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SPORTS GUARDIAN 28 Tuesday May 26 1987 Mike Selvey at Edgbaston on a thrilling climax to the Texaco Trophy DeFreitas smashes and England grab PLAY OFF FINALS SECOND LEG Stephen Bierley Leeds 1, Charlton 0 (Agg 1-1) Ormsby sets up decider There was an initial composure about Charlton, spawned by a season in the First Division. They were not about to take fright just because the home support was huge and intimidating. SOCCER This is the season that refuses to die. Leeds United, with a 53rd-minute goal by their captain Brendan Ormsby, ensured a play-off for the play-offs at St Andrews not the golf course, though it might just as well be this Friday. If necessary this match will indeed be decided by a penalty shoot-out.

It was a night of passion bordering on hysteria with the ball and often bodies flying in all directions. Such was the frenzy that even the goal had to survive an inquest not that it was in itself in doubt, just who scored it. Bob Taylor, a raw 20-year-old who had replaced Pearson, injured during the first leg at Selhurst Park, appeared to have pushed home the goal after Aizlewood's shot had ricocheted off a defender. However, Ormsby followed the ball over the line, gave it a whack while it was apparently teetering on the chalk, and duly claimed it. So it is all back to square one.

Charlton had looked to catch United early, attempting to slap a wet towel in the face of an Elland Road pulsing like the great days of the '60s and '70s. This they nearly achieved. A beautiful flowing move down the right won them a corner in the first minute and two more rapidly followed with Shirtliff heading the last beyond Day's groping hand and against the top of the bar. possible to accuse Javed, master batsman though he be, of creating the prelude to dissstci He works the ball about for the bulk of his innings, rarely looking for the boundary, but confident in his own ability to change gear. This is fine when it works, as at the Oval, but a glance at his record 114 innings, 33 scores over 50 but only four hundreds suggests too many times when it does not.

Yesterday he came unstuck with the first ball of phase two, a legside slog at Foster which was superbly caught by Gower at mid-wicket. The rot set in. The start of their innings had been no less dramatic, with Greg Thomas, who replaced the injured Dilley in the side, trapping Mudassar lbw with his first ball and having Mansoor caught behind from the fourth. He subsequently tried to bowl too fast and was pulled and driven. With Imran's onslaught at the end he conceded 59 runs; the other three seamers conceded 31 or less, even Botham, who meandered in to bowl an impeccable length at an unhittably slow pace.

PAKISTAN Mudassar Nazar lbw Thomas RamisRaja run out 46 Mansoor Akhtar Richards bThomas -St laved Miandad Gower 68 Salim Malik Emburey 45 Imran Khan not out 24 Manzoor Elahi Emburey Saleem Yousuf run out Wasim Akram Richards Foster. Tauseef Ahmed Foster Mohsin Kamal not out 11 Extras (b 2, lb 13, 1. nb 3) 19 Total (for 9, 55 overs) 213 Fall of wickets 0, 0, 73, 168. 170. 170, 178 Bowling: Thomas 11-0 59-2: De freitas 11-1-30-0; Botham 11-1-31-0; Foster 11-1-29-3; Emburey 11-1-49-2.

ENGLAND B. Broad Javed Miandad MohsinKamal 15 C. W. M. Athey Saleem Yousuf Imran 5 D.

I. Gower Mudassar 1 1 A. J. Lamb Akhtar 14 M. W.

Gatting Salim Malik MohsinKamal 41 I. T. Bothamc sub Tauseef 24 C. J. Richards run out 16 I.

E. Emburey 16 N. A. Foster not out 14 P. A.

J. DeFreitas Imran 33 I. G. Thomas not out 1 Extras (lb 14. 12, nb 1) 27 Total (for 9, 54.3 overs) 217 Fall of wickets: 18, 31, 34, 75, 105.

140. 155. 167, 209. Bowling: lmran 11-0-43-2; Xamal 11-0-4-72; Wasim Akram 10.3-2-34-0; Mudassar 11-2-17-2; Tauseef 11-0-62-1. umpires: H.

D. Bird and K. E. Palmer. Picture by Frank Baron Yousuf departs as the England players lawed reverse sweep, straight from the top drawer.

The England captain added 41 with Lamb before the latter became Mudassar's second victim and Gatting drove Kamal to backward point. It now rested, or so it seemed, with. Botham, but he had trouble adjusting to the pace of the pitch and eventually had no option but to chance his arm, unsuccessfully, against Tauseef. The Pakistani innings, which stuttered at the start, finally got going, only to backfire and fall apart like a circus jalopy. They lost not only the toss on another hazy morning but two wickets in the first over to boot, without a run on the GRINS AND GLOOM wickets and, more worrying, outbreaks of fighting, some of it between Pakistanis and a small band of England supporters who at first glance did not appear to be from the SDP camp.

Unquestionably drink played a part as well. It will need some thought before the fourth Test takes place at the end of July, 17,000 people to 100 police seems an un-' healthy ratio. England had been set what seemed a straightforward target to win on an easy-paced pitch. They lost Athey at 18, Broad at 31, and Gower at 34. Gatting, solid and open hearted as a Victorian chest of drawers, produced some strokes, including the out- David Irvine on how the Saleem Robert Armstrong Swindon Town 2, Gillingham 1 (agg 2-2).

Swindon spirit pulls back two-goal lead All-England Club's chairman reacted to the Dusseldorf walk-out Wimbledon may bar McEnroe CRICKET MIKE GATTING lifted the Texaco Trophy, a construction of minimum sterling silver and maximum glass and marble, yesterday evening after England won a marvellous match of ebb and flow to beat Pakistan by one wicket with three balls of the final over remaining. It is their fifth trophy in the past six months. With six overs remaining and England at 167 for eight it had seemed that the trophy, or at any rate a replica, would be going to Karachi. Cometh De Hour, cometh DeFreitas. In 22 balls he transformed the situation, hitting four fours and a massive six over square leg in 33 solid-gold runs, taking the score, with the help of Neil Foster, to within four of the' Pakistan total of 213.

Then he chopped a short ball from Imran on to his stumps, leaving the stage to Foster and Greg Thomas. With some hair-raising running they were both a whisker from being run out they levelled the scores. I lmran brought his field in and no run came from the first three balls of Akram's final over. Then, to a roof-lifting roar, Foster edged the ball through the vacant second slip and ran off, arms aloft. It was all too much.

DeFreitas took the man-of-the-match award. The result should be tempered; though, because over the three-match series Pakistan have consistently improved their performances in the field, while England's with the bat, steadily got worse. One hesitates to use phrases like wheels coming off" lest the implications undergo an about-face twixt typewriter and printed page. But there is certainly a cough in the engine there's just over a week for a full service before the first test. The match as a whole was marred by the sort of crowd trouble which is creeping into the game and for which, with such large areas, there seems no easy solution.

It took two forms the ritual crowd invasion of the pitch, by Pakistani supporters when England lost early Agenor a tough test for Lendl Game for game there was nothing between Ivan Lendl, the defending champion, and Ronald Agenor, Haiti's only full-time professional, at the end of three hours and 27 minutes of high-powered competition on the opening afternoon of the French Open championship in Paris yesterday. Unfortunately for the 23-year-old Agenor, who was within two points of taking each of the first two sets and then white-washed the Czech in the third, Lendl's better distribution of winning games thev had 20 each carried him safely through 7-5, 7-6, 0-6, 6-3. It was a harder match, Lendl admitted, than any he experienced in winning the title for a second time last year. I only won because he got tired at the end." But that, as he forecast in Rome, was the way Grand Slam events were developing. But for a change of call, which overruled a double fault, Agenor would have been at set point in the first.

The umpire's refusal to override a line judge in the second et tie-break also cost the challenger dearly, but after outplaying Lendl in the third he only had himself to blame. Johan Kriek, a surprise semi-finalist last year, was less fortunate. He became the first seed to go when he was beaten 6-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 by Joakim Nystrom, perhaps the most dangerous floater. Nystrom, who defeated Lendl in the Italian open, now has a good chance of playing him again in the fourth round. It was ironic that Kriek, the last American to fall in 1986, should be the first to go a year later.

Yannick Noah, the 1983 champion, swept through 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 against Ivan Kley of Brazil. Steffi Graf needed only 56 minutes to dispose of csuia CsereDv 6-1. 6-1. in the first step along the road to what many oeneve win De ner nrst major title. It was her 33rd consecutive victory this year, yet she said she would take nothing for granted.

Martina and Chris have won so many Grand Slams, winning here has to be very tough." Britain's tiny contingent was reduced by one-third when Annabel Croft, after taking the first set, drifted away to lose 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 against Gabriela Dinu, a Romanian based in West Germany. David Irvine had medical reports, but even- 1 tually he went for flair by recalling the Rangers winger, David Cooper. If Leighton fails to recover. Oldham Athletic's Andy Goram could play SCOTLAND. Leighton (Aberdeen) or Goram (Oldham): Gough (Tottenham).

McLeish (Aberdeen). Miller (Aberdeen). McLsod (Celtic). Aitken (Celtic). McStay (Celtic).

Simpson (Aberdeen). Wilson (Leicester), McCoist (Rangers), Cooper (Rangers). BRAZIL. Carlos; losimar, Geraldao, Rlcardo, Nelsinho, Silas, Douglas, Edu or Rai, Valdo, Muller, Mirandinha or Romsrio. Stephen Bierley Swindon town staged a remarkable fight-back to hold Gillingham to a 2-2 aggregate in the final play-off for a second division place at the County Ground last night.

Two goals in the final half-hour by Peter Coyne and the substitute, Charlie Henry, earned Lou Macari's side a replay on neutral ground at Selhurst Park on Friday. It was an epic battle, in the best Anglo-Saxon tradition of knock-out competition, which captivated the 15,000 all-ticket crowd until the final whistle. Gillingham must have felt deeply frustrated at leeting a 2-0 aggregate lead slip away but Swindon's never-say-die spirit merited another chance, and it should ensure a healthy bank balance for both clubs. Swindon's cause appear almost extinct by half time, with Gillingham looking excellent value for their 2-0 lead and more than likely to score again. Kite was unbeatable in Gillingham's goal for a good hour, frequently denying White and later Henry who both saw strong headers rebound from the crossbar.

After just 17 minutes Gillingham had scored a spectacular goal after intense pressure by Swindon. There seemed no immediate danger when the Gills right back, Haylock, swung over a curling cross towards the edge of the box, but Elsey darted forward The main thrust of United's attack, surf-boardine down on Chariton's goal on wave after wave ot cnants, came down the right with both Ritchie and Sheridan floating the ball to Bolder's far post. These he dealt with comfortably. Bremner had again reverted to having Edwards, snatcher of last-minute trifles on the substitute's bench. The striker came on for Ritchie after 72 minutes and almost scored, an over-head kick scraping the bar.

The best chance in the first half fell to Taylor. Bolder came for a 50-50 ball, hesitated and Sheridan stuck in a foot. The ball floated towards the unguarded goal but hit the woodwork and bounced down in the six-yard area. Taylor came charging in but missed the rebound With so much at stake there was little scope for fluent football. Baird, never one to be backward in coming forwards in the scrapping stakes, was booked for reducing Lee to the horizontal.

However, Leeds were beginning to get on top in less obvious ways and Ormsby's goal saw 31,000 Yorkshiremen erupt Leeds United: Day. Aspin. McDonald. Aizlcwood. Ashursl.

Ormsby. Rilchic. Shot dan. Taylor. Baird.

Adams Charlton Athletic: Border: Humphrey. Reid. Poake. Shirtlilf, Miller, Gritl, Lee. Melrose.

Walsh. Crooks. Referee: R. Nixon (West Kirby). to.

volley a perfectly timed arive nign mio ine net. JJigoy did not even move. Elsey went oft" midway through the second halt witn injured knee ligaments and he may miss the replay. Swindon always worked hard to impose a pattern on a game that had more than its share of free kicks and stoppages for injury. It aDneared increasingly to be Gilfingham's night when Bamoer, rariun, ana Henry an failed to find the net with headers early in the second half.

But that stage Keith Peacock's side had virtually given up the hunt for a third killing goal, relying instead on tne durability of their hard-working defence to keep Swindon out. Perhaps Swindon sensed a chink in the armour of the men of Kent. At any rate Coyne pounced on a half clearance just past the hour and stabbed home a low shot from 15 yards. Eleven minutes rmained when Gillingham's defence failed to intercept a cross from the right by Hockaday, allowing Henry to level the scores with a fierce left-foot drive from the edge of the box. Swindon Town.

Digby: Hockaday. Parkin, Calderwood. King. Coyne, Kamara. Barnard.

Bamber. S. Berry. White. Gillinnham.

Kite Havlock. L. Berrv. GreenalT. Pearce.

Quow. Elsey. Pritchard. Shearer, cascarmo. Loven.

Referee: L- Shapter (Torquay). League beating them twice in the process but in the play-offs it was Aldershot who showed the killer instinct, although Wolves made a frenzied dash straight from the kick-off, discarding any use of the midfield and going for goal by the aerial route. The compact Aldershot defence, held together by Smith and Wignall, relished this approach, although Wolves should have taken an early lead when Bull had a clear look at goal. Powell's shot was then turned over the bar by Lange, but it was Wolves who had the narrowest escape in a hectic first half when Kendall saved from King. Wolves used their neglected midfield to better purpose in the second half, but the final pass was usually in the air, allowing the Aldershot defenders to profit accordingly.

Aldershot kept their nerve in a trying atmosphere and allowed themselves the luxury of an attack or two, but they were in some trouble after Purdie was sent on for Dennison to try to give Wolves new life. Thompson twice sliced the ball wide, Holmes headed over, and a relieved Aldershot eventually scampered away for Bobby Barnes to put a low shot past Kendall in the -81st minute. over Luxembourg is the sum of ji .7 i i i ine success in six maicnes, ana another defeat tonight at Hampden may prove more than a mere embarrassment for Roxburgh. Scotland's plans were thrown into confusion yesterday because of Charlie Nicholas's chicken pox, and because their goalkeeper, Jim Leighton, was rated a doubtful starter with a stomach virus. Roxburgh postponed his team announcement until he congratulate Gower on running him out.

board, but got over the trauma thanks once more to a Javed Miandad half-century, his seventh in consecutive one-day internationals against England, but also for the first time in the series to Ramiz Raja (46). and Salim Malik (45). At 168 for three, with 11 overs to go, they were will set for a total that would put England under pressure. Then the first not came loose as Javed was out for 68. It seemed to loosen screws in the rest of the order, for in the next 29 balls they lost a further five wickets for ten runs, two more to Foster, two to Emburey, and a runout.

Six ducks residing Gooch- According to close ob servers, there was no sign during Sunday's match that McEnroe, who says he has a congenital back problem, was in physical discomfort. He never once requested the trainer. Today, as McEnroe starts his challenge at the French Open, the international council's administrator, Marshall Happer, will study film of the incident and decide whether to charge the American with aggravated conduct, defined as behaviour which is flagrant or particularly injurious to the success of a tournament." If McEnroe is charged and found guilty, he could Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE: Chicago White Sox 4. Boston Hea sox ueirou ngers Minnesota Twins 2: Cleveland Indians 5. Milwaukee Brewers 3.

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like on the scorecard, the AA arrived in the patrician form of Imran, who survived a murderous caught and bowled chance by Emburey when 11, but then farmed the tail-ender Kamal so effectively that they were able, with the aid of some selective hitting very selective actually, as Imran hit Greg Thomas for as big a straight six over the pavilion and into the road beyond as there Will be all season to add 35 for the last wicket. The collapse, similar to that suffered by England in the second match at Trent Bridge, raised a couple of transient thorns. It showed just how much Pakistan rely of Javed's batting, but it is be suspended for anything from tnree weens to a year and fined anything up to $25,000. If he was to appeal, however, the procedure would probably go too slowly to stop him from playing at Wimbledon, assuming the tournament accepter! him. McEnroe's fines this year already total $9,000.

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NR Carat Slick Cyril Chapman Wolves 0, Aldershot 1 (agg 0-3) Wolves pack tamed Our Correspondent at Old Trafford Lanes reel to Radford reminder Neal Radford, released by Lancashire in 1984 and a constant embarrassment to them since, dished out another painful reminder yesterday that they were wrong to let him go. In fading light at Old Trafford he crowned a Worcestershire recovery with a venomous display, dismissing two batsmen in one over and hitting two others on the head. Over all, however, the Championship leaders still looked healthy enough at the close, with a lead of 167 and eight wickets left. Radford launched his blitz after Worcestershire's last-wicket pair of Phil Newport and Paul Pridgeon had battled bravely and with great com-monsense to put on 54 and avoid the follow-on. Newport's PADDY CLIFT, the Zimbabwe-born all-rounder, has asked to leave Leicestershire.

Clift, 33, is upset that he was left out of the side against Northamptonshire, and said I feel I have no future at Leicestershire." unbeaten 58, only the second half-century of his career, was compiled during a marathon spell of 32 overs from Jack Simmons, who used a slow turning pitch to take six for 62. Lancashire believed that they had dismissed Pridgeon before he had scored, with 27 still needed to make them bat again. The tailender pushed forward at left-arm spinner Ian Folley, and the ball popped up into the hands of David Hughes at forward short leg. With a gleeful shout the Lancashire captain was running toward the pavilion, along with several team-mates, when he realise the anneal had been rejected. This led to a heated ex change between Pridgeon and Paul Arlott, which perhaps spurred the Worcestershire pair into stubbornly addine another 51 runs.

If Lancashire felt hard done by then Radford quickly added injury to insult. Greame Fowler, trying to hook, received a crack on the helmet which cut his ear and left him dizzy. Sensibly, he retired tnree Dans later Gehan Mendis was also struck, but continued to bat after several minutes of treat ment on the held. In between, Radford had Johnson Abra hams lbw and knocked out Neil Fan-brother's off stump. Steve O'Shanghnessy was luckier bowled comtirehen- sively off a Radford no-ball.

FIXTURES Soccer ROUS CUP: Scotland Brazil (Hampden Park 8.0) says that tournaments are open to all players, based on merit and without discrimination, the All-England Club's chairman, Buzzer Hadingham, confirmed yesterday that they reserve the right to refuse entry. Hadingham said he had seen some of the Dusseldorf incident on television, and had been left speechless. Though declining to discuss it before talking to his committee, he said it was high time the international council and the ATP, the players' union, put their houses in order. It can't go on like this. It's such a bad example to the young." Tennis FRENCH OPEN (Paris) First round MEN: D.

Cahill (Aus) Beat M. Kratzmann (Aus). 6 0. 6-3. 4-6.

6-4: I. Nystrom (Swe) beat I. Kriek (US). 6-7. 6-2.

6-2. 6-1: H. Skoif (Aus) beat 0. Delaitre (Fr). 6-4.

7-6. 6-1; 1. Canter (US) beat L. Warder (Aus). 6-4.

6-1. 5-7. 6-2; Champion (Fr). beat C-U Steeb (W Ger). 6-2.

6-4. 2-6. 6-4. L. Matter (Braz).

beat Vojtisek (W Ger). 3-6. 0-6, 6-4. 7-5. 6-4.

1. Berger (US) beat C. Pistolesi (Italy). 6-1. 6-3.

6-3: K. Novacek (Czech) beat T. Nijssen (Neth). 6-2. 6-1.

6-0: M. Purcell (US) beat S. Glammalva (US) 6-0. 6-2. 6-2: C.

LImberger (Aus) beat S. Eriksson (Swe), 6-4. 6-3. I. Lendl (Czech) beat R.

Agenor (Haiti). 7-5. 7-6. 0-6. 6-3, 1.

Gunarsson (Swe) beat P. Carlsson (Swe). 6-1. 7-6, 6-3: E. Winogradsky (W Ger) beat M.

Freeman (US). 7-6. 7-5. 6-3; T. Tulasne (Fr) beat D.

Rostagno (US) 3-6. 6-3. 1-6. 6-4. 6-2; M.

Robertson (S A) beat G. Layendecker (US) 6-2. 3-6, 6-7. 7-6. 6-1, M.

laite (Arg) beat H. Schwaler (W Ger) 6-2, 6-3. 6-4; G. Vilas (Arg) beat 1. Potter (Fr).

6-3. 7-6. 6-4; Y. Noah (Fr) beat 1. Kley (Braz).

6-0. 6-2. 6-2: P. Annacone (US) beat C. Motta (Braz) 6-4.

6-1. 6-3. THOMAS MUSTER (Aus) beat G. Perez Roldan (Arg) 6-1. 6-3.

6-2: I. Svensson (Swe) beat L. Shlras (US) 6-4. 6-0. 6-2; H.

Sundstrom (Swe) beat G. Holmes (US) 6-3. 6- 4. 7-5. U.

Stenlund (Swe) beat B. Willenborg (US) 6-2. 6-2. 6-2. T.

Pham (Fr) beat P. Kuhnen (W. Ger) 7-6. 6-3. 6-2.

A. Agassi (US) beat P. Arraya (Peru) 6-2. 4-6. 6-1.

7-5. P. Kuchna (Fr) beat G. Mtchibata (Can) 6-3. 6-2.

7-6: Mats Wilander (Swe) beat S. Colombo (Italy) 3-6, 6-2. 6-1. 5-3 (Colombo ret). Eduardo Bengoechea (Arg) leads J.

Hlasek (Switz) 6-4. 6-7, 7-5 (match suspended until today). L. Garrono (Italy) beat A. M.

Fernandez (US) 6-1. 6-2; S. Sloans (US) beat E. Okagawa (lap) 6-2. 6-1; I.

Cueto (W Ger) beat P. Medrado (Brazil) 6-3. 6-2. E. Minter (Aust) beat C.

Karlsson (Swe) 6-3, 6-0. K. Gompert (US) beat E. Reinach (SA) 6-7. 6-3.

8' WOMEN First round: S. Graf (W Ger) beat C. Cserepy (Switzj 6-1, 6-1: Eva Krapl (Switz) beat A. Devreis (Belg) 6-4. 6-4.

B. Fulco (Arg) beat M. C. Calleja (Fr) 6-0. 6 0: Laval (Ft) beat M.

Werdel (US) 6-2. 6-4: A. Kanellopoulou (Gr) beat S. Walsh-Pete (US) 6-2, 6-3: B. Paulus (Aust) beat S.

Mascarin (US) 6-2. 6-4: C. Porwik (W Ger) beat F. Bonsignorl (Italy) 7-6. 6-4; T.

Scheuer-Larsen (Den) beat S. Goles (Yugo) 7- 5. 6-2. M. Torres (US) beat Okamoto (lap) 7-6.

6-0: S. Hanika (W Ger) beat N. Dlas (Braz) 6-2. 6-1; K. Rinaldi (US) beat V.

Nelson-Dunbar (US) 6-2, 6 H. Sukova (Czech) beat D. Van Rensburg (SA) 6-1. 6-1; H. Cioffi (US) beat R.

Falrbank (SA) 6-2. 6-3; G. Sabatini (Arg) beat M. Vandertorre (Neth) 6 0. 6-2: V.

Ruzicl (Rom) beat K. Bohmova (Czech) 6-3. 6-2: L. Ferrando (Italy) beat K. Karlsson (Swe) -2-6, 7-5.

6-0: T. Phelps (US) beat R. Rajchrtova (Czech) 6-3. 0-6. 6-4; A.

Sanchez (Sp) beat E. Burgin (US) 7-5. 6-3: L. Vanhifle (Fr) beat A. Dechaume (Fr) 6-3.

1-6. 6-3; C. Benjamin (US) beat T. Mochlzuki (US) 7-5. 6-3; G.

Dinu (Rom) beat A. Croft (GB) 2-6. 6-3. 6-1; S. Wasserman (Belg) beat H- Ter Rlet (Neth) 6-1.

6-1: R. Zrubakova (Czech) beat C. Nozzoli (Italy) 6-4. 6-1; I. Budarova (Czech) beat G.

Miro (Braz) 7-6, 6-3. A. Villagran (Arg) beat J. Mundel (SA) 6-0. 6-4; K.

Schimper (SA) beat M. Llndstrom (Swe) 7-6. 6-2; L. Bonder (US) beat L. McNeil (US) 6-3.

6-3. D. Balestrat (Aus) beat T. Holladay (US) 6-2, 6-3; P. Huber (Aust) beat G.

Kim (US) 7-5. 7-5: 1. Demongeot (Fr) beat P. Tarablnl (Arg) 6-2. 7-5; K.

Maleeva (Bulgaria) beat P. Barg (US) 6-2. 6-1. American Football BUDWLISER LEAGUE Premier Division: Musselburgh Magnums 14, Edinburgh Eagles 18, Wrekln Giants 6. Scunthorpe Stealers 31; Leeds Cougars 58.

Locomotive Derby 12: Kings Lynn Patriots 21. Oxford Bulldogs 60: Huskies 6. Dunstable Cowboys 20; Rockingham Rebels 7. Reading Renegades Hereford Chargers 14. Witney Wildcats 6: Plymouth Admiral 59.

Taunton Wyverns 18; Torbay Trojans 13. Cotswold Bears 19: Bournemouth Bobcats 48, Crawley Raiders Southern Bengals 20, Kent Rams 41; Brighton B52.s 44. Portsmouth Warriors 4: Windsor Monarchs 0, Heathrow Jets 6 (TENNIS John McEnroe, who walked out of his match with Miloslav Mecir in Sunday's final of the World Team Cup at Dusseldorf, may find himself barred from Wimbledon whether or not his assertion that he has injured is accepted by the Men's International Professional Tennis Council. McEnroe Has won the Wimbledon singles title three times, but the Championship, remains a law unto itself in some respects. Though the international council's rule RESULTS Soccer TODAY LEAGUE PLAY-OFF FINALS SECOND LEG Leeds (0)1 Charlton (0)0 Ormsby (agg 1-1) (31.395) Replay Friday at St Andrews.

7.30pm Swindon (0) 2 Gillingham (1) I Coyne Elsey Henry (14.382) (agg 2-2) Replay Friday at Selhurst Park. 7.45 Wolves (0) Aldershot (0) 1 (19,962) Barnes (Aldershot win 3-0 on agg.) Aldershot promoted to Third Division LIBERTADORES CUP (Guayaquil): Barcelona (EC) 3. Olimpia (Para) 2. Barcelona quality lor semi-linals. Rugby Union WORLD CUP GROUP TWO.

Wales 13. Ireland 6. Wales: Try, Ring; Penalty, Thorburn; Dropped goals, Davies (2). Ireland: Penalties, Kiernan (2). Golf WHYTE AND MACKAY PGA CHAMPIONSHIP (Wentworth.

GB and Ire unless stated). Final scores: 271 B. Langer (W Ger) 66. 69. 68.

67 (E36.660). 274 S. Ballesteros (Sp) 70. 67. 68.

69 (24.440). 278 P. Senior (Aus) 70. 71. 71.

66; J. M. Canizares (Sp) 68. 69. 72.

69 (E12.380 each). 280 W. Grady (Aus) 75, 71. 66. 68: K.

Brown 71. 71. 69. 69; R. Hartman (US) 68, 69.

73. 70: I. Baker-Finch (Aus) 71, 68. 71, 70 (7.275 each). 2811.

Mosey 72, 72. 68. 69 (E4.920). 282 L. Stephen (Aus) 72.

71. 72. 67 (4.400). 283 P. Fowler (Aus) 71.

75. 73. 64 (equals course record); S. Lyle 76. 70.

68. 69 (3.920 each). 284-R. Davis (Aus) 75. 73.

71. 65; B. Gallacher 74. 71. 69.

70 (3.480 each). 285-1. Woosnam 69. 78. 70.

68; I. Bland (SA) 72. 72. 71. 70; P.

Parkin 74. 70, 70. 71; 0. Sellberg (Swe) 72. 72, 70.

71 (3.030 each). 28B-J. Rivera (Sp) 73. 74. 73.

66: G. Brand Jnr 74. 71. 71. 70; J.

M. Olazabal (Sp) 71. 75. 70. 70.

2B7-H. Clark 78. 69. 73. 67; E.

Darcy 71. 71. 76. 69; M. Clayton (Aus) 74.

74. 70, 69; S. McAllister 71. 71, 75. 70: A.

Forsbrand (Swe) 73. 71, 71. 72. 288 R. Rafferty 74.

73. 75. 66; D. A. Russell 74.

72. 72. 70; D. Durnlan 69. 74.

74. 71; M. Mouland 71. 74. 71.

72: D. J. Russell 71. 76. 68.

73; A. Garrido (Sp) 74. 73, 68, 73. 28B-H. Baiocchi (SA) 73.

70. 76. 70: R. Drummond 70. 74.

75, 70; N. Hawsew 73, 71. 74. 71: V. Fernandez (Arg) 72.

73. 73, 71; D. Williams 72. 72, 72. 73; O'Connor jnr 72, 73, 70.

74. 290 N. Faldo 70. 77, 72. 71; D.

Jones 77. 71, 71. 71; S. Torrance 76, 67. 75.

72; K. Waters 71, 75. 71. 73. Bowls GATEWAY MASTERS PAIRS TOURNAMENT (Worthing).

Third session: G. Harrington (Oxford City and County) and P. Fong (Fiji) beat A. Tidby (Poole Park) and A. Wallace (Can) 23-13: Ottaway (Wymondham Dell.

Norfolk) and G. Souza (HK) beat C. Simpson (Awton Lodge. Hartlepool)! and W. Richards (Eng) 24-18; K.

Renwick (Tarring Priory. Sussex) and D. Bryant (Eng) beat D. Deraoson (Newton Abbot) and S. Rees (Wales) 23-20; D.

Taylor (BR. Carlisle) and I. DIckison (NZ) beat C. S. Ackland (Brentham.

Middx) and D. Katunarich (Aus) 21-19. Fourth session: Taylor and Richards beat Tidby and DIckison 20-20: Harrington and Rees beat Ottaway and Fong 25-16: Renwick and Souza beat Simpson and Bryant 24-13: Denlson and Katunarich beat Auckland and Wallace 23-21. Cycling TOUR OF ITALY Fourth stage: (Camalore Lido Montalcino 215km): (Italians unless stated): 1, M. Argentln 5hr 13mln 55sec: 2.

F. Glupponl at 2sec: 3. S. Roche (Ire) at 3sec. Ovorall 1.

Roche 13hr 20mln sec; 2, R. Visentlni at 32sec; 3. D. Cassani at Imln 9seo. 151.

S. Yates (GB) at 24mln Bsec Aldershot are back in the Third Division after 11 seasons in the basement. Spurred on by a First Division sized crowd of nearly 20,000 at Molineux yesterday, Wolves tried desperately to wipe out a 2-0 deficit from the first leg of the play-off final, but Aider-shot had the strength of character equal to the occasion and even added a celebration goal near the end. Aldershot's success was a fitting culmination to seven years' work as coach and manager by Len Walker, following a playing career in which he turned out in 450 League games for the club and captained them the last (and only) time they went up in 1974. Walker said after the match It is a marvellous day for us.

I think we were by far the better side over the two matches. I'm not sorry for Wolves, but I'm sad because they are a First Division outfit. These play-offs have been brought in and we have to live with them." The Wolves manager, Graham Turner, said I'm bitterly disappointed, but it's just one of those things. Aldershot beat us well in the first leg, and we had to have an early break today." The bitter fact is that Wolves finished nine points clear of Aldershot in the Cooper is recalled by Roxburgh Andy Roxburgh must sometimes wonder what he let himself in for as Scotland's manager. Tonight's match against Brazil, the final game in the Rous Cup, can hardly be less entertaining than Saturday's match against England, but with so many injury problems, it is not one Roxburgh will particularly relish.

There have been few signs of any consistent pattern in Scotland's play since he took charge. One unconvincing win.