran. G. Verrjelle.

Tote 3Bp 14p, 16p, 22b. DF 94p. NR Bright Ferqus. 15 (2in 1f Hdle): 1 STABYLUIS GIRL. R.

Hyett (5-2 it fav): 2 Button Boy (100-30); 3. Breeze Warjon (4-1). Bronson 5-2 It lav. 6 ran. 0.

Carey. Tote: 36p; 16p, 17p. l.Hp. Gloucester v. Kent BRISTOL Kent (20pts) beat Gloucestershire Opts) by an innings and 161 runs.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE 131 (J. N. Shepherd 4-31, K. B. S.

Janls 4-36) KENT First innings cont: (Overnight 144-3) R. A. Woolmer Stovold Gravcney 112 R. W. Hills lbw Procter 6 A.

G. Ealham Brain 36 P. E. Knott Zaheer Gravcney 95 B. 0.

Julien Zaheer Procter 52 J. H. Shepherd not out 1 D. L. Underwood lbw Procter 2 Extras (b3.

Ib3, nb4) 10 Total (9 wkts dec 100.5 overs) 370 Fall of wickets cont: 145, 195. 233. 358. 368. 370.

Score at 100 overs: Kent 364 for 7. Dummy. nwnui Bowling: proctor 27.5-10-75-4: Brain 26-7-72-3; Shackleton i M2-1-64-0: Grattney 19-1-80-2. emios.