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THE GUARDIAN Friday May 20 1988 Cricket Texaco Trophy: England West Indies (OHireatt-ihieaHrtted SmniaDD cuitts undoes dowon ti size 24 SPORTS NEWS A dangerous thing is a not to mention England Mike Selvey at Edgbaston was no meeting of ball and stumps as England captain Mike Gatting's throw went over the top PHOTOGRAPH: FRANK BARON longer, being bowled attempting to run Carl Hooper's off-spin to third man, but it only let in Pringle. Somehow, it was never in doubt written in the stars maybe that he would be there at the end. Richards fiddled his bowlers about, and brought back Marshall for a final dart, but to no avail. Gatting passed 50 from 85 balls, and then got his old trusty square-cut out of the bag. Once that is in action, it is time to go home.

A cover drive, his seventh boundary, sealed it. conceded had also finished. Only Dujon, with 27, was thereafter able to provide impetus. England's reply was confident as Gooch and Broad were able to work some ill-directed bowling from Ambrose and Walsh to the leg side, and there was scarcely a false stoke in the opening stand until Marshall cleverly slanted a ball across Broad and Greenidge held a marvellous diving catch at slip. Immediately Gatting was pressurised with men round the bat but avoided trouble, ac- down and some cloud cover, but they probed relentlessly, allowing Gatting, who all through handled his attack with great common sense, to keep a full ring ot m-lielders, and deny the batsmen the lux ury of singles to keep the score ticking.

Small was eventually to remove both batsmen after they had completed half centuries, and his four for 31 was a personal best in limited-overs internationals. By that time Prin-gle's miserly stint just 26 destined to be short. A widish ball, from Small once more, was thundered off the meat, Emburey at point clung on, and with one bound, England were free. When Pringle in his first over had Richardson lbw, four wickets had fallen for 38 in eight overs. Pringle, pattering in in his peek-a-boo boots, and Small, rocking liltingly like a lullaby, were superb, as Gus Logie and Carl Hooper set about rebuilding things.

It was a good time to bowl, ot course, with wickets and Gus Logie gained his ground cumulating as Gooch went his own way. Gooch eventually edged Ambrose to slip. Now came the interlude. Monte Lynch on his debut was run out in a calling mix-up with Gatting. Then in the space of two balls both Gatting and Lamb might have been run out.

Gatting, only 30 then, called for a run after a throw-in had ricocheted from the bowler's stumps and Lamb was also fortunate not to be given out by an unsighted umpire. Lamb did not resist much Hockey Leicestershire Middlesex Southgate's European task wickets for Agnew squad, scorned: helpings of humble pie here, although, laced with proviso there are two games to go. While England, who omitted Hemmings, Athey and Radford from their side, deserve all credit for playing a thoroughly well-planned, and, apart from a loony period of kamikaze running midway through their innings, professional game, West Indies, were disappointing; naive even. The gaping hole left by the retirement of the bulk of their great pace attack has, at least in Edgbaston conditions, not been filled yet Curtley Ambrose is as yet raw, Walsh temperamentally unsound it seems when placed under pressure, and Harper's off-spin has disintegrated with his action. West Indies were given a start by Gordon Greenidge and Phil Simmons that can best be described as frenetic.

Greenidge, who has played more of this type of cricket than most, knows exactly what is required but could only gaze as Simmons, tall, bearded and helmet-less, used the long handle to pump the ball, in best Wimbledon fashion, over the midfield. But the ease with which Greenidge in particular had ridden some awkward balls from Dilley and DeFreitas had given notice that the pitch, far from being the fast lane hoped for by some, was already a slow, low Pringly sort of thing hard to remove a batsman who does not want to go, but equally difficult to score freely against accurate medium pace. Ideal for England, in fact, but like bromide to West Indies. England took control of the game when Gladstone Small and Derek Pringle were bowling in tandem after Simmons had swung once too often at Dil ley and skied a leading edge to cover. Small, with wickets and NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, the belles of the ball game last season, have turned into the wilting wallflowers of the County Championship.

They tace a tourth successive de feat this morning after once again showing distaste for Syd Lawrence. The jazz-funk fan found his rhythm after tea at Trent Bridge yesterday when a burst of four wickets for 35 gave him a total of nine for the match. Gloucestershire took the last seven Notting hamshire wickets for 71 and were just 47 runs short of victory when bad light stopped play. Warwickshire should also complete an easy win this morning though Northamp tonshire batted throughout the third day at Northampton to reach 331 for eight. Cambridge University batted all day too, but for just 178 Young seamers had a bet ter time yesterday.

Mark Ilott (Essex) and Jon Ayling (Hampshire) took the first first-class wickets of their careers. LEICESTERSHIRE Second innings A Cobb Olley Williams- 14 35 74 45 18 15 Briers Williams. I Gower Olley Williams. Willey Carr Cowans Whitaker not out Potter not out Extras (bl. Ib8.

nb6) Total (lor 4) 201 Fall of wickets: 51. 68, 16. 157. Umpires: A A Jones and A White. NOTTS GLOUCS Trent Bridge: Gloucestershire (7pts) need 47 runs to beat Nottinghamshire (4) and have nine wickels in hand.

Today: 11.0 to 5.30 or 6.0. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. First innings 254 (A Stovold 84; Stephenson 4-80). NOTTINCHAMSHIREFirst innings 97 (D Lawrence 4-36). NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Second Innings 'A Robinson Ibw Curran 45 Newell Ibw Graveney 25 Randall Russell Lawrence 58 Johnson Ibw Curran 24 Birch Butcher Alderman 41 Stephenson Lawrence 13 Evans Ibw Alderman 3 Scotl Lawrence 3 Cooper Lawrence A Pick Butcher Lawrence 11 A Allord nol out Extras (Ib5.

w2, nb4) 1 1 Total. 234 Fall of wickets: 67. 85. 132, 163, 193. 199, 213.

213. 225 Bowling: Lawrence 17.5-1-73-5: Alderman 22-6-48-2; Bainbridge 9-2-23-0; Curran 19-6-36-2; Graveney 17-5-37-1; Alleyne 4-1-12-0. WETHERBY 6.00 (2m Hdle): 1, AUSTHORPE SUNSET, Harle (20-1); 2, Lottie's Fury (5-2); 3, Pan-tomlna Prince 19-4 lav). 17 ran. i2, 1'2.

(H Warton). Tole: 22.00; 6.20. 1.60, 1.50. Dual 38.40. CSF: 71.43.

Nrs: Merry-moles. Navos. 6.30 (3m 100yds Ch): 1, HIGH EDGE GREV, Reed (evens it-lav); 2, Camroo (loll. 3, Broxted 8par (evens t-lav). 3 ran.

12, 12 (K Oliver). Tote: 1.90. Dual 3.80. CSF: 6 12. 7.00 (2m Hdle): 1, DOM ARC, Qulnn (5-2); 2, Macuala (3-1); 3, Polygonum (7-2 Happy 8reed 9-4 lav.

4 ran. 6, 3. (Miss Siddall). Tote: 2.90. Dual 5.60.

CSF: EB.7B. 7.30 (3m 100yds Ch): 1, HANDY TRICK, C. Grant (11-10 lav); 2, Tar Knight (6-1): 3. Whats What (6-4). 5 ran.

34, nk. (W. A. Stephenson). Tole: 2.20; 1.30, 2.70.

Dual F. C5.10. CSF: 7.52. 8.00 (2m 50 yds Ch): 1, O.RAN0C HILL GIRL, R. Crank (9-4 jt-lav); 2, Ravlno (Ml; 3, Royal Cracker (9-4 Wav).

5 ran. 10. 8. (P. Blockley) Tole: 3.10; 1.60, 2.00.

Dual 5.40. CSF; 14.94. 8.30 (2m 4f Hdle)l 1, QUINT AN M. Dwyer (4-1). 2, Southern MmstrsJ 4-6 lav); 3, Sfepauli (14-1).

14 ran. 'j, 5. (J. FlUGor-ald) Tole: 6.10; 2.20, 1.10. 5.50.

Dual 4 40 CSF: 7 33. Trlcast: 35.54. Six more Michael Henderson at Leicester LEICESTERSHIRE, so dominant in their opening two fixtures at Grace Road, continue to stare down both barrels of the Middlesex gun. Jon Agnew's six wickets and an innings of 74 from David Gower ensured that they had the better of the day, but the decisive tilt over two days was John Carr's superb 144 which was seven-tenths responsible for a Middlesex lead of 215. With the bowlers on top although the batsmen of both sides have been guilty of complicity in the matter Middlesex ought today to extend their winning championship sequence to four.

James Whitaker, who played out the final 36 overs of the day in a diligent effort to reclaim form and confidence, remains there, 45 not out. Potter, who accompanied him through the final hour, is no mug either, but at 201 for four Leicestershire reouire another 14 even to make Middlesex bat again. Had Gower not given JNeu INGLAND beat West i Indies indeed, to be fair, thev hammered It-lipni in the first of the three Texaco one-day internationals at Edgbaston yesterday. Thanks to some inspired bowling from Gladstone Small, whose four for 31 won him the man-of-the-match award and, wouldn't you know it, Derek Pringle, England restricted West Indies to 217 from their 55 overs after winning the toss. In reply, they were able to capitalise on an opening stand of 70 from Chris Broad (35) and Graham Gooch (43), before an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 66 between Mike Gatting, whose unbeaten 82 and captaincy would have made him an alternative candidate for the match award, and Pringle saw England home with six wickets and 12 bans to spare.

WEST INDIES Greenidge Small Simmons Lamb Dilley Richardson Ibw Pringle A Richards Emburey Small- A Logie Downton Small Hooper Emburey Small tP Duion run out 18 22 1t 13 51 51 27 4 1 2 11 A Harper Emburey- Marshall Lamb OeFreilas. Ambrose Emburey A Walsh not out Extras (Ib2. w3. nb6) Total (55 overs) 217 Fall of wickets: 34. 50.

66. 72. 169. 180. 195.

209. 212. Bowling: DeFreitas 11-2-45-1; Dilley 11-0-64-1. Small 11-0-31-4; Pringle 11-5-26-1: Emburey 11-1-49-2. ENGLAND A Gooch Harper Ambrose 43 Broad Greenidge Marshall 35 Gatting not out 82 A Lynch run out A Lamb Hooper 12 Pringle not out 23 Extras (b2.

Ib9. w7, nb6) 24 Total (lor 4. 53 overs) Fall of wickets: 70. 119. 121.

153. 219 Did not bat: iP Downton. Emburey. 'A DeFreitas, Small, A Dilley. Bowling: Ambrose 11-1-39-1: A Walsh 11-1-50-0: Marshall 11-1-32-1.

I A Richards 7-1-29-0. A Harper 7-0-33-0. Hooper 6-0-25-1. Umpires: Meyer and Birkenshaw. England won by six wicxeis.

Scoreboard NORTHANTS WARWICKS Northampton: Northamptonshire (3pts) lead Warwickshire 17) by 66 runs and have two second-innings wickels in hand. Today: 1 1.0 to 530 or 6.0 WARWICKSHIRE. First innings 415 (Asil Din 131. A Reeve 103; Davis 6-141). NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

First innings 170 (R Bailey 76). NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Second Innings (overnight: 14-0)' A Fordham Ibw Parsons 26 Larkms Humpage Reeve 33 Bailey Lloyd Gillord 60 Capel Moles Smith 37 Williams Humpage Merrick 13 Wild and Smith 58 ID Ripley not out 29 'KGB Cook Ibw Merrick 1 Brown Humpage Merrick Davis not out 36 Extras (05. Ib8. W4. nb21) 38 Total (lor 8) 331 Fall of wickets: 58.

92. 170. 1B4, 242. 264, 268. 268.

Umpires: Evans and Holder. WORCESTERSHIRE SOMERSET Worcester: Worcestershire (6pts) are 35 runs behind Somerset (8) and have seven second-innings wickets in hand. Today: 11.0 to 5 30 or 6 0 WORCESTERSHIRE. First innings 240 (T Curtis 70. Lord 64: Foster 4-46).

SOMERSET First innings (overnight. 35-1) Roebuck Curtis Botham a Hardy Ibw Newport 70 Crowe Curtis Pridgeon 132 Wyatt Curtis Newport 45 Marks lllingworth Newport 6 VN Burns Rhodes Newport 3 Rose and Pridgeon 20 Cleal Rhodes Elcock 8 A Jones Curtis Elcock Foster not out Extras (Ib3. wl. nb15) 19 Total (87.3 overs) 327 Fall of wickets cont: 50. 125.

227. 262, 283, 312. Bowling: Elcock 21-2-86-3; Botham 18-5-40-1; Newport 24-3-97-4; Pridgeon 18 3-2-68-2; lllingworth 6-1-33-0. WORCESTERSHIRE Second innings Curtis Ibw Foster. 1 4 11 16 8 12 A Lord Ibw Foster A Hick Hardie Jones O'Shaughnessy nol out- A Neale not out Extras (Ib3.

wB. nb1) Total (lor 3) 52 Fall of wlckols: 7. 15. 21. Umpires: Leadbelter and Lyons.

LEICESTERSHIRE MIDDLESEX Leicoster: Leicestershire (4pts) are 14 runs behind Middlesex (8) and have six second-innings wickels in hand. Today: 11.0 to 5.30 or 6.0. LEICESTERSHIRE. First innings 114 (N Williams 5-46. MIDDLESEX First innings (overnight: 212-1) Slack retd hurt 4 Carr Willey Ferris 144 Hughes Agnew 14 Butcher Lewis 5 A Roseberry Ibw Agnew 24 Sykes Lewis Taylor 1 Williams Ibw Agnew 1 ARC Fraser Agnew 2 tM Olley Agnew 16 Cowans not out 17 Extras (b8.

Ib8. nb22) 38 Total (92 overs) 329 Fall of wickets cont: 233. 245. 281. 288.

292. 293. 298. Bowling: Ferris 23-3-90-1: Agnew 24-6-67-6. Lewis 17-1-72-1: Taylor 18-3-58-1; Willey 10-1-26-0.

Evening racing HUNTINGDON 6.15 (2m 100 yds Hdle): 1, ALL INTENT, McFarland (11-2): 2, Loose Ruck (100-30 Fav). 3, We're In The Money (8-1)3 11 ran. 8. 2. (G Thorner) Tole: C6.60; 2 00.

C1.90. 1 80 Dual 13.10. CSF: 24.01. Tricasl: 136 08. 6.45 (2m 200 yds Ch): 1, THE WIZARD EARL, Osborne (13-8); 2, Duelling (11-2): 3, Pells Close (10-1).

Balu. 4lh. 11-10 Fav. 5 ran. 3.

6. (K Morgan) Tote: 2.60; 1.30, 3.40. Dual 5.70. CSF: 9.81. 7.15 (3m 10O yds Hdls): 1, CROWN GREEN, Mooney (4-1 Jt Fav); 2, Save II Lass (12-1): 3, Cygnets Best (8-1).

Light the Lot 4 Jt Fav. 15 ran. 2'2. 3. (F Walwyn) Tote.

4 20. 1.50. 2.90. 1.70. Dual 33.80.

CSF. C45.10. Tncast: 325.12. NR: Tante Marie. French Habitat.

7.45 (2m 4f Ch): 1, CASTLE8AFFR0N, Miss Hodge (4-1): 2, Rostra (5-1): 3, Dorn-valley Lad (4-1) Tenesong Evens Fav. 4 ran. 2. 2i2 (B Smart) Tote: 5.40: Dual 7.90. CSF; 17.78.

8.15 (3m Ch): 1, GOLDEN CASINO, Mr Andrews (4-11 Fav); 2, Just A Ghost (9-1); 3, Mesmarlst (12-1). 8 ran. 2, 20. (M Barlh-orpe) Toto: 1.50: 1.40. 2.10.

Dual 4.20. CSF: 507. 8.43 (2m 100 yds Hdle): 1, SEMAPHORE HILL, White (3-1). 2, CharloHss Gift (11-10 Fav): 3, Silent Hero 12-1). 4 ran.

2I. dist. (N Henderson) Tole. CSF. 6 44.

Shy encounter but there confidence oozing from him this year, immediately nipped the ball back with Greenidge pushing forward. Enter the King. Richards is in such a mood at present that you half expect him to make his entrance on a slave-borne litter to a fanfare of golden trumpets. His first ball from Small he just kept out, and scampered a single. The next three, ail trom Dilley, were dismissed from his presence with a snort of disdain.

Ominous wasn't the word. But Viv's violent reign was GLOUCESTERSHIRE Second innings A Stovold not out- A Wright Newell Hampshlre-I Butcher not out Total (lor 1). Umplres: Bond and Wight. HAMPSHIRE GLAMORGAN Bournemouth: Hampshire (6pts) are 49 runs behind Glamorgan and have nine second- innings wickets in hand. Today: 11.0 to 5.30 or 6.0.

HAMPSHIRE. First innings 217 (R On long 4-4f GLAMORGAN First innings (overnight: 4-1) A Butcher Maru Connor 34 Metson Ibw Ayling 32 Morris Terry Ayling 30 Maynard Nicholas Andrew 30 Holmes Terry Connor 12 Ontong not 60 Thomas Connor 2 Derrick Terry Ayling Van Zyl Andrew. Barwick Jelleries Extras (bS. Ib2. w5) 4 11 30 12 Total (97.2 overs)- 27S Fall of wickata cont: 66.

72, 145, 166, 166, 169. 178. 206. Bowling: Connor 32-9-67-3; Jelleries 14.2-3-59-2; Andrew 17-3-58-2; Ayling rviaru i4-3-4r-u HAMPSHIRE Second innings Terry van Zyl Thomas-C Smith not out Total (tor 1)- Fall of wicket: 10. Umpires: Harris and Palmer.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY KENT The Parks: Oxford University are 379 runs oentna Kent ana nave tour wswnmngs wick-ets in hand. Today: 11.30 to 5.30 or 6.0. KENT First innings (overnight: 322-3) Tavare nol 138 'C Cowdrey not out 124 Extras (b3, IbS) 8 Total (for 3 dec) 530 Bowling: Sygrove 21-4-76-0; Nuttall 24-2-105-2; Edwards 30-9-129-0: Kilborn 7-1-33-0; Weale 34-3-188-0. OXFORD UNIVERSITY First innings A Almaer Marsh Davis. 24 0 A Hagan Marsh Harman- 'M Kilborn not out A Crawley Harman 33 51 9 Morns narman- A Polkinghorne Penn Oavis- Weale Marsh Penn Extras (b5, Ib8.

nb9) 21 22 Total (tor 6). 160 Fall of wickata: 64, 95. 96. 96, 121. 160.

Umpires: A Whitehead and Tolchard. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ESSEX Fanner's: Cambridge University are 111 runs behind Essex and have four first-innings wickets in hand. Today: 11.30 to 5.30 or 6.0. ESSEX. First innings 299-8 dec (P Prich- ard 97, 1 Pont 68; Fenton 4-78).

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY First innings (overnight: 3-1) Noyes Ibw Stephenson 33 A Scott East lllott 'M A Atherton East Childs 64 Tremellen Pook Miller 21 Bate Stephenson Childs 6 Heath east cniias 8 A Heap Pook Miller A Pyman Miler Childs 3 A Pointer Stephenson Childs 16 Fenton not out Extras (b6. Ib8, w3) 17 Total 188 Fall of wickata cont: 9. 83, 141. 156, 161, lb. Ib9.

IBB. Bowling: Pont 18-8-30-1; lllott 22-11-40-1: Childs 18.2-7-36-5; Miller 25-5-43-2; Stephenson 12-4-25-1. Umpires: Oslear and A Holder. 'Captain. tWicketkeeper.

SECOND ELEVEN CHAMPIONSHIP The Oval: Surrey 322 (A Brown 62. MeC-lycott 59, Ward 57; James 5-76). Hampshire 89 (M Frost 7-20) and 81 (KT Medlycott 4-5). Surrey won by an Innings and 152 runs. York: Yorkshire 391-6 dec (A A Metclafe 112, Blakey 75, 1 Swallow 74 no).

Somerset 148-4 (R Baitiett 78 no) Chelmsford: Northampton 307-7 dec (R Carter 92. Noon 60 no, Stanley 51, Harlland 50) and 79-5. Essex 185 (B Deben-ham 54, Hoffman 5-51). Old Traffordi Lancashire 411-7 dec (G Lloyd 133. Speak 133) and 4-1.

Worcestershire 277 (M Scolt 64 no: Fitton 6-109). Bristoli Gloucestershire 144 (S Moorcroft 5-42 and 200-5 (A Goldsmith 78 no). Glamor gan 199 (V Greene 4-65). Nottingham: Leicestershire 164 (M Bore 4-9) and 18-0. Nottinghamshire 400-9 dec (C Fraser-Darllng 101, Pollard 94, Martlndale 82.

Cairns 60; Such 4-87. Henning 4-115. TOUR MATCH Motspur Park: Australia House 20O-9 (A i-arncomoe a Macnamara ju, cnap-man 32). Australian Aboriainals 199-7 (J McGuIre 42. Bagshaw 37, Bulger 33).

Australia House won by one run. Today's fixtures TOUR MATCH. Uxbrldgai Middlesex Clubs Australian Aborigines. Worcestershire Somerset Crowe takes root and hopes of Southgate will be without two of their six Seoul Olympic hopefuls. Gift is unavailable and Duthie has a groin strain.

But an attack with Kerly, Batchelor and Shaw will be respected. Southgate have to win their group to reach Monday's final. They start today against the German champions Uhlenhorst Mulheim and less than 24 hours later face Atletico Terrassa, who include the bulk of the Spanish Olympic team. Their final group game is against Belgium's Uccle. The hosts and holders, Bloemendaal, should head the other group ahead of the Soviet Union's Dinamo Alma-Ata, Edinburgh Civil Service and Cookstown of Ireland.

Dutch challenge erlands captain, Marjolein Bolhuis, with a personal tally of 115 caps. The Dutch positions as World, Olympic and European champions is an awesome indication of the strength Ealing face and it will take an exceptional performance to better Slough's fourth position last year, the best-ever English finish. Glasgow Western, fifth last year, are joined in their section by the Welsh champions, Swansea, Blau-Weiss Cologne, last, losing finalists janrlKolos Borispol, the Sovietchampions. Glasgow have itwicenbeen losing finalists, but they may end by contesting fifthsixth place with Ealing when the competition ends on Monday. Sport in brief Mars drop out of marathon The London Marathon and Mars have parted company after five years, the confectioners having decided not to take up their option to back next year's event.

Ice Hockey A 50-foot shot deflected into the net gave Edmonton Oilers a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins in the first game of the Stanley Cup finals. Basketball Bob Brewer, coach of the British students' team, has replaced Kevin Cadle, the Glasgow Rangers coach, as assistant coach of the British Olympic team following the British federation's refusal of Cadle's request for 1,000 to cover his expenses for 10 weeks leading up to July's Olympic qualifying tournament. Equestrianism Harvey Smith and Lucinda Green were among campaigners who met in London yesterday to launch a nationwide protest against cruelty to Britain's horses and to promote the animals' welfare. Pat Rowley In Bloemendaal SOUTHGATE, following their outstanding home season in which they claimed the Cup and League double, begin their attempt today to regain the European Cup for Club Champions, last won for England by Slough eight years ago. It is 10 years since Southgate completed their European hat-trick with a half-back line of Whitaker, Ekins and Cotton and the mercurial Corby in attack.

David Owen and Andy Western survive from those heady days, and today's team in Holland is also full of experienced international players, although Ealing's double Janet Ruff EALING, who are making their first entry into the European Women's Club Championship, could hardly have picked a harder or un-luckier baptism. Their opening games in Bloemendaal are against Amsterdam and HGC, two of the strongest club sides in the world, who have won all but one of the previous 14 European titles between them. HGC, winners for the past five years, have seven cur rent Dutch internationals totalling some 400 caps. Amsterdam took the previous eight European titles before HGC and their international contingent is led by the Neth- Sailing III wind for Antipodeans WINDSHIFTS brought defeats for the overnight leaders in the Royal Lymington Cup yesterday after they had both rounded the last mark well ahead of their respective opponents, writes Bob Fisher. The defending champion, Peter Gilmour of Australia, was beaten by the Frenchman Marc Bouet, who admitted his 46-second win had been a fluke.

Then the New Zealander Chris Dickson rounded the last mark two minutes ahead of David Bedford, but the Briton shot through to join the overall leaders at that stage. Britain's best prospect, Eddie Warden Owen, won both his races and appeared untroubled by the Solent's shifting winds. He was made to work by Derek Clark, less than half a minute separating them all the way round, but now shares the over-alllead with Dickson. Tim Law, with his brother Chris trimming the mainsheet, also won both his matches. He beat Clark by almost eight minutes, then forced Gilmour to foul in the pre-start manoeuvres and, after the Australian had taken his 270 degree penalty, covered him all the way.

Agnew, taking his third "six-for'" of the season and his fourth consecutive haul of five, is rather closer to England consideration at the moment. In four championship games he now has 28 wickets. Middlesex, who began the day on 212 for one, with Carr intent on turning his century into a double hundred, collapsed in the morning to 329 all out and a disappointing lead if there is such a thing of 215. Carr had added just eight runs to his overnight 136 when he offered Willey a simple catch at gully. Agnew, who spent the morning patrolling the outfield in an abstracted way, was a much more alert participant when he was brought on at the pavilion end.

Hughes, whose night-watch lasted 22 overs, was bowled, as were Fraser and Olley; Rose- berry and Williams fell leg before, the latter to Agnew's slower ball. Wilf Slack, meanwhile, took no part in the game and awaits further tests in London after collapsing at the crease on Wednesday. victory blossom heading towards a possible win-ningposition. The final session proved calamitous for Worcestershire as they lost both openers Curtis and Lord leg before to Foster and Hick to a brute of a ball from Jones. Once again Hick was caught by Hardy in the gully, this time a simple catch, as the ball looped off the shoulder of the bat.

That was 21 for three but O'Shaughnessy and' Neale then gritted it out. Ian Botham departed in mid-afternoon with a back strain but by then he had achieved what he probably wanted most of all: the wicket of Peter Roebuck, his first in the championship this season. Baseball NATIONAL LOE. SI Louis 4, Chicago San Francisco 5. Philadelphia 1: Cincinnati 8, Atlanta 4: Houston 4, Pittsburgh Montreal 3, LA Dodgers 0: NY Mets 5, San Oiego 2.

AMERICAN LOE. Detroit 3, Milwaukee Baltimore 8, California Boston 4, Oakland A's 1: Cleveland 2. Chicago Texas 4. Toronto 0: Kansas 8, Minnesota 2. Equestrianism DEVON COUNTY SHOW (Exeter).

Dartmoor Stakes: 1. Hasty Exit (J Fisher); 2, Ryan's Mill (C Rushworth): 3, Oueensway Lannegan (D Broome). Judo EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (Pamplona). Mem Ll-mlddlewalght: A Wurth (Neth) bt Lambert (GB) ippon (hold). Middleweight! Whlta (GB) bl Borawskl (EG) yuko (throw).

Lt-haavywalghn van da Walla (Belg) bt Stewart (GB) decision. Women: Lt-mlddta weight: BaN (GB) bt Eickhoff (WG) yuko (throw). Middleweight: A Sohrelber (WG) bt Morris (GB) decision. Lt-heavywelght I Batghmana (Belg) bt A Bell (GB) ippon (armlock). HaavywelghU Tomova (Bulg) bt Lee (GB) waza-ari (throw).

Real Tennis RANK XEROX WORLD TOURNAMENT (Seacourt). Man'a singles, quarter -Mnslsi Davies (NY) bt Gooding (NY) 6-4. 6-0. 6-1; Dauehar (Melbourne) bt Howell (Bordeaux) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1: RenaMson (P.TC) bt Johnson (Queen's) 6-1, 6-3, 6-4; Bray (Seacourl) bt Sheldon (Leamington) 5-6, 6-1. 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Williams a third wicket, and the bowler's eighth in the match, just as a century lay in wait but, no, Gower-watch-ers have suffered dashed hopes before, and will do so again. Like the weather, his innings was variable. When he is "in" there is no lovelier player anywhere; when he is struggling no one can touch him for sheer sloppiness. Still, there were a handful of gorgeous shots. Gower sunny intervals second-innings wickets in making 52 before the close.

Crowe was hit on the pads a number of times but gave no discernible chances. There were 13 boundaries in his 100, reached just before tea, but it was not until he faced the spin of lllingworth after the interval that he discarded the intensity which had characterised his batting from the start. He began to reel off the boundaries, including a swept six off lllingworth, until he was surprised by an awkward delivery from Pridgeon, giving Curtis the third of four catches at first slip. By then Somerset were 312 for seven, in good health and Tennis FLORENCE TOURNAMENT. Flnl round: Perez (Uru) bt Cane (It) 7-5, 6-7, 6-3; Doumbla (Sen) bt A Padovanl (It) 6-3, 6-3.

Second round! Narducd (It) bt Bauer (WG16-4. 6-1. WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (Strasbourg). Second Round! Zverava (USSR) bt Meier (WG) 6-4. 6-2; Horvath (US) bt A Oechaume (Fr) 6-4, 6-0; Fuleo (Arg) bt Meshkl (USSR) 7-5, 1-0, rtd: Previa (Aus) bt I Cueto (WG) 7-5, 7-5; Sloane (US) bt Kelesi (Can) 4-6, 7-5.

6-3; Cecehlnl (It) bt CSuire(Fr)6-3, 7-6. Sailing DURACELL ROYAL LVMINCTON CUP. Filth Round! Bouet (Fr) bt Qllmour (Aus); Warden Owen (GB) bt Puh (Vug); Bedford (GB) bt Olckson (NZ; Law (GB) bl 0 Clark (GB); Koliua (US) bt Petterson (Swe). Sixth Round! Warden Owen bt Clark: Dickson bt Puh: Koliua bt Bouet: Petterson bt Bedford: Law bt Gil-mour. Standings! 1 equal, Dickson and Warden Owen, 5 wins; 3 equal, Gilmour and Bedford, equal, Kollus.

Law and Potter-son, 8 equal, Clark and Bouel, 1 10. Puh. Ice Hockey STANLEY CUP PLAY-OFF Final: Edmonton Oilers 2, Boston Bruins 1 (Oilers lead series 1-0). Basketball NBA PLAY-OFF Conference, Second round: Atlanta 112. Boston 104 (Atlanta lead series 3-2): Detroit 102, Chicago 95 (Detroit winserles 4-1).

Paul Fitzpatrick WHEN, like Somerset, you lose nine of your first 11 games, even a batsman of Martin Crowe's calibre tends to find his confidence evaporating. He was plainly not on his best form for much of his 272 minutes at the crease at New Road yesterday. He was equally plainly deter mined not to get out. The result was a highly valu able 132, a century that helped Somerset to a first-innings lead of 87. On a pitch growing less trustworthy, that was a useful advantage, emphasised when Worcestershire lost tnree Results Soccer FRIENDLY INTERNATIONAL (Helsinki) Colombia (1) 3 Finland (1) 1 Arango Higuita (pen).

Iguaran uiamr. mi.i ieiBOEfirauB (Ma drid): Spain 2, Ireland 2. Standing! 1. Sweden (P? Pts11): 2. Hungary 3.

Spain (8-6): ireiana (b-i; 2''V Group (Helsinki): Yugoslavia 2, Finland 1. Golf ENGLISH WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP (Little Aston). Second round! Shapcott (Knowle) bt Speak (Clitheroe) 1 up; Rob-faiion (Heswall) btT Smith (Sonnlng) 2 and V. Fairdough (Chorley) bt Waller (Stives) 1 up; Bayman (Berkshirelbt Macdpnald (Frinlon-on-Sea) Sand Thornhlll (Walton HeatM hi a Rnnih (utile Aston) 3 and Wad (Felixstowe Ferry) bl Firth (Crosland Heath) 3 and 5 Eiuon tnenouiyi in ruiuy (Masham) 1 ud: A UdeUI (Berkshire) bt Way(Nevill) at 20th. VVPOA OLIVETTI TOURNAMENT (Moor round (GB and Ire unless stated): 139 0 Clum (US) 71, 68.

143 Douglas 69, 74; New 70, 73; A Nicholas 71, 72; Conlev (US) 71. 72; Conachan 72, 71. 144 Slrudwlck 72, 72. 45 Garnet 73. 72; Lunn (Aus) 70.

75. 149 A Munt (Aus) 74.72;BLunslord (US) 75,71..