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THE GUARDIAN Saturday June 4 1988 Cricket A week can be a long time at Northampton First Test match: England West Indies, second day IPedlBgiree IDcIhwdls setts ffff all a gaDDop 14 SPORTS NEWS Mike Selvey at Trent Bridge Matthew Engel to field there again, spilled the catch. It did not prove too expensive. The last ball of the over also took the edge and Downton was more successful. Haynes and Richardson then added 30 for the second wicket before a further bowling change broke the stand. Emburey had dismissed Richardson on the last six occasions they had faced each other although he had a big hundred to his name on two of them so it was good psychology to get him on early, not least for Emburey himself who has not taken a test wicket in England, since 1986.

He didn't wait long this time. His fourth ball turned, and Gatting, at short leg, picked up a sharp catch. That one delivery, though, may have given the England camp cause to ponder. On the first morning, Hooper turned the ball, but only it was thought because of moisture in the pitch. Now, having omitted their second spinner, Hem-mings, it looks as if the pitch won't last.

It might prove a big mistake but to bat last against any bowler could prove a problem. Richards will be well aware of the value of a lead, ENGLAND First innings (overnight: 220-5) Pringle Marshall 30 tP Downton not out 16 Emburev Ouion Marshall through Pringle, who had not added to his overnight score, and then four balls later, from round the wicket, he angled one across the bows of the good ship Emburey, normally a solid vessel, and Dujon, plunging spectacularly, caught the edge one-handed in front of first slip. Now it was the turn of Ambrose who whistled out nine, ten and jack in the space of 18 balls by the simple. but often forgotten expedient of hitting the stumps. Three for five was his reward yesterday four for 53 overall.

Marshall's six for 69 was almost old hat. His 16th five-wicket bag in his last 40 tests. The England attack could not allow Greenidge and Haynes, the most prolific opening pair in test history, to get off to a flier and after eight runs had been added by lunch, a downpour flooded the ground just prior to the restart it was no consolation, with puddles taking the outfield, to switch the TV channel and see Wet, Wet Wet in concert. When play finally began again at 4.15, we saw Dilley struggling for rhythm and overstepping and DeFreitas pacy but innocuous. In particular, DeFreitas had directional problems, bowling either too much at leg stump or blazing away harmlessly outside off-stump.

It was the bowling changes that did the trick. Jarvis tried one over from the Radcliffe Road end, and was then replaced by Pringle who immediately settled into a length and line that saw two scoring shots from seven overs. Why Gatting persisted with DeFreitas at this point is a mystery, but persist he did for a further two, ineffective overs. When finally the change was made it brought instant reward. Jarvis's first ball found the edge of Greenidge's bat and Emburey, back at first slip after vowing in New Zealand never y- grand career and its unexpected last hurrah haive ended with the "oooh" ti)m the Northampton regulars and sympathetic round of! applause as he was carried off.

Northants had Geoff Cook (fit again next week) and Allan Lamb missing too, so their batting was thinner than usual. Even so, they have such a reputation as chasers that opposing captains always think twice before declaring. Carrick probably thought 10 times, in view of his tricky position' as the man who had pullet) the communication cord' too early, but by lunch he hadno choice and was soon rewarded with the wickets of both openers: the youngster Fordham and the acting eap-tain, Larkins, who was dropped on nought and then drove to cover on 12 swallowed by Swallow. Larkins now has 203 runs in 13 innings, and seems to be seeing it as big as a squash ball. Two years ago he had a similar trot, and jWas recalled by England, only to withdraw with a brokeii- finger.

Last year he was at his best, which is very, very good, and England ignored him. So this may constitute a personalised version of selector-nudging. His departure brought Bailey and Capel together, and the odd memory of last year must have flickered in the fielders' minds. That stand was worth 208 in 165 balls, and was just about the most exuberant piece of cricket of the whole sad summer. But no one trusted the pitch enough to attempt anything similar this time.

They still put on 115, easily the highest stand of the match; Bailey made 72, the only half-century, and Capel played two square-cuts that were something close to imperious, a quality never before associated with his play. It is daft to be dogmatic in the Capel-Pringle argument, but Capel is getting close to being a really genuinetfest-match all-rounder. Sidebottom broke the partnership, and when Wild and the debutant Gouldstone went quickly the balance of power changed. But even after the first shower had wasted six overs, Northants kept fighting, and promoted Davis to slog. The last shot of the match before the final downpour was a straight six off Carrick.

Yorkshire got just enough bonus points to sidle out of last place. But they have Bairstow injured and no consistency in either battifng or bowling. The fond hopes, inspired in 1987 seem very distant. Both sides departed for long motorway journeys rapidly but a little wistfully. A DeFreitas Ambrose 3 Jarvis Ambrose 0 Dilley Ambrose 2 Extras (Ib13.

w5. nb11) 20 Total. .245 Fall of wickets cont: 223. 223. 235.

243. Bowline: Marshall 30-4-69-6: Patterson Ambrose 26-10-53-4: Walsh 20-4-39-0; Hooper 8-1-20-0: Richards WEST INDIES First innings Greenidge Downton Jarvis 25 Haynes not out 53 Richardson Gatting Emburey- 17 'I A Richards not out 22 Extras (b1. Ib1, nb7) Total (for 2). 125 Fall of wickets: 54. 84.

Bowling to date: Dilley 13-2-41-0: DeFreitas 11-3-30-0; Jarvis 7-1-24-1; Pringle 7.1-5-4-0; Emburey 4-0-25-1. Umpires: Birkenshaw and Bird. iiiiiillsis iiiiittfiiii Curtley riposte Ambrose Hampshire Somerset sentimental journey IF the first day of the first Test had been, by a short head, England's, then the second, shortened by an hour-and-a-half thanks to torrential rain immediately after lunch, was West Indies' at a canter. England, resuming at 220 for five, and with Pringle and Downton entrenched, had optimistic visions of 350, even though the new ball would be available to Viv Richards first Oh. the dreams we dream.

The new ball remained pristine in the umpire's pocket as Malcolm Marshall and Curtley Ambrose in 13 overs took the remaining five wickets for 25 runs. Graham Dilley and Phil De-Freitas then so wasted the new ball themselves that Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes, watchfully and without hustling unduly, were able to cobble together an untroubled half-century opening partnership. Control only returned to England while Derek Pringle and Paul Jarvis were in tandem, and then when Emburey removed Richie Richardson. It only let in Viv Richards though for a preliminary and rather ominous half hour in which time he made 22 with five crunching boundaries. With Haynes, who finished 53 not out.

he added 42 in the day's final six overs, to take West Indies to 126 for two, a deficit of 119. The clean-up in the morning was ruthlessly efficient, and well conceived. For most of the first day, Marshall had moved the ball. It was still going beautifully at the end of the day. He felt comfortable with it, so why bother changing.

It was shrewd and it worked. In his second over of the day, he whistled an inswinger Getting to EVERYONE seemed to be pitching into the pitches debate yesterday. First Roy McClaren, the Worcester groundsman, defended his strips against suggestions that they might have been doctored to help the county. Two matches have finished shortly after lunch on the third day and the current game with Lancashire was heading that way until the rain came. Suitably intrigued, the TCCB said chief inspector Bernard Flack would soon be strolling in a westerly direction towards New Road after attending yesterday's game at Northampton.

The County Ground is getting flak for a Scoreboard Britannic Assurance County Championship SURREV SUSSEX The Oval: Surrey (24pts) beat Sussex (2) by an innings and 11 runs. SURREY. First innings 4S7-5 (D Smith 131. Richards 102 no. A Lynch 93.

Ward 66) SUSSEX. First innings 188 (I Gould 82: 1 A Greig 4-44) SUSSEX Second innings (overnight: 94-3) Lenham Richards Feltham 4)0 Wells ret hurt 109 Moores Ibw Greig 35 Gould Medlycott 11 ACS Pigott Greig 1 Pringle Stewart Medlycott 19 PAW Heseltine Feltham 8 Extras (bt. Ib7. w3. nb6) 17 Total 268 Fall of wickets conls 107.

175. 205. 206. 229. 268.

Bowling: Clarke 17-6-31-0; Bicknell 17-5-47-1. Greig 21-2-74-3; Feltham 26 4-8-70-3: Medlycott 20-7-36-2; Stewart 2-1-2-0 Umpires: Holder and Plews. WORCESTERSHIRE LANCASHIRE Worcester: Worcestershire (4pls) drew with Lancashire (5). LANCASHIRE. First innings 169 (Wasim Akram 55: Newport 6-51) and 147 (S McEwan 4-43).

WORCESTERSHIRE. First innings 119 (P Allott 4-29. Watkinson 4-37). WORCESTERSHIRE Second Innings (overnight: 36-2) Curtis Allott 20 A Neale Ibw Watkinson 17 A Leatherdale Ibw Allott 20 Weston Watkinson 45 Rhodes not out 0 Newport not out Exlras (Ib2) 2 Total (lor Sl- HS Fall of wickets conti 47. 51.

113. 113 Bowling: Wasim Akram 7-2-11-0; Allott 20.3-5-43-4; Watkinson 20-8-31-2; Hayhurst 3-O-22-0; Simmons 1-0-9-0. Umpires: Oslear and Palmer. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE YORKSHIRE Northampton: Northamptonshire (4pts) drew with Yorkshire (5). YORKSHIRE.

First innings 155 (W Davis 5-54). NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. First innings 130 (C Shaw 4-50). YORKSHIRE Second innings (overnight: 119-4) Sharp Fordham Williams 48 Robinson Bailey Davis 3 Carrick Bailey Robinson 47 A Sidebottom run out 4 ID Bairstow not out 4 Shaw and Williams 9 Fletcher not out 5 Extras (b2. Ib4.

wl, nb12) 19 Tolal (lor 9 dec) 22B Fall of wickets conti 125. 204, 217. 220. 220. Bowling: Davis 21-6-49-1; Capel 21-2-65-2; Robinson 15-2-53-1; Cook 14-7-25-1: Williams 13-3-30-3.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Second Inning A Fordham Ibw Sidebottom 6 Larkins Swallow Sidebottom 12 Bailey Blakey Sidebottom 72 Capel Ibw Fletcher 40 Williams Sharp Swallow 25 Wild Fletcher Gouldstone Moxon Carrick 2 Davis not out 10 Rmlev not out Exlras (b3, Ib4. nb6). Tolal (lor 7). 192 Fall of wlcketsi 19. 26.

141. 155. 155, 170. 178. Bowling: Sidebollom 16-1-51-3: Shaw 13- 1-53-0; Fletcher 15-3-45-2: Carrick 14- 7-34-1; Swallow 1-0-2-1.

Umpires: Harris and Lyons. HISTORY came perilously close to repeating itself at the County Ground, Northampton, yesterday. A year ago Robert Bailey and David Capel beat Yorkshire with one of the most ex traordinary partnerships of the summer, ihis time we had the same fixture, same ground, same dramatis per-sonae, same sitatuation, even, as I recall, the same weather rain swirling round the whole region but avoiding the ground hour after unlikely hour. Only the result was different. Bailey and Capel could not quite score enough, the rain finally hit in the last 20 overs and Yorkshire, if anyone, finished closer to victory.

Northants, chasing 254, were 192 for seven. That was still enough to make Phil Carrick, the Yorkshire captain, feel a little sheepish. On Thursday Carrick denounced the pitch, saying it debased the first-class game, and sent for the pitch inspector, Bernard Flack; who made one of his silent, solemn visits. Flack must feel more like a TV repairman: as soon as he arrived, the ball began behaving itself and the batsmen recaptured the initiative. The groundsman was not to blame anyway.

This pitch was used for the Leicestershire match earlier in the week, and the senior North ants players opted for it again in preference to the placid-looking thing pre pared tor tins contest, tnink-ing it was more likely to pro duce a result. They were almost proved right. But for Northants it was the second near-miss in a frustrating week. The rain stopped them beating Leicester; and they also lost their talented new fast bowler, Lillee. Lillee fell over chasing a routine ball in the outfield on Monday, and has a cracked ankle and torn ligaments.

Officially he is out of cricket for two months; but the worst prospect for him, I suspect, is the thought of spending lonely, idle weeks in a rented home in a suburb of Northampton, 12,000 miles from home. He is contracted to do a bit of coaching and a few personal appearances, but that hardly constitutes a job. No doubt he wants to do the right thing by the county, but it does seem probable rather than possible that this Cycling Red flags mark Graham Snowdon with the Milk Race IVAN IVANOV, the Soviet hill-climb champion, took control of the Milk Race in the Welsh mountains yesterday, riding apparently without effort or fear over the Devil's Staircase and Gamallt climbs, and descending in heavy rain at up to 60 mpn to tinish the 104-mile stage from Cardiff to Aber ystwyth 6'2 minutes ahead. He became the tilth rider in five days to take over the yellow jersey but the game of mu sical chairs has almost cer tainly ended. Ivanov.

who had started the day in 10th place overall, is now 4min 45sec clear of the American rider, Chris Bailey. The 82 riders still left in the race at Cardiff launched attacks and counter-attacks from the word go. Pascal Peyramaure, a Z-Peugeot professional, went clear after 50 miles and opened out his lead to lmin 26sec before Ivanov set off in pursuit. Appropriately, the red warning flags were flying when Ivanov caught the Frenchman as they climbed through a Ministry of Sport in brief Ice Skating Compulsory figures could be abolished from championships when the International Skating Union meet Davos next week. A motion to eliminate fig ures is expected to attract a close vote, but even if it fails, a reduction in the number and importance of figures seems certain.

Golf The first golf course to be built in the Soviet Union is expected to be operational by 1991 on a site 15 kilometres west of Mos cow. It will be a par-72 championship course of more than 7,000 yards. A Soviet sports offi- Ciai, ui is uiapuu, wnu signed an agreement to build the course, has also been invited to next montn upen a urst he accepts. wicketspHoroGRAPH: frank baron leg, and bowling Nicholas Turner, 39, who first played for Hampshire in 1966, bats with a shifty, moonraker cun ning. He is the expert at the nudge, wink, and squirt.

He might have been caught at silly point and certainly should have been in the covers. His phleg matic temperament seldom lets him down and he left his hun dred to the very last ball. Richard Ellison, the England all-rounder who missed last season with back trouble, yes terday took a career-best seven for 75 and added an unbeaten 35 to help Kent beat Nottingham shire by two wickets on the penultimate ball at Dartford. Malaysia). Semi-finals: Great Britain 3 USSR 1 (aet); Pakistan Korea pstpnd.

Cycling MILK RACE. Fifth stage (Cardiff to Aber- ystwylh, 104.5 miles): 1. 1 Ivanov (USSR) 4hrs 40min 22sec; 2, Stephens (Zero Boys) 3, Rayner (Raleigh-Banana): 4. Krawczyk (Pol) coin same time: 5. Kokkel koren (Neth) 6, Lillywhite (Raleigh Banana).

13, Curran (GB). 15. Longbot- tom (Vao). zu. young (lit)) an same time.

26, McCormack (Ire) 4:48:47. 38, I Chivers (Ire) 4-56-21. 50. Dunn (GB) 5:18:59. 53.

Spratt (Ire). 54. McCann (Ire). 55, Hoban (GB). 56.

Walsh (Ire). 68. Harrington all same time. CRITERIUM DU DAUPHINE LIBERE (Chambery). Fifth stage: 1, A Da Silva (Por) anr 32mm losec: 2.

Sanchez (Sp) 'Same time; 3. Mottet (Fr) same time. Overall standings: 1. Mottet 20hr 43.58; 2. Da Silva at 3min 20sec: 3, Sanchez 3.33.

GIRO O'lTALIA. Twelfth stage (Italian unless stated): 1. A Hampsten (US) 5hr53min lOsec; 2. Deloado ISp) at Usee. 3.

A VoIdi at 13sec. Overall standings: 1, I Ivanov (USSH) zsnr zamin bsec; 2. Bailey (US) 22:26:51: 3. Downs (Percy Billon) 22:28:12 Also: 4, Stephens (Zero Boys) 22:28:42: 5. Rayner (Raleigh Banana) 22:28:43: 14.

Longbotlom (GB) 22.29.23: 21. Young (GB) 23. Curran (GB) 22:29 23; 26. McCormack (Ire) 37. I Chivers (Ire) 46.

Spralt (Ire) 47. McCann (Ire) 23:00.51: 49. Hoban (GB) 51, Harrington (GB) 54. Dunn (GB) 23:00:51: 74. Walsh (Ire) 23:29:01.

Teams: 1, USSR 14hr 15min 19sec; 2. England 14:22:33: 3, Great Britain 14:22.33 Overall standings: 1. USSR 67:21:49: 2. US 3. Czechoslovakia 4, England 67:28:09: 5.

Great Britain TOUR OF ASTURIAS (Pola de Laviana). Fourth stage (135km) (Spanish unless stated): 1, Etxave 3hr 25min 52sec; 2. Dominguez at 2min 48sec; 3, Moreda same time. Standings: 1, Etxave 15:30:16: 2, Golz at tmin 16sec; 3, Dominguez at 1:25. Also: 9, Kelly (Ire) same time.

Equestrianism NATIONS CUP (Hickstead). Everest Trophy: 1. Country Classics Kruger (J Turi, GB) cl, 37.42sec: 2, Moet de Chandon Lasall (N Pessoa, Bra) cl. 39.32; 3. Carrolls Athlone (P Darragh.

Ire) cl. 39.42. Parcours de Chasse: Excel Inglis, GB) clr 71.31sec: 2. Moloney's Error (T Coyle. Ire) cl 71.94: 3.

Brook Street Cadnica (H Smith. GB) cl 73.22. 12.40. 1.80. Dual 95 80.

CSF: 205.19. Tricast: 2079.28. 7.00 (2m Ch): 1, BIO ASH, Dwyer (15-8); Diamond Digger (7-4 Fav): 3, Dowjak (5- 1). 9 ran. 7, 8.

(J Fitzgerald) Tote: 3.10: 1.60. 160, 1.50. Dual 4.00. CSF: 5.32: 7.30 (3m 2f Ch): 1, DEEP PROSPECT, Mr Sheppard (7-1); 2, Doublo Turn (17-2); 3, Paddy Murphy (4-1). Touch ol Fun 7-2 Fav.

12 ran. 1la. 'z. (Mrs Rimell) Tote: 7.40; 2.80. 3.00, 1.70.

Dual 31.90. CSF: 59.33. NR: Rostuile. 8.00 (2m Ch): 1, SHARP SONO, Dwyer (4-1): 2, Itsgottabealright (5-2 Fav): 3, Sir Lester (6-1). 8 ran.

10. 22. (T Fairhurst) Tote: 5.60; 2.00, 1.40, 1.90. Dual 10.00. CSF: 13.34.

Tricast: 51.28. 8.30 (2m Hdle): 1, ANY BUSINESS, Dale McKeown (13-2): 2, Burning (2-1 Fav): 3, Santopadra (8-1). to ran. hd. 5.

(R Akehurst) Tote: 8.60; 1.40, 1.80, 2.40. Dual 12.90. CSF: 20.98. Tricast: 104.52. NR: Bal-lyglunin, Brown Bear Boy.

8.00 (2m Hdle): 1, RED TIMBER, Dun-woody (17-2): 2, Smartio Express (100-30 Fav): 3, Crimson Lady (20-1). 11 ran. 1I3. Nicholson) Tote: 7.60; 1.70, 1.80, 3.80. Dual 19.50.

CSF: 34 22. Tricast: 500.61. NR: Shareef, Hallowed, Oryx Major. John Wright of Derbyshire, the New Zealand Tesl captain, needs to score only eight runs in the championship match against Sussex, starting at Horsham today, reach 10,000 runs (or the county. beats DeFreitas for one of his four contrived finish would have been absurd.

It also made pragmatic sense for Hampshire to have batting practice before the Benson and Hedges semi-firial at Chelmsford next week. Terry's hundred came after 208 minutes. He had, with skill and without sensation, hit 15 fours. The last of those, to mid-wicket off Rose, brought him his century. Somerset's seamers had no more bonuses to grasp.

Instead Marks spun away for an unbroken 44 overs. At one stage he had taken three for six in 21 balls, getting the stubborn Chris Smith caught behind and his brother Robin at short 2: Hardin (Swe) bt Prosser (Dudley) 3 and 1. SemMinals: Fouchee bt Graves at 21st: Hardin btSuneson 2 and 1. WIRRAL WOMEN'S CLASSIC (Caldy). Second round (GB and Ire unless stated): 139 New 68.

71. 141 Arnold (NZ) 71. 70; A Sheard (SA) 70. 71. 142 Holloway 73.

69: Panton 70. 72. 143 Lunslord (US) 72. 71; Soulsby 72. 71.

144 Burton 70. 74. 145 Dutty 72. 73; de Kraay (US) 68, 77; Grice-Whiltaker 72, 73: Hurley 72. 73: Duhig 73.

72: Mullard (Aus) 75. 70; Marvin 76. 69. 146 Maritz (SA) 75. 71: Cattord 74.

72: Van Wyk (SA) 72. 74; Percival 72. 74: A Jones Tennis FRENCH OPEN (Paris). Men's singles, Semi-finals: Wilander (Swe) bt A Agassi (US) 4-6. 6-2, 7-5, 5-7, 6-0; Leconte (Fr) bt Svensson (Swe) 7-6.

6-2, 6-3. Women's doublos, SemMinals: NavratilovaP Shriver (US) bt Graf'G Sabatini (WGArg) 6-2. 7-5. DIRECT LINE GRASS COURT TOURNAMENT (Beckenham). Men's singles, Quarter-finals: C.

Saceanu (Rom) bt Visser (SA) 3-6. 6-3. 7-6; LShiras (US) bt Acuna (Chile) 7-5. 6-1; Jelen (WG) bt Devries (US) 7-5. 6-7, 6-4: A Mansdorf (Isr) bt Frana (Arg) 6-7.

7-6. 7-6. Women's singles, Quarter-finals: A Hen-ricksson (US) bt Poller (US) 3-6, 6-3. 6-4; Fernandez (US) bt Gomer (Devon) 6-3. 6-2: White (US) bt Lindqvist (Swe) scr: Javer (GB) bt Rehe (US) 6-4.

1-0. ret. Badminton WORLD TEAM FINALS (Kuala Lumpur). Final, Uber Cup, Women: China 5, Korea 0. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Kansas City 3, Seattle Toronto 5. Boston Red Sox Texas 10, Chicago White Sox 2: Milwaukee 9, California 4. NATIONAL LEAGUE. NY Mets 2. Chicago Cubs 1: St Louis 3, Philadelphia Montreal 7.

Pittsburgh 3. Basketball NBA FINALS. Western Conferenco: Dallas 105, LA Lakers 103 (Series tied 3-3). Hockey INVITATION SIX-NATION T'MENT (Ipoh. Evening racing Haydock was abandoned by the stewards after three races due to heavy rain which left the ground in a dangerously slippery condition.

HAYDOCK I 8.30 (81)1 1, ELLEN MAY, Outfield (9-4 Fav): 3, Miss EM Pea (7-2): 3, Snugftt's Image (10-1). 8 ran. 1, sh hd. (R Sheather) Tote: 3.60: E1.20. 1.30, 2.30.

Dual 7.70. CSF: 11.02. NR: Punlo Baluarte, Regal Singer, Brave Melody, Dream Team (Rule 4 15p). 7.00 (1m 2f): 1, BEAU BENZ, Mr Eas- terby (2-1 Fav); 2, Absent Lover (14-1): 3, My Muuks (11-1). 13 ran.

t'j, '2. (M Easterby) Tote: 2.70; 1.30, 3.10, 3.40. Dual 20.40. CSF: 28.78. Tricast: 223.68.

NR: Star Maestro 7.30 (61): 1, THE DEVIL'S MUSIC, Ni-cholls (8-1); 2, NMzan Lass (9-2); 3, Softly Spoken (9-1). Nagem 11-4 Fav. 11 ran. 3, 1ia. (N Bycrolt) Tote: 20.60; 3.90, 2.50, 2.50.

Dual 73.30. CSF: 43.46. Tricast: 310.99. STRATFORD 0.30 (2m Hdto): 1, SPRINQFORWARD, Niven (9-1); 2, Fast Realm (40-1); 3, Con-naught Broads (15-2). Jump To It.

2-1 Fav. 10 ran. 5, 7. (R Peacock) Tote: 13.50; 1.50. 1.

2, (D to the pitch strip which has, allege Yorkshire, failed to rise consistently to the occasion of first-class cricket. Later in the day Jackie Hendriks, the West Indies manager, put his cards on the table by casting doubts on the current Test pitch at Trent Bridge. "It is not a surface I thought we would have seen for a Test match at Trent Bridge," he said. "I'm disappointed by the inconsistency of the bounce. There is not too much pace, it is a little slow and there is not a lot in it for the batsmen.

A few balls behaved as one would not have expected." He did not, however, accuse England of doctoring the pitclL HAMPSHIRE SOMERSET Southampton: Hampshire (4pts) drew with Somerset (6). SOMERSET. First innings 308 (S Waugh 115 no: A Connor 89). HAMPSHIRE First innings 156 (A Jones 7-30). HAMPSHIRE Second innings (overnight: 23-0) Terry Jones Rose 108 Smith Burns Marks 47 Nicholas Marks A Smith Felton Marks 13 Turner not out 100 Ayling not out 86 Extras (bl.

Ib2, nb1) 4 Total (lor 4). 336 Fall of wickets: 124. 128. 148. 192.

Bowling: Rose 15-3-44-1: Cleal 13-2-59-0; Foster 15-3-40-0; Marks 46-11-111-3; Jones 13-2-42-0; Barllelt 7-0-37-0. Umpires: Balderstone and Palmer. KENT N0TTIN0HAM8HIRE Dartford: Kent (23pts) beat Nottinghamshire (3) by two wickets. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE First innings 65 (R Davis 4-12). KENT.

First innings 312-9 dec (R Pienaar 53. Benson 52, Ellison 50 no: Cairns 4-70). NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Second innings (overnight: 154-2) Pollard Tavare Ellison 142 Johnson Hinks Davis 30 Randall Ibw Ellison 44 Birch Marsh Ellison Cairns Davis IS Scott Ibw Ellison 21 Cooper not out 5 Saxelby Ibw Ellison 1 A Atlord Benson Ellison Extras (b16. IbB, nb4) 28 Total 357 Fall of wickets: 125, 149, 190, 276, 276. 313, 348, 355.

Bowling: Penn 9-1-41-0: Ellison 40.2-14-75-7; Davis 56-23-106-2; Cowdrey 12-6-15-0; Harman 29-6-72-1; Pienaar 7-0-24-0. KENT Second Innings Benson Pollard Cooper. Taylor Saxelby Hinks Scott Cooper Tavare Cooper Pienaar Ibw Cooper 'C Cowdrev not out 18 5 8 4 14 35 14 3 8 8 -9 A Marsh Cooper- Ellison Johnson Saxelby. Harman saxemy Penn not Extras (Ib5. nb1) Total (lor 8) 111 Fall of wickstsi 22, 24, 29, 44, 51.

83. 90. 99. Bowling: Saxelby 12-1-45-3; Cooper 11.5-0-61-5. Umplrss: Julian and A Whitehead.

County Table Middx(16) 5 4 0 1 Worcs (9) 6 3 12 Leics(3) 6 2 13 Som'set(H) 6 2 2 2 Northants (7) 6 2 1 3 Essex (12) 5 2 2 1 Kent (14) 5 2 3 0 Surrey (4) 2 2 1 Warwick (15) 4 2 1 .1 Gloucs(10) 5 2 12 Notts (1) 7 15 1 Sussex (17) 5 12 2 Hants (5) 1 1 3 Lanes (2) 5 12 2 Derbys(6) 5 10 4 Yorkshire (8) 0 3 2 Glam(13) 5 0 14 1987 positions in brackets Bt Bl Pts 13 14 14 22 13 19 14 18 11 19 14 13 11 15 8 18 7 16 tO 12 9 27 8 17 4 19 8 15 10 10 7 17 10 12 Minor County Championship Workington: Cumberland 191-8 dec and 247-9 (J Moyes 73, Dutton 72 no). Suffolk 312-7 dec (J W.Edrldge 58, Wright 86 no). Match drawn. Turner's David Foot at Southampton DAVID TURNER scored his 26th hundred for Hampshire off the last ball. Paul Terry had earlier composed an untroubled century and more championship runs than he had creakily managed in total previously this season.

But the older members at Southampton still could not conceal their glazed, uneasy look of preoccupation. This beloved, sloping Northlands Road ground, headquarters of the county for more than a hundred years, may soon be nothing more than a sentimen Other Match OXFORD UNIV GLOUCESTERSHIRE The Parks: Match drawn. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. First innings 360-4 dec (P Bainbridge 1 19, Lloyds 102 no. I Butcher 75).

OXFORD UNIVERSITY. First innings 117 (P Bainbridge 5-33). GLOUCESTERSHIRE Second inninos (overnight: 20-1) A Wright Reynold Sygrove 9 tR Russell Kilborn 69 Thomas not out 57 Poolev not out 3 Extras (Ibl, wl, nb1) Total (lor 3 dec). 141 Fall of wickets cont: 22. 133.

Bowling: Sygrove 13-2-79-1: Kilborn rt-d-m-d; urawiey i-u-z-u. Umpires: Eele and Evans. Second Eleven Championship Yeovil: Somerset 235-6 (N Pringle 97. A Keitch 71) and 88-1. Hampshire 284-5 (R Scott 92, James Connor 53) Match drawn.

Leicester: Leicestershire 41 1-6 (M A Gam ham 203 no. Hepworlh 157) and 79 (S snaugnnessy t-34; a Priageon 4-44) Worcestershire 303-9 dec (S O'Shaugh- nessy uunveira S4). Match orawn. Eastbourne: Sussex 204 (K Greenfield 82, Kimber 51; I Pont 4-49) and 149 (J Stephenson 6-58). Essex 432-8 (P Prichard 158 no, A Butler 81).

Essex won by an innings and 79 runs. Scarborough: Northamptonshire 322-9 (C Manors iuu no, a Stanley 65, pollock bu: Anderson 5-98) and 213-2 (Stanley 138 no. Gormley 50 no). Yorkshire 252-7 (N Nicnoison iis ana ibi-3 (Nicholson si no). Match drawn.

Uxbrldgo: Warwickshire 247 (A Storie 51, Green 53, Tufnell 4-58) and 173-5 dec (Storie 77 no). Middlesex 163-4 dec (M A Roseberry 58) and 74-2. Match drawn. Canterbury: Kent 342-6 dec (P Farbrace 134, Cowdrey 81) and 256-5 dec (V Wells 51. Longley 61).

Surrey 341-7 dec (D Bick nell at. saaiq bi, bunen t. a Brown 58) and 116-4. Match drawn. Today's fixtures CORNHILL INSURANCE FIRST TEST Trent Bridge: England West Indies (11.0-6.0).

BRITANNIC ASSURANCE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP (11.O-6.30). Cardiff: Glamorgan Kent. Liverpool: Lancashire Hampshire. Lord's: Middlesex Worcestershire. Taunton: Somerset Northamptonshire.

Horsham: Sussex Derbyshire. Edg-baston: Warwickshire Nottinghamshire. Harrogate: Yorkshire Surrey. Tomorrow's fixtures REFUGE ASSURANCE LEAGUE (2.0-7.0). Merthyr Tydfil: Glamorgan Kent.

Old Trafford: Lancashire Hampshire. Lord's: Middlesex Worcestershire. Taunton: Somerset Northamptonshire. Horsham: Sussex Derbyshire. Edgbas-ton: Warwickshire Nottinghamshire.

Hsa-dlnglsy: Yorkshire Surrey. MINOR COUNTIES KNOCK-OUT COMPETITION. Cambridge: Cambridgeshire Norfolk. Truro: Cornwall Wiltshire. Sherborne School: Dorset v.

Devon. Sunderland: Durham Lincolnshire. Trlngi Hertfordshire Buckinghamshire. Oxford: Oxfordshire Berkshire. Shrewsbury: Shropshire Cheshire.

FramHnghanu Suffolk Bedfordshire. OTHER MATCH. Monkton Combe: Bath Schools XI Australian Aborlaines. The Sussex acting captain Colin Wells hit 109 of the 185 runs his side needed to make Surrey bat again at the Oval yesterday before a sharp delivery from Sylvester Clarke rapped Wells on the left hand and forced him to hospital for a precautionary X-ray. Sussex 1 lost by an innings.

tal memory. Yesterday Hampshire revealed that Queen's College, Oxford, were prepared to donate to them a 60-acre site on the outskirts of the city. The present county ground, hedged in by flats and other residential development, is intimate but impossibly small. Now the proposed switch which could be effective from 1994 offers a highly attractive deal, involving the sale of the current headquarters for probably up to 8 miUion. The match against Somerset trickled away in a draw.

Hampshire, forced to follow on, were 336 for four. They were 184 ahead and any prospect of a Results Golf DUNHILL BRITISH MASTERS (Woburn). Second-round qualifiers (British and Irish unless stated): 134 Lyle 66. 68. 137 Olazabal (Sp) 69.

68: Moore (Aus) 68. 69. 133 Senior (Aus) 68. 70: McNulty (Zim) 69. 69.

139 A Murray 70. 69: Rafferty 72. 67; Faldo 72. 67. 140 Smylh 70.

70; Hawkes (SA) 69. 71; Charnley 67, 73; Martin (Sp) 71, 69. 141 A Garrido (Sp) 75. 66: Brown 74. 67.

Rivero (Sp) 70. 71; Shearer (Aus) 70, 71; Darcy 71. 70; Davis (Aus) 70. 71; Walton 73, 68. 142 Sunes-son (Swe) 73.

69; Coles 71. 71: Lane 72. 70: Baiocchi (Sp) 72, 70; Rystrom (Swe) 71, 71. 143 Mackenzie 68. 75: Cooper 71.

72; Persson (Swe) 73, 70; James 68. 75: Stephen (Aus) 72. 71: Pinero (Sp) 70 73. 144 McFarlane 71. 73: Sellberg (Swe) 69.

75; I Woosnam 71. 73; Trevino (US) 69. 75; Nobilo (N2) 74. 70; I Young 75. 69: Taylor (Aus) 69.

75; Lee 73, 71: Parkin 73. 71: Anderson (Can) 72. 72; Brand Jnr 72, 72. 14S Moody 76. 69; Canizares (Sp) 74.

71; A Forsbrand (Swe) 73, 72; Llewellyn 74, 71: Dussart (Fr) 74, 71; Ray 71, 74; Johnstone (Zimb) 73, 72; Slaughter (US) 73, 72. 146 Ralph 74, 72; Rutledge (Can) 72, 74; Somers (Aus) 72. 74: Kent 72. 74: Commans (US) 74. 72; Riley (Aus) 72.

74; Williams 76, 70: Ca-lero 73. 73: Chapman 74. 72; I Baker-Finch (Aus) 74. 72: O'Connor Jnr 73, 73. 147 Allen (US) 74.

73: Harwood (Aus) 74, 73; Russell 72. 75; Clark 73. 74; Malley (US) 76, 71; Feherty 73, 74: Lanner (Swe) 71, 76; A Oldcorn 70. 77: Westner ISA) 70. 77.

POTOMAC OPEN. First round (US unless stated): 66 Twitly: Heintzelman: 67 Kite: Clearwater; Green; 68 Stockton; McGowan: Hatatsky: Bry-' anl: Peele: Hallet: Brooks; Upper: Mahatley. JAMIE FARR TOLEDO CLASSIC First round (US unless stated): 98 Lopez. 69 Davies (GB); Coles. 70 Stephenson (Aus).

71 Taylor. 72 Mackey; King; Joyce: Pitcock. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Royal Porlh-cawl). Quarter-finals: Fouchee (SA) bt Howe (US) 3 and 2: Graves (Broken-hurst Mnr) bt Giraud (Fr) 2 and Sune-son (Ladbrook Pk) bt A Haglund (Swe) 4 and 3: Fouchee (SA) bt Howe (USA) 3 and Show Jumping Turi well clear in the barrage JOE TURI and Country Classics Kruger, members of the successful British team in Rome, won an eight-horse barrage for the Everest Double Glazing Trophy at Hickstead, writes John Kerr. Turi and his Cornish-bred nine-year-old, winners of the Derby Trial at the same venue, made short work of yesterday's task with the fastest of seven clears and almost two seconds to spare from the Brazilian veteran, Nelson Pessoa, on Lassall.

Turi will ride Vital in today's Grand Prix. The Sussex rider Duncan Inglis, on Excel, won the Parcours-de-Chasse from Trevor Coyle and Moloney's Error. Ivanov's climb Defence training area in the Cambrian mountains after 61 miles. Pedalling a small gear smoothly as he overhauled Peyramaure, IVandv went straight to the front arid stayed there on the swift descent, Peyramaure hanging on grimly. With their lead at 3min 45sec, the Frenchman was finally left to the mercy of a 30-strong chasing group on the approach to the one-in-four Devil's Staircase.

David Rayner, the Raleigh-Banana professional who won the under-22 category last year, also showed his descending skills when he left' this group shortly after the Gamallt. "I just put my brains in my pocket and let it roll," he said. Rayner was joined after five miles by Neil Stephens, the Australian who is a member of the Dutch-based Zero squad. They worked well together but were going backwards compared with Ivanov. Chris Lillywhite- had taken the day's first two climbs to keep his Mountains Grand Prix lead, despite crashing at 50mph.

Today: Aberystwyth to Llandudno, 88 miles. Badminton England's Darren Hall is among the players selected for exhibition matches in the Seoul Olympics in September prior to the game's full introduction at Barcelona in 1992. China retained the women's Uber Cup world team trophy i yesterday after beating South Korea 5-0 in the final. Sailing The San Diego Yacht Club has described as "totally unacceptable" an offer by New Zealand's Michael Fay to postpone the America's Cup defence until next year and dictate new guidelines for boat design. Boxing Glasgow's Gary Jacobs, the 22-year-old Commonwealth welterweight champion, has pulled out of his proposed fight with the British champion.tKirkland Laing, ten years his senior..