Sports 04 November 2013

WESTERN DAILY PRESS MONDAY NOVEMBER 4 2013 1WDP-E01-S4

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4 November 2013 INDEX Football 2–11 Results, tables 2 Rugby union 12–16 Cricket 17 Racing 17–19 Formula One 20

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Bristol Rovers boss John Ward shows exactly what it’s like to be a manager as his side battles for a second away victory of the season at Oxford United to edge away from the bottom of League Two PICTURE: NEIL BROOKMAN

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2 FOOTBALL MONDAY NOVEMBER 4 2013 WESTERN DAILY PRESS WDP-E01-S4

TREBLE CHECK:Complete check for Littlewoods, Vernons and

Zetters: 3 = Score Draws, 2= No Score Draw or Void1= Home or Away

Arsenal .................... (1) 2 Liverpool .................(0) 0Cazorla 19Ramsey 59 Att 60,042Fulham ..................... (0) 1 Man Utd ...................(3) 3Kacaniklic 65 Valencia 9 van Persie 20Att 25,700 Rooney 22Hull ........................... (1) 1 Sunderland .............(0) 0Cuellar 25 (og) Att 24,677Man City .................. (4) 7 Norwich ...................(0) 0Johnson 16 (og)Silva 20Nastasic 25Negredo 36Toure 60Aguero 71Dzeko 86Att 47,066Newcastle ................ (0) 2 Chelsea ...................(0) 0Gouffran 68Remy 89Att 51,674Stoke ........................ (1) 1 Southamptn ............(1) 1Begovic 1 Rodriguez 42Att 26,053West Brom............... (1) 2 Crystal Palace .........(0) 0Berahino 45McAuley 83Att 26,397West Ham ................ (0) 0 Aston Villa ...............(0) 0Att 34,977

Yesterday Cardiff ...................... (0) 1 Swansea ..................(0) 0Caulker 62Att 27,463Everton .................... (0) 0 Spurs .......................(0) 0Att 38,828 HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsArsenal ............10 4 0 1 11 5 4 1 0 11 4 25Chelsea ...........10 5 0 0 12 3 1 2 2 4 5 20Liverpool ..........10 4 0 1 9 3 2 2 1 8 7 20Spurs ...............10 3 1 1 5 4 3 1 1 4 1 20Man City ..........10 5 0 0 20 2 1 1 3 8 9 19Southamptn .....10 3 2 0 7 1 2 2 1 4 3 19Everton ............10 3 2 0 6 3 2 2 1 8 7 19Man Utd ...........10 2 2 1 7 5 3 0 2 10 8 17Newcastle ........10 2 2 1 7 5 2 0 3 7 11 14Hull ..................10 3 2 0 4 1 1 0 4 4 9 14West Brom .......10 2 1 2 6 4 1 3 1 4 6 13Cardiff ..............10 2 1 2 5 5 1 2 2 4 8 12Swansea ..........10 1 2 2 8 8 2 0 3 4 4 11Aston Villa........10 1 0 4 4 9 2 2 1 5 3 11West Ham ........10 1 1 3 5 7 1 3 1 3 1 10Fulham.............10 1 1 3 5 9 2 0 3 5 6 10Stoke ...............10 1 3 1 3 3 1 0 4 4 8 9Norwich............10 1 2 2 4 6 1 0 4 2 14 8Sunderland ......10 1 0 4 5 10 0 1 4 2 12 4Crystal Pal .......10 1 0 4 4 10 0 0 5 2 11 3

Bristol City .............. (1) 1 Oldham ....................(0) 1Emmanuel-Thomas 36 Dayton 77Att 11,352Coventry .................. (0) 3 Notts County ...........(0) 0L Clarke 47, 58 Att 2,693Wilson 64 Crawley Town.......... (0) 0 Brentford .................(1) 1Att 4,177 Forshaw 5 (pen)Crewe ....................... (0) 0 Bradford ..................(0) 0Att 5,428Gillingham ............... (0) 1 Carlisle ....................(0) 0Kedwell 63 (pen) Att 5,697MK Dons .................. (0) 1 Walsall .....................(0) 0Williams 65 Att 7,711Peterboro................. (1) 1 Leyton Orient ..........(1) 3Rowe 26 Mooney 39, 58Att 10,026 Cox 49Preston .................... (0) 1 Tranmere .................(0) 1Garner 90 Atkinson 55 Att 9,496Rotherham ............... (2) 2 Colchester ...............(1) 2Tubbs 9, Agard 22 Bean 7Att 7,096 Lee 90Shrewsbury ............. (1) 2 Sheff Utd .................(0) 0Jacobson 39McAlinden 80 Att 6,226Swindon ................... (1) 5 Port Vale ..................(0) 2N’Guessan 24 Pope 73Ranger 50 Hughes 80Luongo 57, 90 Att 7,637Byrne 82 Wolves ..................... (1) 2 Stevenage ...............(0) 0Doyle 7 Att 17,700Henry 81 HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsL Orient ............15 6 1 0 17 5 6 1 1 19 7 38Wolves .............14 6 1 1 16 5 5 1 0 11 3 35Peterboro ........15 5 1 2 9 7 5 1 1 16 5 32Preston ............15 3 4 1 12 9 4 2 1 11 7 27Brentford ..........15 4 1 2 8 5 4 2 2 12 12 27Bradford ...........15 4 1 2 15 6 2 4 2 9 8 23Swindon ...........15 6 1 1 20 9 1 1 5 9 11 23MK Dons ..........15 5 2 1 15 8 1 2 4 9 12 22Walsall .............15 2 2 3 7 10 4 2 2 10 5 22Rotherham .......15 2 4 2 11 13 3 2 2 10 9 21Coventry ..........15 6 1 1 22 14 3 2 2 12 8 20Port Vale ..........15 3 2 2 10 10 3 0 5 11 14 20Crawley Town ..14 4 1 3 10 11 1 3 2 8 9 19Colchester .......15 2 3 2 6 8 1 5 2 9 12 17Shrewsbury......15 3 4 1 10 5 0 3 4 5 11 16Oldham ............15 3 2 2 8 6 1 1 6 11 17 15Gillingham........15 3 2 3 9 9 1 1 5 9 15 15Carlisle.............14 2 0 4 6 15 2 3 3 7 10 15Stevenage .......15 2 1 4 9 11 2 1 5 6 12 14Tranmere .........15 1 2 4 9 19 2 2 4 6 10 13Crewe ..............15 2 3 3 8 15 1 1 5 4 16 13Sheff Utd..........15 3 2 2 9 7 0 1 7 4 16 12Bristol City .......14 0 4 3 7 12 1 3 3 14 15 10Notts Co ..........15 3 0 4 11 9 0 1 7 6 20 10*Coventry deducted 10 points for entering administration

Accrington Stanley . (0) 1 Wycombe ................(0) 1Murphy 90 Stewart 72Att 1,268Burton Albion .......... (0) 0 Morecambe .............(1) 1 Williams 34Att 2,702Bury ......................... (1) 1 Torquay ...................(2) 3Cameron 24 Downes 18Att 2,997 McCallum 29, 57Cheltenham ............. (2) 2 York..........................(1) 2Harrison 12 Bowman 20, 54Richards 45Att 2,706Chesterfield ............. (1) 1 Scunthorpe .............(0) 1Richards 8 Waterfall 88Att 6,346Fleetwood Town...... (1) 4 Newport County .....(0) 1Schumacher 4 (pen), 48, 59 (pen) Zebroski 71 (pen)Ball 78Att 2,354Hartlepool ................ (1) 2 Dag & Red ...............(0) 1Poole 12 Hines 56Monkhouse 79 Att 3,450Oxford Utd ............... (0) 0 Bristol Rovers .........(0) 1Att 6,374 O’Toole 71 (pen)Plymouth ................. (0) 1 Northampton ...........(0) 0Alessandra 90Att 6,547Portsmouth ............. (1) 3 Exeter ......................(0) 2Holmes 45 Coles 75Bird 49, 71 O’Flynn 84Att 16,168Rochdale ................. (1) 1 AFC Wimbledon .....(0) 2Allen 35 S Moore 54Att 2,483 Frampton 84 HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsFleetwood Tn ...15 4 1 3 17 11 5 0 2 9 5 28Oxford Utd .......15 2 3 3 7 8 5 2 0 16 5 26Chesterfield .....15 4 2 2 10 7 3 3 1 11 7 26Rochdale .........15 6 1 1 17 8 2 1 4 6 11 26Morecambe......15 3 3 1 13 10 4 1 3 9 10 25Exeter ..............15 4 0 3 9 9 3 3 2 11 8 24Burton Albion ...15 2 2 4 8 10 5 1 1 12 8 24Scunthorpe ......15 4 2 1 8 6 2 4 2 9 11 24Southend .........15 4 1 3 10 6 3 1 3 8 8 23Newport Co .....15 5 1 1 16 7 1 4 3 6 12 23Dag & Red .......15 4 2 1 12 6 2 3 3 10 14 23Wycombe .........14 3 1 3 9 9 3 2 2 11 8 21Hartlepool ........15 4 0 4 10 10 2 3 2 9 7 21Mansfield .........15 2 3 2 10 8 3 3 2 5 7 21AFC Wimbledn 15 4 1 2 10 8 2 2 4 7 11 21Portsmouth ......14 4 0 3 11 9 1 5 1 12 13 20Plymouth..........15 3 3 2 4 6 2 0 5 6 9 18Cheltenham .....15 2 4 2 14 13 2 1 4 7 14 17York .................15 3 1 3 10 9 1 3 4 11 15 16Bristol Rvrs ......15 2 3 2 7 8 1 2 5 5 10 14Torquay ............15 1 4 2 7 10 2 1 5 10 15 14Bury .................15 2 3 3 9 9 1 1 5 7 11 13Accrington St ...15 1 3 4 7 10 1 2 4 5 12 11Northampton ....15 1 4 2 9 9 1 0 7 4 13 10

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1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49

FULLTIME

Corby .................................. P AFC Totton ........................PHitchin .................................2 Truro City .......................... 3

HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtChesham .............14 5 1 0 17 6 6 0 2 19 7 34Hemel Hempstd ...12 6 0 0 24 2 4 1 1 15 5 31Cambridge City ....13 3 1 1 9 5 5 2 1 11 5 27Bideford ...............12 5 2 0 19 6 2 3 0 9 6 26Stourbridge ..........12 4 0 2 13 8 4 0 2 21 6 24Poole Town .......... 11 2 3 0 9 7 4 1 1 13 10 22St Albans .............13 4 1 2 11 8 2 2 2 16 11 21Banbury ...............12 3 0 3 9 9 4 0 2 14 12 21Hungerford Town . 11 3 0 3 7 7 3 0 2 9 4 18Biggleswade Tn ... 11 2 2 1 7 4 2 3 1 11 8 17Arlesey.................13 1 3 2 9 11 3 1 3 11 10 16Redditch ..............14 1 1 4 7 19 4 0 4 12 19 16Truro City .............14 1 2 5 9 19 3 1 2 12 13 15Weymouth .............9 3 1 1 8 5 1 1 2 6 6 14Burnham ..............13 1 1 4 8 14 2 4 1 10 7 14Corby ................... 11 3 0 1 6 5 1 2 4 7 15 14Hitchin..................13 3 3 2 14 9 0 1 4 3 8 13Frome Town ......... 11 0 2 4 5 15 3 1 1 7 5 12Bedford Town.......12 2 1 3 8 13 1 2 3 12 21 12Chippenham ........13 2 0 5 8 20 2 0 4 9 12 12AFC Totton...........12 1 1 4 11 18 1 0 5 7 16 7St Neots Town .....13 1 0 5 5 15 1 0 6 6 14 6Bashley ................ 11 0 1 6 7 18 0 1 3 3 10 2

First Qualifying Round Replays: Poole Town 3, Frome 1 (AET) — FC United of Manchester A, Witton Albion A.Second Qualifying Round: Mickleover Sports 1, Stourbridge 2 — Rushall Olympic 0, AFC Fylde 1 — Blyth Spartans 0, Ramsbottom Utd 1 — Coalville Town 5, Marine 0 — Scarborough Athletic 0, Cambridge City 0 — Redditch 5, Brigg Town 0 — Kidsgrove Ath 0, Curzon Ashton 4 — Northwich 2, Mossley 0 — Matlock Town 2, St Neots Town 0 — Gresley 2, Trafford 0 — Sheffi eld P, Buxton P — St Ives Town 0, Nantwich Town 4 — Soham Town Rangers 1, Chorley 2 — Carshalton Ath 2, Egham Town 1 — Chesham 2, Weymouth 1 — Folkestone Invicta

1, Hungerford Town 1 — St Albans 3, Billericay 3 — Ramsgate 4, Three Bridges 1 — Enfi eld Town 0, Grays Athletic 1 — Hastings Utd 0, AFC Sudbury 1 — Wingate & Finchley 1, Daventry Town 1 — Wealdstone 2, Maidstone Utd 2 — Merthyr Town 3, Dunstable 2 — Hampton & Richmond 5, Met Police 0 — Marlow 2, Burnham 0 — Dulwich 3, Leath-erhead 0 — Margate 4, Clevedon Town 1 — Bury Town 2, Chatham Town 1 — Hemel Hempstead 9, North Greenford Utd 1 — Bognor Regis Town 4, Chippenham 1 — Tiverton 3, Mangotsfi eld 1 — Hythe Town 2, Whitstable 2 — Canvey Island 0, East Thurrock 2. Yesterday: Hendon 1, Bideford 0.

Basingstoke ........................2 Dover ................................. 0Bath City ..............................3 Havant and W ................... 1Bishop’s Stortford ..............2 Tonbridge Angels ............. 1Bromley ...............................4 Dorchester ........................ 1Chelmsford ..........................0 Boreham Wood................. 6Eastbourne Borough ..........2 Maidenhead Utd ............... 0Ebbsfleet United .................4 Concord Rangers ............. 0Farnboro ..............................4 Weston-S-Mare ................. 0Staines Town.......................2 Hayes & Yeading .............. 1Sutton Utd ...........................1 Eastleigh ........................... 1Whitehawk ...........................1 Gosport Borough ............. 1

HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtBromley ...............13 6 0 0 21 5 3 1 3 8 7 28Eastleigh ..............13 5 2 0 8 2 3 1 2 9 7 27Bishop’s Stortford 12 5 0 1 13 6 3 2 1 13 12 26Sutton Utd ...........12 5 2 1 17 7 1 2 1 6 2 22Basingstoke .........13 5 1 1 11 5 2 0 4 9 10 22Ebbsfleet United ..14 3 4 1 11 6 2 2 2 15 9 21Hayes & Yeading .13 1 0 3 6 6 6 0 3 14 8 21Eastbourne Boro .14 4 2 1 14 9 2 1 4 4 12 21Weston-S-Mare ...13 3 1 3 9 10 3 1 2 7 8 20Farnboro ..............12 5 0 2 14 6 1 1 3 11 14 19Dover ...................13 2 1 3 4 5 4 0 3 8 4 19Staines Town .......12 6 0 0 12 5 0 1 5 5 14 19Havant and W......14 3 1 3 11 12 1 4 2 7 8 17Bath City ..............12 2 2 2 9 8 2 2 2 9 8 16Whitehawk ...........13 1 4 2 6 9 2 0 4 9 13 13Concord Rangers 12 2 1 2 8 6 1 3 3 5 15 13Chelmsford ..........13 3 1 3 10 14 1 0 5 4 12 13Boreham Wood....12 1 2 2 6 9 2 1 4 9 9 12Maidenhead Utd ..12 1 1 4 7 13 2 2 2 7 7 12Tonbridge Angels .12 2 2 2 8 9 1 1 4 7 14 12Gosport Borough .12 2 1 2 5 5 0 2 5 5 14 9Dorchester ...........12 1 0 5 6 19 1 1 4 5 9 7

Calor Lge Premier Evesham ..............................2 Shortwood Utd ................. 1Guildford City .....................0 Cirencester ....................... 5North Leigh .........................2 Bridgwater Town .............. 1Stratford Town ....................5 Bishops Cleeve ................ 2Swindon Supermarine .......1 Yate .................................... 2Taunton ................................4 Didcot Town ...................... 0Thatcham Town ..................0 Paulton .............................. 3Godalming Town.................0 Wimborne Town ............... 1

HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtNorth Leigh ..........13 7 0 0 25 4 4 0 2 10 6 33Paulton ................13 5 1 1 23 10 4 1 1 19 9 29Cirencester .......... 11 4 0 1 12 10 5 0 1 15 6 27Merthyr Town ....... 11 5 1 0 15 6 3 0 2 12 11 25Supermarine ........14 5 0 2 16 8 2 3 2 11 11 24Tiverton ................12 4 0 2 12 9 3 2 1 14 12 23Wimborne Town ...14 4 2 0 26 9 2 2 4 9 11 22Bridgwater Town ..10 2 2 1 9 6 4 0 1 12 5 20Stratford Town .....12 3 1 2 13 11 2 2 2 17 15 18Mangotsfield ........ 11 2 1 2 9 8 3 1 2 11 8 17Yate ..................... 11 3 0 3 11 12 2 2 1 9 9 17Taunton ................14 3 3 2 15 10 1 1 4 9 13 16Evesham..............13 2 3 2 14 15 1 1 4 6 15 13Godalming Town ..13 2 1 4 7 12 2 0 4 7 15 13Cinderford ............12 2 0 4 8 10 1 3 2 9 11 12Thatcham Town ...12 1 2 3 3 10 2 1 3 9 10 12Bishops Cleeve ...13 2 0 4 11 16 2 0 5 13 21 12Shortwood Utd .......9 1 2 1 11 11 1 1 3 8 7 9Clevedon Town ......9 1 1 2 4 6 1 1 3 7 8 8Didcot Town .........12 2 1 3 7 11 0 1 5 5 19 8Fleet Town ...........12 1 2 2 5 7 0 2 5 5 17 7Guildford City .......13 2 1 4 11 21 0 0 6 5 28 7

Calor Lge South & West

FA Trophy

Birmingham ............. (0) 0 Charlton ..................(0) 1 Stephens 57Att 14,070Blackburn ................ (0) 1 Middlesbrough .......(0) 0Lowe 76Att 16,645Bournemouth .......... (0) 0 Bolton ......................(1) 2 Ngog 37 Beckford 90Att 10,015Doncaster ................ (0) 1 Brighton ..................(1) 3Brown 75 Forster-Caskey 8 Lita 85Att 7,396 Lopez 90Leeds ....................... (0) 2 Yeovil .......................(0) 0McCormack 48, 67Att 25,351Millwall ..................... (2) 2 Burnley ....................(1) 2McDonald 23 Vokes 39Shittu 38 Lowry 55 (og)Att 10,168Nottm For ................ (0) 0 Blackpool ................(0) 1Att 21,581 Dobbie 90QPR .......................... (1) 2 Derby .......................(1) 1Jenas 11 Dawkins 23Hill 63 Att 18,171Sheff Wed ................ (3) 5 Reading ...................(1) 2Fryatt 18, 63 Pogrebnyak 35Antonio 25 Le Fondre 90 (pen)Morrison 42 (og)Wickham 57 Att 20,368Watford .................... (0) 0 Leicester .................(1) 3 Wood 10 Knockaert 53Att 16,011 Dyer 86Wigan ....................... (1) 2 Huddersfld ..............(1) 1Barnett 21 Norwood 45Powell 50 Att 16,112 HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtsBurnley ............14 5 2 0 14 3 5 1 1 12 6 33Leicester ..........14 6 1 0 13 6 4 1 2 11 7 32QPR .................14 6 1 0 10 2 3 3 1 6 5 31Blackpool .........14 4 3 0 8 4 3 3 1 9 7 27Reading ...........14 4 3 0 13 6 2 2 3 9 11 23Nottm For ........14 4 2 1 11 6 2 3 2 10 10 23Watford ............14 3 2 2 13 10 3 2 2 12 8 22Leeds ...............14 4 1 2 12 6 2 1 4 6 10 20Blackburn.........14 4 1 2 11 5 1 3 3 9 11 19Wigan ..............13 4 3 0 12 7 1 1 4 4 5 19Derby ...............14 1 3 3 10 14 4 1 2 16 9 19Brighton ...........14 2 3 2 10 9 2 3 2 5 5 18Ipswich.............14 4 1 2 12 6 0 4 3 8 12 17Huddersfld ......14 3 3 1 13 8 1 2 4 5 8 17Bournemth .......14 4 0 3 11 10 1 2 4 9 19 17Middlesbro’ ......14 2 4 1 15 9 1 2 4 8 13 15Charlton ...........13 1 3 2 3 4 2 2 3 7 10 14Millwall .............14 2 2 3 10 12 1 3 3 7 16 14Bolton ..............14 0 5 2 6 8 2 2 3 7 12 13Doncaster ........13 2 1 4 7 11 1 2 3 5 12 12Sheff Wed ........13 1 3 2 10 9 0 5 2 7 11 11Birmingham .....14 2 1 4 10 7 1 1 5 4 14 11Barnsley...........14 2 3 2 10 16 0 1 6 6 15 10Yeovil ...............14 1 1 5 4 9 1 2 4 5 12 9

Alfreton Town......................3 FC Halifax ......................... 0Barnet ..................................1 Kidderminster ................... 0Chester FC ..........................1 Aldershot .......................... 1Forest Green .......................1 Dartford ............................. 0Gateshead ...........................0 Luton ................................. 0Hyde .....................................2 Nuneaton ........................... 2Macclesfield ........................3 Wrexham ........................... 2Southport ............................1 Cambridge Utd ................. 0Tamworth .............................0 Braintree Town ................. 0Welling .................................1 Lincoln City ...................... 0Woking .................................1 Grimsby ............................. 2

HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A PtCambridge ...........17 8 0 0 18 2 3 5 1 7 5 38Kiddermnstr .........17 6 1 1 18 7 4 1 4 10 11 32Luton....................17 5 3 0 17 7 3 4 2 13 9 31Grimsby ...............17 5 1 2 17 9 4 2 3 8 8 30Salisbury ..............17 7 1 1 17 6 2 2 4 7 12 30Braintree Town.....17 4 1 3 12 9 4 4 1 12 6 29Barnet ..................17 4 3 1 14 8 3 4 2 12 10 28Welling .................17 5 3 1 14 7 3 1 4 13 15 28Alfreton Town .......17 7 1 1 21 10 2 0 6 8 17 28Nuneaton .............17 4 3 2 15 13 3 3 2 10 12 27Gateshead ...........17 4 2 3 14 12 4 0 4 11 9 26FC Halifax ............17 7 2 0 20 7 0 2 6 8 21 25Lincoln City ..........17 5 1 2 9 3 1 3 5 8 14 22Macclesfld............17 4 2 3 13 12 2 2 4 9 11 22Forest Green .......17 5 1 2 18 7 1 2 6 12 22 21Southport .............17 5 2 1 11 7 1 1 7 6 15 21Wrexham .............17 4 2 2 12 9 1 2 6 11 17 19Dartford................17 4 1 3 12 10 1 2 6 6 18 18Hereford...............17 3 3 2 7 7 1 2 6 9 15 17Tamworth .............17 2 3 4 10 13 2 2 4 6 12 17Woking .................17 1 4 4 8 14 2 1 5 9 13 14Chester FC ..........17 1 5 3 4 8 2 0 6 8 17 14Aldershot .............17 4 2 3 16 14 2 3 3 5 5 13Hyde ....................17 0 2 7 5 16 0 1 7 9 28 3*Aldershot deducted 10 points for entering administration

WESTERN DAILY PRESS MONDAY NOVEMBER 4 2013 FOOTBALL 3WDP-E01-S4

LEEDS UTD 2YEOVIL TN 0

BY CHRIS SWEET

Fine performance goes to waste asLeeds demonstrate a killer instinct

Two second-half goals sankYeovil Town at Leeds after animpressive first period againfailed to produce the goals theperformance deserved.

Gary Johnson’s men carriedout their manager’s wish tosilence a bumper Elland Roadcrowd by weathering a cageystart to dominate their hosts.

However, despite havingLeeds on the back foot andforcing them into a scrappydisplay, the Glovers – not forthe first time this season –lacked bite in the final thirdand goalkeeper Paddy Kennyenjoyed a quiet afternoon.

Forty-five minutes from thevisitors that arguably pos-sessed more quality than aweek earlier against Notting-ham Forest were undone asRudy Austin tormented bothYe ov i l ’s midfield and defence.

Johnson said: “We went outearly for the second half tomake sure we weren’t on ourheels, but the fella (Austin)made a great drive through,(Ross) McCormack made aclever run and he got put in. It

Leeds United front man Matt Smith, white kit, challenges for the ball with Yeovil Town defender Byron Webster PICTURES: ANDREW VARLEY

Nearly menneed to learn,says JohnsonYeovil manager Gary Johnsonlabelled his team “nearly men”after they dominated Leedsbefore tumbling to defeat atElland Road.

After a tense start in the SkyBet Championship clash, theGlovers emerged the strongeroutfit on display.

However, a promising open-ing 45 minutes, where they si-lenced a sizeable home crowd,went unrewarded as theyagain faltered in the finalt h i rd .

Ross McCormack benefitedfrom sleepy defending after thebreak to twice rifle home andensure the points remained inWest Yorkshire, while captainRudy Austin dictated Leeds’play as they attacked WayneHennessey’s goal.

G l ove r s ’ boss Johnson said:“It’s always hard to ignore theresult, but I thought the per-formance was okay.

“I’m sure our supporterswould have said our perform-ance was okay.

“We keep getting up to thatfinal third and nearly gettingin. We’re nearly men at them i nu t e.

“We haven’t got that extratoughness, that bit of quality

YeovilTownmanagerGaryJohnson

was a fantastic strike and wec o u l d n’t come back.

“The build-up play wasthere, but it’s the killer in-stinct with the final ball orshot that’s lacking.”

Johnson did not need tomake any changes to the XIthat defeated Forest, onlyAndy Williams (knee) and DanSeaborne (foot) missing thetrip north through injury.

Leeds took barely threeminutes to threaten as ShaneDuffy was unnecessarilycaught in possession at thebyline under pressure fromAustin. Alex Mowatt almostprofited, firing goal-wards tobe denied by a tremendousWayne Hennessey save.

Moments later, Joel Grantsprang the offside trap at theother end and with the hostsstretched Ed Upson’s deflecteddrive crept narrowly wide.

On 20 minutes, Austin con-tinued his bright start by glid-ing through non-existentYeovil tackling, sending awicked ball across the face ofgoal. All Matt Smith had to dowas add the simplest of fin-ishing touches, but he seemedto follow the ball and miss thechance entirely.

Mowatt ended the phase by

curling beyond Hennessey’sdive and the left-hand post.

As the half progressed, theGlovers started to build a headof steam, much to the annoy-ance of an increasingly rest-less home support. With Leeds

a pace behind on 34 minutes,Jamie McAllister swung a lowcross to Sam Hoskins, whoclipped over with his firstt o u ch .

Three minutes later,Hoskins turned creator, get-ting behind the United backt h re e.

His sublime cross wastouched away from a hungryKevin Dawson by JasonPe a rc e ’s anxious stab.

Such was the extent ofYe ov i l ’s impact on the firsthalf, Brian McDermott made atactical substitution on 41minutes, replacing full-backStephen Warnock with MariusZ a l i u k a s.

All of the visitors’ i m p re s s -ive first half play was almostforgotten within the first fourminutes of the second. Austinwas again allowed to glidethrough the midfield, layingoff for Ross McCormack, whodrilled home from an angle.

The Leeds captain createdpanic among the Yeovil rear-guard on 59 minutes, bustlingto the edge of the box and look-ing on as his deflected shotdropped on the roof of the net.

A minute later, McAllisternearly caught out United goal-keeper Paddy Kenny, the Scot’s

swirling long range free-kickbeing pushed over the bar.

The hosts then made themost of a hole in the Glovers’defence on 68 minutes todouble their advantage.

McCormack stole a yard onByron Webster to receiveAu s t i n’s clever pass and nettedhis second of the afternoon.

Substitute Dexter Black-stock should have made itthree just a minute later, re-ceiving a succulent lofted passin time and space only for hisdrive to be tipped away.

The double introduction ofKieffer Moore and PaddyMadden seconds after Yeovilfell further behind changedtheir attacking outlook, butstill failed to add an increasededge up front as Leeds grew inconfidence having never genu-inely been worried in theirown final third.Leeds: Kenny, Lees, Wootton, Pearce, Peltier,Austin, Mowatt, Murphy, Warnock (Zaliukas41), McCormack, Smith (Blackstock 58). NotUsed: Varney, Brown, Tonge, Diouf, Cairns.Goals: McCormack 48, 67.Yeovil: Hennessey, Edwards, Webster, Duffy,McAllister, Dawson (Moore 68), Upson, Ralls,Davis (Madden 68), Hoskins (Foley 79), Grant.Not Used: Ayling, Hayter, Fontaine, Dunn.Booked: Upson, Duffy.Attendance: 25,351.Referee: Richard Clark (Northumberland).

that the bigger teams have got.Our boys have got to learnt h at .

“We competed, but it’s thatcleverness we haven’t got. Ourboys are still learning and,hopefully, they are seeing someopposition players that canwin the game and they picklittle bits up from them and arebetter for it.”

He added: “We lived with theopposition for much of thetime and didn’t park the bus,but right now we need thatkiller instinct. Austin and Mc-Cormack won the game forLeeds with their quality. Wec a n’t bring in ready-madeChampionship goalscorers,but we don’t cry over it.

“We just have to hope ourboys learn and improvequickly. We lack experience,but that is something we willgain all the time so, hopefully,we will have a great secondhalf of the season.

“We showed we have a per-formance in us with our winover Nottingham Forest,which followed a draw againstBrighton, but Leeds’ qualitycame to the fore.”

Ed Upson picked up his fifthbooking of the season in thesecond half, meaning he willnow serve a one-match ban.

However, it is understood –according to Johnson – t h attomor row’s Somerset PremierCup game against Westoncould qualify as that fixture.

“We ’re gutted he misses theSomerset Premier Cup gamebecause we’d like to win that,”added Johnson. “But he’savailable next week (to faceWigan Athletic).”

Yeovil Town attacker Joel Grantattempts to get a cross in


PerformancedisappointsCity boss SeanBristol City head coach SeanO’Driscoll admitted his sidewere fortunate to emerge fromS at u rd ay ’s home game againstOldham with a draw.

And he will almost certainlymake changes for tomorrow’shome League One contestagainst Crawley.

On the balance of play,Oldham probably deserved totake all three points from aLeague One encounter that ishardly likely to linger long inthe memory of City fans.

Jay Emmanuel-Thomasfired the Robins in front nineminutes before half-time, butJames Dayton levelled mattersin the 76th minute as Oldham’sneat possession play finallyyielded a tangible return.

“I was disappointed with theperfor mance,” admittedO’Driscoll, who felt his teamwas unbalanced in midfield.

He said: “People tell me weneed a scrappy 1-0 win but, ifthat is what it looks like, I don’tthink anybody would enjoy it.

“Sooner or later in the situ-ation we are in, you get a per-formance like that. There washardly any rhythm and westruggled to get any flow in our

BristolCityheadcoachSeanO’DriscollDisjointed City escape with a point

as Emmanuel-Thomas strikes again

Expectant City fans could beexcused for believing a long-awaited home victory might beon the cards following lastwe e k ’s return to winning waysat Carlisle.

However, their hopes wereonce again dashed as theRobins flattered to deceive atAshton Gate.

There was no question thatCity were second best to anOldham side who must still bewondering how they failed totake all three points.

Perhaps the one savinggrace on this occasion was thepresence within City’s ranks ofJay Emmanuel-Thomas, aplayer of exceptional naturalability, whose 11th goal of theseason enabled the Robins toemerge from a below-par show-ing with a fortunate draw.

Yet even his sublime 36th-minute strike could not quiteatone for a performance thatwas as disjointed as it wasdisappointing for those whopaid to witness it.

City’s performance was sim-ilarly dysfunctional, a fact ac-knowledged by head coachSean O’Driscoll.

Without a home win in theleague since March, Robinsfans might have been forgiven

for anticipating a change offortunes in BS3 following theirteam’s confidence-boosting 4-2victory at Carlisle.

That the same players wereunable to reproduce that levelof performance was attribut-able to a number of factors.

Firstly, O’Driscoll admittedhe should have altered person-nel in order to address an im-balance in midfield. PlayingBobby Reid behind forwardsEmmanuel-Thomas and RyanTaylor meant Marvin Elliottbeing deployed on the left sideand the Robins looked uncom-fortable with the set up.

Bristol City forward Jay Emmanuel-Thomas scores with a spectacular effort against Oldham, above, and then celebrates in style, below, in the League One encounter PICTURES: JOE MEREDITH/JMP

BRISTOL CITY 1OLDHAM ATH 1BY ANDYSTOCKHAUSEN

Secondly, there was the debil-itating effect of the nervoustension emanating from acrowd that supports more inhope than expectation of a vic-tory on home soil. City haveforgotten how to take all threepoints at Ashton Gate and,claims to the contrary notwith-standing, apprehension onsuch a scale simply has totransmit to the players.

With the wonderful benefitof hindsight, it can be sug-gested that O’Driscoll’s de-cision to withdraw attackingfocal point Taylor and send ondefensive midfielder Simon

Gillett in a bid to preserve histeam’s slender lead for thefinal quarter of an hour alsocontributed to the outcome.

Emmanuel-Thomas wasasked to plough a lone furrowup front, a role he appearssingularly unsuited to fulfil,City dropped deeper in to de-fence and Oldham took full ad-vantage, James Dayton cuttinginside from the right and beat-ing goalkeeper Elliot Parishwith a sweetly-struck shotfrom just inside the 18-yardbox to restore parity.

All of a sudden, City had totry to win the game all overagain and O’Driscoll sent onstriker Sam Baldock at the ex-pense of Elliott.

The fourth and final influ-encing events was the fluentnature of Oldham’s perform-ance. A team forged in theimage of their young manager,the Latics passed the ball aswell as any team seen atAshton Gate this season.

One thing is for sure, hadthey possessed a forward torival Emmanuel-Thomas, theywould more than likely havebeen out of sight by half-time.

Comfortable in possession,the visitors passed the ball outof defence more effectivelythan City, thereby establishinga fluidity that eluded the homeside virtually throughout.

O’Driscoll admitted heshould maybe have madechanges rather than keep faith

with a winning team. In thecircumstances, it seems reas-onable to assume new loansignings Karleigh Osborneand Gillett will feature fromthe start when Crawley comecalling tomorrow.

It is equally reasonable toassume that Emmanuel-Thomas will be part of City’sattack following his tellingcontribution nine minutesbefore half time.

He combined strength,timing and finesse to providethe contest’s one moment oftrue quality, keeping his eye onTay l o r ’s lofted cross beforesteering a left-footed volleypast Oxley from eight yards.

Scoring 11 goals in a strug-gling side is quite somethingand, if City are to extricatethemselves from their cur-rently uncomfortable positionat the wrong end of the table,one suspects the formerArsenal man will have a gooddeal to do with it.City: Parish, Moloney, Flint, Williams, Shorey,Wagstaff, Elliott (Baldock 83), Pack, Reid (Bryan62), Taylor (Gillett 75), Emmanuel-Thomas. NotUsed: Osborne, Fielding, Cunningham,Harewood.Booked: Shorey.Goal: Emmanuel-Thomas 36.Oldham: Oxley, Kusunga, Tarkowski, Grounds,Mellor, Philliskirk, Smith, Wesolowski (Rodgers88), Dayton (Schmeltz 83), Clarke-Harris,Rooney (Montano 70). Not Used: Winchester,Millar, Joksts, Rachubka.Booked: Clarke-Harris, Tarkowski.Goal: Dayton 77.Attendance: 11,352.Referee: Andrew Madley (West Yorkshire).

game. We were disjointed attimes and did not look a threatgoing forward.

“We didn’t get enough pos-session and looked unbal-anced. I was toying with theidea of changing the team forthis game and it was a di-lemma coming off a win.

“If we play Bobby Reid in anadvanced position, we reallyneed a left-sided player on theleft of midfield. We didn’t havethat and it caused us problemswhen we didn’t get possessionof the ball.”

Even though they were notat their best, City’s playersshowed they were up for thefight and they worked hard in abid to keep Oldham at bay inthe second half.

“People sometimes say thatplayers don’t care – well, thatwas not the case,” addedO’Driscoll. “For all the thingswe did poorly, everybody hasreacted in a positive way andtried their hearts out to get are s u l t .

“We got a goal against therun of play and we were honestwith the players when theycame in at half-time and saidwe needed to change things.

“We said to them that, in theworst case scenario, let’s dig inand present them with twobanks of four and tell Oldhamto break us down.

“In the end, we tried to settlefor a 1-0 win, because it seemedlike the sensible thing to do.”

Of Dayton’s equaliser, hesaid: “You couldn’t begrudgethem a goal. You have to givesome credit to Oldham. Theyshowed that you don’t have tospend millions of pounds if youget the right mix of players.”


SWINDON TN 5PORT VALE 2

BY NEILGOULDING

Massimo Luongo scores Swindon Town’s fifth goal of the afternoon against Port Vale at the County Ground PICTURE: ROB NOYES

Five-star Swindon bounce back towinning ways and impress Cooper

Orient remain on top as rivals Peterborough are soundly beaten

Swindon Town boss MarkCooper saluted his five-starside as they put Port Vale to thesword at the County Ground.

Massimo Luongo bagged abrilliant brace and DanyN’Guessan, Nile Ranger andNathan Byrne were also on thetarget in a thrilling win.

At three goals up the homeside were coasting until TomPope and Lee Hughes bothscored within seven minutes ofone another to set-up a franticfinish.

But Byrne’s fine finish and asecond from Luongo put thecontest to bed, much to thedelight of Cooper.

“I wouldn’t mind paying towatch that,” said Cooper afterthe seven-goal thriller.

“At times it was end-to-end

BRADFORD PARK AVENUE 3GLOUCESTER CITY 1

Gloucester were condemned toyet another Skrill North defeatby Bradford Park Avenue on astormy day in West Yorkshire.

The Tigers had hoped to enda wretched two-month wait fora league win, but underneath athunder and lightning stormtheir hopes evaporated in thetorrential rain.

A drilled penalty by DarrenEdwards had cancelled-outNathan Hotte’s opener beforeJames Knowles poked homebefore half-time for the hosts.

Although, Avenue defenderRichard Marshall was dis-missed after a poor challengeon Joe Parker, City failed tomake inroads against the tenmen before Alex Davidsonsealed the win in the 88thm i nu t e.

City are now 20th in the tableand in the relegation places forthe first time since their debutseason at this level in 2009 – f arfrom preparation neededahead of an FA Cup tie againstLeague Two Fleetwood.

The Tigers, and new loanforward Connor Waldon, star-ted brightly with the young

Gloucester failto break downten-man hosts

TigersbossDaveMehew

Swindon striker testing JohnLamb with two early efforts.

On a bobbly surface, Citystruggled to keep the ball onthe deck. However, this provedno issue for Bradford as theypinged the ball from the leftinto the path of captain Hotte,who checked back and shot alow drive into the bottomcorner for the lead.

The Tigers were back in thecontest ten minutes later asreferee Glen Hart spotted ahandball among a mêlée ofbodies to award City a penaltythat Edwards convertedwithout fuss.

The City talisman then hadthe opportunity to give his sidethe lead, but his header wentpast the post.

It was Bradford’s turn to ruea missed opportunity soonafter with Green producing afine save to deny Hotte.

However, City’s resistancecrumbled just before the breakwith Knowles poking home inthe six-yard box after a free-kick from Nicky Boshell.

Mehew brought on the in-fluential Parker as he chasedan equaliser and City’s jobbecame easier on the hourwhen Marshall raised a highfoot against the teenager.

City looked to pressurisewith Tom Webb leading theway, but Bradford’s wall of de-fence kept the Tigers at bay.

With City pushing for thatequaliser, the ball broke forDavidson, who ran directlythrough an open gap in thebackline to smash home athird and push Mehew’s sidedeeper into a relegationb at t l e.

LEAGUE ONE REVIEW

Leyton Orient retained theirlead at the top of League Onewith a 3-1 win at promotionrivals Peterborough.

Tommy Rowe had given Poshthe lead, but a David Mooneydouble and Dean Cox’s finishgave the visitors the victory.

Second-placed Wolves kept

pace with Orient as they won2-0 at home to Stevenagethanks to goals from KevinDoyle and James Henry.

At the other end of the table,ten-man Notts County slippedto the bottom thanks to a 3-0loss at Coventry.

The game was goalless whenCounty had Daniel Haynes dis-missed and they were pun-

ished by second-half strikesfrom Leon Clarke (two) andCallum Wilson.

Sheffield United remain inthe relegation zone after suc-cumbing to a 2-0 defeat atS h rew s bu r y.

The Blades were alreadytrailing to a Joe Jacobson goalwhen half-time substituteFebian Brandy was dismissed

11 minutes into the second halffor fighting, with Liam Mc-Alinden later sealing Shrews-bu r y ’s victory.

Adam Forshaw’s penaltyhelped Brentford move up tofourth with a 1-0 win at Craw-ley, while Shaun Williams gaveMK Dons victory by the samemargin over Walsall.

Gillingham were also 1-0

winners against Carlisle,while Elliot Lee grabbed a lateequaliser to earn Colchester a2-2 draw at Rotherham.

Preston also left it a late asJoe Garner’s header in thedying moments gave them a 1-1draw with Tranmere, while thed ay ’s other game saw Creweand Bradford play out a 0-0d r aw.

and some really good footballfrom ourselves again. Some-times when you get a younggroup they can become naiveand make mistakes, which iswhat happened.

“We rode the storm and wereconvincing winners.

“I was really pleased withthe performance. This weekwe worked on pressing andbeing intense and putting theopposition under pressure.

“If we get enough of the ballwe ’re dangerous. After the‘crisis’ of losing two games itsback on track.”

Back-to-back defeats had notbeen the best preparation forCooper’s side going into thisfixture, but the Robins wereback to their best and Cooperis delighted his strike-forcespread the goals around.

“Dany (N’Guessan) scoredagain and it was probably thebest he’s been,” added Cooper.“I thought Massimo (Luongo)was outstanding – he was prob-

ably our best player and hetook the game by the scruff ofthe neck. The goal he scoredwith the step-overs was fant-a s t i c. ”

There was praise for left-back Jay McEveley, with theformer Blackburn defenderhaving impressed.

“Jay ’s a good player. He’svery experienced, knows thegame and is a good profes-sional as well.”

But Cooper admitted he wasdisappointed his side concededtwo late goals as the Valiantsbravely fought their way backinto the contest.

“When you’re 3-0 up youthink only one thing is going tohappen and when that thirdgoal went in I knew we’d wonthe game,” reflected Cooper.“We changed our system – h at soff to the lads they took a lot ofstick, but they bounced back.

“We worked on getting themto press and winning the ballback and that was evident, and

it’s now back on track after thecrisis of losing two games.”

A delighted N‘Guessan, whohas now scored six goals thisseason, said: “I think weneeded a very good reactionand I think we are happy withthe performance.

“We needed to stay strongand work hard because some-times ability isn’t enough.

“I scored a goal, which wasgood, and if I can help peoplescore as well that is good.”

N’Guessan gave the Robins awelcome 24th-minute leadwith a clinical header beforepicking out Ranger with a pin-point pass five minutes intothe second half to double theadvantage. Just seven minuteslater and the home side werethree goals up when Luongorifled into the bottom leftcorner with a sweet strike.

In truth that should havebeen game over, but the Robinstook their foot of the gas.

Pope pulled a goal back in

the 73rd minute with a right-foot shot which was too goodfor goalkeeper Wes Fodering-ham and then Hughes pouncedwith ten minutes remaining,firing home from close-rangeto leave a grandstand finish.

Thankfully for Cooper,Byrne picked out the top rightcorner with a thunderousstrike less than two minuteslater and Luongo completed agood afternoon at the officewhen he netted late on.Swindon: Foderingham, Hall, Ward,McEveley, N Thompson (Barthram 75), Mason(L Thompson 78), Luongo, Pritchard, Byrne,Ranger, N’Guessan (El-Gabbas 85). Not Used:Cox, Belford, Branco, Ajose.Booked: Pritchard.Goals: N’Guessan 24, Ranger 50, Luongo 57,Byrne 82, Luongo 90.Port Vale: Neal, Yates, Robertson, Chilvers,Dickinson (Jones 59), Dodds, Lines (Hughes 59),Griffith (Myrie-Williams 59), Loft, Pope,Williamson. Not Used: Johnson, Duffy, Birchall,Hugill.Booked: Dickinson, Lines, Hughes.Goals: Pope 73,Hughes 80.Attendance: 7,637.Referee: Andy Woolmer (Northamptonshire).


CHELTENHAM 2YORK CITY 2

BY JON PALMER

Perhaps the most farcicalentry yet in the ever-growingcatalogue of soft goalsconceded by Cheltenham thisseason allowed York to claim apoint at a windswept AbbeyBusiness Stadium.

There appeared to be littlecause for alarm when LukeO’Neill sent over a cross in the54th minute. Goalkeeper ScottBrown looked set for a routinecatch, but a horrendous mix-up with right-back Sido Jom-bati handed Ryan Bowman hissecond goal of the game on aplate to make it two-all.

It left the home fans with anall too familiar feeling of frus-tration as two more pointsevaporated. Boss Mark Yateshas experimented andtinkered with his starting line-up and the team’s formation ina bid to extract the best out ofthis group of players.

Cheltenham’s performances

I’m sick of our defensive mistakes, blasts Robins boss Yates

Wall goal putsLarkhall eightpoints clearTOOLSTATION LEAGUE

Mark Wall was the match-winner as Larkhall extendedtheir lead at the top of thePremier Division to eightpoints following their 1-0 winat third-placed Street.

Gillingham, in second, wereheld to a 0-0 draw at Odd Down,while Bristol Manor Farm arefourth after their 1-0 victory atBishop Sutton, Pete Sheppardscoring the goal.

Bitton slipped to a 3-1 loss atWilland where Craig Veal,Dean Stamp and Dan Westernwere on target for the fifth-placed Devon side.

Winterbourne thumpedIlfracombe 4-1, Karim Rendallstriking twice and BenDowdell and James Mainstoneonce each, while Stan Paxtonreplied from the penalty spot.

Hallen triumphed 2-1 atSherborne with Ben Bamentand Mark Fear on the markbefore Marc Caines repliedwith a spot-kick.

Longwell Green ran out 2-0winners at home to bottom-of-the-table Slimbridge withCharlie Stevens getting bothgoals after the interval.

Bridport came from behindto beat Radstock 2-1, a DanWise penalty and RyanD ove l l ’s last-minute winner ec-lipsing Jordan Townsley’ssecond-half opener.

Hengrove and Melkshamdrew 2-2 with Andy Nash andCharlie Kew each putting thehosts ahead only for GaryHigdon and Matt Cooper toboth score equalisers.

Brislington claimed a 1-1draw at Buckland, LukeMeacham grabbing a fineleveller after Gavin Hammonput the home side ahead earlyin the second period.

In the First Division, SamJordan bagged a hat-trick asleague leaders Bradford beatChard 3-1, Lee Bailey replyinglate on for the visitors.

Wellington maintained thechase with a 3-1 home win overWestbury, Luke Redrup scor-ing twice and Alexis Piperonce, while Wayne Wheelerpulled a goal back.

Shepton Mallet thumpedPortishead 4-0 away fromhome, Josh Ferguson scoring apenalty before Joe Morgan,James Vincent and BenCleverley struck as well.

Barnstaple came frombehind to beat AlmondsburyUWE 4-3, while Cribbs did like-wise to triumph 4-2 at Calne.

Devizes came from threegoals down to beat Cheddar 4-3,Neil Clark netting twice andLuke Endersby and JackHopper grabbing one eachafter Sam Jones’ double andanother from Adam Jones hadput the visitors in command.

Roman Glass also staged afine recovery, beating Wells 5-3after being two goals downwith Paul Coles firing a treblefor the victorious visitors.

Ricky Briggs scored the onlygoal as Ashton & Backwell won1-0 at Chippenham Park, whilethe game between Welton andWincanton finished 3-3.

Corsham beat Oldland 2-1,while Keynsham remain at thefoot of the table following their2-1 defeat at Warminster, whoare now fourth-from-bottom.

Cheltenham Town striker Byron Harrison, left, is congratulated on his opening goal against York City by his team-mates PICTURE: KEVIN FERN

Blunders at the back continue todent Cheltenham’s promotion hopes

Cheltenham Town boss Mark Yates

Cheltenham boss Mark Yatesblasted his players for lapses inconcentration which cost themtwo points against York.

They led twice throughByron Harrison and MattR i ch a rd s ’ first-half strikes, buteach was cancelled-out byformer Hereford striker RyanB ow m a n .

Yates described the numberof goals conceded by Chelten-ham this season, particularlyat home (19 in ten matches in

all competitions), as ‘scary’and said he was running out ofp at i e n c e.

“I don’t blame players in-dividually, but we are all sick ofsomeone coming in at the endof the game saying ‘Sor ry’ fo rsomething,” Yates said.

“They are not doing theirjobs properly for 90 minutesand that has cost us four pointsin the last two games.

“It should be nine pointsfrom three games without a

shadow of a doubt, but we havefive. I am sick of saying thesame thing after every game,but defensive mistakes arecosting us.”

Yo rk ’s first goal was a freeheader from a corner andYates said that it disappointedhim even more than thesecond, which was a mix-upbetween goalkeeper ScottBrown and Sido Jombati.

“Their first goal disappoin-ted me the most because the

game was there for the takingand we were playing all right,but goals against take the windout of your sails and thathappened to us,” he said. “Wewere on top, but we completelyswitched off from a cornerwhich is a cardinal sin.

“We went ahead again, butthe mix-up at the back for theirsecond goal was calamitous.We played some good footballand created good chances, butthat ended up costing us.”

have undoubtedly improved inthe last month, but their pro-gress has been undermined byunforced errors of the mostbasic nature and too manyleads have been tossed away.

Scoring goals has rarelybeen an issue, with Chelten-ham failing to find the net inonly two of their 15 LeagueTwo matches this season.

But 27 goals conceded duringthat period is not conducive toa promotion push and therewill be no rapid charge up thetable from their current lowlyposition of 18th unless the de-fensive calamities are eradic-ated quickly.

As has so often been the casefor Cheltenham, things startedwell with leading scorer ByronHarrison putting them aheadin the 12th minute.

Matt Richards’ i n - sw i n g i n gcorner was not dealt with byYork and Harrison pouncedfrom close range to make iteight goals for the campaignfrom 12 starts.

Playing with confidence,Harrison is only two away

from equalling his final tallyfrom last term and whether hestarts up front with JamieCureton or Terry Gornell, hehas been a nightmare for de-fenders both in the air and onthe floor.

Cureton was given the nodhere, returning in place of Gor-nell, who took a place on theb e n ch .

It was the only change fromthe team that started atNorthampton a week earlierand Cheltenham played withthe strong wind behind themin the first half.

York levelled in the 20thminute when Ryan Brobbel’scorner was met an unmarkedBowman, who nodded in hisfirst goal of the season.

Cheltenham went on toenjoy the majority of posses-sion for the rest of the first half,with Troy Brown flicking aRichards free-kick wide twominutes after the equaliser.

Cureton headed at MichaelIngham after Sam Deering’sfine cross from the right beforeDeering was shown a yellow

card for taking a dive in searchof a penalty.

Cheltenham regained thelead in controversial circum-stances on the stroke of half-time. Jason Taylor was trippedby Tom Platt and the resultingfree-kick was curled towardsgoal by Richards, whose de-liveries caused problems forYork throughout.

Troy Brown attempted todivert it past Ingham, but anoffside flag was raised and theball bounced into the net.

The goal looked set to beruled out, but after consultingwith his assistant, refereeJames Linington allowed it tostand and Richards was able tocelebrate his fifth goal sincejoining Cheltenham fromShrewsbury in the summer.

Three of them have beenscored directly from free-kicks, with two from the pen-alty spot and whether he isoperating at left-back or inmidfield his set pieces havebeen a fruitful source of goals.

Cheltenham looked fullycapable of going on to score one

or two more to wrap up amuch-needed home win, butthree points became one after acommunication breakdown.

Jombati must take the ma-jority of the blame, almostkicking the ball out of ScottB row n’s hands.

Cureton combined withJombati to set up a chance forDeering in the 63rd minute, butIngham turned his fierce driveover the bar. Lowe saw a lateheader bounce the wrong sideof the left post as Cheltenhamtrudged off knowing they hadthrown away four points in thespace of a week.Cheltenham: S Brown, Jombati, T Brown,Lowe, Richards, Penn (Kotwica 83), Noble,Taylor, Deering, Harrison, Cureton (Gornell 70).Not Used: Roberts, Hanks, Braham-Barrett, HWilliams.Booked: Deering, Noble.Goals: Harrison 12, Richards 45.York: Ingham, O’Neill, Smith, Parslow, Davies,Carson, Platt, Whitehouse, Brobbel (Puri 65),Fletcher (Jarvis 70), Bowman (Cresswell 88).Not Used: Kettings, Clay, Fyfield, Allan.Booked: Whitehouse.Goals: Bowman 20, 54.Attendance: 2,706.Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight).


OXFORD UNITED 0BRISTOL ROVERS 1

BY JAMESMCNAMARA

We ’ll takeconfidencefrom this –BeardsleyNew boy Chris Beardsley sayshe was impressed with what hesaw from his team-mates onhis first outing for BristolRovers on Saturday.

Beardsley played a signific-ant part in helping Rovers halta winless run at ten gamesafter agreeing to join on loanfrom Preston on Thursday.

He said: “The gaffer said tome before I came that thereh a s n’t been a problem with thework ethic and that maybe theside were only suffering from abit of naivety at times.

“Sometimes you get pun-ished for making the wrongdecisions at vital times – andthat happens when you have anumber of young lads whohave yet to play 20 seniorg ames.

“When you put young ladsall in together it takes time forthem to adapt, but we reallystuck together as a group onSaturday and, hopefully, thisresult will give them a lot ofc o n f i d e n c e. ”

Beardsley played up front onhis own when completing 84minutes of his first compet-itive game in over eightmonths and he said: “I don’tmind running the channels atall. It can be a bit tiring, par-ticularly when you haven’tplayed competitively in abouteight months or so. I just triedto put in as much effort as Icould for as long as I could andI was pleased to get throughthe majority of the game.

“I played 90 minutes in areserve game on Tuesdaynight so my legs were a bitheavy and travelling down theM6 for three-and-a-half-hoursto get to Bristol on Thursdayd i d n’t help either!”

Bristol Rovers midfielder John-Joe O’Toole slots in the winning penalty at Oxford PICTURES: NEIL BROOKMAN

Bristol Rovers produced thesort of display on Saturdaythat suggests attempting toover-analyse every word thatcomes out of manager JohnWa rd ’s mouth can sometimesbe a pointless exercise.

Speaking in the run-up to thegame at Oxford, Ward said: “Itwo n’t be easy because they arethe best team in the league atthis moment in time. We havegot to go there and make lifedifficult for them.”

On a ten-game winless run,Ward was accused of being amanager with a preference fornegative tactics – a man with adefeatist attitude, who pos-sibly did not believe that hisside would in any way benefitfrom taking the game to op-ponents currently leading theway at the top of the league.

However, it only took amatter of around 15 minutes todispel that feeling at theKassam Satdium on Saturday.

Make no mistake about it,Ward was true to his word inmaking life difficult for hisopponents, but making life dif-ficult did not amount solely to,as José Mourinho might say,‘parking the bus’.

It was refreshing to watchmidfielders, who are often lev-elled with a charge of beingmore worried about what goeson behind their own halfwayline instead of ahead of it, pre-pared to burst forward in sup-port of new signing and lonestriker Chris Beardsley asRovers set about their taskwith real purpose.

There was also a noticeablepatience in the approach ofWa rd ’s side; often accused,sometimes quite rightly, ofbeing too quick to aim hopefullong passes forward. Here theywere prepared to go sidewaysand back until opportunities toprogress up the pitch presen-ted themselves.

It was a method that made

O’Toole stayscool to earnRovers victory

for an interesting first half;during which midfielder John-Joe O’Toole squandered onegood chance from close range,which probably should havehanded Rovers the lead.

The visitors also posed ques-tions in wider areas with AlefeSantos in particular relishingthe opportunity to exploit anOxford side forced to deploy acentral defender as an emer-gency left-back because theirtwo recognised specialistswere unavailable.

As a result, Rovers goal-keeper Steve Mildenhall was avirtual bystander – althoughOxford striker and formerRovers transfer target JamesConstable misguided two goodheaded opportunities beforeaiming another over the cross-bar of an open goal when thetwo sides returned for thesecond half.

Constable was punished forthat unexplainable miss whenRovers grabbed what proved tobe the decisive goal in the 71stminute when O’Toole kept hiscomposure to score from thespot after the impressive EliotRichards was felled inside thepenalty area after breachingO x fo rd ’s defences with an en-ergetic burst from the middleof the pitch.

Controversy reigned in theaftermath – Dave Kitson lam-basting referee Mark Brownfor awarding a penalty for anoffence that had apparentlytaken place two yards shy ofthe penalty area.

The decision looked sound,though, and it was interestingto note that Kitson’s final ana-lysis failed to touch on Brown’sdecision not to even book JakeWright for an offence thatshould have seen him sent off.

Maybe Kitson was stillsmarting from being denied alate equaliser following a finesave from Mildenhall thatserved to secure a timely winthat ended the long wait for anaway victory that hadstretched back as far as AprilFo o l s ’ D ay.

Wa rd ’s was not laughing inthe final stages, however, when

Ward hails ‘supportive’ fans for sticking with his young team

Buoyant manager John Ward

John Ward praised the BristolRovers fans for remainingfirmly behind his young teamthroughout their recent ten-game winless run that wasended at Oxford on Saturday.

John-Joe O’Toole scored asecond-half penalty as Roverstriumphed 1-0 to secure a winfor the first time since a TomLockyer goal saw offNorthampton at the MemorialStadium on August 31.

“I’m not relieved, I’mpleased,” Ward said whenasked to describe his emotionsimmediately after the finalwhistle. “I am pleased for thesupporters because, while you

are asking me about some ofthe stick we get, we do get a lotof support.

“Sometimes 20 or 30 peoplecan take to these websites orwhatever you call them andcan influence people in thewrong manner. If you have5,000 people following you and20 or 30 complain it is alwaysthose who are listened to.

“I feel that the majority havebeen really supportive. Theyknow what is going on becauseI try my best to tell them whatis happening as best as I can.

“They also see the players goout every week and play withtheir hearts on their sleeve.

The players are young and willbe up and down and I under-stand when they are, even if I,like everybody else, wantsthem to grow up and be betterq u i cke r.

“I always expect more fromthem, but they are still youngpeople having to deal with cir-cumstances as well as playinggames of football. If we can getthis season settled and sorted,this group of lads will be a lotmore accomplished.”

When asked of how a failureto get a win in the previous tengames had affected his players,Ward replied: “The spirit inthe camp has never been in

doubt. Sometimes we haven’tplayed as well as we’d haveliked or have been a bit up anddown, but that is what youhave to accept when you areworking with a lot of youngp l aye r s.

“I know the boys are capableand maybe performances likethis one will make them be-lieve it, too. It is a good resultfor a lot of reasons.”

Ward will be withoutO’Toole (suspended) for the FACup tie against York, but ChrisBeardsley has been given per-mission to play by his parentclub. Matt Harrold and LeeBrown should be fit again.

Another treblefor in-form TJHELLENIC LEAGUE

Highworth moved up to fourthplace in the Premier Divisionfollowing their 6-2 triumph atsecond-from-bottom AbingdonUnited.

TJ Bohane led the way with ahat-trick for the second weekin a row, while Richie Saun-ders struck twice and MattBennett was also on the mark.

Brimscombe went down 4-2at home to Ascot despite abrace from Gary Probert,while Wootton Bassett lost 2-1to Ardley, Tyler Sheppardscoring for the hosts.

In Division One West, top-of-the-table Tytherington edgedout high-flying Purton 3-2 withgoals from Jack Smyth, StuartNelson and Joe White.

Fairford were 3-0 winners atTuffley with Nathan Gamblingscoring twice and RichieCarter once, while Malmes-bury crashed 4-1 at home toHook Norton.

Shortwood Reserves’ g amewith New College Swindonwas postponed due the Mead-owbank ground being pre-pared for the first team’s FACup tie with Port Vale.

O’Toole picked up anothersilly booking that will see himmiss the FA Cup first round tieagainst York at the MemorialStadium on Friday night.

It was the only blot on what

was an otherwise brilliant dayfor Rovers.Oxford: Clarke, Hunt (Smalley 78), Raynes,Mullins, Wright, Williams (Potter 60, Davies90), Rose, Whing, Rigg, Constable, Kitson. NotUsed: Hall, Crocombe, Bevans, Ruffels.Booked: Wright.

Rovers: Mildenhall, Smith, Packwood, Parkes,Lockyer, Santos (Harrison 90), Clarke, O’Toole,Clucas, Beardsley (Brunt 86), Richards. NotUsed: Norburn, Henshall, Gough, Keary,Southway. Booked: Clucas, Lockyer, O’Toole.Goals: O’Toole 71 pen.Attendance: 6,374.Referee: Mark Brown (East Yorkshire).


Shortwood brought down to earth with a bump

Opponents Havant got ananswer to Stearn’s hat-trick

Haldane bracesees Yate homeSWINDON SUPERMARINE 1YATE TOWN 2

Yate were good value for theirvictory at Supermarine inDivision One South & West ofthe Calor Southern League

Former Bristol Rovers manLewis Haldane picked up aloose ball to fire Yate into atenth-minute lead, only forLuke Abrahart to equalise fiveminutes later when he headedin a cross.

Just before the break, Yatewent back in front whenHaldane rounded the homegoalkeeper to score his secondgoal of the game for his 13th ofthe season.

Haldane continued totrouble the home defence inthe second half and came closeto his hat-trick when he hit thecrossbar on two occasions.

Yate, though, were indebtedto goalkeeper Martin Horsell,who denied Chris Taylor andAshley Edenborough.

BATH CITY 3HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE 1

Ross Stearn hit a hat-trick asBath produced a fine display tobeat Havant & Waterloovilleand record back-to-back leaguewins for the first time sinceFebr uary.

Stear n’s first-half free-kickwas cancelled out by substi-tute Sahr Kabba just after half-time, but he lashed home fromclose range to restore the leadbefore earning and convertinga 75th-minute penalty.

An incident-packed matchsaw an 18-minute delay at thestart after Havant got stuck intraffic, then a ten-minute hold-up in the second half when oneof the assistant refereessuffered an ankle injury andhad to be replaced – fo l l ow i n gan appeal to the crowd – by aCity fan.

Bath went closest early onwith Andy Watkins’ dippinghalf-volley dropping just thewrong side of the post.

Scott Bevan then had to use

all six foot seven of his body tokeep out Noah Keats’ long-range strike, but the formerBristol Rovers goalkeeper wasat fault moments later as Citytook the lead.

Havant conceded a free-kick25 yards out and Stearn pro-duced a trademark drivenstrike which fizzed throughthe wall and Bevan.

Bath, though, paid the price

Bridgwater arestuck in a rutNORTH LEIGH 2BRIDGWATER TOWN 1

Bridgwater put up a spiritedfight but could not preventNorth Leigh from remainingfour points clear at the top ofDivision One South & West ofthe Calor Southern League.

It was Bridgwater’s secondsuccessive defeat in the leagueand their fourth in a row onS at u rd ay s.

However, they could havefew complaints against oppon-ents who have lost only twicethis season and dominated thematch for long spells.

In fact, North Leigh couldhave won by a bigger margin,but for the form of Bridgwatergoalkeeper Chris Wright, whowas outstanding throughout.

He could do little to preventMorgan Williams puttingNorth Leigh ahead with a fineshot in the 37th minute.

Stuart Hole fluffed a penaltyfor North Leigh, putting hisspot-kick over the crossbar,before North Leigh went twoup after 76 minutes when ashot from Williams took a de-flection off skipper Chris Mc-Grath before beating Wright.

Bridgwater top-scorer JoeBushin pulled a shot back forhis side in the 78th minute, butNorth Leigh finished the gameon top with Wright makinganother splendid save towardsthe end.� Bridgwater play away toTaunton in the second round ofthe Somerset Premier Cuptomorrow (7.45pm).

Taunton canterto rare victoryTAUNTON TOWN 4DIDCOT TOWN 0

Taunton gained only theirfourth victory of the season inDivision One South & West ofthe Calor Southern League.

They never looked back afterBen Mammola put them aheadin the 19th minute with a long-range shot that deceived goal-keeper Kieran Beesley.

It became two only twominutes later when ChrisYoung struck from close in.

Not long afterwards, newTaunton goalkeeper Joe Perrycame to his side’s rescue with asave to foil Ben Whitehead.

Nat Pepperell made it threein the 83rd minute with an-other shot which should havebeen saved by Beesley and healso scored in the 87th minuteafter latching on to a pass fromShane Kingston.

Perry kept a clean sheet bymaking another splendid saveto deny Josh Baines.

Bevan closes inon milestoneGUILDFORD CITY 0CIRENCESTER TOWN 5

Veteran striker Jody Bevanmoved to within two strikes of250 career goals as Cirencesterclaimed their second successin a week in Surrey in DivisionOne South & West of the CalorSouthern League.

The former Gloucester andCinderford man was on handseven minutes before thebreak to head home AidenBennett’s cross for goalnumber 248 of his career.

B eva n’s goal doubledC i re n c e s t e r ’s lead after LeeSmith had opened the scoringin a dominant performance bythe visitors.

Smith put the Centurionsinto the lead on 18 minutes,converting from the penaltyspot after Bennett had beenfo u l e d .

Bevan scored eight minutesbefore the break to make it twoand Smith bagged his 20th goalin just 19 games shortly afterthe break.

Sean Wood’s long pass foundthe former Gloucester wingerand his arrowed finish provedtoo good for the Guildford goal-kee per.

Bennett grabbed the goalthat his performance deservedmid-way through the secondhalf, powering a shot homefrom distance.

Shane Bumphrey thenadded the icing on the cakethree minutes from time, latch-ing on to another Bennettthrough ball to complete thescoring.

Gregory’s goalsdestroy CleeveSTRATFORD TOWN 5BISHOP’S CLEEVE 2

Bishop’s Cleeve endured amiserable trip to Stratfordwhere two late Jake Lee goalswere scant consolation forJohn Brough’s men.

Richard Gregory was thehero for the hosts, smashinghome four of the home side’sfive goals.

He opened the scoring afterjust 35 seconds, while JamieSheldon made it two on 28m i nu t e s.

Gregory bagged his secondgoal after less than a minute ofthe second half and the matchball was sealed on 56 minutesas Gregory lashed home fromclose range before completinghis haul with a 64th-minutes t r i ke.

Lee grabbed two late con-solation goals for the visitors,but it was never enough forB ro u g h ’s boys to force theirway back into the game.

for failing to put the game tobed as the visitors levelled fourminutes into the second half.

Havant made two changes athalf-time, bringing on formerWeston front man Kabba andChristian Nanetti for AlexPrzespolewski and Scott Jones– and it was Kabba who equal-ised, drilling home from closerange after Jesse Kewley-Graham’s cross from the right

was cleverly back-heeled intohis path by Dennis Oli.

One of the assistant refereeswas injured during that attackand had to be carried off withan ankle injury, forcing a ten-minute delay while the appealwent out to find a qualifiedreferee in the crowd and a Cityfan eventually came to therescue to replace him.

The home side looked tohave lost their momentum, butregained it in emphatic stylein the 71st minute when Stearnsurged into the box and laidthe ball off to Watkins, who inturn pulled it back from thebyline for the winger to slaminto the roof of the net.

The points were effectivelywrapped up four minutes laterwhen Stearn was checked inthe box and picked himself upto send the goalkeeper thewrong way from the sub-sequent penalty to completehis hat-trick.� Bath are at home to Larkhallin a Somerset Premier Cup tietonight (7.45pm).

Shortwood United, in blue, defend against Evesham United during Saturday’s Southern League clash PICTURE: MICHAEL SMITH

Ross Stearn bagged a hat-trick for Bath on Saturday PICTURE: SIMON HOWE

EVESHAM UNITED 2SHORTWOOD UNITED 1

Paul Collicutt secured victoryin his first game as Eveshamboss as FA Cup heroes Short-wood were brought down toearth with a bump in DivisionOne South & West of the CalorSouthern League.

Installed as manager onWednesday, the former Chel-tenham captain and Bishop’sCleeve boss handed debuts to

two of his former Cleeve play-ers in midfield man Lee Davisand striker James Vercesi.

The hosts took the lead justshort of the 20-minute markwhen Lance Smith latchedonto a Vercesi cross.

Vercesi fired home thesecond past former Cleeveteam-mate Tom King sevenminutes before the break.

Shortwood pulled a goalback in the second halfthrough Duncan Culley.

� Tickets for Shortwood’s FACup first round clash with PortVale will go on sale at theMeadowbank clubhousetomorrow night from 7pm.

The match, which will beplayed on Monday, November11 (7.45pm), will be all-ticketand the capacity of the groundwill be limited.

The cost will be £15 and therewill be no concessionary tick-ets for the fixture. Fans wish-ing to attend will be able to

purchase two tickets each.Tickets will only be issued ifthe individual provides proofof both identity and address(two forms required).

Category A supporters (allplayers including veterans,season ticket holders, vicepresidents, sponsors, advert-isers and regular supporters)are asked to contact the clubvia email at [email protected] or via text mes-sage on 07976357093 today.


Weston slump at Farnborough and drop to tenth

Norwood earns workmanliketriumph for battling Rovers

Early strikesare just the jobTHATCHAM TOWN 0PAULTON ROVERS 3

Paulton remain in second spotin the Calor Southern LeagueDivision One South & Westtable after a convincing win atT hatcham.

Paulton took a seventh-minute lead when Josh Klein-Davies was fouled just outsidethe box and Brandon Barnesfired home the free-kick.

The visitors increased theirlead four minutes later whenBar nes’ corner was flicked byOllie Price and Nick McCootiescored from close range.

Paulton wrapped up victorywith a third goal on 68 minutesas McCootie split the home de-fence with a pass for BenLacey, who fired his shot in.

Pa u l t o n’s domination wassuch that Thatcham’s onlymeaningful effort came whenBen McCracken’s shot wentjust wide of the post in the finalm i nu t e.

FOREST GREEN ROVERS 1DARTFORD 0

Reflecting the character oftheir latest interim boss,Forest Green’s first win in fiveSkrill Premier matches was atriumph for graft and commons e n s e.

Scott Bartlett had no pre-tensions as a player and –unlike previous New Lawncaretaker Gary Seward – hasno ill-advised designs on thejob vacated by his formermentor Dave Hockaday.

He merely asked his team toearn their handsome salariesin horrid conditions – and theygained maximum rewardthanks to James Norwood.

Rovers could not havedreamt of a better start,Marcus Kelly swinging over adeep cross from the left for thesoaring Norwood to beat goal-keeper Alan Julian at the nearpost with a meaty header.

Norwood might have been at

the centre of huge controversyon 17 minutes when he wascharged with returning pos-session to Dartford from adrop-ball, only to see his wind-assisted kick land on the roofof the net.

There was already little love

lost between the two sides fol-lowing four spiky meetings inthe league and FA Cup lastseason, but a howling Cots-wold gale meant playersneeded to concentrate on basictechnique rather than settlingpersonal scores.

Norwood continued to be at

Mangotsfieldare eliminatedTIVERTON TOWN 3MANGOTSFIELD UNITED 1

Mangotsfield were knockedout of the FA Trophy at fellowCalor Southern League sideTiver ton.

The deadlock in the secondqualifying round tie wasbroken four minutes before thebreak when visiting goal-keeper Kevin Sawyer parried ashot from Matt Wright andJohn Heveran pounced on there b o u n d .

Tiverton increased theirlead five minutes into thesecond half when Wright slot-ted the ball past Sawyer.

Six minutes later, Tivertonsealed their place in the nextround when Matt Villis headedin a Dan Smith free-kick.

Charlie Hutchings pulled agoal back for Mangotsfield, butTiverton came close to scoringagain in the closing stages asSawyer denied Smith andWr i g h t .

Walsh doublebeats ClevedonMARGATE 4CLEVEDON TOWN 1

Charles Ademano and PhilWalsh each scored twice asMargate ensured Clevedonbowed out of the FA Trophy inthe second qualifying round.

The home side took the leadon seven minutes when Ade-meno stabbed the ball homefrom close range following aMatt Bodkin corner.

Margate went further aheadon 20 minutes when Ademenochipped home his second.

The game was all but over onthe half-hour when Walsh, sonof Bristol City legend Alan,scored with a header.

Matt Thorne reduced the ar-rears before Ademano misseda second-half penalty.

Marg ate’s fourth goal camewhen Walsh headed Bodkin’sfree-kick into the far corner.� Clevedon host Odd Down ina Somerset Premier Cup tiethis evening (7.30pm).

Bluebirds outof the TrophyBOGNOR REGIS TOWN 4CHIPPENHAM TOWN 1

Individual errors and threecontroversial decisions costmanagerless Chippenhamtheir place in the FA Trophy asBognor Regis racked up threefirst-half goals in this secondqualifying round tie.

The Bluebirds had a goalharshly ruled out and wereunfortunate to concede a pen-alty, while also being denied aspot-kick of their own.

Bognor took the lead on 13minutes when a low cross fromthe right was met by a slidingOllie Pearce and, as ball andman slid into the net, the Blue-birds were convinced Pearceused his arm.

There was no doubting thetwo goals scored by TerryDodd midway through the half,though, both coming from de-fensive errors, as he was twiceable to tap home from closerange in a two-minute spell.

A half-time reshuffle saw theBluebirds dominate the secondperiod and substitute TomKnighton headed home JamesGuthrie’s cross on 52 minutesto pull a goal back.

On 65 minutes, Harley Pur-nell beat three defendersbefore crashing a shot home,but referee Will Bull ruled theeffort out for offside.

Chippenham were aggrievedwhen a Bognor defender wasadjudged to have fouled out-side of the area when the of-fence appeared to have beencommitted inside.

The Bluebirds fightback wasended when substitute ArronHopkinson appeared to fallover Alan Griffin’s out-stretched leg, Bull pointed tothe penalty spot and Dodd dulycompleted his hat-trick.� Chippenham are away toRedditch tonight (7.45pm).

Frome finallysunk at PoolePOOLE TOWN 3FROME TOWN 1(AFTER EXTRA-TIME)

Frome led their FA Trophyfirst round replay at Poole formuch of the tie, but wereeventually beaten in the added30 minutes.

The Robins took the leadfrom the first notable attack asBen Wood teed-up AaronLedgister to cut inside his fullback and hit a right-foot shotinto the net from 20 yards.

Thereafter, with both sideshaving trouble in the wind, thefirst half was an even affairwith no further goals.

Poole applied the pressure inthe second half and, after goingclose several times, they equal-ised in the 84th minute as WillSpetch fired a right-wing crosshome from close range.

F rome’s Matt Smith justfailed to snatch the winner inthe 90th minute, so the tiemoved into extra-time.

In the added 30 minutes,Poole were award what lookedlike a soft penalty, allowingSteve Devlin to fire home,before they wrapped the tie upa few minutes later as MichaelCharles scored from close in.� Frome host Truro in theleague on Wednesday (7.45pm).

the centre of the action for thehosts – and he saw a volley dipnarrowly over in the 25thminute after combining nicelywith Danny Wright.

Dartford mustered little byway of a goal threat until the36th-minute mark, whenNathan Collier let fly from 25yards and forced Sam Russellto parry.

Conditions turned evenfilthier at the start of thesecond half, with rain lashingdown and the wind in the facesof Forest Green’s players.

The Darts ought to havemade better use of early free-kicks in promising positions,but Ryan Hayes’ w ay w a rdeffort typified their slipshodperformance up to that point.

Full-back Ed Asafu-Adjayedid much better at the otherend when he found himself inspace 20 yards from goal, send-ing a low drive a foot wide withJulian scrambling.

Norwood teased the Dart-

ford defence again on the hour,jinking past two defendersbefore seeing a goal-boundshot blocked.

The resulting corner causedmayhem amid the monsoonand only a sharp low save byJulian denied Wright beforethe ball was scrambled clear.

Julian came to his side’s aidtwice more, first in the 66thminute when he tipped ascorching Norwood shotaround the post.

Norwood was then put in theclear by Dale Bennett’s pass,only to be foiled by the goal-keeper after connectingsweetly with an angled drive.

Ju l i a n’s opposite numberRussell had been comparat-ively underemployed, but hehad to react quickly on 75minutes to claw away a loopingcross-shot from Hayes.

Rovers continued to look thelikelier scorers and YanKlukowski sent a shot acrossthe face of goal late on.

InterimForestGreenRoversbossScottBartlett

James Norwood, second right, is congratulated after opening the scoring for Forest Green Rovers at the New Lawn PICTURE: PAUL NICHOLLS

FARNBOROUGH 4WESTON-SUPER-MARE 0

We s t o n’s alarming loss of formcontinued as they crashed totheir fourth defeat in fivegames and dropped to tenth inthe Skrill South table.

Against Farnborough, whobounced back from defeatagainst Bath in midweek,Weston enjoyed most of themidfield play, especially in the

first half, but their attacklacked guile and the defencewas guilty of simple errors.

Weston started well withChas Hemmings, Dale Grubband Ashley Kington testinghome goalkeeper KevinScriven but, with their firstreal attack on 20 minutes, DaveTarpey opened the scoringfrom Elvis Hammond’s cross.

Farnborough struck againjust before the break when

Weston goalkeeper Luke Pur-nell lost possession from ScottD o n n e l ly ’s cross and defenderJosh Huggins nipped in toscore from close range.

Five minutes into the secondhalf, Tarpey got his secondgoal of the match when he wasput behind the visiting defenceby substitute Dan Bennett tofinish and then Donnellystruck on 58 minutes afterHammond had wriggled his

way through the retreatingWeston defence.

We s t o n’s best chance of thehalf fell to Kane Ingram, whoforced the game’s best savefrom Scriven.

In further Farnborough at-tacks, Bennett rattled the barand Tarpey was desperatelyunlucky not to notch a hat-trick when his angled effortbeat Purnell but shaved an up-right and went wide.

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Win is proof for the sceptics – We n g e r

Joe Hart, left, had to play second fiddle to Costel Pantilimon PICTURE: PA

City hit sevenas Hart is lefton sidelines

ARSENAL 2 LIVERPOOL 0

BY JIM VAN WIJK

Arsene Wenger has challengedArsenal to continue to let theirfootball deliver all the rightanswers in the quest to stay topof the Premier League.

The Gunners produced theperfect response to the mid-week Capital One Cup exit athome to Chelsea with acohesive display to defeatLiverpool at the EmiratesStadium and move five pointscl e a r.

Weng er’s men, who had beenwell beaten by BorussiaDortmund in the ChampionsLeague a fortnight ago,weathered some early pres-sure from the Reds beforeSanti Cazorla fired them infront on 19 minutes with a well-taken finish after his headerhit the post.

Aaron Ramsey crackedhome a sublime second goal,his tenth of the season, on thehour to secure an eighthPremier League win for theGunners, who head to Ger-many for a crucial Europeantie next week before travellingto Manchester United onS u n d ay.

“I felt conclusions were a bittoo quick this week, it was onlyone game,” said Wenger. “Welive in a world where you arequestioned. The only responsewe can give is on the footballpitch. I said that many timesand that is part of our job.

“I am pleased we have won abig game at home, I think itwas important for the future.”

Arsenal managed to shacklethe threat of in-form Redsstrikeforce Luis Suarez andDaniel Sturridge, who werenever really allowed to gainany ground in the final third.

There were, though, somemoments of concern for theGunners, notably when JordanHenderson waltzed throughtheir half and into the penaltyarea before scuffing his shot.

Liverpool also had a goalruled out, which would havemade it 1-1, after taking a free-kick too quickly for the likingof referee Martin Atkinson,

SATURDAY REVIEW

Manuel Pellegrini’s decisionto drop Joe Hart had no illeffect on Manchester City’sperformance as theyhammered Norwich 7-0 at theEtihad Stadium.

Pellegrini had opted to handthe goalkeeping duties toCostel Pantilimon followingHar t’s error against Chelsealast weekend, but theRomanian had had little to doas a Bradley Johnson own goaland strikes from David Silva,Matija Nastasic and AlvaroNegredo put the hosts fourgoals to the good at half-time.

Sergio Aguero, Yaya Toureand Edin Dzeko completed therout after the break to increasethe pressure on Canaries bossChris Hughton.

Manchester United also en-joyed a comfortable win asthey secured a 3-1 triumphover Fulham at Craven Cottagewhich did little to boost MartinJo l ’s long-term job prospects.

United led 3-0 inside 23minutes as Antonio Valencia,Robin van Persie and WayneRooney all got on the score-sheet for the defendingPremier League champions,before Alex Kacaniklic got aconsolation for the hosts.

Asmir Begovic became thefifth goalkeeper to score in-Premier League history with aremarkable long-range goal,but it was not enough to giveStoke victory at home toSouthampton. Inside 15

seconds, the wind got hold ofthe Bosnian’s long kick down-field and it was allowed tobounce by the Southamptondefenders and fly over Saints’goalkeeper Artur Boruc.

But Begovic was beaten byJay Rodriguez four minutesbefore the break to make it 1-1,with Saints also having a latepenalty appeal for handballagainst Ryan Shawcrossturned away.

Hull boss Steve Bruce en-joyed a win against his formeremployers as they beat nine-man Sunderland 1-0 at the KCStadium.

An own goal from CarlosCuellar was the differencebetween the teams after thedefender headed into his ownnet under pressure from Yan-nick Sagbo.

The Black Cats’ hopes of afightback were then dealt ablow when midfielder Lee Cat-termole and Andrea Dossenasaw red on the stroke of half-time for challenges on formerSunderland players AhmedElmohamady and DavidMeyler respectively.

Goals from Saido Berahinoand Gareth McAuley gave WestBrom a 2-0 lead over bottomside Crystal Palace, while WestHam and Aston Villa playedout a0-0 draw at Upton Park.

In the day’s early kick-off,Newcastle frustrated Chelsea’sbid to go top of the table with a2-0 win thanks to second-halfgoals from Yoan Gouffran andLoic Remy.

while Suarez – the subject oftwo summer transfer bidsfrom Arsenal – also brushedthe outside of the post and thendragged a late chance wide.

However, Wenger’s men alsostretched Liverpool’s three-man defensive line, withRamsey denied by goalkeeperSimon Mignolet and OlivierGiroud chipping just wide inthe second half.

“You could see that the (con-fidence) level is high,” saidWenger, who will check on thefitness of Jack Wilshere afterthe England midfielder missedout against Liverpool becauseof an inflamed ankle.

“We had a great defensivesolidarity, we were alwaysquick and sharp going for-ward, and that is the kind ofgame we want to play.

“This win will increase thelevel of confidence in ourgroup and it will maybe con-vince some sceptical peoplethat we have a chance at chal-lenging for the title.”

Wenger knows Arsenalcannot afford to rest on theirlaurels if they are to meet thechallenges of November.

“We go from game to game,we have Dortmund on Wed-nesday, it is another big game,”the Gunners boss said. “We arein a position where we wantabsolutely a result and the winover Liverpool puts us men-tally in a better condition.”

Arsenal goalkeeper Woj-ciech Szczesny feels the play-ers showed they have theneeded mentality to stay thecourse this season.

“We knew it was a very im-portant game for us, we knewthat winning this game wouldmean a lot and create a gap inthe table at the top,” the Polandgoalkeeper said. “If you lookthe consistency of our per-formances, recently you cansee that we want to challengefor the title this year. You cansee with the quality that we areup for it.”

Full-back Kieran Gibbs isalso doubtful for the Cham-pions League match againstDortmund after he limped offwith ten minutes left becauseof a calf problem.

Vi l l a s - B o a splays downlack of goalsEVERTON 0TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 0

BY ANDY HAMPSON

Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas dismissed concerns overhis team’s lack of goals afterplaying out a stalemate atEver ton.

The goalless draw deniedeither side the chance to moveup to second in the PremierLeague table.

Spurs did climb to fourth,but have registered just ninegoals in their opening tenleague games.

That is not a concern toVillas-Boas, whose side havestruck 30 times in 17 gamesoverall this term.

He said: “The chances arecoming and sometimes they goyour way and the opponent isnot there to stop it.

“At the moment it is resultsthat have put us in fourth andinto one of the spots in theChampions League.

“You can have more goals,less goals. We all want excite-ment, but right now the team isdoing extremely well.”

Villas-Boas was asked at thepost-match press conferencewhy he continues to overlook

Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla celebrates the opening goal against Liverpool in front of the home supporters at the Emirates Stadium during Saturday evening’s 2-0 Premier League triumph PICTURE: SEAN DEMPSEY/PA

Mackay hails the work of Moody after summer signing Caulker earns derby victory for Cardiff over rivals Swansea

Steven Caulker, left-most red shirt, heads the only goal of the South West derby yesterday PICTURE: DAVID DAVIES/PA

SpursbossAndreVillas-Boas

the claims of Emmanuel Ad-ebayor, who is yet to featurethis season and has spoken outabout his frustration.

Villas-Boas said: “There iscompetition for places and youhave to try to break into theteam.

“No matter how hard you trythe others are trying as hard.

“He has to be patient andwait for the opportunitywhenever it arises. That is thenature of every top club.

“He has the continue work-ing hard. It is just the othersare working just as hard.”

Villas-Boas was satisfiedwith a point after his team haddominated the first half, butbeen put in the shade after theb re a k .

He said: “I am not disap-pointed with that result. In theend it was a good result and theonly time Everton had a goodgo at us was the last 25-30m i nu t e s ”

Everton manager RobertoMartinez had mixed feelingson the outcome.

He said: “I would have beendelighted (with a draw) in thefirst half. I thought we defen-ded throughout really wellwith great concentration,focus and intensity – you haveto do that against this talentedSpurs team.

“But the second half was dif-ferent. We kept the ball betterand we forced Spurs to defend.Then you saw two teams whowe re n’t happy with the draw,both teams striving to get thatwinning goal and a little bit ofmagic was needed in our bestspell to get the three points.”

CARDIFF CITY 1SWANSEA CITY 0

BY ANDREW GWILYM

Cardiff chief Malky Mackayappeared to take a thinly-veiled dig at owner VincentTan as he praised the work offormer head of recruitmentIain Moody following his side’sderby win over Swansea.

Steven Caulker returned tohaunt his former club as hispowerful header gave Cardiffthe bragging rights in thePremier League’s first SouthWales derby, while Gary Medeland Kevin Theophile-Cather-ine were among other signingsmade with Moody’s aid to fea-ture strongly.

A game of few clear chances

failed to live up to the hypedbuild-up at Cardiff City Sta-dium with Michu missingSwansea’s best opportunity inthe fifth minute, but it wasCardiff who emerged victori-ous as Caulker, who spent aseason on loan at Swansea,rose to score the winner.

Swansea, who had goal-keeper Michel Vorm sent off instoppage-time, had started thegame strongly, but MichaelLaudr up’s side graduallyfaded as Cardiff came onstrong in the second half.

Amid all the recent furorecaused by the exit of head ofrecruitment Iain Moody andthe appointment of his actingreplacement AlisherApsalyamov, the uncertaintyover Mackay’s future and the

motives of controversial ownerTan will be briefly forgotten byB l u e b i rd s ’ fans as they revel inderby glory.

But when Mackay was askedif he had spoken to Tan afterthe victory, the Scot repliedthat he had yet to do so andwent on to praise the quality ofthe players who have joinedthe club during his time incharge, all of whom werebrought in with Moody at hiss i d e.

“I am delighted about theperformance and the threepoints for our fans, our staffand our players as they havehad a tough three or fourweeks to endure,” he said.

“For us to come out with aperformance like that andthree points and put a smile on

the face of everyone in Cardiffis something that pleases memore than anything else.

“We have worked hard herefor two-and-a-half years, interms of my staff and the play-ers we have brought to the clubover the last two-and-a-halfyears to get to this point.

“We want to make sure weare here next year because it isfantastic and it puts smiles onthe faces of everyone and todaygoes a long way to helping witht h at . ”

Caulker was an imperiouspresence as he skippered theBluebirds to the three pointsand Mackay admitted the Eng-land defender has been a “cr u-cial” addition to the Bluebirdssquad.

“The signing of Caulker was

crucial. I couldn’t believe weactually got him, certainly forthe price we ended up paying,”he said.

“He was brave to step out ofbeing in a squad like Totten-ham’s, but he did it with thebest intentions for his footballcareer and not for his pocket.

“It is great credit for hisfuture career and future Eng-land career and I think he isgoing to have a long one.

“He is our captain. We didour homework on him andwere able to get him.”

Laudrup, meanwhile, admit-ted the Swansea dressing roomwas a miserable place to be.

“Disappointment is the onlyway to describe the feeling inour dressing room,” he said.

“I have tried it myself – I

have been on the winning sideand the losing side in derbygames. It’s always easy to bragwhen you win, but sometimesyou have to stand up when theother team come out on top.

“You have to take the defeatand say: ‘Okay we lost thistime’. You have to accept it –and remember there’s always anext time.

“We all knew how importantthis game was – to the fans, theplayers, the staff, everybody.

“Losing is always a disap-pointment – but it is even morein these games.”

Laudrup also confirmed thatMichu will miss the upcominggames with Kuban Krasnodarand Stoke after picking up anankle injury which forced himoff in the second half.

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Win is proof for the sceptics – We n g e r

Joe Hart, left, had to play second fiddle to Costel Pantilimon PICTURE: PA

City hit sevenas Hart is lefton sidelines

ARSENAL 2 LIVERPOOL 0

BY JIM VAN WIJK

Arsene Wenger has challengedArsenal to continue to let theirfootball deliver all the rightanswers in the quest to stay topof the Premier League.

The Gunners produced theperfect response to the mid-week Capital One Cup exit athome to Chelsea with acohesive display to defeatLiverpool at the EmiratesStadium and move five pointscl e a r.

Weng er’s men, who had beenwell beaten by BorussiaDortmund in the ChampionsLeague a fortnight ago,weathered some early pres-sure from the Reds beforeSanti Cazorla fired them infront on 19 minutes with a well-taken finish after his headerhit the post.

Aaron Ramsey crackedhome a sublime second goal,his tenth of the season, on thehour to secure an eighthPremier League win for theGunners, who head to Ger-many for a crucial Europeantie next week before travellingto Manchester United onS u n d ay.

“I felt conclusions were a bittoo quick this week, it was onlyone game,” said Wenger. “Welive in a world where you arequestioned. The only responsewe can give is on the footballpitch. I said that many timesand that is part of our job.

“I am pleased we have won abig game at home, I think itwas important for the future.”

Arsenal managed to shacklethe threat of in-form Redsstrikeforce Luis Suarez andDaniel Sturridge, who werenever really allowed to gainany ground in the final third.

There were, though, somemoments of concern for theGunners, notably when JordanHenderson waltzed throughtheir half and into the penaltyarea before scuffing his shot.

Liverpool also had a goalruled out, which would havemade it 1-1, after taking a free-kick too quickly for the likingof referee Martin Atkinson,

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Manuel Pellegrini’s decisionto drop Joe Hart had no illeffect on Manchester City’sperformance as theyhammered Norwich 7-0 at theEtihad Stadium.

Pellegrini had opted to handthe goalkeeping duties toCostel Pantilimon followingHar t’s error against Chelsealast weekend, but theRomanian had had little to doas a Bradley Johnson own goaland strikes from David Silva,Matija Nastasic and AlvaroNegredo put the hosts fourgoals to the good at half-time.

Sergio Aguero, Yaya Toureand Edin Dzeko completed therout after the break to increasethe pressure on Canaries bossChris Hughton.

Manchester United also en-joyed a comfortable win asthey secured a 3-1 triumphover Fulham at Craven Cottagewhich did little to boost MartinJo l ’s long-term job prospects.

United led 3-0 inside 23minutes as Antonio Valencia,Robin van Persie and WayneRooney all got on the score-sheet for the defendingPremier League champions,before Alex Kacaniklic got aconsolation for the hosts.

Asmir Begovic became thefifth goalkeeper to score in-Premier League history with aremarkable long-range goal,but it was not enough to giveStoke victory at home toSouthampton. Inside 15

seconds, the wind got hold ofthe Bosnian’s long kick down-field and it was allowed tobounce by the Southamptondefenders and fly over Saints’goalkeeper Artur Boruc.

But Begovic was beaten byJay Rodriguez four minutesbefore the break to make it 1-1,with Saints also having a latepenalty appeal for handballagainst Ryan Shawcrossturned away.

Hull boss Steve Bruce en-joyed a win against his formeremployers as they beat nine-man Sunderland 1-0 at the KCStadium.

An own goal from CarlosCuellar was the differencebetween the teams after thedefender headed into his ownnet under pressure from Yan-nick Sagbo.

The Black Cats’ hopes of afightback were then dealt ablow when midfielder Lee Cat-termole and Andrea Dossenasaw red on the stroke of half-time for challenges on formerSunderland players AhmedElmohamady and DavidMeyler respectively.

Goals from Saido Berahinoand Gareth McAuley gave WestBrom a 2-0 lead over bottomside Crystal Palace, while WestHam and Aston Villa playedout a0-0 draw at Upton Park.

In the day’s early kick-off,Newcastle frustrated Chelsea’sbid to go top of the table with a2-0 win thanks to second-halfgoals from Yoan Gouffran andLoic Remy.

while Suarez – the subject oftwo summer transfer bidsfrom Arsenal – also brushedthe outside of the post and thendragged a late chance wide.

However, Wenger’s men alsostretched Liverpool’s three-man defensive line, withRamsey denied by goalkeeperSimon Mignolet and OlivierGiroud chipping just wide inthe second half.

“You could see that the (con-fidence) level is high,” saidWenger, who will check on thefitness of Jack Wilshere afterthe England midfielder missedout against Liverpool becauseof an inflamed ankle.

“We had a great defensivesolidarity, we were alwaysquick and sharp going for-ward, and that is the kind ofgame we want to play.

“This win will increase thelevel of confidence in ourgroup and it will maybe con-vince some sceptical peoplethat we have a chance at chal-lenging for the title.”

Wenger knows Arsenalcannot afford to rest on theirlaurels if they are to meet thechallenges of November.

“We go from game to game,we have Dortmund on Wed-nesday, it is another big game,”the Gunners boss said. “We arein a position where we wantabsolutely a result and the winover Liverpool puts us men-tally in a better condition.”

Arsenal goalkeeper Woj-ciech Szczesny feels the play-ers showed they have theneeded mentality to stay thecourse this season.

“We knew it was a very im-portant game for us, we knewthat winning this game wouldmean a lot and create a gap inthe table at the top,” the Polandgoalkeeper said. “If you lookthe consistency of our per-formances, recently you cansee that we want to challengefor the title this year. You cansee with the quality that we areup for it.”

Full-back Kieran Gibbs isalso doubtful for the Cham-pions League match againstDortmund after he limped offwith ten minutes left becauseof a calf problem.

Vi l l a s - B o a splays downlack of goalsEVERTON 0TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 0

BY ANDY HAMPSON

Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas dismissed concerns overhis team’s lack of goals afterplaying out a stalemate atEver ton.

The goalless draw deniedeither side the chance to moveup to second in the PremierLeague table.

Spurs did climb to fourth,but have registered just ninegoals in their opening tenleague games.

That is not a concern toVillas-Boas, whose side havestruck 30 times in 17 gamesoverall this term.

He said: “The chances arecoming and sometimes they goyour way and the opponent isnot there to stop it.

“At the moment it is resultsthat have put us in fourth andinto one of the spots in theChampions League.

“You can have more goals,less goals. We all want excite-ment, but right now the team isdoing extremely well.”

Villas-Boas was asked at thepost-match press conferencewhy he continues to overlook

Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla celebrates the opening goal against Liverpool in front of the home supporters at the Emirates Stadium during Saturday evening’s 2-0 Premier League triumph PICTURE: SEAN DEMPSEY/PA

Mackay hails the work of Moody after summer signing Caulker earns derby victory for Cardiff over rivals Swansea

Steven Caulker, left-most red shirt, heads the only goal of the South West derby yesterday PICTURE: DAVID DAVIES/PA

SpursbossAndreVillas-Boas

the claims of Emmanuel Ad-ebayor, who is yet to featurethis season and has spoken outabout his frustration.

Villas-Boas said: “There iscompetition for places and youhave to try to break into theteam.

“No matter how hard you trythe others are trying as hard.

“He has to be patient andwait for the opportunitywhenever it arises. That is thenature of every top club.

“He has the continue work-ing hard. It is just the othersare working just as hard.”

Villas-Boas was satisfiedwith a point after his team haddominated the first half, butbeen put in the shade after theb re a k .

He said: “I am not disap-pointed with that result. In theend it was a good result and theonly time Everton had a goodgo at us was the last 25-30m i nu t e s ”

Everton manager RobertoMartinez had mixed feelingson the outcome.

He said: “I would have beendelighted (with a draw) in thefirst half. I thought we defen-ded throughout really wellwith great concentration,focus and intensity – you haveto do that against this talentedSpurs team.

“But the second half was dif-ferent. We kept the ball betterand we forced Spurs to defend.Then you saw two teams whowe re n’t happy with the draw,both teams striving to get thatwinning goal and a little bit ofmagic was needed in our bestspell to get the three points.”

CARDIFF CITY 1SWANSEA CITY 0

BY ANDREW GWILYM

Cardiff chief Malky Mackayappeared to take a thinly-veiled dig at owner VincentTan as he praised the work offormer head of recruitmentIain Moody following his side’sderby win over Swansea.

Steven Caulker returned tohaunt his former club as hispowerful header gave Cardiffthe bragging rights in thePremier League’s first SouthWales derby, while Gary Medeland Kevin Theophile-Cather-ine were among other signingsmade with Moody’s aid to fea-ture strongly.

A game of few clear chances

failed to live up to the hypedbuild-up at Cardiff City Sta-dium with Michu missingSwansea’s best opportunity inthe fifth minute, but it wasCardiff who emerged victori-ous as Caulker, who spent aseason on loan at Swansea,rose to score the winner.

Swansea, who had goal-keeper Michel Vorm sent off instoppage-time, had started thegame strongly, but MichaelLaudr up’s side graduallyfaded as Cardiff came onstrong in the second half.

Amid all the recent furorecaused by the exit of head ofrecruitment Iain Moody andthe appointment of his actingreplacement AlisherApsalyamov, the uncertaintyover Mackay’s future and the

motives of controversial ownerTan will be briefly forgotten byB l u e b i rd s ’ fans as they revel inderby glory.

But when Mackay was askedif he had spoken to Tan afterthe victory, the Scot repliedthat he had yet to do so andwent on to praise the quality ofthe players who have joinedthe club during his time incharge, all of whom werebrought in with Moody at hiss i d e.

“I am delighted about theperformance and the threepoints for our fans, our staffand our players as they havehad a tough three or fourweeks to endure,” he said.

“For us to come out with aperformance like that andthree points and put a smile on

the face of everyone in Cardiffis something that pleases memore than anything else.

“We have worked hard herefor two-and-a-half years, interms of my staff and the play-ers we have brought to the clubover the last two-and-a-halfyears to get to this point.

“We want to make sure weare here next year because it isfantastic and it puts smiles onthe faces of everyone and todaygoes a long way to helping witht h at . ”

Caulker was an imperiouspresence as he skippered theBluebirds to the three pointsand Mackay admitted the Eng-land defender has been a “cr u-cial” addition to the Bluebirdssquad.

“The signing of Caulker was

crucial. I couldn’t believe weactually got him, certainly forthe price we ended up paying,”he said.

“He was brave to step out ofbeing in a squad like Totten-ham’s, but he did it with thebest intentions for his footballcareer and not for his pocket.

“It is great credit for hisfuture career and future Eng-land career and I think he isgoing to have a long one.

“He is our captain. We didour homework on him andwere able to get him.”

Laudrup, meanwhile, admit-ted the Swansea dressing roomwas a miserable place to be.

“Disappointment is the onlyway to describe the feeling inour dressing room,” he said.

“I have tried it myself – I

have been on the winning sideand the losing side in derbygames. It’s always easy to bragwhen you win, but sometimesyou have to stand up when theother team come out on top.

“You have to take the defeatand say: ‘Okay we lost thistime’. You have to accept it –and remember there’s always anext time.

“We all knew how importantthis game was – to the fans, theplayers, the staff, everybody.

“Losing is always a disap-pointment – but it is even morein these games.”

Laudrup also confirmed thatMichu will miss the upcominggames with Kuban Krasnodarand Stoke after picking up anankle injury which forced himoff in the second half.

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England fightback to openwith a victoryENGLAND 20 AUSTRALIA 13

BY DUNCAN BECHat Twickenham

England launched a year de-scribed by head coach StuartLancaster as “defining” with aspirited 20-13 victory over Aus-tralia in their opening QBEInternational at Twickenham.

Tries from Chris Robshaw –his first in 18 Test appearances– and Owen Farrell overcame a13-6 interval deficit to domin-ate the second half of an uglym at ch .

Farrell endured a mixed af-ternoon from the kicking tee,missing three of his sevenshots at goal, but he recoveredwell, using his wits to producethe match-winning touchdown in the 58th minute.

England were poor in thefirst half as they failed to cap-italise on a dominant scrumand lost their way alarminglyin the third quarter.

While they were one dimen-sional, Australia were farsharper in attack and infin-itely more comfortable on theball, possessing the two bestplayers on the pitch in QuadeCooper and Israel Folau.

Centre Matt Toomua scoredthe simplest of tries for theWallabies – Billy Twelvetreeswas at fault because of a feebletackle – while Cooper expertlydirected play.

But once an error-ridden 10-minute spell that opened thesecond half had been negoti-ated, England finally beganplaying with convictionagainst their 2015 World Cupgroup rivals.

Australia still remained dan-gerous but with Robshaw andFarrell crossing and Coopermissing two penalties, theCook Cup slipped from theirg rasp.

England’s 2003 World Cup-winning squad performed alap of honour at half-time andwhile the current squad lackthe class of a decade a ago,Lancaster will have been im-

pressed that his team found away to win.

He had stressed all week theneed to hit the ground runningafter being ambushed 20-14 bythe Wallabies last autumn andthey appeared to have madethe start he demanded whensome muscular defendingforced a penalty that Farrellnudged over.

A loose chip from JoelTomkins wasted a promisingspell and although Farrell lev-elled the score after Billy Vuni-pola has strayed offside,England were in control.

The scrum was proving ahappy hunting ground, win-ning a free kick and penalty,but their ascendancy was notmirrored on the scoreboard asFarrell missed two successivep e n a l t i e s.

Ben Alexander was Aus-tralia’s weak link in July’s de-cisive final Test against theBritish and Irish Lions and thetighthead prop was enduringanother reputation-damagingafternoon in the set piece.

He popped up twice and thenit was loosehead James Slip-per’s turn to be penalised afterdropping his knee to the floor.

Farrell missed a third shotat goal from long range, but inthe 28th minute England fi-nally made some headway.

For the first time they ranwith intent, Billy Vunipolapiercing the first line of de-fence and Mike Brown takingthe ball to the line.

Australia were strugglingand amid a warning from ref-eree George Clancy that ayellow card would soon be pro-duced, they infringed againand this time Farrell was ontarg et.

The Wallabies’ response wasbrilliant as Folau eased past amissed tackle by Chris Ashtonand glided into space with re-inforcements arriving quicklyat the ensuing breakdown.

Will Genia tried to dummyhis way over twice but kept theball alive and then fed Toomuawho, from a standing start five

stiff breeze and driving rain,but it was an emphatic way forSteve McNamara’s men tobounce back from their open-ing 28-20 defeat by Australia atthe Millennium Stadium.

With older brother Sam setto return from a one-matchsuspension and George’s twinTom likely to keep his spot,there is the prospect of threebrothers playing alongsideeach other at the KC Stadium,where Tariq, Korbin andAshton Sims are expected toonce more line up for Fiji.

McNamara’s biggest selec-tion dilemma could come onthe right wing, where TomBriscoe made the most of his

opportunity after being sur-prisingly chosen ahead of JoshChar nley.

Centre Leroy Cudjoe looks tohave cemented his place at leftcentre after a commandingperformance and that willhave come as some relief toMcNamara following rumoursthat Zak Hardaker has becomethe latest player to be punishedfor a breach of discipline.

“Zak wasn’t at the match dueto illness,” McNamara said.

At stake in next Saturday’smatch is the runners-up spotin group A and a possiblequarter-final with France atWigan on Saturday, November16.

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George Burgess is battling des-perately to overcome a leginjury in time for England’sfinal World Cup group gameagainst Fiji in Hull next Sat-u rd ay.

The 21-year-old SouthSydney prop played less than aquarter of the match in Eng-land’s 42-0 win over Ireland onSaturday after taking a blowjust below his right knee in theopening moments.

“It’s really swollen at them i nu t e, ” said Burgess, whoplayed on for another 15minutes before coming off. “I’llbe working hard to get it right

for next week and the rest ofthe tournament.

“I think it was my first carryso a bit of a nightmare there.These things happen in sportand you’ve got to get on with it.I’ll definitely be trying to get itright for next week”.

The Dewsbury-born Bur-gess was forced to watch fromthe sidelines as Englandcruised into a 30-0 lead in Hud-dersfield after 23 minutes witha hat-trick of tries from RyanHall, two from Tom Briscoeand one from Brett Ferres.

They added only two more,through Kallum Watkins andRangi Chase, in the last 57minutes as they played into a

Burgess battles to take on Fiji in the final group game

England fly-half Owen Farrell breaks through to score their second try during the QBE International at Twickenham

O’Connoris leftgaspingon debutJames O’Connor admitted hewas taken aback by the pace ofthe Aviva Premiership aftermaking a losing debut forLondon Irish against title-chasing Northampton yester-d ay.

The controversial Aus-tralian star, who left his home-land in a bid to resurrect hiscareer following a series of off-field problems, produced ascintillating display at theMadejski Stadium, but it wasnot enough to prevent Saintssecuring a fifth win in sevenleague games.

The 19-14 away win keptsecond-placed Northamptonwithin two points of leadersSaracens, who thrashed New-castle 40-3. James Wilsonscored their only try.

But all eyes were onO’Connor, whose display – justa few days after stepping off aplane to sign with Irish untilthe end of the season – waspraised by director of rugbyBrian Smith.

The 23-year-old was de-lighted to be out on the pitch,but acknowledged the tempo ofthe match had proved challen-ging.

“The speed of the game wasvery surprising,” he said. “Ithought Super Rugby was fastbut I was really blowing outthere, that’s for sure.

“It felt great. The club and allthe boys have been awesomesince I arrived and I am reallylooking forward to my timeh e re.

“I didn’t feel 100 per cent andcan get better. I wanted to per-form. It was one of the bestpitches I have played on. It wasjust a shame we could not getthe win.”

O’Connor, who has amassed223 points from 44 caps, had hiscontract with the AustralianRugby Union torn up followinghis alleged drunken behaviourat Perth Airport earlier thisye a r.

But he took to his new en-vironment in the northernhemisphere like a duck towater, with his rugby skillsindicating his signing couldprove a real coup for Irish.

He could not stop Saintsfrom continuing their impress-ive early-season form, though,with full-back Wilson’s first-half try and 14 points from fly-half Stephen Myler securingvictory for the visitors.

O’Connor did set up Irish’slone try from wing Sailosi Ta-gicakibau, and fly-half IanHumphreys kicked the rest ofthe points as the hosts man-aged a losing bonus point tohelp their cause near thebottom.

Smith said: “James was out-standing. He’s 23 and is stilljust a kid who gets up in themorning and puts his trouserson one leg at a time like every-one else. A lot has happenedquickly to him but he’s settledin straight away and showedhis class today. The boys en-joyed playing with him today.

“We see him as 15, eventhough many see him as a jackof all trades.”

yards out, flattened Billy Twel-vetrees and rode a tackle fromChris Robshaw to crash over.

The lead was extended toseven points when Cooperlanded the conversion and apenalty and Australia spenthalf-time grouped together onthe pitch.

England began the thirdquarter with a succession oferrors – a simple backs movebreaking down, Tomkinsfeebly slipping off a tackle onTevita Kuridrani and MarlandYarde penalised for a late blockon Adam Ashley-Cooper.

The last offence gave Cooper

a chance but he missed thekick, and this time it was Eng-land who responded withintent as Yarde was preventedfrom crossing by a double try-saving tackle from Ashley-Cooper and Kuridrani.

Play stopped as Scott Fardywas carried off on a stretcherwith a neck brace fitted fol-lowing a heavy collision andwhen it restarted Englandc ro s s e d .

Genia’s clearance wascharged down by Mako Vuni-pola into the path of Robshawwho picked up the ball and fellover the line with Farrell con-

verting. The Saracens fly-halfthen converted his own tryafter he had slipped betweentwo Wallabies forwards, al-though there was a hint ofobstruction from DylanHartley on Stephen Moore.

The arrival of scrum-halfBen Youngs from the benchhad provided an injection ofpace and with Cooper missingtwo penalties, the momentumwas with England once again.

Showing character andnous, England closed out thematch to retain third place inthe world rankings ahead ofthe Argentina game.

England’s Ryan Hall celebrates hishat-trick with Rangi Chase, top

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GLOUCESTER 30WASPS 32

BY ALAN BROWN

Cook’s try double gives Gloucestersome reward from a mixed showing

that match is frustrating but itis also a frustration that wed i d n’t have an 80-minute per-for mance.”

Christian Wade put in aprize performance for the vis-itors, passing the whitewashon two occasions with a try inboth halves and both involvingblistering pace.

Gloucester fell 14 pointsbehind in the first quarter fol-lowing tries from Wade andthen another from Number 8Nathan Hughes.

Gloucester put themselvesin contention but were playingcatch up for long periods aftertheir early set-back.

Davies said: “The fact is, wegave away two very soft trieswhich you can’t afford to do.

“Wade gave them the matchwinner and, if you give aplayer like that time and space,that is what he is going to do.

“When we look back at thestats, I am sure we came out ont o p.

“But, the fact is, when they

have a finisher like they havein Wade and when we maketwo stupid errors, that’s whatis going to happen.

“The number one focus wasour energy levels. I didn’tthink we showed that in thefirst half.

“And, in the second half, wedid. We got the momentumearly and we showed a lot ofenerg y.

“We are always starting slowat the moment. We will have toaddress that.”

Gloucester director of rugbyNigel Davies was angered byhis team’s lapses in concen-tration during periods of playin the defeat to Wasps.

Gloucester have now lostthree on the bounce domest-ically and four from five in allc o m p e t i t i o n s.

Davies is desperate to see hismen perform during their twoupcoming LV Anglo-WelshCup fixtures away toNorthampton Saints and thenhome to Newcastle Falcons to

inspire more confidence in hisr a n k s.

Davies said: “We didn’t putan 80-minute performance in(against Wasps) and that iswhat I am most disappointedab o u t .

“We didn’t have the energylevels that we needed in thatfirst half although we turned itround in the second half andwe were dominant in thatsecond half.

“The fact that we… putourselves in a position to win

Davies: We lacked energy in opening half and gave away tries

Gloucester forward Sione Kalamafoni diving over for his try against Wasps during the Aviva Premiership match at Kingsholm PICTURE: MICHAEL SMITH

Hill make theleaders battleSOUTH WEST ONE WEST

Cleeve remain 100 per cent andtop of South West One Westafter beating bottom sideConey Hill 23-10 away.

Scrum-half Nathan Huntleysnapped up a hat-trick of triesfor Cleeve including two in thelast ten minutes as Cleeve fi-nally broke Coney Hill’s stub-born resistence.

Second-placed St Austellbeat Camborne in front of an800 crowd while North Pether-ton stay third after gaining acomfortable 36-7 home victoryover Cullompton.

Bridgwater and Albionsuffered their third narrowdefeat in succession when theylost 11-9 to Chard, after trailingby eight points at the interval.

Clevedon and Bidefordfought out a 20-20 draw,Wadebridge Camels won 23-16at Sidmouth and Hornetshammered Thornbury 54-7.� Wellington, whose coachDave Sims, stepped downearlier in the week, gained a38-6 away win over bottom sidePaignton Saxons in WesternCounties West.

However, they finished withonly 14 players after flankerSimon Bellamy was sent offtowards the end off for twoyellow cards, one of them beingharsh.

WHARFEDALE 40CINDERFORD 10

C i n d e r fo rd ’s poor form awayfrom home continued as theywere soundly beaten atWharfedale, conceding 24 un-answered points in the second-half of another disappointingperformance in SSE NationalLeague One.

The Foresters’ first problemwas that they were irritatingthe referee: as early as theninth minute, after five tech-nical penalties, they got theirfirst warning, and it was in-evitable that a yellow cardwould follow, the unfortunateJoseph Garner the recipient.

With the advantage of theelements in the first-half thevisitors would have been look-ing for a strong opening but thehome side scored a try throughhooker Dan Stockdale, withTom Barrett kicking the con-version and three penalties.

Cinderford replied with a tryfrom centre Sam Hanks, afterthey were twice held up overthe line. Mike Wilcox kickedthe conversion and a penalty tokeep his side in contention at16-10 at the interval.

Once home winger Chris-tian Georgiou waltzed his wayover for a try early in thesecond-half his team took con-trol of the match scoring fur-ther tries through AaronMyers, Jack Barnard and RobBaldwin, with Barrett landingtwo of the conversions.

Director of Rugby AndyDeacon was in sombre moodafter the match. He was dis-appointed that his players hadlet themselves down.

C i n d e r fo rd ’s discipline res-ulted in yellow cards for firstJack Adams then ElliottBooley after the break.

Cinderford wiltafter the break

A lack of composure failedGloucester against Wasps ontheir return to Kingsholm –leaving the team with two winsfrom seven in the Aviva Premi-e r s h i p.

The Cherry and Whiteslooked to be on course to fromchalk up their third win of thedomestic season after reliableRob Cook cruised over in thecorner to give Gloucester alead on 72 minutes.

But their hard work wasspurned seconds later as re-placement Jimmy Cowandropped the Wasps’ re-start inhis own 22 allowing Josh Bas-sett to gather and play in GuyT hompson.

Wasps recorded their firstaway win in the Aviva Premi-ership since February as theytook a big leap up to seventh in

the table with a bonus-pointvictory. Gloucester are tenth.

Wing Christian Wade scoredtwo of Wasps’ tries, whilenumber eight Nathan Hughesand replacement GuyThompson were also on thescoreboard, with fly-half AndyGoode booting 12 points withthree conversions and two pen-a l t i e s.

Gloucester’s tries came fromfull-back Rob Cook, whotouched down twice, propShaun Knight and numbereight Sione Kalamafoni, withfly-half Freddie Burns addingtwo penalties and two conver-s i o n s.

Wasps showed their intentwith a seven-minute burst ofaction inside home territorywhen a Goode kick to theWasps try area just ran deadbefore wing Elliot Daly couldtouch down.

Soon Wade scored a superbtry as lock Tom Palmer laid offa pass just over halfway for the

wing to breeze past defendersRob Cook and Tom Savage andgo over for a converted touch-d ow n .

Just minutes later, Waspsstung the Cherry and Whitesagain. Their pack dominatedthe home scrum inside the 22and, when big back rowHughes picked up 10 metresfrom the line, he skipped past alimp attempted tackle fromcentre Henry Trinder to boundove r.

It put Wasps firmly in thedriving seat at 14-0 ahead.

The Cherry and Whitesspent a good five minutes inthe Wasps 22 and just on thehalf-hour, they finally got theirreward when Burns booted astraight-forward 23-metre pen-alty in front of the posts.

And the home team nar-rowed the deficit even furtherwhen Knight pounced on aloose ball for a try whichBurns converted superblyfrom the touchline.

But Goode struck home a 24-metre penalty to put his side17-10 ahead at the break.

Gloucester hit back withinminutes of the re-start whenthey played a trump card at anattacking line-out, hookerHuia Edmonds throwingquickly to Kalamafoni at thefront to dive in from 10m e t re s.

Wasps locks Palmer andKearnan Myall double-teamedbrilliantly to deny centre RyanMills a certain third homet o u ch d ow n .

Eventually, Gloucester tookthe lead for the first time whenBurns landed a 23-metre pen-alty but that was quickly erad-icated by a long-range Goodep e n a l t y.

The final quarter was franticas Cook scored the first of histwo tries but Thompson wentover at the other end after aterrible mistake from homescrum-half Cowan let Bassettin to feed the replacement.

And Wasps’ victory was as-sured by the terrific 50-metrescore down the right by Wade,who outpaced all the cover tos c o re.

Cook’s second try in thedying seconds at least gave theCherry and Whites two pointsfrom the game rather thannothing they looked likely tofinish with.Gloucester: Cook, Simpson-Daniel, Trinder,Mills, May, Burns, Robson, Y. Thomas,Edmonds, Knight, James, Hudson, Savage,Hazell, Kalamafoni. Replacements: Sharples forBurns (3), Cowan for Robson (71), Dawidiuk forEdmonds (56), Harden for Knight (55), Stookefor James (48), Evans for Savage (48), Kvesicfor Hazell (48). Not Used: Gibbons.Scorers: Tries – Knight, Kalamafoni, Cook 2.Cons – Burns 2. Pens – Burns 2.Wasps: Daly, Wade, C. Bell, Hayter, Bassett,Goode, Simpson, Mullan, Festuccia, Cooper-Woolley, Palmer, Myall, Johnson, Haskell,Hughes. Replacements: Lindsay for Festuccia(57), Taylor for Cooper-Woolley (67), Thompsonfor Hughes (74). Not Used: McIntyre, Cannon,Davies, Carlisle, T. Bell.

Wasps: Tries – Wade 2, Hughes, Thompson.Cons – Goode 3. Pens – Goode 2.Att: 13,441Referee: John Paul Doyle (RFU).

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Ford takes control as Bath battle itout for another victory on the road

any in the competition at themoment, and it’s all credit tothem two.”

A pivotal moment came inthe lead up to the interval.With Bath 9-0 up, Warriorswinger Dean Hammondthought he had touched downin the corner only for the TMOto rule he had been forced intotouch by Anthony Watson’slast-ditch tackle.

Bath then marched up fieldand a lineout steal deep in

Worcester territory saw An-thony Perenise bundle overthe whitewash.

“I was pleased with the de-fence throughout,” said Ford,whose side moved into theP re m i e r s h i p ’s top two ahead ofthe two-week break for thestart of the LV= Cup.

“It was a great tackle byAnthony in the end. I thoughthe could have moved forward abit quicker, but then I am aperfectionist.

“And then it was quickthinking and we were downthe other end and got a gooddrive in. It was a massive turn-a ro u n d . ”

Worcester head coach DeanRyan hailed Bath fly-halfGeorge Ford.

“At 10, Ford just sat back inthe pocket, kept popping intothe corners and made it verydifficult for us,” he said.

Bath will now lose FrancoisLouw to international duty.

Head coach Mike Ford praisedB at h ’s professionalism as theynegotiated woeful weatherconditions and dogged oppos-ition to win at Worcester.

I thought it was a profes-sional performance,” saidFord. “Away from home, in thewet, against a desperate team,we were pleased that we didn’treally give them anything.

“It was a fantastic first-halfperformance. They then cameout, as we thought they would

in the second half, and had abit of a purple patch but we sawthat out and once Horacio(Agulla) scored in the corner itwas game over really.

“I am pleased with the waythe whole team played. Thepack was outstanding, andToby Booth and Neal Hatleyhave done a fantastic job withthem this year.

“Slowly but surely we aregetting a reputation for a for-ward pack that is as good as

Our pack is gaining a formidable reputation, says head coach

Outstanding back-row forward Francois Louw collects the ball with Carl Fearns in support PICTURES> DAVID DAVIES/PA

WORCESTER 6BATH 21

BY HARRYABBOTT Taunton clinch

another thrillerBISHOP’S STORTFORD 32TAUNTON TITANS 37

Taunton chalked up their firstaway victory of the seasonafter being involved in yet an-other thriller in National TwoSouth.

In a game dominated by ahowling wind, Taunton justmanaged to hang on afterpiling up a sizeable lead andbeing reduced to 13 players to-wards the end with two in thesin-bin.

Tries by Jon Gatford (2), DanLees, Jack Conway and newboy Alex Dancer (2), plus twoconversions and a penalty byJamie Forester, enabled Titansto storm into what appeared tobe a winning position.

But the home side, with thewind behind them, hit back toscore tries through SamWinter, Mark McCraith, SamJames (2) and Nick Hankinwith James Obart only man-aging to kick two conversions.

Stor tford’s only points of thefirst half came from an earlypenalty from Olly Walkerwhich levelled the scores.

Victory enabled Taunton tomove up to eighth in the table.The Titans are at home tofourth-placed Clifton on Sat-u rd ay.

NEWTON ABBOT 10WESTON-SUPER-MARE 12

Newton Abbot had flankerJason Keenan sent off afterjust five minutes by refereeCarl Gibson for an illegaltackle and a penalty from fly-half Harvey Skelton in thefinal quarter saw Weston movein to fifth place in SSE Na-tional Three South West.

Five minutes into the secondhalf the home side ran out offront row replacements andthe match went to uncontestedscrums resulting in the AllWhites having to lose awing er.

Wing Ed McGinley left theaction and the home side hadto play the remaining 35minutes with just 13 players asthey attempted to defend a 12-5lead.

The home side broke thedeadlock with a try from wingNic Holt five minutes beforethe break and then the visitorshad openside flanker SamFisher sent to the sin-bin.

There was still time for full-back Ross Bennett to touchdown to leave the sides level athalf time.

However, the All Whites –with both sides a man down –regained the advantage twominutes after the restart.

Alex Moore intercepted apoor pass, off-loaded to hiscentre partner Kyle Brownewho put full-back Josh Smithaway to score in the cornerbefore he added the extras toset-up a seven point advant-a g e.

With Weston back to fullstrength, they drove the homeside back some 20 metreswhere second row Andy Glenclaimed the touchdown. Tenminutes later Skelton’s pen-alty nudged Weston in to aslender lead.

Skelton securesWeston victory

Bath picked up just a thirdAviva Premiership win on theroad in 15 attempts when theyinflicted more woe on bottomside Worcester Warriors.

The solitary away win forGary Gold’s side last termcame at Sixways and it wasagain a happy hunting grounddespite the miserable playingc o n d i t i o n s.

Bath looked to have foundsomething of a cure for theirtravel sickness so far thisterm, however, with this latestvictory following wins at New-castle Falcons in the leagueand Bordeaux in the AmlinC u p.

Prop Anthony Perenise andwinger Horacio Agulla

touched down either side ofhalf-time and fly-half GeorgeFord kicked 11 points with theboot. Warriors were only ableto reply with two Paul War-wick penalties.

The victory moved Bath tem-porarily up to second in thetable although they droppedback to third after Northamp-ton won 19-14 at London Irish.

Warriors have now gonenine games in all competitionswithout a win.

Bath took early control of thecontest when indisciplinefrom Warriors presented Fordwith two kickable penalties,and the visiting fly-half cap-italised with glee.

Worcester ten Warwick wasunable to respond when givenhis first sight of the posts andFord immediately made himpay. The hosts were caught off-side on halfway and the Bath

young kicker nailed an abso-lute cracker for three morep o i n t s.

The lashing rain saw thegame become stagnated for awhile but suddenly burst intolife when the home side gotthemselves over the white-wash – although it was ulti-mately to no avail.

After several drives at theBath line, the ball went wide toDean Hammond and hethought he had dotted down inthe corner but the TMO ruled afine last-ditch tackle from An-thony Watson had forced theWarriors winger into touch.

It was a big blow as a superbdrop out from Ford took Bathstraight into the opposition 22.Warriors lost the ensuing line-out, throwing straight to MattGarvey, who collected to sendprop Perenise over for the trywhich Ford converted.

Warwick got Worcester onthe scoreboard before half-time with a well-struck pen-alty, and split the posts for asecond time immediately afterthe change of ends when Bathinfringed again.

The two fly-halves then sawshots at the posts drift widebefore Bath’s Agulla made aninstant impact upon replacingSemesa Rokoduguni.

The Argentina wingerripped the ball from a ruck justinside the Warriors havebefore a burst of speed saw himflying down the line for a try inthe corner.

Mass changes on either sidesaw the game stagnate and thecontest was all but over whenWorcester were reduced to 14men when lock Chris Joneswas shown a yellow card in thefinal ten minutes.

Matt Banahan thought he

had a third try for Bath in theclosing stages after burstingthrough several tackles but thewinger spilt the ball as hereached for the line before thevisitors comfortably closed outthe win.Worcester: Pennell, Hammond, Grove,Matavesi, Lemi, Warwick, Arr, Fainga’anuku,Creevy, Murray, Jones, Galarza, Senatore,Abbott, Thomas. Replacements: Fatiaki for Lemi(20), Mieres for Warwick (64), Porter forFainga’anuku (68), Brooker for Creevy (61),Andress for Murray (71), Williams for Galarza(61), Betty for Abbott (56). Not Used: Sua. SinBin: Jones (73).Scorer: Pens – Warwick 2.Bath: Watson, Rokoduguni, Joseph, Eastmond,Banahan, Ford, Stringer, James, Webber,Perenise, Hooper, Spencer, Garvey, Louw,Fearns. Replacements: Agulla for Rokoduguni(57), Roberts for Stringer (62), Catt for James(68), Batty for Webber (71), Orlandi forPerenise (71), Day for Spencer (66), Faosilivafor Fearns (71). Not Used: Heathcote.Scorers: Tries – Perenise, Agulla. Cons –Ford. Pens – Ford 3.Attendance: 9,344Referee: Greg Garner (RFU).

Bath's Stuart Hooper wins a line out from Worcester's Jonathan Thomas

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Britton doublelifts CliftonCLIFTON 24 CHINNOR 20

Matt Britton inspired Cliftonto victory over Chinnor in Na-tional Two South.

Clifton bounced back fromlast weekend’s 34-10 reverse atSouthend to climb to fourth inthe table.

The home side took the leadwhen Britton broke from thebase of a ruck to scamper downthe blindside, after his packhad rumbled forward follow-ing a catch and drive at theline-out. Fly-half Brad Barnesadded the extras.

Chinnor responded immedi-ately, with centre Will Millettkicking a penalty before con-verting wing Will Marston’stry, to edge the visitors into a10-7 advantage.

But Clifton forwards battledto gain parity, which was re-warded when wing AuguySlowik touched down in thecorner for an unconverted try.Millett added a penalty forChinnor, before Britton addeda second try, converted byBarnes, to give Clifton a 19-13lead at the break.

The visitors dominated theopening exchanges of thesecond-half, and regained thelead when scrum-half FrankJones crossed the whitewashfor a score converted by Mil-lett.

But Clifton were not to bedenied, and secured the bonus-point victory when new re-cruit Cameron Jeffery cameoff the bench to score a latewinner for the home side.

CANTERBURY 21DINGS CRUSADERS 18

Dings saw this match snatchedaway from them late on in Na-tional Two South.

Referee Rob Warburtonhanded out six yellow cards,five in one go, three Dings andtwo Canterbury, after a fairlyinnocuous tussle between thepacks. The sixth went to theunfortunate Dings lock JoeJoyce, his second therefore ared, in the last minute, withthe home side scoring the win-ning try from the resultingp e n a l t y.

Canterbury opened with atry for wing Aiden Moss.Stand-off Guy Hilton added theconversion. Two minutes laterDings replied with a MarkWoodrow penalty and weresoon in the lead when powerfulwing Ollie Reyland muscledhis way over the try line. Woo-drow added the conversion tomake it 10-7 to Dings.

Home prop James Greentouchied down from closerange with Hilton adding theextras. Then Dings trio SamSteer, Joe Joyce and Mike Urenwent to the bin along withflankers Brook Cowan andTom Sherston for the homeside after the flare-up.

Dings took the lead with atry from scrum-half StevePlummer and fly-half MitchBurton added a penalty.

Dings lock Joyce was shownhis second yellow, and from theresulting penalty, full-backMartyn Beaumont toucheddown for a converted try.

PLYMOUTH 31BRISTOL 38

BY STEVECOTTON

Dings lose leadin final play

George Watkins said it was anhonour to overtake his Bristolwing hero, David Lemi, andmove into second place on thecl u b ’s league try-scorers’ listafter his hat-trick rescued vic-tory at Brickfields.

Samoan flyer Lemi crossed33 times for Bristol – a featWatkins matched with his firsttry at Plymouth and betteredwith his second, before givinghis team the lead for the firsttime in the match with hist h i rd .

Watkins, who has nowscored seven tries in his lastthree GKIPA Championshipgames, is behind only SeanMarsden (39) when it comes toleague tries for Bristol.

And the 23-year-old had to beat his best against Plymouth,after the hosts stormed into a14-0 lead after eight minutes,and then led 21-5 at one stage asBristol made an error-strewnstar t.

However, for the fifth leaguegame running, Bristol wonwith a bonus point to set up amouth-watering top-of-the-table clash with London Welshthis weekend.

“It’s pretty good to get aheadof David Lemi,” said Watkins.“Growing up, he was a bit of aBristol hero of mine, so I’mhappy to get to that stage.Having watched David play forBristol when I was younger, it’san honour for me to get to thatpoint.”

Given his age and the formhe is currently enjoying, it issurely only a matter of timebefore Watkins usurpsMarsden as the club’s leadingleague try-scorer – with thecl u b ’s former full-back nowfirmly in the Bristolian’ss i g h t s.

Wat k i n s ’ three tries againstPlymouth comprised a simplefinish from close range after aline-out had been driveninside; a wonderful show ofpace and footwork that tookhim past two home defenders;and then an unusual move he

I’m honouredto overtakeLemi: George

had started by heading a re-start up-field in the style of acentral defender.

“The forwards called it over,and I honestly don’t know whathappened, because I don’t howI could get my chest and my eyeso confused,” he said. “Some-how it hit me in the eye – and aseries of pretty random eventsended up with me scoring. Iput the ball down, not reallyknowing what was going – bu tI’ll take it!”

That try, in the 67th minute,gave Bristol the lead for thefirst time in a game where theywere tested to the full by anattack-minded Albion side.

Bristol’s modus operandi oflate has been to start inrampant, high-tempo fashionand force teams onto the backfoot. But they were on the re-ceiving end of such methods inthe early stages against Ply-mouth, albeit contributingheavily to their own poorstar t.

Tom Bowen found his way tothe line in the second minuteas a result of a missed tackle,before Jack Arnott was al-lowed to slip down the left togive the hosts a 14-0 lead insideeight minutes.

And, although Ben Skirvingstole a Plymouth line-out ontheir five-metre line and bur-rowed over, the home side hitback when the impressiveBowen seized on a loose passand raced in to make it 21-5.

“We can’t afford to give sidesleads like that, but, at the sametime, I think we showed greatcharacter to come back intothe game,” said Watkins. “Andmaybe that was the kind ofthing we needed at some pointin the season, to have that kindof experience, because it showshow tight we are as a group.”

A simple mark of Bristol’srecent improvement is that itwould have been difficult to seethem coming back to win agame in such circumstanceslast season. However, on thisoccasion, they worked theirway back into the contest,through force of character asmuch as technical superiority.

Watkins, who had seen ascore ruled out for a forwardpass from Jack Tovey, finished

off from a couple of metresafter Bristol had driven a line-out following Arnott’s yellowcard for a deliberate knock-on.Then he received a legitimatepass from Tovey and beat Ply-mouth’s defence with his paceand footwork.

Bristol suffered a setback atthe start of the second half,when Nicky Robinson’s passwas intercepted and Bowensped up-field to complete a hat-trick of his own. But the in-troduction of Ruki Tipuna andMarco Mama, in particular,seemed to offer Bristol bothgreater control and a more sig-nificant attacking threat.

Robinson made amends for

his earlier error by beatingopposite number DeclanCusack following a scrum andscoring his first Bristol try,before Watkins’ header fromthe restart led to his third try.

That saw Bristol lead 33-28with 13 minutes to go – bu t ,even though they had trailedup to that point in the game,the winger said: “There wasnever any panic under theposts. It was always a case of,‘t h at ’s what’s wrong, let’s fixit’.”

Bryan Rennie crashed overto give Bristol a 10-point lead,before Chris Elder’s late pen-alty saw Plymouth – who hadalready secured a try-scoring

bonus point – gain a losingbonus point as well.Plymouth Albion: C Elder; T Bowen, BWoods (H Stevens 58), T Howley-Berridge, JArnott; D Cusack (J Shanahan 73), P Rowley; BRogers (M Rice 73), M Crumpton (G Evans 80),D Morton, D Williams (H Tovey 65), I Ascroft-Leigh, S-M Stephen, R Langley (E Grace 52), ROakley (capt). Rep not used: C Setter.Scorers: Tries – Bowen (3), Arnott. Cons –Cusack (4). Pen – Elder.Sin-binned: Arnott (36-45, deliberate knock-on).Bristol: J Tovey; G Watkins, A Short (B Rennie52), B Mosses (T Roberts 80), R Edwards; NRobinson, J Grindal (R Tipuna 45); K Traynor (MLilley 80), O Hayes (R Johnston 45), B Douglas,G Townson, M Sorenson (capt), I Grieve (MMama 49), J Merriman (M Eadie 76), BSkirving.Scorers: Tries – Skirving, Watkins (3),Robinson, Rennie. Cons – Robinson (4).Referee: D Rose. Att: 2,216.

Players battled way through outstanding comeback – RobinsonBY STEVE COTTON

Andy Robinson hailed hisBristol team’s togethernessand character, after theyfought back from 14-0 and 21-5down to secure a bonus-point38-31 victory over PlymouthAlbion at Brickfields.

Bristol’s result, plus LondonWe l s h ’s win at Leeds yesterday,means Sunday’s clash betweenWelsh and Bristol at theKassam Stadium will see thetop two sides in the GKIPAChampionship face each other.

But Bristol will only go intothat match in second placeafter a show of character com-pleted their fightback inD evo n .

“We could have easily justcapitulated – and I thoughtwhat the players did to keeptheir control in their secondhalf, and to keep hold of theball, was outstanding. I’m de-lighted for us to come back inthat way,” said director ofrugby Robinson.

“We gave 21 points to Ply-mouth in the game, but I want

to give credit to Plymouth forthe way they defended, the waythey came off the line, the op-portunities they took – andalso the way they played in thatfirst 25 minutes.

“They had real bite in thatfirst 25 minutes and they putus under pressure andknocked us off our game. Butthe pleasing thing for us is thatwe came back and recoveredfrom it.”

One of the reasons behindBristol’s recovery was the factRobinson was able to intro-

duce quality players from thebench, with Ross Johnston,Ruki Tipuna and Marco Mamaall entering the fray whenAlbion led 28-19.

“We ’re pleased about thebench we have and we want touse the impact of the bench,”he said. “T hat’s the beauty ofhaving the squad we’ve got –yo u ’re bringing on players ofreal quality. Marco coming offthe bench again showed thepower that he has, and I thinkRuki is in real form at themoment.

“When you’re bringingMarco and Ruki on, they aretwo players who are playingwell – and they added to thetempo of our game.”

Robinson had challenged hisplayers in pre-season to ensurethey turned three-try perform-ances into bonus points – andthey have heeded his wordswith five bonus-point wins inthe league. He added: “We ’revery confident that we’re goingto have those scoring rushes –it’s just important for us to beable to be accurate.”

Marco Mama is tackled during the match at Plymouth in the GKIPA Championship PICTURE: DAN MULLAN PINNACLE

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Nick Gait dives over to put home side Lydney in front against Barnstaple

Lydney need a second half surge to maintain run

Leaders Hartpury drive theirway to another eight tries

Cheltenhamfall to leadersOXFORD HARLEQUINS 55CHELTENHAM 3

Cheltenham could not livewith leaders Oxford Quins asthey kept up their 100 per centrun in South West One East.

Quins soon opened their ac-count with hooker DylanRodrigues bursting over forthe opening try with ZacNorris converting.

Captain Luke Brownpounced on a charge downclearance for an unconvertedtry to lead 12-0.

Cheltenham kicked a pen-alty from Ollie Young in the22nd minute.

In the 37th minute Quinsseized upon a misguided kickwith Adam Purchase crashingover for try. Norris converted.

Quins veteran centre KeniFilisau waltzed through the de-fence for a try. Norris againconverted to give Quins a 26-3half-time lead.

Norris added a try after theb re a k .

Cheltenham had FrazerGoatcher and Rory Jacksonhelped from the field so theyhad to play their two replace-ments. Cheltenham vice-pres-ident Roger Whitfield wasforced into touch judge dutycomplete with club tie andblaz er.

Jackson Achiles scoring thesixth try with Norris convert-ing to stretch the lead 38-3.

Adam Walch, Alain John-sonand centre Mike Leegrabbed more tries.

Will Hill completed the scor-ing with a conversion.

HARPURY COLLEGE 50EXMOUTH 10

Hartpury extended their leadat the top of National TwoSouth with an emphatic homevictory over struggling Ex-mouth.

With a gale of a wind blowingdown the pitch, it was a day forthe forwards as six of theg ame’s 10 tries were scoreddirectly from driving lin-e o u t s.

The hosts played into theelements in the first half andfound it difficult to adapt, withkicking almost out of the ques-tion and passes blown astraywith frustrating frequency.

But Hartpury’s class showedafter the interval as they dom-inated Exmouth in every de-

partment to notch up a fifthstraight win, their longest un-beaten streak at this level, andleave the Devonians rooted tothe bottom of the table.

The visitors drew first blood

when Jack Fahy touched downat the back of a driving maul.Hartpury struck straight backas Jaike Carter gathered BillyBur ns’ chip to release Ben Vel-lacott, with Burns converting.

But Exmouth continued toutilise the wind to good effectand another catch-and-drivesaw Fahy’s second-row partnerStuart Lowe claim five points.

The home side, however,went into the break in frontwhen Craig Jackson’s pop offthe floor located Burns, whoraced home from halfway.

Will Tanner then extendedHar tpury’s advantage shortlyafter half time from a drivenlineout, a feat repeated by hisreplacement Chris Fortey 10minutes later.

With the bonus point se-cured, the college turned thescrew and the outstandingAlex Woodburn finished offanother rolling maul on theh o u r.

Andy Chesters combined

with Gloucester starlet RossMoriarty, returning after ashoulder reconstruction, andWoodburn six minutes later torelease Steph Reynolds outwide for the sixth try, withJackson slotting the conver-sion nonchalantly.

A tiring Exmouth were re-duced to 14 men when ChrisBentley was sin-binned, andHartpury piled on the miserywith two further seven-point-ers through scrum-half GrantHancox and openside Wood-burn in the closing stages.

Hancox, on to replace Vel-lacott, made an instant impactas he darted over from a base ofa five-metre scrum, beforeWoodburn capped yet anothercatch-and-drive to bag a fourthtry in two games.

Fi s h e r ’s kickseals late winOLD PATESIANS 20AVONMOUTH OLD BOYS 17

Old Patesians bounced back towinning ways in tough con-ditions at Everest Road to leaveMouth still searching for thatelusive first win in NationalThree South West.

Avonmouth inside centreSam Thompson crashed overto the right of the posts earlyon.

Pat s ’ James Pettigrew, in his200th game for the club, wassent to the sin-bin.

Pats battled back with a tryfrom Ben Spry midwaythrough the half with JamesButler adding the extras.

Billy Reynolds scored underthe posts for Avonmouth. AndyTaylor added the conversion togive Mouth a 12-7 lead.

After half time the Old Patsback line broke through andscored just right of the postsfrom a loose penalty kick totouch from Taylor with JamesAherne getting the touchdownand Butler converting.

Taylor atoned for his errorwhen he was set free on thehalf way. Direct running andgood timing saw the full-backlink up with Reynolds whoraced over for his second tryout wide to level the scores.

James Fisher stepped up inthe final seconds of the game touse the wind to get his 60 metrekick over the crossbar leavingthe visitors with their fourthlosing bonus point in success-ive weeks.

Chippenham indanger zoneCHIPPENHAM 7 BRACKNELL 22

Chippenham suffered theirseventh defeat of the season totake them in to the league’sbottom three in NationalThree South West.

The visitors started stronglyand a blindside break from ascrum by No 8 Nico Mayburysaw the ball find wing BenYates at pace for giving thescoring pass to flanker GeorgeMilligan with full-back ChrisLaidler converting.

Chippenham dominated buttheir drives were repelled. Thehalf time team talk from coachRory Greenslade-Jones, theformer Gloucester centre/wing, sparked life back in tothe Bracknell side. WingStuart Mackay made a breakand flicked the ball for centreTom Saunders to score.

From a lineout, Chippen-ham wing Ryan Surry found agap to touch down by the postsand scrum-half Andy Willam-son converted to signal a pos-sible comeback.

This was short-lived, as froma penalty for a high tackle, adrive by Maybury was held upover the try line and from theensuing scrum Laidler scored.The visitors secured a bonuspoint through Mackay’s touch-down in the final minutes.� Paul Knight was the man ofthe match on his debut as OldCentralians gained their firstwin by 11-10 over Amersham &Chilter n.

Rob Jones scored Old Centsonly try of the game with JoelJames adding two penalties toend a run of eight defeats.

Old Reds hangon for the drawOLD REDCLIFFIANS 10REDINGENSIANS 10

Old Redcliffians were reducedto 13 players during part of thesecond half of their game atScotland Lane against third-placed Redingensians, whohave a slender points differ-ence on their hosts.

Flanker Jed Hooper was sentin the sin-bin early in the firsthalf with Redingensiansscrum-half James Brooks land-ing the resultant penalty. But ittook another 30 minutes beforeOld Reds troubled the score-b o a rd .

Right wing Henry Birdcrossed for the opening try ofthe game with fly-half JackSteer, who had missed two pen-alty attempts, added the con-version to give the home side a7-3 lead at the break.

The Rams had the advantageafter the restart of playingdown the slope and prop JamesBaker was stopped short of theline. Hooker Tom Owen was upin support to cross the white-wash from close range.

Brooks converted to restorethe lead for Rams but this wasshort-lived as they were pen-alised for collapsing a scrum.Steer slotted the ball betweenthe upright to level the scores.

Devon referee Sara Cox thenreached for her yellow cardagain when she first sent No 8Dan Fry to the sin bin followedthree minutes later by hookerSaul Nelson. But the home sidemanaged to hang on for thed r aw.

LYDNEY 27 BARNSTAPLE 12

Lydney continue to head theSSE National Three SouthWest table but the Severn-siders were made to battle tokeep their unbeaten homere c o rd .

Centre Jimmy Manleyopened the visitors accountwith a try after just fiveminutes which full-back MattDown converted. But Barumwere reduced to 13 men on thepitch for the final minutes ofthe half.

Flanker Mike Peek andcentre Tom Heard were in thesin-bin allowing the home side

to come back with a try fromreplacement Matt Boobyer.But the visitors mustered alltheir remaining resources toregain the lead before theb re a k .

A catch and all out drive sawflanker Winston James crossthe whitewash to give Barum a12-5 half time lead.

The second half was a com-plete reversal of the first, as thehome pack took control.

The visitors were not helpedby losing their influential out-side half Steve Perry, but thehome side were far more de-cisive in all aspects of theirp l ay.

On 49 minutes scrum-halfSam Arnott was on hand toghost over after Barnstaplewere driven back at a scrumand Tony Wicks converted torestore parity to the scorel i n e.

Lydney, led by the outstand-ing Arnott, were now callingthe shots, with Barnstaplebeing penned in their own halffor long periods. Jack O’Con-nell was the catalyst for thenext score when his break wascarried on by Nick Gait whodived over to put the home sidein front. The conversion wasmissed but Lydney led 17-12.

Lydney suffered an injury

blow of their own when outsidehalf Danny Trigg had to leavethe field with a knee injurymidway through the secondperiod. Barnstaple once againincurred the wrath of the ref-eree and received the thirdyellow card of the game, whichresulted in a simple penaltythat Tony Wicks duly conver-ted.

The decisive bonus point trywas well worth the wait as TiaLakabuka collected a kick andset off on a jinking run thatresulted in him touching downnear the posts, allowing Wicksthe formality of adding thee x t r a s.

Billy Burnswas againin thepoints forHartpury

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Saker wantsmore fromthe tall trioCRICKET

BY DAVID CLOUGH

England face a “hell of a hardselection” to decide which oftheir tall fast bowlers sneaksinto the team for the firstAshes Test if all three producetheir true ability over the nexttwo weeks.

None did so, despite agradual improvement, in thedrawn tour opener against aWestern Australia Chairman’sXI in Perth. But, as the touristsembarked for cooler climes inTasmania, bowling coachDavid Saker made it clear he isexpecting Boyd Rankin,Steven Finn and Chris Trem-lett to continue to up theirg ames.

Their first opportunity inthe middle, potentially, will beagainst Australia A in Hobartin a four-day match starting onWednesday, although the ex-pected return of rested seamerStuart Broad and off-spinnerGraeme Swann for that fixturemeans all three are unlikely tobe in action together again.

One, or possibly two, willhave a chance to win over theselectors again in the nets butwill have to wait until Tuesdaybecause England, who flewinto a rain and hailstorm inHobart, will be having a daywithout practice first.

There were signs of sortsfrom all three of England’s 6ft7in-plus fast bowlers that theywere clicking back into geartowards the end of the match atthe WACA.

But there needed to be afterthey recorded combined first-innings figures of two for 303,with linchpin James Andersonand part-timers Ben Stokesand Joe Root all more success-ful.

Assessing the variousmerits of the three hopefuls,Saker said: “From where I sit,

it’s exciting. I’m sure it isn’tfrom where they sit. But it’salways good having compet-ition for spots because thenyou get probably the best out ofeveryone. If all of them bowl attheir maximum, it’s going tobe a hell of a hard selection.”

He admitted to having had afew frowns while the three tallmen were all going at morethan four-an-over first time

the others down a bit. He’s likeMaster Oats in that he’s allguts. He’s not easy to train,he’s a box walker but he’s gotg u t s. ”

Tidal Bay got the biggest

time, seemed to bond imme-diately with him as he finishedwith a flourish to beat AlanKing’s Medinas.

Nicholls said of his 11-4winner: “He deserves to go forthe Betfair Chase, I think, he’sin the Hennessy but if it’s softhe’ll probably go to Haydockalong with Silviniaco Conti.Sam gave him a great ride, he’spotentially a top-class jockey.”

Twiston-Davies had earlierridden his first winner forNicholls as Valco De Touzaine(6-4 favourite) made every yardin the three-runner bet365.comN ov i c e s ’ Limited HandicapC h a s e.

Nicholls was also on themark at Down Royal, with theNick Scholfield-ridden RollingAces giving the Ditcheat maes-tro a sixth successive win in

the Powers Irish WhiskeyChase. The Paddy Power GoldCup at Cheltenham or the JohnDurkan are possible options.

Star turn on the big card inNorthern Ireland was theGordon Elliott-trained Roi DuMee, who ran out a surprisewinner of the JNwine.comChampion Chase, beatingSizing Europe.

European runners hit thejackpot at Santa Anita, cour-tesy of brilliant Ryan Mooreefforts in the saddle on Dankfor Sir Michael Stoute in theFilly & Mare Turf and, in par-ticular, on Aidan O’B r i e n’saptly-named Magician in theT u r f.

The latter mowed down JohnG o s d e n’s The Fugue closehome, leaving her rider Wil-liam Buick distraught.

HORSE RACING

There will have been times inthe last few years that KimBailey might have been for-given for wondering if hewould ever grace the top tableof the jumping game again.

The man responsible forequine heroes like MasterOats, Alderbrook and Mr Friskhas been some time in the re-lative wilderness – but hadlong held faith that HarryTopper would be the horse toget his name back in lights.

That belief never wavered,even during a disappointingend to the last campaign, and itall came together as he cameout on top in the bet365 CharlieHall Chase at Wetherby undera fine Jason Magurie ride.

Harry Topper arrived in

West Yorkshire looking fit andwas well-backed as the 5-1second-favourite behind dualKing George winner LongRun, sent off at odds-on.

However, Sam Waley-Cohenwas sending out distress sig-nals early in the straight onNicky Henderson’s charge,who returned a dirty scopeafter the race.

Harry Topper jumpedsketchily early on and droppedhimself out, but on the secondcircuit he swept around thefield and in the end battled itout with Wayward Prince andprevailed by a neck.

Bailey said: “I’ve alwayshoped for big things from him,but he’s had a problem with hisjumping. He doesn’t want softground for his jumping but heneeds soft ground to help slow

I always had faith in gutsy Harry Topper, says trainer Bailey

England bowler Boyd Rankin appealing for a wicket in Perth PICTURE: TRAVIS HAYTO/AP

Tony McCoy moved to withinfour victories of 4,000 winnersover jumps when OscarFortune and Red Lion Rockstruck at Carlisle yesterday.

He now heads to Kemptontoday for three rides.

Cloudy Too made animpressive seasonal return inthe Colin Parker MemorialIntermediate Chase and couldnow run in the Hennessy atN ew bu r y.

Wolverhampton – (five-year record)Top Trainers (with runners): P Evans 97-907 (10.7%), M Johnston 91-494 (18.4%), TDascombe 65-352 (18.5%), K Ryan 58-420(13.8%), M W Easterby 54-414 (13%), D Shaw53-533 (9.9%), I Williams 45-315 (14.3%), JOsborne 43-294 (14.6%), R C Guest 39-433(9%), B Ellison 38-278 (13.7%), Sir M Prescott37-176 (21%), K Dalgleish 33-188 (17.6%).Top Jockeys (with mounts): L Morris 125-1333 (9.4%), A Kirby 117-681 (17.2%), JFanning 114-697 (16.4%), G Gibbons 100-761(13.1%), S W Kelly 83-685 (12.1%), R Winston76-524 (14.5%), S De Sousa 59-361 (16.3%),S Sanders 52-362 (14.4%), W Carson 50-482(10.4%), D Probert 46-490 (9.4%), D Sweeney40-389 (10.3%), L Keniry 38-539 (7%).Favourites: 1281-3999 (32.0%).Longest traveller: Captain Baldwin (4.55),Rasaman (3.55), Baker’s Pursuit (2.15),Rothesay Chancer (3.20) 286 miles.Kempton – (five-year record) TopTrainers (with runners): N Henderson 61-193 (31.6%), P Nicholls 28-129 (21.7%), AKing 23-156 (14.7%), P Hobbs 19-99 (19.2%),G L Moore 9-126 (7.1%), Miss E Lavelle 8-48(16.7%), W Greatrex 7-50 (14%), T R George6-38 (15.8%), D Pipe 6-47 (12.8%), P Webber6-64 (9.4%), Jonjo O’Neill 6-66 (9.1%), KBailey 5-36 (13.9%). Top Jockeys (withmounts): B J Geraghty 41-116 (35.3%), RJohnson 16-102 (15.7%), W Hutchinson 15-83(18.1%), A P McCoy 13-100 (13%), P Brennan11-71 (15.5%), J Maguire 9-53 (17%), RThornton 9-90 (10%), D O’Regan 5-37(13.5%), S Twiston-Davies 4-22 (18.2%), RMcLernon 4-26 (15.4%), D Costello 4-30(13.3%), T Scudamore 4-53 (7.5%).Favourites: 126-333 (37.8%).Kempton going: Good (Good to soft inplaces) (GoingStick: Chase 7.3, Hurdle 7.0).Longest traveller: Porters War (3.45) 162milesPlumpton – (five-year record) TopTrainers (with runners): G L Moore 29-169 (17.2%), J W Mullins 14-117 (12%), CGordon 9-91 (9.9%), Jim Best 8-61 (13.1%),Miss Z Davison 8-77 (10.4%), B Powell 7-48(14.6%), Miss E Lavelle 6-41 (14.6%), Miss SWest 6-52 (11.5%), J Geake 5-25 (20%), JonjoO’Neill 5-47 (10.6%), H Fry 4-4 (100%), AHoneyball 4-13 (30.8%). Top Jockeys (withmounts): N Fehily 17-59 (28.8%), J Moore15-142 (10.6%), P Moloney 14-53 (26.4%), MGoldstein 13-116 (11.2%), T Cannon 12-116(10.3%), T J O’Brien 10-46 (21.7%), JoshuaMoore 10-51 (19.6%), L Aspell 10-110 (9.1%),A Thornton 7-87 (8.1%), F de Giles 6-24(25%), G Sheehan 6-28 (21.4%), M Batchelor5-81 (6.2%). Favourites: 172-481 (35.8%).Longest traveller: Actodos (4.05), DelphiMountain (1.50), Gospel Preacher (2.25) 195miles.Plumpton going: Good to soft (Soft inplaces) (GoingStick: Hurdle 7.0, Chase 6.7).Visored for the first time –Wolverhampton: 2.50 Monty Fay; 4.25Reflection.Blinkered for the first time –Wolverhampton: 2.50 Bapak Pesta; 5.55Maoi Chinn Tire.Cheek pieces – Kempton: 2.05 Cinevator,2.40 Pateese(*), Seventh Sign(*), 3.45 Lemon’sGent Lucy’s Legend, Points of View, SyntheDavis, 4.15 Khazium Rachael’s Ruby.Plumpton: 12.50 Heading To First, 1.50 JustBeware, 2.25 Gospel Preacher(*), Orvita(*)Smart Exit(*), 3.30 Bobbits Way, Carbis Bay,4.05 Bold Tara Landenstown Star, Morestead,Osmosia, Phar Away Island Proud Times, RegalPark, Shot In The Dark(*). Wolverhampton:2.15 Hot Sugar, 3.20 Above The Stars(*), 3.55Athenian(*), Bronze Beau Desert Strike, MappinTime, Rio’s Pearl(*), 4.55 Joshua The First 5.25Aalim, Argaum, Sonny Jim, 5.55 Opus.(*) = horses wearing cheek pieces for the firsttime.Tongue straps – Kempton: 1.05Ballygrooby Bertie, 1.35 Always Smiling, Ifits AFiddle, 2.40 Grands Crus, The Crafty Butcher,Like Minded, 3.10 Theatre Guide, 3.45 VioletsBoy, Points of View, Lucy’s Legend, 4.15 BollinJudith, Khazium. Plumpton: 12.50Enchanting Smile, 1.20 Blue Buttons, 1.50Kalamill, Delphi Mountain, 3.30 MisterWiseman, 4.05 Shot In The Dark, Osmosia,Bold Tara, Landenstown Star.Wolverhampton: 2.15 Haadeeth, 2.50 DearMaurice, Invigilator, French Press, Monty Fay,3.20 Decision By One, 3.55 Johnny Cavagin,Bronze Beau, 5.25 Argaum, Asian Prince, 5.55Linkable.TV – At The Races: Plumpton,Wolverhampton. Racing UK: Kempton.

some really good spells undertheir belts and all of themlooked better as the game wenton. That is a pleasing sign.”

The inclusion of all three tallfast bowlers in England’s ini-tial squad – at the expense, forexample, of Graham Onions’seam and swing – raised eye-b row s.

But Saker said: “T hey’ve allgot their own things they’ve

done really well for us. Weknow Steven Finn’s a goodwicket-taker – he does thatevery time he plays for us.

“B oyd ’s inclusion in the one-day series [at home to Aus-tralia in September] was a rev-elation, he was fantastic.

“And we don’t have to talktoo much about Chris Trem-lett’s 2010-11 tour.”

There is good reason to

expect conditions in Tasmaniawill be more to the seamers’liking, according to Saker.

He said: “T raditionally,Hobart in the last three or fouryears has moved around a littlebit more.

“I think our bowlers willprobably enjoy that. But it willbe a tough game. The AustraliaA team looks a really strongo n e. ”

TrainerKim Baileygot hisreward

cheer of the afternoon for win-ning back-to-back bet365Hurdles. Paul Nicholls hasreally found the key to GrahamWy l i e ’s veteran and Sam Twis-ton-Davies, riding for the first

SCOREBOARDPerth. Overnight: WESTERN AUSTRALIA CHAIRMAN’S XIDREW WITH ENGLAND XI. Chairman’s XI 451-5 dec (C ALynn 104, L J C Towers 77, M S Harris 69, A J Turner 62no,M R Marsh 58, J Allenby 53), England XI 270-2 (M ACarberry 78, I R Bell 77no, I J L Trott 64no).

ENGLAND XI First Innings – continuedI J L Trott not out .......................................................... 113I R Bell retd out ............................................................ 115G S Ballance c Triffitt b Duffield ........................................ 0M J Prior c Triffitt b Duffield .............................................. 4B A Stokes c Triffitt b Allenby ........................................... 4S T Finn b Beer ............................................................... 15C T Tremlett lbw b Beer .................................................... 0J M Anderson c Triffitt b Allenby ....................................... 8W B Rankin c Triffitt b Allenby .......................................... 0Extras (lb2, w2, nb14, pens 0) ........................................ 18TOTAL (101.5 overs) ..................................................... 391Fall (continued): 3-330, 4-334, 5-338, 6-347, 7-382, 8-382,9-391.Bowling: Cockley 3-0-7-0, Duffield 23.3-3-96-2, Dixon18.3-1-107-0, Beer 28-6-87-2, Allenby 22.5-6-58-4, Turner6-0-34-1.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA CHAIRMAN’S XI SecondInnings

L J C Towers c Anderson b Rankin .................................... 1M S Harris lbw b Rankin ................................................. 22C A Lynn not out ............................................................ 61M R Marsh lbw b Finn .................................................... 62T I F Triffitt c Prior b Finn .................................................. 0A J Turner lbw b Tremlett ............................................... 12J Allenby not out .............................................................. 7Extras (b2, nb1, pens 0) .................................................... 3TOTAL (for 5 wkts, 39 overs) ........................................ 168Fall: 1-9, 2-24, 3-124, 4-126, 5-149.Did not bat: B T Cockley, M W Dixon, R Duffield, M ABeer.Bowling: Tremlett 8-1-35-1, Rankin 9-2-34-2, Stokes4-1-18-0, Finn 10-1-53-2, Root 8-1-26-0.

round against a second-stringbatting line-up.

Saker said: “I could havebeen happier, we could havebowled them out for 100 and100. But it was a flat wicket;they batted particularly well –and in the end it was a reallygood work-out for our guys.”

Rankin, Tremlett and Finnshared all the wickets as theirhosts closed on 168 for fivedeclared in the second innings,and Saker added: “They got

TODAY’S RACING STATISTICS

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1.05 WEATHERBYS BANK NOVICES’ HURDLE(Class 4) 2m 4yo plus Winner £3,899

1 41 VOLNAY DE THAIX (139) N Henderson 4-11-5 B J Geraghty2 36-74 BALLYGROOBY BERTIE (11) (T) F O’Brien 5-10-12 P Brennan3 BUGLER’S DREAM (F886) J P Ferguson 5-10-12 D O’Regan4 24/7 CAPE BRETON (176) P Chamings 7-10-12 N De Boinville(5)5 144 CHALK IT DOWN (18) W Greatrex 4-10-12 A P McCoy6 67U-6 DAN’S WEE MAN (190) A Turnell 4-10-12 J Banks(5)7 18/ DEVON DRUM (F25) P Webber 5-10-12 L Treadwell8 339 GRAND MARCH (18) K Bailey 4-10-12 E Cookson(5)9 30 IGUACU (29) R J Price 9-10-12 R Johnson10 0 JOIN THE CLAN (177) Jonjo O’Neill 4-10-12 R McLernon11 4 KING’S OPUS (169) K Bailey 4-10-12 J Maguire12 MR FICKLE (F27) G L Moore 4-10-12 Joshua Moore(3)13 06 NO ROUTINE (4) Jonjo O’Neill 4-10-12 D Costello14 78 QASSER (9) H Whittington 4-10-12 J M Davies15 192-1 SEEDLING (30) (H) C Egerton 4-10-12 S Twiston-Davies16 MARIET (F27) (H) Miss S Smith 4-10-5 W Hutchinson17 NORFOLK SKY (F41) Mrs L Mongan 4-10-5 N Adams(10)18 SISTER GURU (F165) P Hedger 4-10-5 C Wallis(5)2012: Golden Hoof 4-10-12, A Tinkler 7-2 (N Henderson), 9 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 2 Volnay De Thaix, 6 Seedling, 15-2 Devon Drum, 10 Bugler’s Dream, Chalk It Down, 12 Join The Clan, King’s Opus, Mr Fickle, 16 Others.

1.35 ‘NATIONAL HUNT’ NOVICES’ HURDLE(4) 2m 5f 4yo plus Winner £3,899

1 55-15 JACK BY THE HEDGE (13) Mrs C Keevil 4-11-5 I Popham2 132- CAPTAIN CUTTER (193) N Henderson 6-10-12 A P McCoy3 74- FINE WORDS (217) A King 5-10-12 R Thornton4 3/F0-0 HERE I AM (175) Mrs D Grissell 6-10-12 S Thomas5 P221- MR GREY (217) B Case 5-10-12 S Twiston-Davies6 7- NASH POINT (221) T Vaughan 4-10-12 R Johnson7 2-34 REVERB (147) (BF) N Henderson 4-10-12 B J Geraghty8 P1- ALWAYS SMILING (330) (T) C Mann 6-10-5 Mr H Bannister(7)9 210- IFITS A FIDDLE (247) (T) R Phillips 4-10-5 W Hutchinson2012: Kaysersberg 5-10-12, A Merriam(3) 9-2 (N King), 11 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 5-6 Captain Cutter, 5 Reverb, 8 Mr Grey, 10 Ifits A Fiddle, 12 Always Smiling, Fine Words, 16 Jack By The Hedge, 25 Nash Point, 50 Here I Am.

2.05 NOVICES’ LIMITED HANDICAP CHASE(3) 3m 4yo plus Winner £6,498

1 0-1182 CINEVATOR (8) (P;D) Mrs C Keevil 6-11-5 James Best(3)2 114-55 ANNACOTTY (13) (BF,D) M Keighley 5-11-4 I Popham3 /315-U MIDNIGHT OSCAR (8) (BF,D) K Bailey 6-11-3 J Maguire4 /346P- OFF THE GROUND (247) Miss E Lavelle 7-11-2 A Coleman5 /511-0 SUPER VILLAN (171) (D) M Bradstock 8-11-1 N De Boinville(5)6 15831- BILLY DUTTON (202) (D) C Down 7-11-1 J M Davies7 F443P- DUKE OF MONMOUTH (240) C Mann 6-11-1 S Twiston-Davies8 /422-3 PRESENT VIEW (20) (BF,D) J Snowden 5-10-13 B J Powell9 32326- VIA SUNDOWN (211) G L Moore 5-10-7 Joshua Moore(3)10 S4278- BADGERS COVE (201) (D) R Dickin 9-10-6 C Poste2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 4 Midnight Oscar, 11-2 Present View, 6 Super Villan, 7 Billy Dutton, Via Sundown, 15-2 Annacotty, 8 Cinevator, 10 Off The Ground, 12 Others. Form MIDNIGHT OSCAR 5-1fav (11-3) Behind, went left 3rd, went badly

left and unseated rider 5th, in a race won by Deciding Moment (10-7) at Wincanton 2m 5f nov hcp chs 0-125 (3) gd in Oct, 16 ran. PRESENT VIEW 2-1fav (10-12) Mid-division, closed after 2nd, challenged after 3 out until before last, one pace and no impression on front pair, 3rd of 12, 10l behind Oscar Fortune (10-12) at Huntingdon 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) sft in Oct. SUPER VILLAN 20-1 (10-6) Led until 6th, ridden 8th, lost place before 4 out, tailed off, 21st of 22, well behind Trackmate (11-1) at Aintree 3m hcp hdl 0-135 (3) gd in May. BILLY DUTTON 14-1 (10-11) Held up mid-division, headway before 5 out,challenged 3 out, led 2 out, kept on well, went badly left last 50 yards, won at Exeter 2m 7f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) sft in Apr beating Fourovakind (11-9) by 1l, 12 ran. VIA SUNDOWN 33-1 (11-0) Mid-division, head-way to chase leaders 4 out, driven in 4th after 3 out, chasing leading pair when mis-take next, lost 3rd well before last, weakened before last, 6th of 15, 12l behind Forresters Folly (11-0) at Ascot 2m 3f mdn hdl (4) gd in Apr. ANNACOTTY 9-4fav (11-0) Mistakes, tracked leader, hit 1st, mistake 3rd and lost place, never travelled or jumped with any fluency in rear after, lost touch 7th, continued tailed off, 5th of 6, 17l behind Red Riverman (10-9) at Exeter 2m 1f (3) gs in Oct. CINEVATOR 50-1 (11-2) Led until 2nd, chased leaders, left 2nd at 11th, pushed along and every chance 3 out, ridden chasing winner from next, driven one pace and held before last, 2nd of 16, 5l behind Deciding Moment (10-7) at Wincanton 2m 5f nov hcp chs 0-125 (3) gd in Oct. OFF THE GROUND 14-1 (11-8) Towards rear, not fluent 4th, behind 8th, pulled up after next, in a race won by Buck Magic (11-8) at Newbury 3m hcp hdl 0-130 (3) gs in Mar, 12 ran. DUKE OF MONMOUTH 11-2 (11-7) Prominent, lost place approaching 5th, behind 7th, soon pulled up, in a race won by Fourovakind (11-9) at Chepstow 3m hcp hdl 0-120 (4) sft in Mar, 13 ran. BADGERS COVE 33-1 (10-13) Led 2nd until 4th, led 7th, not fluent 16th, headed 20th, led when not fluent 4 out, headed before next, lost place before 2 out, no impression when bumped and hampered last, 8th of 15, 11l behind Top Dancer (10-8) at Cheltenham 3m 4f hcp chs 0-130 (3) gs in Apr.

2.40 PERTEMPS NETWORK HANDICAP HURDLE(2) 2m 5f 4yo plus Winner £11,574

1 /P3P7- GRANDS CRUS (212) (T;C,D) D Pipe 8-11-12 T Scudamore2 13-411 THE CRAFTY BUTCHER (30) (T) M Hourigan (IRE) 6-10-10 B J Geraghty3 01-025 PATEESE (F10) (P;BF,D) P Hobbs 8-10-5 R Johnson4 1P21- SEVENTH SIGN (192) (P) A King 4-10-3 W Hutchinson5 1313-U GOD’S OWN (23) (BF) T R George 5-10-0 P Brennan6 0/334- LIKE MINDED (428) (T;CD) D Skelton 9-10-0 H Skelton2012: Fox Appeal 5-11-10, D Costello 15-2 (Miss E Lavelle), 11 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 2 Grands Crus, 10-3 Seventh Sign, 7-2 The Crafty Butcher, 11-2 God’s Own, 8 Pateese, 12 Like Minded. Form GRANDS CRUS 8-1 (11-7) Held up behind, headway before 9th, went

5th before 3 out, weakened before last, 7th of 13, 27l behind Solwhit (11-7) at Aintree 3m hdl G1 (1) gs in Apr. SEVENTH SIGN 3-1 (10-13) Tracked lead-ers, took keen hold, went 2nd 3rd, led after 3 out, not fluent 2 out, clear last, ran on well, won at Chepstow 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Apr beating Kilmurvy (11-5) by 5l, 12 ran. THE CRAFTY BUTCHER 7-2 (11-2) Waited with, soon in mid-division, 8th 4 out, chased leaders from next, ridden in 4th before straight, 3rd 2 out, 2nd and left with every chance from last, stayed on well run-in to edge ahead closing stages, won at Gowran Park 3m in Oct beating Aughnacurraveel (10-11) by 1/2l, 16 ran. GOD’S OWN 7-2fav (11-3) Took keen hold, held up in mid-division, headway and staying on when badly hampered and unseated rider 2 out (normal 3 out), in a race won by Hidden Identity (10-9) at Chepstow 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-140 (3) gd in Oct, 12 ran. PATEESE 9-4fav (11-7) Tracked leaders, not fluent and ridden 4 out, blundered next, soon beaten, weakened 2 out, 5th of 8, 26l behind Big Talk (11-0) at Stratford 2m 7f nov chs (4) gs in Sep. LIKE MINDED 20-1 (11-8) Held up in last pair, headway to 5th before 2 out, stayed on same pace last, 4th of 11, 7l behind Premier Dane (11-9) at Newton Abbot 2m 6f hcp hdl (2) sft in Sep ‘12.

3.10 WEATHERBYS GRADUATION CHASE(2) 2m 4f 110yds 4yo plus Winner £12,512

1 /1P6-5 SIR DU BEARN (9) (D) R Dickin 7-11-9 C Poste2 6P0F-8 SOLIX (22) (D) I Williams 7-11-9 J Maguire3 3PFP1- THEATRE GUIDE (195) (T) C Tizzard 6-11-9 J Tizzard4 F2235- HADRIAN’S APPROACH (191) N Henderson 6-11-6 B J Geraghty5 41523- BURY PARADE (216) (BF) P Nicholls 7-11-2 S Twiston-Davies6 51P1-U LE REVE (10) (CD) Mrs L Wadham 5-10-12 D Costello2012: Ghizao 8-11-9, R Walsh 4-7 Fav (P Nicholls), 3 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 13-8 Hadrian’s Approach, 9-4 Theatre Guide, 7-2 Bury Parade, 10 Solix, 12 Le Reve, 16 Sir Du Bearn. Form HADRIAN’S APPROACH 7-1 (11-10) Held up in mid-division, head-

way approaching 3 out, blundered 2 out, stayed on flat, never going pace to reach leaders, 5th of 19, 18l behind Quentin Collonges (10-12) at Sandown 3m 5f hcp chs G3 (1) gd in Apr. THEATRE GUIDE 2-1fav (11-8) Tracked leaders, left 2nd when hampered 5th, challenging when left in lead 12th, clear 3 out, very easily, won at Newton Abbot 2m 5f nov chs (3) gs in Apr beating Marshal Zhukov (11-5) by 43l, 6 ran. BURY PARADE 6-4fav (11-4) Tracked winner, outpaced, every chance when blundered 2 out, soon ridden, kept on same pace, held when lost 2nd final stride, 3rd of 6, 6l behind Theatrical Star (11-4) at Exeter 2m 3f nov chs (3) gd in Apr. SOLIX 25-1 (10-3) 8th of 10, 24l behind Ceasar’s Palace (10-3) at Auteuil(FR) 2m 3f hcp hdl Grade 3 gd in Oct. LE REVE 10-1 (11-3) Tracked leader, jumped left first, unseated rider 3rd, in a race won by Wonderful Charm (11-3) at Fakenham 2m 5f nov chs (3) gd in Oct, 5 ran. SIR DU BEARN 12-1 (11-12) Held up in last pair, out-paced before 2 out, never on terms, 5th of 8, 17l behind Ikorodu Road (11-5) at Stratford 2m 4f hcp chs 0-135 (3) sft in Oct.

3.45 WEATHERBYS HANDICAP CHASE(4) 2m 4f 110yds 4yo plus Winner £4,549

1 321432 SYNTHE DAVIS (30) (P;D) Mrs L Mongan 8-11-12 H Skelton2 341346 VIOLETS BOY (25) (T;D) B Powell 6-11-12 A Tinkler3 /367-2 FOUNDATION MAN (18) (BF) Jonjo O’Neill 6-11-12 A P McCoy4 /4742P POINTS OF VIEW (37) (P,T;D) K Bailey 8-11-7 J Maguire5 6P44-1 LEMON’S GENT (184) (P;D) P Webber 6-11-3 S P Jones6 332-P8 PORTERS WAR (15) (D) J Scott 11-11-1 M Griffiths(3)7 5222P1 UPTON MEAD (14) (B;CD) K Tork 6-11-0 R Johnson8 -75354 LUCY’S LEGEND (30) (P,T;C) P Henderson 7-10-10 P Brennan2012: Moscow Chancer 6-10-9, P Brennan 7-1 (T R George), 11 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 7-4 Foundation Man, 4 Upton Mead, 5 Lemon’s Gent, 11-2 Synthe Davis, 12 Points of View, Violets Boy, 14 Lucy’s Legend, 16 Porters War. Form FOUNDATION MAN 13-8fav (11-12) With leader, ridden before 4 out,

led before 3 out, headed 2 out, every chance and bumped run-in, just held last strides, 2nd of 14, ns behind Pinkneys Prince (11-10) at Uttoxeter 2m nov hcp chs 0-110 (4) sft in Oct. UPTON MEAD 3-1fav (11-12) Chased leaders, went 2nd 7th, led before 3 out, headed after 3 out, ridden to lead again between last 2, clear approaching last, stayed on well, won at Plumpton 2m 4f hcp chs 0-95 (5) sft in Oct beating Doheny Bar (10-8) by 4 1/2l, 8 ran. LEMON’S GENT 13-2 (11-9) Led, clear 3 out, hit 2 out, 3 1/2 lengths ahead last, ridden out, won at Uttoxeter 2m 5f hcp chs 0-100 (5) gd in May beating Smooth Classic (12-2) by 4l, 13 ran. SYNTHE DAVIS 6-1 (11-10) Held up towards rear, headway before 5 out, went 3rd before 3 out, outpaced from 2 out, stayed on from last, went 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 8, 5l behind Dorset Naga (11-12) at Fontwell 2m 4f hcp chs 0-120 (4) gd in Oct. POINTS OF VIEW 9-1 (11-9) Held up behind, reminders after 4th, struggling 8th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out, in a race won by Little Chip (11-6) at Market Rasen 2m 6f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Sep, 9 ran.

4.15 CONDITIONAL JOCKEYS’ HANDICAP HURDLE(4) 2m 4yo plus Winner £3,249

1 52257- HEADLY’S BRIDGE (202) (D) S Earle 7-11-12 R Hatch(5)2 2423-4 SASH OF HONOUR (30) (V) T Vaughan 4-11-12 Michael Byrne(3)3 74-2 URIAH HEEP (29) A King 4-11-10 T Bellamy(3)4 543-12 BOLLIN JUDITH (54) (T;D) Jim Best 7-11-9 T Whelan5 U9/9-8 LOOKS LIKE SLIM (F46) (D) B De Haan 6-11-4 G Sheehan6 /040-6 REGGIE PERRIN (F100) P Phelan 5-11-2 P Bradley(8)7 17-775 KHAZIUM (70) (P,T;D) Miss C Dyson 4-10-8 Gerald Quinn(6)8 P-36PP RACHAEL’S RUBY (14) (P) R Teal 6-10-6 N Adams(5)9 26464 FLASHY STAR (43) P Henderson 4-10-0 James Best2012: General Ting 7-11-5, M G Nolan 3-1 (Mrs L Wadham), 9 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 11-8 Uriah Heep, 7-2 Sash Of Honour, 11-2 Bollin Judith, 10 Flashy Star, 12 Headly’s Bridge, Reggie Perrin, 14 Looks Like Slim, 20 Khazium, 33 Rachael’s Ruby.

CAPTAIN WESSEX CAPTAIN WESSEX 1.05 — Volnay De Thaix 1.35 — Captain Cutter 2.05 — Present View 2.40 — Grands Crus (nb) 3.10 — Theatre Guide 3.45 — Foundation Man 4.15 — Bollin Judith

12.50 — Ashdown Lad 1.20 — Blue Buttons 1.50 — Raven’s Tower 2.25 — Smart Exit 3.00 — Unidexter 3.30 — Mister Wiseman 4.05 — Morestead

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12.50 AT THE RACES SKY 415 MAIDEN HURDLE(Class 5) 2m 4yo plus Winner £2,053

1 52 ASHDOWN LAD (11) T Symonds 4-11-0 F de Giles2 193-92 AULD STHOCK (14) G L Moore 5-11-0 J Moore3 146-49 EVEN IF (9) Jonjo O’Neill 5-11-0 D Elsworth4 FINLODEX (F18) M McGrath 6-11-0 A Thornton5 0 HEADING TO FIRST (14) (P) P Butler 6-11-0 Kielan Woods(3)6 5-7 LIGHTENTERTAINMENT (23) C Gordon 5-11-0 T Cannon7 355-4 NOBLE FRIEND (14) C Gordon 5-11-0 G Tumelty8 -33457 SLANEY STAR (14) Jim Best 5-11-0 James O’Neill(7)9 23545 SNAPCHAT (14) S Durack 6-11-0 Conor O’Farrell10 TWO SUGARS (F35) Mrs L Mongan 5-11-0 D Bass11 14- UNOWHATIMEANHARRY (223) Mrs H Nelmes 5-11-0 P Moloney12 24633- ENCHANTING SMILE (219) (T) M Gillard 6-10-7 T Phelan13 0 INTO THE WIND (17) Jim Best 6-10-7 Mr T Addis(7)14 SILVER MARIZAH (F49) R Ingram 4-10-7 M Batchelor2012: Pendra 4-11-0, N Fehily 8-13 Fav (C Longsdon), 12 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 13-8 Auld Sthock, 4 Ashdown Lad, 7 Even If, 8 Enchanting Smile, 10 Noble Friend, 12 Snapchat, 14 Unowhatimeanharry, 16 Lightentertainment, 25 Others.

1.20 MARES’ NOVICES’ HURDLE(4) 2m 5f 4yo plus Winner £3,249

1 12-4 BLUE BUTTONS (170) (T) H Fry 5-10-10 N Fehily2 722- BRANTINGHAM BREEZE (269) Miss E Lavelle 5-10-10 G Sheehan(3)3 3/123- CAROLE’S SPIRIT (213) R Walford 5-10-10 F de Giles4 146- FOUNTAINS MARY (205) (C) A Honeyball 5-10-10 Rachael Green(3)5 556 LACUNAE (26) J W Mullins 5-10-10 R Mahon6 0- MISTY MORNIN (205) Miss Z Davison 5-10-10 D Crosse2012: Carole’s Destiny 5-10-10, D Jacob 3-1 (R Walford), 10 ran.BETTING FORECAST: Evens Carole’s Spirit, 3 Blue Buttons, 4 Brantingham Breeze, 8 Fountains Mary, 20 Lacunae, 66 Misty Mornin.

1.50 AT THE RACES VIRGIN 534 HANDICAP HURDLE(4) 2m 3yo plus Winner £3,249

1 25P-31 BORDER STATION (146) (D) Mrs A Batchelor 7-11-12 L Aspell2 2672/7 KALAMILL (38) (T) S Lycett 6-11-12 D Elsworth3 0-9655 DELPHI MOUNTAIN (35) (T;D) R Woollacott 8-11-10 T J O’Brien4 22 RAVEN’S TOWER (26) B Pauling 3-10-13 D Bass5 65948/ HOLD THE BUCKS (697) D Steele 7-10-4 J Moore6 7F8-67 JUST BEWARE (9) (P;CD) Miss Z Davison 11-10-4 D Crosse2012: Just Beware 10-10-5, Gemma G-Davison(5) 20-1 (Miss Z Davison), 9 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 5-4 Border Station, 6-4 Raven’s Tower, 7 Kalamill, 14 Delphi Mountain, 16 Just Beware, 33 Hold The Bucks.

2.25 NOVICES’ HANDICAP CHASE(4) 3m 2f 4yo plus Winner £3,899

1 12-571 SAMINGARRY (8) N Hawke 6-12-5(7ex) M Quinlan(3)2 /243-1 GOSPEL PREACHER (182) (P) R Woollacott 8-11-11 M G Nolan(3)3 P1963- SMART EXIT (207) (P) Mrs P Robeson 6-11-10 J Moore4 423562 ALWAYS BOLD (18) (V) M Keighley 8-11-7 T Siddall5 /138-5 THE INFORMANT (185) J W Mullins 7-11-4 A Thornton6 /P4P61 DAYS OF PLEASURE (12) (B) C Gordon 8-10-5 T Cannon7 7/PPP- ORVITA (195) (P) Mrs H Nelmes 11-10-4 P Moloney2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 9-4 Samingarry, 3 Days Of Pleasure, 4 Gospel Preacher, 9-2 Always Bold, 10 The Informant, Smart Exit, 33 Orvita.

3.00 ATTHERACES.COM JUVENILE HURDLE(4) 2m 3yo Only Winner £3,119

1 1-3 ALDOPICGROS (15) P Nicholls 10-12 N Scholfield2 446P COMPLEXITY (15) (H) J W Mullins 10-12 A Thornton3 6 HERBALIST (11) B Pauling 10-12 D Bass4 F33254 KARL MARX (24) M Gillard 10-12 T Phelan5 U MIGHTY THOR (31) Mrs L Richards 10-12 L Aspell6 33 UNIDEXTER (31) Miss S West 10-12 M Goldstein7 VIOLET DANCER (F140) G L Moore 10-12 J Moore2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 4-6 Aldopicgros, 11-4 Violet Dancer, 8 Unidexter, 14 Karl Marx, 25 Herbalist, Complexity, 33 Mighty Thor. Form ALDOPICGROS 11-4 (10-12) Tracked leading pair, went 2nd before 2

out, challenged 2 out, ridden and every chance when hit last, not quicken flat, 3rd of 10, 3 1/2l behind Duroble Man (10-12) at Kempton 2m 3yo hdl (3) gd in Oct. VIOLET DANCER 10-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders on inside, went 3rd inside final 4f, chased leader inside final 3f, led 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 8, nk behind Poyle Thomas (9-13) at Kempton 1m 4f mdn auc stks (5) pol in Jun (flat). UNIDEXTER 8-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders in 3rd, pushed along and challenged 3 out, ridden and one pace from 2 out, 3rd of 12, 15l behind Halling’s Wish (10-9) at Fontwell 2m 2f 3yo mdn hdl (4) gd in Oct.

3.30 ATTHERACES.COM HANDICAP CHASE(5) 2m 4f 4yo plus Winner £2,274

1 7153P2 MISTER WISEMAN (12) (B,T;D) N Hawke 11-11-12 M Quinlan(3)2 21322- BALLYMAN (218) (V;CD) J Geake 12-11-11 P Moloney3 PP-PP6 BOBBITS WAY (48) (P) A Jones 8-11-9 T J O’Brien4 225-42 CROCO MISTER (29) Mrs R Gasson 6-11-9 B Poste(5)5 76PF-4 CARBIS BAY (176) (H,P) Miss Z Davison 7-11-3 D Crosse6 F445-P KEVIN FANCY (26) J Upson 7-10-0 Mr F Tett(7)2012: Bally Gunner 7-11-11, H Frost 9-2 (R Curtis), 7 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 6-4 Croco Mister, 2 Ballyman, 11-4 Mister Wiseman, 16 Bobbits Way, 25 Carbis Bay, 33 Kevin Fancy. Form CROCO MISTER 10-1 (10-13) Disputed 2nd behind clear leader,

close up 6th, hit next, led approaching 3 out, ridden and hard pressed next, kept on until headed and no extra flat, 2nd of 9, 4 1/2l behind Midnight Charmer (10-6) at Uttoxeter 2m 5f hcp 0-100 (5) gs in Oct. BALLYMAN 4-1 (11-2) With leader, ridden and outpaced 3 out, went 3rd before last, kept to take 2nd near finish, no chance with winner, 2nd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Doheny Bar (10-5) at Plumpton 2m 4f hcp chs 0-95 (5) gs in Mar. MISTER WISEMAN 13-2 (10-8) With winner, ridden before 2 out, kept on and always held, 2nd of 5, 9l behind Red Rock (11-1) at Fontwell 2m 2f hcp chs 0-105 (4) sft in Oct. BOBBITS WAY 25-1 (10-0) Held up in 5th on outside, not fluent 4th, headway when mistake 8th, mistake 4 out, not fluent and rider lost iron briefly next, soon weakened, last of 6, 50l behind Catch Tammy (11-7) at Stratford 2m 1f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gs in Sep. CARBIS BAY 66-1 (11-0) Held up in rear, struggling 7th, tailed off 4 out, left remote 4th 2 out, 4th of 7, well behind Le Bacardy (11-0) at Kempton 2m beg chase (4) gd in May. KEVIN FANCY 40-1 (9-11) Mid-division on outer, weakened before 11th, tailed off 4 out, pulled up next, in a race won by Von Galen (10-0) at Towcester 3m hcp chs 0-95 (5) gf in Oct, 11 ran.

4.05 CONDITIONAL JOCKEYS’ HANDICAP HURDLE(5) 2m 5f 4yo plus Winner £2,053

1 7460/6 REGAL PARK (12) (P) G L Moore 6-11-12 Joshua Moore(3)2 6433-7 PROUD TIMES (F5) (P) Miss A Brewer 7-11-10 A Wedge3 00-748 SHOT IN THE DARK (F19) (P,T) J Geake 4-11-10 H Derham4 P-64 ACTODOS (152) R Woollacott 9-11-6 M G Nolan5 645633 MORESTEAD (12) (P;C,D) B Powell 8-11-5 M Hamill(5)6 732753 OSMOSIA (14) (P,T;C) C Gordon 8-11-1 L Muspratt(10)7 -604F4 BOLD TARA (14) (P,T) M Keighley 6-11-0 O Garner(8)8 P-0872 LANDENSTOWN STAR (6) (P,T;D) M Gillard 8-11-0 P Corbett(3)9 U-P505 PHAR AWAY ISLAND (12) (P) C P E Brooks 5-10-13 K Moore2012: Royale Knight 6-11-9, C Ward(8) 8-11 Fav (Dr R Newland), 10 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 11-4 Bold Tara, 7-2 Osmosia, 4 Landenstown Star, 6 Morestead, 8 Regal Park, 10 Phar Away Island, 14 Proud Times, 20 Actodos, 25 Shot In The Dark. Form BOLD TARA 8-1 (9-10) Tended to jump right, tracked leader, led 2nd,

hit 5th, clear when hit 4 out, still clear 3 out, headed 2 out, lost 2nd, kept on same pace flat, 4th of 14, 5l behind Hopatina (11-4) at Plumpton 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-100 (5) sft in Oct. OSMOSIA 5-1 (11-12) Chased leaders, chased leading pair after 3 out, stayed on pressing for 2nd but no impression on winner, 3rd of 8, 5l behind Upton Mead (11-12) at Plumpton 2m 4f hcp chs 0-95 (5) sft in Oct. LANDENSTOWN STAR 9-2 (10-8) Took keen hold and hung right throughout, dis-puted lead, hit 4th, headed 7th, ridden and well held before last, 2nd of 9, 11l behind Brave Buck (11-3) at Ffos Las 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-95 (5) hvy in Oct. MORESTEAD 5-1 (11-2) Tracked leaders in 3rd, outpaced before 6 out, plugged on from 3 out, went poor 3rd before last, never dangerous, 3rd of 5, 32l behind Red Rock (11-1) at Fontwell 2m 2f hcp chs 0-105 (4) sft in Oct. REGAL PARK 13-2 (11-6) Always towards rear, mistake 2nd, tailed off 3 out, 6th of 12, 47l behind Easy Beesy (11-0) at Fontwell 2m 4f (5) sft in Oct. PHAR AWAY ISLAND 7-1 (10-11) Tracked leaders, weakened from 2 out, 5th of 12, 46l behind Easy Beesy (11-0) at Fontwell 2m 4f (5) sft in Oct.

4am EMIRATES MELBOURNE CUP (GROUP 1 HCAP)(Class 1) 2m 3yo plus Winner £2,133,497

1 (1) -43228 DUNADEN (51) (CD) M Delzangles (FR) 7-9-2 J P Spencer2 (10) -44599 GREEN MOON (45) (CD) R Hickmott 6-9-0 B Prebble3 (23) 389624 RED CADEAUX (51) E Dunlop (UK) 7-8-12 G Mosse4 (7) 8-0021 SEA MOON (24) (C) R Hickmott 6-8-12 S Arnold5 (6) 38-115 BROWN PANTHER (41) (D) T Dascombe (UK) 5-8-9 R Kingscote6 (5) -36143 FIORENTE (31) (B) Ms G Waterhouse 5-8-9 D M Oliver7 (15) 281024 FORETELLER (24) (B;C) C J Waller 7-8-9 C Newitt8 (4) 7-2212 DANDINO (17) M Botti (UK) 6-8-8 R L Moore9 (14) -05004 ETHIOPIA (59) (B) P G Carey 5-8-8 R McLeod10 (8) -37531 FAWKNER (17) (B;C) R Hickmott 6-8-8 N Hall11 (19) 841787 MOURAYAN (31) (D) R Hickmott 7-8-8 B Avdulla12 (9) -00917 SEVILLE (31) (B) R Hickmott 6-8-8 J Bowman13 (13) 134935 SUPER COOL (24) (B;C) M A Kavanagh 4-8-8 C W Brown14 (2) 8-0320 MASKED MARVEL R Hickmott 6-8-7 M Rodd15 (22) 0-1582 MOUNT ATHOS (73) (BF) L Cumani (UK) 6-8-7 Craig Williams16 (11) 201122 ROYAL EMPIRE (31) S Bin Suroor (UK) 4-8-7 K McEvoy17 (21) -21321 VOLEUSE DE COEURS (51) (D) M Moroney 4-8-7 J McDonald18 (18) 171457 HAWKSPUR (17) (B) C J Waller 4-8-5 J Cassidy19 (12) 5-4223 SIMENON (24) W P Mullins (IRE) 6-8-5 R Hughes20 (17) 451801 IBICENCO (31) (B) P G Moody 6-8-4 L Nolen21 (3) -32511 VEREMA (79) A de Royer-Dupre (FR) 4-8-4 C Lemaire22 (16) 773832 DEAR DEMI (3) (B;C) C E Conners 4-8-0 C Munce23 (20) 513211 TRES BLUE (72) Ms G Waterhouse 3-8-0 Tommy Berry24 (24) 433321 RUSCELLO (60) Ed Walker (UK) 4-7-12 C Schofield2012: Green Moon 5-8-6, B Prebble (R Hickmott), drawn 5, 24 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 5 Fiorente, 13-2 Dandino, 7 Mount Athos, 8 Hawkspur, 10 Verema, Voleuse De Coeurs, 12 Sea Moon, 14 Seville, Simenon, 16 Others.

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abc index To Today’s MeetingsK - Kempton, P - Plumpton, W - Wolverhampton.Aalim ............................. W 5.25Above The Stars ........... W 3.20Actodos ......................... P 4.05Aldopicgros ................... P 3.00Always Bold .................. P 2.25Always Smiling ............. K 1.35Amantius ...................... W 5.55Angelito ........................ W 3.55Annacotty ...................... K 2.05Argaum ......................... W 5.25Ashdown Lad ................ P 12.50Asian Prince ................. W 5.25Athenian ....................... W 3.55Auld Sthock ................... P 12.50Badgers Cove ................ K 2.05Baker’s Pursuit ............ W 2.15Ballygrooby Bertie ........ K 1.05Ballyman........................ P 3.30Bapak Pesta ................. W 2.50Becausewecan ............. W 5.55Befortyfour ................... W 2.50Billy Dutton .................... K 2.05Blue Buttons ................. P 1.20Bobbits Way .................. P 3.30

Bold Tara........................ P 4.05Bollin Judith .................. K 4.15Border Station ............... P 1.50Brantingham Breeze ..... P 1.20Bronze Beau ................. W 3.55Brown Pete ................... W 4.55Bugler’s Dream ............. K 1.05Burren View Lady ......... W 3.55Bury Parade ................... K 3.10Cape Breton .................. K 1.05Captain Baldwin ........... W 4.55Captain Cutter ............... K 1.35Carbis Bay ..................... P 3.30Carole’s Spirit ................ P 1.20Chalk It Down ................ K 1.05Cinevator ....................... K 2.05Coconut Kisses ............ W 3.20Complexity .................... P 3.00Compton Prince ........... W 3.20Croco Mister .................. P 3.30Dan’s Wee Man .............. K 1.05Dandarrell ..................... W 4.55Dark Lane ..................... W 2.50Days Of Pleasure........... P 2.25Dear Maurice ................ W 2.50Decision By One........... W 3.20

Delightful Sleep ............ W 4.55Delphi Mountain ............ P 1.50Desert Strike ................. W 3.55Devon Drum .................. K 1.05Duke Of Monmouth ....... K 2.05El Mcglynn .................... W 2.15Elusive Gold ................. W 2.15Enchanting Smile .......... P 12.50Encore Encore ............. W 4.25Eton Dorney ................. W 5.25Even If ............................ P 12.50Evens And Odds .......... W 2.15Exceedexpectations .... W 2.50Fine Words .................... K 1.35Finlodex ......................... P 12.50Flashy Star .................... K 4.15Foundation Man ............ K 3.45Fountains Mary ............. P 1.20French Press ................ W 2.50Gee Sharp ..................... W 4.25Ginjo ............................. W 5.25God’s Own ..................... K 2.40Goodlukin Lucy ............ W 5.55Gospel Preacher ........... P 2.25Grand March .................. K 1.05Grands Crus .................. K 2.40

Greyemkay ................... W 4.55Haadeeth ...................... W 2.15Hadrian’s Approach ...... K 3.10Heading To First ............ P 12.50Headly’s Bridge ............. K 4.15Herbalist ........................ P 3.00Here I Am ....................... K 1.35Here Now And Why ...... W 2.15Hold The Bucks ............. P 1.50Hot Sugar ...................... W 2.15Ifits A Fiddle ................... K 1.35Iguacu ............................ K 1.05Into The Wind ................ P 12.50Invigilator ..................... W 2.50Ivestar ........................... W 2.50Jack By The Hedge ....... K 1.35Johnny Cavagin ........... W 3.55Join The Clan ................. K 1.05Joshua The First .......... W 4.55Just Beware ................... P 1.50Kalamill .......................... P 1.50Karl Marx ....................... P 3.00Katy Spirit ..................... W 2.50Kevin Fancy ................... P 3.30Khazium ......................... K 4.15King’s Opus ................... K 1.05

Konzert ......................... W 4.55Kyle Of Bute .................. W 4.55La Sylphe ...................... W 3.20Lacunae ......................... P 1.20Lady Horatia ................. W 4.25Landenstown Star ......... P 4.05Larghetto ...................... W 4.55Lastkingofscotland ...... W 2.15Le Reve .......................... K 3.10Lemon’s Gent ................ K 3.45Lightentertainment ....... P 12.50Like Minded ................... K 2.40Linkable ........................ W 5.55Lochiel .......................... W 5.55Looks Like Slim ............. K 4.15Lucy’s Legend ............... K 3.45Maoi Chinn Tire ............ W 5.55Mappin Time ................. W 3.55Mariet ............................. K 1.05Midnight Oscar .............. K 2.05Mighty Thor ................... P 3.00Mister Wiseman ............ P 3.30Misty Mornin .................. P 1.20Monty Fay ..................... W 2.50Morestead...................... P 4.05Mr Fickle ........................ K 1.05

Mr Grey .......................... K 1.35Nash Point ..................... K 1.35Nezami .......................... W 4.55No Routine ..................... K 1.05Noble Friend .................. P 12.50Norfolk Sky .................... K 1.05Novabridge ................... W 3.20Off The Ground .............. K 2.05Opus ............................. W 5.55Orvita ............................. P 2.25Osmosia ........................ P 4.05Outlaw Torn .................. W 4.55Pateese .......................... K 2.40Pavers Star ................... W 2.15Phar Away Island........... P 4.05Pick A Little ................... W 2.50Points of View ................ K 3.45Porters War .................... K 3.45Present View.................. K 2.05Prince Of Passion ........ W 2.15Proud Times .................. P 4.05Qasser ........................... K 1.05Rachael’s Ruby ............. K 4.15Rasaman....................... W 3.55Raven’s Tower ............... P 1.50Reflection ..................... W 4.25

Regal Park ..................... P 4.05Reggie Perrin ................ K 4.15Reverb ........................... K 1.35Rex Whistler ................. W 5.25Rhagori Aur .................. W 3.55Rhinestone Rebel ........ W 5.25Rio’s Pearl .................... W 3.55Rise To Glory ................ W 2.15Rothesay Chancer ....... W 3.20Ruby’s Day ................... W 3.55Ruwasi .......................... W 4.25Samingarry .................... P 2.25Sash Of Honour ............. K 4.15Seedling......................... K 1.05Seraphima .................... W 4.55Seventh Sign ................. K 2.40Shamrocked ................. W 2.50Shot In The Dark ............ P 4.05Silver Marizah ................ P 12.50Sir Du Bearn .................. K 3.10Sister Guru .................... K 1.05Slaney Star .................... P 12.50Smart Exit ...................... P 2.25Snapchat ....................... P 12.50Solix ............................... K 3.10Sondeduro .................... W 4.55

Sonny Jim ..................... W 5.25Space Artist .................. W 3.55Stoneacre Hull .............. W 3.20Super Villan ................... K 2.05Superior Duchess ........ W 2.15Synthe Davis ................. K 3.45The Crafty Butcher ........ K 2.40The Informant ................ P 2.25Theatre Guide ................ K 3.10Tortoise ......................... W 4.25Two Sugars .................... P 12.50Ujagar ........................... W 4.25Unidexter ....................... P 3.00Unowhatimeanharry ..... P 12.50Uplifted ......................... W 4.25Upton Mead ................... K 3.45Uriah Heep ..................... K 4.15Verus Delicia ................ W 2.15Via Sundown ................. K 2.05Violet Dancer ................. P 3.00Violets Boy .................... K 3.45Volnay De Thaix ............. K 1.05Watt Broderick ............. W 5.55

1.05 – Seedling1.35 – Reverb2.05 – Midnight Oscar2.40 – God’s Own3.10 – Hadrian’s Approach3.45 – Foundation Man (nap)4.15 – Bollin Judith

12.50 – Auld Sthock1.20 – Brantingham Breeze1.50 – Border Station2.25 – Days Of Pleasure3.00 – Violet Dancer3.30 – Croco Mister4.05 – Bold Tara

Going: Good (Good to soft in places). Going: Good to soft (Soft in places)

WESTERN DAILY PRESS MONDAY SEPTEMBER 16 2013 HORSE RACING 19WDP-E01-S3

TODAY’S HORSE RACING STATISTICS

Brighton – (five-year record) TopTrainers (with runners): G L Moore 17-165 (10.3%), J Bridger 14-130 (10.8%), GMargarson 12-66 (18.2%), S C Williams 11-47(23.4%), Eve J-Houghton 11-66 (16.7%), PHiatt 8-54 (14.8%), W Knight 7-32 (21.9%),Mrs A Perrett 7-50 (14%), M Bell 6-38(15.8%), S Kirk 6-49 (12.2%), P Phelan 6-54(11.1%), Miss J Feilden 6-64 (9.4%). TopJockeys (with mounts): G Baker 21-162(13%), M Lane 14-87 (16.1%), D Sweeney 13-137 (9.5%), P Cosgrave 10-82 (12.2%), SDrowne 8-51 (15.7%), A Atzeni 7-44 (15.9%),S W Kelly 6-50 (12%), P Dobbs 5-42 (11.9%),M Dwyer 5-45 (11.1%), S Pearce 5-50 (10%),C Bishop 4-22 (18.2%), J Marshall 4-31(12.9%). Favourites: 252-736 (34.2%).Brighton stalls: 1m2f & 1m4f – Outside;Remainder – Inside.Longest traveller: Hendry Trigger (2.20),Drummond (2.20) 179 miles.Musselburgh – (five-year record) TopTrainers (with runners): R Fahey 44-216(20.4%), M Johnston 39-205 (19%), J Goldie31-385 (8.1%), T Easterby 20-149 (13.4%), TD Barron 16-84 (19.1%), D Nicholls 16-149(10.7%), P Midgley 14-130 (10.8%), P Kirby13-42 (30.9%), Miss L Perratt 13-286 (4.5%),D O’Meara 12-70 (17.1%), N Wilson 12-116(10.3%), K Dalgleish 12-122 (9.8%). TopJockeys (with mounts): J Fanning 34-182(18.7%), T Eaves 31-269 (11.5%), P Makin 25-


2.30 32RED CASINO APPRENTICE HANDICAP(Class 6) 1m 1f (AW) 3yo plus Winner £1,941

1 (4) 065223 TATTING (12) (CD) C Dwyer 4-9-7 J Crane2 (1) 566576 DANESIDE (16) W G Harrison 6-9-7 Jack Osborn(7)3 (10) 5-902 BAILE ATHA CLIATH (9) D Carroll 4-9-5 L Leadbitter4 (3) 592403 MEGLIO ANCORA (32) (CD) R Ford 6-9-4 C Bennett(5)5 (5) 831337 SUPA SEEKER (12) (BF) A Carroll 7-9-2 A Blakemore(5)6 (8) 514008 JUST FIVE (32) (T,V;CD) J Weymes 7-9-1 J Garritty(5)7 (13) 412044 CRUCIS ABBEY (18) (P;CD) W Brisbourne 5-9-0 G Mahon(3)8 (2) 821493 DEVON DIVA (12) J Gallagher 7-9-0 J Van Overmeire(5)9 (12) 304574 KATMAI RIVER (7) (V;C) M Usher 6-8-12 Charlotte Jenner(5)10 (7) 367996 JUSTCALLMEHANDSOME (4) (B,E;CD0) D F Davis 11-8-12 Josephine Gordon(5)11 (9) 00067 OLIVERS MOUNT (2) (T) E Vaughan 3-8-8 T Hemsley(5)12 (6) 565265 LUCKY MOUNTAIN (38) S Dixon 3-8-7 A McLean13 (11) 0860 GREEN AND WHITE (33) (T) F Sheridan 3-8-7 Dana Zamecnikova(5)2012: Tigertoo 3-8-6, L Steward(7) 5-2 Fav (S C Williams), drawn 11, 10 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 4 Baile Atha Cliath, 9-2 Tatting, 11-2 Crucis Abbey, 7 Supa Seeker, 8 Meglio Ancora, 10 Devon Diva, Katmai River, 14 Daneside, 16 Others.

3.00 32 BONUS AT 32RED.COM SELLING STAKES(6) 1m 1f (AW) 3yo to 5yo Winner £1,941

1 (8) 012401 CONDUCTING (12) Miss G Kelleway 5-9-9 L Morris2 (2) 810179 CREEK FALCON (54) (BF) D O’Meara 4-9-9 D Tudhope3 (3) 212575 FLUCTUATION (19) (V) I Williams 5-9-9 R Tart(3)4 (6) 236476 HONEY OF A KITTEN (46) (V;CD) P Evans 5-9-9 R Evans(3)5 (5) 570582 THE GURU OF GLOOM (26) (B;C) W Muir 5-9-9 T Garner(5)6 (7) 607875 AJEEB (26) (T;CD) M Scudamore 5-9-3 W Twiston-Davies(3)7 (10) 7-4997 COCOZZA (35) (P) K Clutterbuck 5-9-3 J Quinn8 (1) 8-878 IDOLISE (41) (T) J Spearing 4-9-3 C Catlin9 (9) 7495 EATON OAK (20) Mrs L Williamson 3-8-12 K Stott(7)10 (4) 23 WELL OWD MON (36) A Hollinshead 3-8-12 J Duern(5)2012: Justbookie Dot Com 4-9-9, S De Sousa 13-8 Fav (P Evans), drawn 5, 6 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 5-2 Conducting, 7-2 Creek Falcon, 5 Honey Of A Kitten, 7 Fluctuation, 8 Well Owd Mon, 10 Ajeeb, 12 The Guru Of Gloom, Cocozza, 33 Others.

3.30 32REDPOKER.COM NURSERY(6) 7f (AW) 2yo Only Winner £1,941

1 (9) 4961 RELATION ALEXANDER (5) (D) P D’Arcy 9-9(6ex) R Tart(3)2 (2) 073 SHEACHEVAL (28) J S Moore 9-6 L Keniry3 (4) 21 STARLIGHT SERENADE (32) (D) R Beckett 9-6 J Crowley4 (3) 885258 VODKA CHASER (12) J S Moore 9-6 Charlotte Jenner(7)5 (11) 4F2454 CHEEKY PETA’S (13) J Given 9-6 D Swift6 (5) 415 BORN TO FLY (24) (D) W G Harrison 9-5 J Quinn7 (6) 0053 AMBRIA’S FURY (10) M Channon 9-5 M Harley8 (7) 52542 THE DUKKERER (19) D O’Meara 9-4 D Tudhope9 (12) 474 TEZ (39) M Botti 9-4 T Atkinson(5)10 (8) 243 AMADAFFAIR (15) T Dascombe 9-2 R Kingscote11 (1) 5422 VALLILA (12) R Charlton 9-2 J Haynes(5)12 (10) 4563 SEVERNWIND (49) R Harris 9-2 L Morris2012: Aeronwyn Bryn 2-9-3, P Mulrennan 12-1 (M Dods), drawn 6, 11 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 9-2 Starlight Serenade, 5 The Dukkerer, 11-2 Relation Alexander, 7 Ambria’s Fury, 8 Vallila, Amadaffair, 10 Tez, Cheeky Peta’s, 12 Others.

4.00 32RED HANDICAP (DIV 1)(5) 7f (AW) 3yo plus Winner £3,234

1 (3) -36236 TAKE A NOTE (13) (V) P Chamings 4-9-7 J Crowley2 (10) 172571 ILLUSTRIOUS PRINCE (6) (D) D Carroll 6-9-6 L Leadbitter(7)3 (7) 262112 BAPAK MUDA (36) (BF) K Ryan 3-9-4 K Stott(7)4 (2) 707000 LASTKINGOFSCOTLAND (9) (B;CD) C Dore 7-9-3 L Keniry5 (6) 363759 LIGHT ROSE (21) (D) M Johnston 3-9-2 S De Sousa6 (5) 442441 FOUR WINDS (12) (V) R Cowell 7-9-2 N Callan7 (1) 530445 KHAJAALY (24) (P,T;CD) M Appleby 6-9-0 A Mullen8 (4) 511845 THE MONGOOSE (14) (T;CD) P Evans 5-9-0 E J Walsh(7)9 (9) 4942-3 FERRYVIEW PLACE (234) (T,V) I Williams 4-8-11 S Donohoe10 (8) 008408 ROY’S LEGACY (11) (T) S A Harris 4-8-10 J Quinn2012: Majuro 8-9-13, D Bergin(7) 11-2 (C Smith), drawn 7, 12 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 2 Illustrious Prince, 3 Bapak Muda, 11-2 Four Winds, 15-2 Take A Note, 10 Light Rose, 12 Ferryview Place, 16 Khajaaly, 20 Lastkingofscotland, The Mongoose, 25 Roy’s Legacy.


1 (3) 30-391 AMBITIOUS BOY (37) A Hollinshead 4-9-7 D Tudhope2 (10) 382000 EXCEEDEXPECTATIONS (9) (C) C Dore 4-9-5 L Keniry3 (8) 135708 GRILLETTO (25) (P;CD) J Tate 3-9-4 N Callan4 (4) 823611 AVATAR STAR (33) (P,T;D) M Botti 3-9-3 M Harley5 (2) 4-1724 BURNING DAWN (25) D Brown 3-9-2 H Bentley6 (9) 0-2527 MERIDIUS (54) (BF) W G Harrison 3-9-1 J Quinn7 (6) 156101 THE GREAT GABRIAL (10) (B;C,D) I Williams 4-8-13 S De Sousa8 (5) 782354 ONE WAY OR ANOTHER (157) (CD) P Evans 10-8-12 E J Walsh(7)9 (7) 121333 FOSSA (9) (C) D Ivory 3-8-10 R Winston10 (1) 644832 CASA TUA (78) D O’Meara 3-8-9 Julie Burke(3)2012: No corresponding race.BETTING FORECAST: 5-2 Avatar Star, 9-2 Ambitious Boy, 11-2 Burning Dawn, 7 The Great Gabrial, 15-2 Meridius, 8 Grilletto, 12 Fossa, 16 Others.

5.00 32RED.COM E.B.F. MAIDEN STAKES(5) 5f (AW) 2yo Only Winner £3,234

1 (7) BAZOOKA E De Giles 9-5 D J Bates(3)2 (2) 40 BOB MASNICKEN (45) S Dixon 9-5 L Morris3 (11) 442 CHORLTON MANOR (9) N Vaughan 9-5 S Donohoe4 (5) 9 GRANDE MAGO (94) R Cowell 9-5 L Keniry5 (6) 68 GULLAND ROCK (50) W Muir 9-5 W Carson6 (1) 46 HIGH ON LIFE (26) J Osborne 9-5 J Crowley7 (8) 4 QUANTUM DOT (100) T Dascombe 9-5 R Kingscote8 (9) 4 BEREKA (12) J Tate 9-0 N Callan9 (10) CAMINEL J Gask 9-0 R Winston10 (12) DONT TELL NAN D Shaw 9-0 A McLean(7)11 (4) 2222 GENUINE QUALITY (14) (BF) E Vaughan 9-0 H Bentley12 (3) 76 MARLISMAMMA (9) D O’Meara 9-0 D Tudhope2012: Moviesta 2-9-3, R Ffrench 8-11 Fav (B Smart), drawn 9, 8 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 9-4 Genuine Quality, 3 Chorlton Manor, 5 High On Life, 6 Bereka, 8 Quantum Dot, 16 Bob Masnicken, 20 Grande Mago, Caminel, 33 Others.

5.30 32REDBET.COM HANDICAP(6) 6f (AW) 3yo plus Winner £1,941

1 (5) 9-551 BIG STORM COMING (4) (CD) B Ellison 3-9-8(6ex) H Bentley2 (2) 015229 LORD BUFFHEAD (4) (V;CD) R C Guest 4-9-7 R Fitzpatrick3 (6) 800130 ALMATY EXPRESS (25) (B;CD) J Weymes 11-9-7 J Haynes(5)4 (11) 114666 RISE TO GLORY (9) (P;CD) S A Harris 5-9-5 R Winston5 (12) 55691 FATHER FRED (14) (D) C Dwyer 3-9-5 J Quinn6 (1) 774849 MARSHALL ART (28) (P,T;D) K Wingrove 4-9-4 R Tart(3)7 (9) 273356 STEEL CITY BOY (160) (CD) Miss A Stokell 10-9-4 Ann Stokell(5)8 (8) 854707 LADY MANGO (21) (D) R Harris 5-9-4 L Morris9 (7) 661066 CHARLEMAGNE DIVA (24) (T;D) R C Guest 3-9-4 K Stott(7)10 (10) 0098-7 MY BEST MAN (12) A Carroll 7-9-3 L Keniry11 (13) 412870 VERY FIRST BLADE (21) (P;CD) W Brisbourne 4-9-2 J Duern(5)12 (4) 08-026 MONTY FAY (10) (T) D Haydn Jones 4-9-1 N Callan13 (3) 378698 FLOW CHART (25) (CD) P Grayson 6-9-1 S O’Hara(5)2012: Invigilator 4-9-2, M Dwyer 9-2 (D Shaw), drawn 12, 12 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 3 Big Storm Coming, 4 Father Fred, 13-2 Rise To Glory, 8 Lord Buffhead, 10 Monty Fay, Lady Mango, 12 Charlemagne Diva, 14 Others.

6.00 32REDBINGO.COM HANDICAP(6) 1m 4f (AW) 3yo plus Winner £1,941

1 (3) 30516/ SONG OF PRIDE (J534) Miss M Rowland 9-9-12 C Catlin2 (1) 877-07 DIVEA (70) A Carson 4-9-12 W Carson3 (2) 424808 SATWA LAIRD (93) (C) Miss A Stokell 7-9-9 Ann Stokell(5)4 (5) 426133 MEN DON’T CRY (14) (B;D) E De Giles 4-9-8 L Keniry5 (11) 3-2150 MIDNIGHT BAHIA (180) (CD) D Ivory 4-9-4 R Winston6 (12) 263353 ELIZABETH COFFEE (4) (T;D) J Weymes 5-9-4 J Quinn7 (8) 9-5433 INHERITED (22) (P;BF) Sir M Prescott 3-9-1 L Morris8 (7) 325323 EYELINE (16) (V) A Hollinshead 3-9-0 J Duern(5)9 (4) 780-2 AMANTIUS (16) (B) J Farrelly 4-9-0 Cathy Gannon10 (9) 8794-5 LIKELIKELIKELIKEIT (31) M Tompkins 3-8-13 S De Sousa11 (6) 450256 LIGHT THE CITY (19) (D) Mrs R Carr 6-8-12 D Swift12 (10) 986 CAPE ROSA (10) J Moffatt 3-8-4 R Da Silva(3)2012: Azrag 4-9-11, P Mulrennan 14-1 (G Butler), drawn 4, 11 ran.BETTING FORECAST: 3 Inherited, 9-2 Amantius, 5 Men Don’t Cry, 7 Elizabeth Coffee, 15-2 Eyeline, 8 Light The City, 10 Divea, 14 Midnight Bahia, 25 Others.

CAPTAIN WESSEX 2.30 — Devon Diva 3.00 — Well Owd Mon 3.30 — Starlight Serenade (nb) 4.00 — Bapak Muda 4.30 — The Great Gabrial 5.00 — Bereka 5.30 — Father Fred 6.00 — Eyeline

2.30 — 3.00 — 3.30 — 4.00 — 4.30 — 5.00 — 5.30 — 6.00 —

BOB WATTS Tips WOLVERHAMPTON

Strap goes across here and here and hereRACING

THE HARE’S RUNNING . . . GREYHOUND SERVICESWINDON BAGS

HHH MARYS MALDINI HH MENDIP WYNN H LONGWOOD FANTASY2.18 480m (A5)

1 245 Dunbolg Tucana (ep ro) ............................. Davy 30.07 7-22 564 RUSO VICTORY (rl ro) ............................. Smith 29.75 3-13 464 Make Me Call (ep ro) .............................Hepden 29.83 11-24 663 I Know It (sa fw) ......................................... Davy 30.37 4-15 125 Cheesed Off (ep ro) .................................Atkins 30.06 5-26 344 Sixhourtours (wd ro) .................................Porter 29.97 11-2

2.37 480m (OR)1 363 Youtalktoomuch (rl ro) ....................... McDonald 29.30 6-12 236 Ballymac Cryan (rl fw)............................ Dartnall 29.02 9-23 123 Jolly Bullseye (sa fw) ...............................Hutton 28.97 3-14 121 Alarming Jacks (sa fw).............................Hutton 28.74 3-15 523 LONGWOOD FANTASY (rl ep) ........... C Callow 28.48 9-26 111 Witcombe Dilemma (sa fw) ....................Hutton 28.75 11-4

2.57 480m (OR)1 512 Rewind Express (ep ro) ......................... Dartnall 29.05 7-22 414 Jacobs Courage (md ep) ...K Humphreys(Unatt) 28.67 6-13 254 Klockwork Kaipo (md ep) .... Gary Sallis(Unatt) 29.39 3-14 211 STANTON JOHN (ep ro) .........................Hutton 28.62 3-15 211 Cremartin Lark (sa fw) ........... Gary Sallis(Unatt) 28.58 6-16 664 Longwood Bound (md ro) .................... C Callow 29.13 3-1

3.17 480m (A6)1 444 Primo Selma (rl ep) ............................ B McBride 30.26 5-12 412 BLACK TULIP (sa fw) ..............................Porter 29.99 9-43 656 Manu Echo (wd ep)............................... Hughes 30.50 7-24 666 Calling Sam (md ro) ...........................Wallington 30.63 9-25 325 Marrow Boy (wd ep)................................... Davy 30.39 11-26 326 Woodbridge Lady (wd ep) ...................McDowell 30.42 7-2

3.38 480m (A8)1 146 Robbies Maldini (rl ep) .............................. Gillett 30.80 11-42 453 Freedom Brave (rl fw) ............................... Gillett 30.84 6-13 233 Dublinhill Tiny (md fw) ............................Atkins 30.33 9-44 124 Mendip Harry (md fw) ................................... Dix 30.48 3-15 463 MARYS MALDINI (wd ro) .........................Porter 30.23 6-16 254 Maigueside Sally (wd ro) ...................Wallington 30.61 5-1

3.58 480m (A5)1 444 Autumn Tangler (rl fw) ...............................Walsh 29.98 4-12 446 Kiamba (ep ro) ....................................... Hughes 29.96 6-13 643 Glendine Girl (md ro) ...............................Hutton 29.79 6-14 532 MENDIP WYNN (md ro) ............................... Dix 29.66 11-25 446 Cefn Blaze (md ro) .................................... Davy 30.46 2-16 425 Soccer Boy (wd fw) ...................................Porter 30.04 11-4

4.18 480m (A7)1 554 Primo Ted (rl ep) ................................ B McBride 30.06 6-12 641 PAID RAMBO (md ro) .............................. Gillett 29.80 7-23 523 Knoppogue Gal (md ep) ........................... Smith 30.05 4-14 665 Lady Mission (wd ro) ............................Hepden 30.51 5-25 233 Coco Bright (wd ro) ...................................Porter 29.90 3-16 554 Kinielty Star (wd fw) .............................Swadden 30.33 11-2

4.37 480m (A4)1 114 Crown Tara (rl ro) ..................................... Smith 29.76 3-12 552 Ballyhill Oscar (rl ep).............................. Dartnall 29.65 11-23 654 Ashville Joker (sa fw) ................................Porter 29.70 7-24 453 Oaklands Pet (sa fw) ................................Porter 29.73 4-15 634 Sarahs Hawk (wd ep) ............................ Hughes 29.90 9-26 253 KILLINAT GIRL (wd ro) ......................McDowell 29.59 3-1

4.57 480m (A2)1 136 Jonnie Skull (rl fw) ....................................Porter 29.98 4-12 115 Gizmo Senor (rl ep) ..............................Hepden 29.88 7-23 111 Manu Vogue (md ro) .............................. Hughes 29.31 4-14 311 SHORT SHIFT (wd fw) ........................Swadden 29.13 3-15 132 Bookies Girls (sa fw) ................................Hutton 29.32 9-26 125 Offshore Cruise (wd fw) .......................Swadden 29.24 7-2

5.17 480m (A3)1 524 Ballymac Drumm (ep rl) ........................... J Little 29.36 4-12 352 Cians Jessie (rl ep) ............................ B McBride 29.47 11-23 652 Amazing Aine (md ro) ................................ Davy 29.45 4-14 142 Mr October (ep md) .......................... B McBride 29.43 11-45 462 SILVERTON BLAZE (wd fw) ....................Walsh 29.28 7-26 15 Rockview Hi (wd ro) ..................................Atkins 29.50 7-2

5.33 480m (A4)1 536 Sunrise Ruby (rl fw) ..................................Porter 29.88 5-12 625 Cefn Isobel (rl ep) ...................................... Davy 29.81 7-23 526 Primo Gem (sa fw) ............................ B McBride 29.91 3-14 121 Cefn Merlin (md fw) ................................... Davy 29.70 4-15 231 KENSA BELLA (sa fw) ......................McDowell 29.57 9-26 221 Ace Romeo (wd ep) ...............................Hepden 29.69 3-1

5.47 480m (A2)1 125 Bright Ells (rl ep) ...................................... Davy 29.27 7-22 351 DISTANT EVERLAND (sa fw) ..................Walsh 29.01 9-23 355 Rians Gamble (md ep)............................... Davy 29.15 7-24 611 Wise Louise (md ro).............................Swadden 29.20 4-15 214 Sligo Mick (wd ep) ...................................Hutton 29.25 7-26 466 Panthers Legend (wd ep) ........................Hutton 29.36 4-1

6.04 480m (A3)1 523 Captain Messi (rl ep)................................ J Little 29.66 11-22 611 NEWINN MINOR (rl ep) ......................... Hughes 29.49 9-23 323 Kays To Blame (md ro) ......................McDowell 29.66 11-44 423 Touch On Rodney (wd ro) .........................Porter 29.50 7-25 144 Snookie Dee (wd ro) .......................... B McBride 29.53 11-26 151 Ferryforth Sol (wd ro) ................................. Davy 29.56 3-1

6.18 480m (A4)1 151 BOHERASH ROXANNA (rl ro) ................Atkins 29.44 3-12 543 Kilpedder Impact (rl fw) .............................Jeans 29.80 9-23 562 Cefn Robert (md ep) .................................. Davy 29.84 5-14 514 Aintgottwobob (md ro) ........................McDowell 29.66 7-25 133 Moreton Firebird (sa fw).........................Hepden 30.12 5-16 145 Trumpers Gold (wd ro) ............................Porter 30.07 3-1

BAGS PICKSHALL GREEN FANCIES

11.03 Compass Emmet (5-3-4) 11.19 Ballymac Aladin (1-3-5) 11.34 Badgey Bessie (2-1-3) 11.48 Westmead Gary (3-2-1) 12.04 Ballymac Scol (2-4-6) 12.18 Dower Maeve (1-3-2) 12.32 Inky Dandy (6-4-3) 12.47 Mohican Laila (4-3-6) 1.04 Turn Right (1-4-3) 1.19 Guiding Jill (1-4-3) 1.33 Droopys India (2-4-6) 1.51 Caligula (Nap) (5-4-1)

SHEFFIELD FANCIES 11.11 Bodell Justin (3-6-2) 11.28 Spires Son (3-4-1) 11.42 Hazel Blue (5-2-6) 11.57 Miranda Sandy (Nap) (4-3-6) 12.12 Dodreamscometrue (2-4-5) 12.27 Cabriol Shamrock (3-4-2) 12.42 Jacobs Delight (4-3-1)

12.58 Highview Fawn (5-6-2) 1.12 Esker Lily (2-6-5) 1.27 Derrane Honcho (1-6-5) 1.44 Desert Ted (3-6-4) 1.58 Best Silk (6-3-4)

MONMORE FANCIES 2.08 Pookies Charm (4-2-1) 2.27 Slaneyside Joe (Nap) (5-6-4) 2.47 Pinstripe Mike (1-2-4) 3.07 Go Go Sonic (6-5-2) 3.28 Aulton Leo (1-2-4) 3.48 Cracking Rambler (4-5-6) 4.08 Ardera Jack (5-4-1) 4.27 Lady Million (2-1-3) 4.47 Organdy (2-4-3) 5.07 Bua Jamie (5-6-3) 5.22 Longwood Ash (5-2-4) 5.38 Swift Ger (5-2-1) 5.56 Elderberry Kool (3-6-4) 6.11 Wheretoshenow (6-1-2)

YESTERDAY’S BAGS RESULTS

Abc Index To Today’s MeetingsB - Brighton, M - Musselburgh, W - Wolverhampton.Above The Stars ...........B 5.20Ajeeb ............................W 3.00Aleksandar .................. M 3.10Almaty Express ...........W 5.30Amadaffair ...................W 3.30Amantius .....................W 6.00Amazing Blue Sky ....... M 5.10Ambitious Boy ............W 4.30Ambria’s Fury ..............W 3.30Amenable .....................B 4.20Amis Reunis ................ M 2.10Andiamo Via ................ M 2.10Angel Rosa .................. M 2.40Anginola .......................B 2.50Avatar Star ...................W 4.30Aye Aye Skipper ...........B 4.20Baile Atha Cliath ..........W 2.30Bapak Muda .................W 4.00Bayan Kasirga ............. M 5.10Bazooka .......................W 5.00Benandonner ...............B 2.20Bereka..........................W 5.00Bestfootforward ...........B 4.50Big Storm Coming .......W 5.30Black Treacle ............... M 2.40Bling King .................... M 4.10Bloodsweatandtears ...B 3.20Bob Masnicken ...........W 5.00Born To Fly ..................W 3.30Boucher Garcon .......... M 4.40Bountiful Forest .......... M 3.40Bounty Girl .................. M 3.40Bowdler’s Magic ......... M 3.10Boy Ranger .................. M 2.40Brown Pete ...................B 3.20Burning Dawn .............W 4.30Burns Night ................. M 5.10Caminel........................W 5.00Cantor ...........................B 2.50Cape Rosa ...................W 6.00Cara’s Request ............ M 2.10Cardinal ........................B 4.20Casa Tua ......................W 4.30Charlemagne Diva ......W 5.30Cheeky Peta’s .............W 3.30Chorlton Manor ...........W 5.00Chosen One ................. M 5.40Classical Diva .............. M 3.40Cocozza .......................W 3.00Comedy House .............B 2.50Commanche Raider .... M 5.40Commanding Force .....B 3.50Commandingpresence .B 5.20Conducting ..................W 3.00Creek Falcon ...............W 3.00Crucis Abbey ...............W 2.30

Daneside......................W 2.30Dean Iarracht ............... M 5.10Demolition ................... M 4.10Devon Diva ..................W 2.30Dhaular Dhar ............... M 5.10Divea ............................W 6.00Dont Tell Nan ...............W 5.00Dr Irv ............................ M 3.10Drive Home .................. M 2.10Drummond ...................B 2.20Eanans Bay ..................B 2.50Eaton Oak ....................W 3.00Economic Crisis .......... M 4.40Elizabeth Coffee ..........W 6.00Exceedexpectations ...W 4.30Extraterrestrial ............ M 4.10Eyeline .........................W 6.00Fairy Wing ....................B 5.20Father Fred ..................W 5.30Federal Blue ................ M 3.10Ferryview Place ...........W 4.00Findog .......................... M 5.40Fisher Lane ...................B 3.50Flow Chart ...................W 5.30Fluctuation ..................W 3.00Fossa ...........................W 4.30Four Winds ..................W 4.00Frosty Secret ................B 2.20Fuel Injection ............... M 3.40Geanie Mac .................. M 5.10Genuine Quality ..........W 5.00Ginzan ...........................B 4.20Go Go Green ................ M 4.40Grande Mago ...............W 5.00Green And White .........W 2.30Green Earth ..................B 2.50Grey Blue ..................... M 5.10Griffin Point ..................B 5.20Grilletto ........................W 4.30Gulland Rock ...............W 5.00Haines ...........................B 3.50Hanalei Bay ................. M 2.10Headstight ................... M 4.40Hendry Trigger .............B 2.20Here Now And Why ..... M 5.40High On A Hill............... M 5.10High On Life .................W 5.00Himalayan Peak ...........B 2.50Hit The Jackpot ........... M 3.10Honey Of A Kitten ........W 3.00Idolise ..........................W 3.00Iffley Fields ...................B 4.50Illustrious Prince .........W 4.00Improvized....................B 3.50Ingleby Star ................. M 5.40Inherited ......................W 6.00Irish Girls Spirit ........... M 5.40It’s A Girl Thing .............B 2.20

Jackie Love ..................B 4.50Jan Smuts .................... M 3.10Jawaab......................... M 5.10Jebel Tara .................... M 4.10Jungle Bay ....................B 4.20Just Five ......................W 2.30Just Like Heaven ......... M 4.40Justcallmehandsome .W 2.30Kano’s Ghirl ................ M 3.40Katmai River ................W 2.30Khajaaly .......................W 4.00Kings ‘n Dreams ...........B 4.50Kirtling Belle ................ M 3.40Lady Mango .................W 5.30Lastkingofscotland .....W 4.00Light Rose ...................W 4.00Light The City ..............W 6.00Likelikelikelikeit ..........W 6.00Lord Buffhead .............W 5.30Lucky Mountain ..........W 2.30Maid In Rio ................... M 2.40Man Of Plenty .............. M 3.10Marlismamma..............W 5.00Marshall Art .................W 5.30Maybeagrey ................. M 5.10McConnell ....................B 2.20Meglio Ancora .............W 2.30Men Don’t Cry ..............W 6.00Merchant Of Dubai ...... M 3.10Meridius .......................W 4.30Midnight Bahia ............W 6.00Mitchell ........................ M 4.40Monty Fay ....................W 5.30Mowhoob ..................... M 2.10Mr Fickle .......................B 2.50Mr Mo Jo ...................... M 4.40My Anchor ....................B 3.50My Best Man ................W 5.30Nice Arty .......................B 3.50Noble Asset ................. M 3.40Novel Dancer ................B 2.50Olivers Mount ..............W 2.30Olney Lass ....................B 4.20One Boy ....................... M 3.40One Way Or Another ...W 4.30Opt Out ........................ M 5.40Our Diane ..................... M 4.40Panettone .....................B 2.50Partner ......................... M 2.10Perfect Pastime ............B 3.20Perfect Words.............. M 2.10Phluke ...........................B 3.20Poetic Lord ...................B 3.20Prime Exhibit ............... M 4.10Princess Tamay ........... M 2.40Ptolemy........................ M 2.10Quantum Dot ...............W 5.00R Woody .......................B 4.20

Relation Alexander .....W 3.30Rigolleto .......................B 5.20Rio Cobolo ................... M 2.10Rise To Glory ...............W 5.30Rock Canyon ............... M 5.40Roy’s Legacy ...............W 4.00Royal Defence ..............B 2.50Royal Reyah .................B 4.20Royal Straight ............. M 4.10Rural Affair ...................B 3.50Rutterkin ...................... M 5.40Saint Irene ....................B 3.20Santo Prince .................B 3.20Satwa Laird ..................W 6.00Saxonette .................... M 4.40Seattle Drive ................ M 4.10Seven Lucky Seven......B 3.50Severnwind .................W 3.30Sheacheval ..................W 3.30Silvee ............................B 4.50Silver Marizah ...............B 2.20Sir Percy Blakeney .......B 3.50Song of Pride ...............W 6.00South Cape ...................B 3.20Special Report ..............B 2.20Speedfit Boy .................B 4.50Starlight Serenade ......W 3.30Steel City Boy ..............W 5.30Straight Gin ................. M 3.40Summer Dancer .......... M 2.10Summerlea .................. M 5.10Supa Seeker ................W 2.30Surrey Dream ...............B 4.50Sweet P .........................B 3.50Take A Note ..................W 4.00Tatting ..........................W 2.30Tez ................................W 3.30The Dukkerer ...............W 3.30The Great Gabrial ........W 4.30The Guru Of Gloom .....W 3.00The Mongoose ............W 4.00The Strig .......................B 5.20Threave .........................B 5.20Tigerish .........................B 3.20Tom Sawyer ................. M 5.40Topofthedrops .............B 3.50Valantino Oyster ......... M 5.10Vallila ...........................W 3.30Very First Blade ...........W 5.30Viva Ronaldo ............... M 2.10Vodka Chaser ..............W 3.30Volito .............................B 5.20Well Owd Mon ..............W 3.00Windforpower ............. M 4.40Wishformore ................B 4.50Wordismybond ............B 3.20Yorksters Prince.......... M 4.10



















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185 (13.5%), G Lee 15-112 (13.4%), D Allan14-112 (12.5%), A Nicholls 13-109 (11.9%), PMcDonald 13-167 (7.8%), N Farley 11-73(15.1%), D Fentiman 11-100 (11%), PMulrennan 11-127 (8.7%), Lee Topliss 10-56(17.9%), J P Sullivan 10-153 (6.5%).Favourites: 194-601 (32.3%).Musselburgh stalls: 5f & 2m – Stands’ side;Remainder – Inside.Longest traveller: Man Of Plenty (3.10)349 miles.Wolverhampton – (five-year record)Top Trainers (with runners): P Evans 95-867 (11%), M Johnston 89-457 (19.5%), MBotti 62-325 (19.1%), T Dascombe 62-327(19%), K Ryan 57-405 (14.1%), D Shaw 51-510 (10%), R Harris 48-575 (8.3%), WBrisbourne 45-575 (7.8%), I Williams 43-297(14.5%), J Osborne 40-275 (14.6%), R C Guest38-412 (9.2%), B Ellison 37-272 (13.6%). TopJockeys (with mounts): L Morris 116-1260(9.2%), R Kingscote 74-450 (16.4%), RWinston 72-505 (14.3%), J Quinn 69-653(10.6%), S De Sousa 55-343 (16%), C Catlin53-626 (8.5%), N Callan 49-267 (18.4%), SDonohoe 49-418 (11.7%), W Carson 48-468(10.3%), L Keniry 35-506 (6.9%), CathyGannon 34-387 (8.8%), M Harley 29-209(13.9%). Favourites: 1230-3835 (32.1%).Visored for the first time –Musselburgh: 2.40 Boy RangerWolverhampton: 4.00 Take A Note.

Blinkered for the first time – Brighton:3.20 Perfect Pastime; 3.20 Tigerish. 3.50 RuralAffair, 4.20 Royal Reyah. Musselburgh: 3.40Bounty Girl.Cheek pieces – Brighton: 2.20Benandonner, Silver Marizah, 4.20 Amenable, RWoody 4.50 Iffley Fields, Wishformore.Musselburgh: 2.10 Andiamo Via(*), DriveHome, 3.10 Jan Smuts, Man Of Plenty 4.10Jebel Tara(*), 4.40 Headstight, Mitchell(*), MrMo Jo Windforpower, 5.10 Burns Night, DeanIarracht, Geanie Mac High On A Hill(*),Jawaab, Valantino Oyster, 5.40 Here Now AndWhy, Rock Canyon. Wolverhampton: 2.30Crucis Abbey, 3.00 Cocozza, 4.00 Khajaaly,4.30 Avatar Star Grilletto(*), 5.30 Marshall Art,Rise To Glory, Very First Blade 6.00Inherited(*).(*) = horses wearing cheek pieces for the firsttime.Tongue straps – Brighton: 2.20Drummond, 2.50 Novel Dancer.Musselburgh: 3.10 Bowdler’s Magic, JanSmuts, 4.10 Jebel Tara, Prime Exhibit, RoyalStraight. Wolverhampton: 2.30 Just Five,Olivers Mount, Green And White, 3.00 Ajeeb,Idolise, 4.00 Khajaaly, The Mongoose,Ferryview Place, Roy’s Legacy, 4.30 Avatar Star,5.30 Marshall Art, Charlemagne Diva, MontyFay, 6.00 Elizabeth Coffee.TV – At The Races: Brighton,Wolverhampton. Racing UK: Musselburgh.

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CRAYFORD: 10.38 Frontiers 5-1 (1-6-2 £26.95 TC £76.24). 10.53 Rockmount Silva 7-2 (5-6-4 £11.44 TC £32.36). 11.07 Sharons Delight 2-1f (6-3-1 £9.12 TC £33.95). 11.23 Satisfied Mind 4-1 (2-6-1 £18.13 TC £41.11). 11.37 Auntie Otis 5-2 (4-3-6 £11.48 TC £20.57). 11.51 Hillfield Lad 6-1 (4-5-6 £40.02 TC £80.18). 12.08 Good Poet 5-2jt (6-4-5 £11.90 TC £43.55). 12.24 Saleen Blue Boo 5-1 (6-5-4 £17.40 TC £39.02). 12.39 Pennys Plate 5-2 (6-4-3 £9.98 TC £30.87). 12.57 Poacher 3-1 (5-6-4 £15.16 TC £32.08). 1.11 Butterbridge Ri 10-1 (1-5-6 £53.99 TC £155.67). 1.27 Viking Global 5-2f (4-6-3 £12.75 TC £35.64). 1.44 Puffanomic Evensf (6-1-5 £5.33 TC £20.96). 1.58 Peace Master 5-2 (6-3-4 £10.29 TC £25.48). 7.31 Pebbles Ajay 3-1 (2-5-3 £19.47 TC £42.36).NEWCASTLE: 2.24 Tornaroy Temper 7-2 (4-2-1 £22.41 TC £60.02). 2.42 Run For Rachel 4-1 (1-4-2 £19.15 TC £63.30). 2.58 Tunes Beat 4-1 (6-5-1 £17.39 TC £81.99). 3.18 Hestias Lad 4-1 (2-4-3 £40.44 TC £69.36). 3.37 Global Made 4-1 (1-2-6 £14.93 TC £47.26). 3.53 Shaneboy Phantom 5-2jt (6-4-1 £15.50 TC £55.76). 4.14 Anfi Melody Evensf (3-2-1 £9.07 TC £27.33). 4.28 Chaotic Serena 3-1 (6-4-1 £18.43 TC £38.05). 4.47 Cabela Bass 6-4f (4-3-2 £6.65 TC £19.61). 5.07 Lostrigg Phanter 3-1 (3-4-5 £19.64 TC £82.30). 5.27 Steel Silver 5-1 (3-1-6 £22.86 TC £60.37). 5.44 Bay City Ted 4-1 (5-6-4 £15.48 TC £41.97). 5.58 Millroad Maggie 10-1 (6-3-4 £64.86 TC £235.12). 6.16 Lostrigg Legend 5-1 (3-6-4 £19.44 TC £57.25). ROMFORD: 10.31 Mushroom 4-1 (4-1-5 £34.08 TC £99.90). 10.46 Rookies Dream 3-1 (6-3-4 £10.79 TC £29.16). 11.00 Dods Mover 4-1 (5-3-6 £21.19 TC £64.45). 11.16 Bridge Lucy 3-1 (3-4-1 £29.11 TC £78.15). 11.31 Mosquito Flyer 5-1 (1-2-4 £16.95 TC £40.54). 11.44 Two Lilys 7-2 (2-1-3 £15.65 TC £41.60). 11.58 Borwickwolverine 11-4 (1-2-5 £14.98 TC £31.73). 12.17 Wychwood Dancer 4-1 (4-3-2 £25.46 TC £67.39). 12.33 Murlens Court 9-2 (6-3-1 £31.06 TC £90.46). 12.47 Quarterland Midi 9-2 (4-6-1 £23.83 TC £79.94). 1.04 Ille Girl 3-1 (5-6-3 £19.95 TC £57.96). 1.19 Avalon Flash 7-4f (4-1-3 £9.71 TC £31.38). 1.33 Cape Down 3-1 (3-2-6 £16.94 TC £50.90). 1.49 Young Storm 5-1 (5-1-2 £26.45 TC £77.14).SITTINGBOURNE: 6.28 Hollyoak Diamond 4-1 (1-5-4 £19.48 TC £89.00). 6.48 Longscar Jack 5-2f (2-4-3 £15.90 TC £46.45). 7.06 Matching Kian Evensf (4-3-1 £10.70 TC £45.91). 7.22 Hollyoak Levi 4-1 (3-6-1 £11.14 TC £39.34). 7.37 Special Empire 6-4f (6-2-1 £9.48 TC £24.58). 7.52 Magna Spice 4-1 (5-6-4 £23.40 TC £49.44). 8.07 Glen Junior 3-1 (3-5-2 £12.29 TC £37.89). 8.22 Battlefield Girl 4-1 (2-6-5 £38.71 TC £91.17). 8.37 Tullna Cyclone 9-4f (5-1-6 £15.20 TC £42.01). 8.51 Hedsor Lola 4-1 (5-6-1 £21.37 TC £54.78). 9.07 Brinkleys Dragon 9-4f (3-1-4 £10.69 TC £35.05). 9.22 Special Trio 4-1 (3-6-5 £17.36 TC £47.46). 9.37 Evco Flash 4-1 (2-5-4 £20.01 TC £61.13). 9.52 Stellasallsorts 6-1 (2-5-1 £33.12 TC £84.26). 10.07 Hollyoak Dart 7-2 (6-1-2 £17.06 TC £56.29). Placer £1 stake (Races 1-6) £61.80, (Races 10-15) £163.00.SWINDON: 7.25 Derrane Tip 5-2 (4-5-2 £10.75 TC £32.79). 7.41 Snaffi Yank 4-1 (3-1-6 £15.33 TC £0.00). 7.57 Farkland Lady 5-2f (2-6-1 £14.66 TC £51.37). 8.13 Glynnscross Carl 3-1 (6-4-2 £14.11 TC £50.26). 8.29 Sharp Exit 4-1 (4-2-1 £28.66 TC £72.38). 8.45 Bup Bups 8-1 (1-2-3 £36.07 TC £87.36). 9.01 Swift Whitney 7-4f (2-1-6 £10.09 TC £31.83). 9.17 Primo Patch 3-1f (5-4-6 £19.10 TC £61.09). 9.33 Shelbourne Geoff 7-1 (5-4-6 £33.87 TC £99.80). 9.49 Apple Stan 9-4 (2-1-3 £11.32 TC £0.00). 10.05 Seiskin Belle 9-4f (5-6-3 £15.10 TC £48.43). 10.20 Ardjeff Lady 7-2 (6-5-1 £17.11 TC £49.35).

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20 SPORT MONDAY NOVEMBER 4 2013 WESTERN DAILY PRESS WDP-E01-S4

GOLF

Dustin Johnson recoveredfrom seeing his overnightthree-shot lead wiped out injust two holes to claim theWGC-HSBC Champions inShanghai, China.

The American played thelast six holes in five under parat Sheshan International GolfClub to card a closing 66 andfinish 24 under par, threeahead of Ian Poulter.

All three members of thefinal group of Johnson, defend-ing champion Poulter andGraeme McDowell shot 66,meaning Poulter finished oneahead of Ryder Cup team-mateMcDowell, with Spain’s SergioGarcia two shots behind infourth after a closing 63.

US Open champion JustinRose was fifth on 16 under andRory McIlroy’s share of sixth

Johnson’s 66takes him toShanghai title

with Canada’s Graham DeLaeton 15 under was more thanenough to secure the formerworld number one’s place inthe season-ending DP WorldTour Championship in Dubai.

“I didn’t get off to the beststart and Poulter and McDow-ell got off to great starts andput a lot of pressure on me, butI am swinging well and puttingwell so thought just stick to mygame plan and play the golfcourse how I want to play itand it’s going to come,” Jo h n -son said. “I played really wellthe last few holes on the frontnine and then had a great backnine. The guys made it reallyinteresting but I just playedreally well coming down thestretch. They put a lot of pres-sure on me but I handled it.”

DustinJohnsongets holdof thetrophy

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel celebrates after winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina racetrack

Champ Vettelhas anotherperfect dayFORMULA ONE

BY MARK BRYANSin Abu Dhabi

World champion SebastianVettel secured victory in AbuDhabi on what he labelled a“perfect day” as he continuesto cement his place as a legendof Formula One.

The 26-year-old Red Bulldriver secured his fourth titlein India last weekend but didnot let up as he stormed to alights-to-flag finish at the YasMarina circuit with theshackles now off.

Vettel once again left theentire field, including team-mate and pole sitter MarkWebber, in his wake as theGerman won by more than30 seconds for his seventh racewin in succession.

That means he joined seven-times champion Michael Schu-macher in recording sevensuccessive race wins in a cal-endar year, with AlbertoAscari holding the overallrecord for consecutive victor-ies, having managed nine –split between the 1952 and 1953s e a s o n s.

It was also the 37th win ofVe t t e l ’s career, taking him towithin four victories of the lateAyrton Senna, but the young-est quadruple champion in his-tory is not motivated bybecoming a record-breaker.

“It [breaking records]d o e s n’t make me jump in to thecar but it is a shock when youmention these names [Schu-macher and Ascari],” he said.

“I know that, any kind ofrecord you talk about, Michaelwill be involved. The numbersare not that important to be mebut equally they make me very,very proud.

“If you equal something oryo u ’re close to something, thenthe guys you talk about are themost special drivers in theworld. I don’t think I’m oldenough to realise yet.”

With wins becoming par forthe course for Vettel during the

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (55 laps): 1 S Vettel(Ger) Red Bull 1hr 38mins 06.106secs, 2 MWebber (Aus) Red Bull 1:38:36.935, 3 NRosberg (Ger) Mercedes 1:38:39.756, 4 RGrosjean (Fra) Lotus 1:38:40.908, 5 F Alonso(Spa) Ferrari 1:39:13.287, 6 P di Resta (Gbr)Force India 1:39:24.280, 7 L Hamilton (Gbr)Mercedes 1:39:25.373, 8 F Massa (Bra) Ferrari1:39:28.992, 9 S Perez (Mex) McLaren1:39:37.304, 10 A Sutil (Ger) Force India1:39:39.363, 11 P Maldonado (Ven) Williams1:39:42, 95, 12 J Button (Gbr) McLaren1:39:49.873, 13 E Gutierrez (Mex) Sauber-Ferrari 1:39:50.401, 14 N Hulkenberg (Ger)Sauber-Ferrari +1 lap, 15 V Bottas (Fin)Williams +1 lap, 16 D Ricciardo (Aus) ScuderiaToro Rosso +1 lap, 17 J-E Vergne (Fra)Scuderia Toro Rosso +1 lap, 18 G van derGarde (Ned) Caterham +1 lap, 19 C Pic (Fra)Caterham +1 lap, 20 J Bianchi (Fra) Marussia+2 laps, 21 M Chilton (Gbr) Marussia +2 laps.Not classified: 22 K Raikkonen (Fin) Lotus 0laps completed.World Championship standings,Drivers: 1 Vettel (Ger) 347pts, 2 Alonso 217,3 Raikkonen 183, 4 Hamilton 175, 5 Webber166, 6 Rosberg 159, 7 Grosjean 114, 8 Massa106, 9 Button 60, 10 di Resta 48, 11Hulkenberg (Ger) Sauber-Ferrari 39, 12 Perez35, 13 Sutil 29, 14 Ricciardo 19, 15 Vergne 13,16 Gutierrez 6, 17 Maldonado 1.Manufacturers: 1 Red Bull 513pts, 2Mercedes GP 334, 3 Ferrari 323, 4 Lotus F1Team 297, 5 McLaren 95, 6 Force India 77, 7Sauber-Ferrari 45, 8 Scuderia Toro Rosso 32, 9Williams 1.

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second half of the 2013 season,he was also keen to stress thatthe job of leading form thefront is not as easy as somepeople believe.

“The thing is people seeseven race wins,” he added.“People don’t see the challengeit takes every single race tonail it. It’s been exceptional.The fact that we got everythingright; smooth pit stops, reli-ability. I think it just all came

together, I think it was a per-fect day for us.”

Webber had caused a minorshock by beating his seem-ingly all-conquering team-mate to pole position on Sat-urday but the Australian, whowill leave Formula One at theend of the season, did not enjoythe best start and slippedbehind both Vettel and theMercedes of Nico Rosbergbefore the first corner.

He fought back to pass Ros-berg later in the race but coulddo nothing about the sheer

domination of Vettel. Rosbergheld on for third place as Mer-cedes look to keep hold ofsecond place in the construct-ors’ championship at the ex-pense of Ferrari.

The second Mercedes ofLewis Hamilton had a quieterrace and brought his car homeseventh after a late surge to-wards the back of Paul DiRe s t a ’s Force India provedfr uitless.

Kimi Raikkonen’s weekendwas summed up as he collidedwith a Caterham going in tothe first corner, with his Lotusunable to continue.

The Finn, who claimed onFriday that he has racedunpaid all season, had origin-ally qualified fifth, only to beexcluded from the session afterhis car failed a scrutineeringtest. His team-mate RomainGrosjean finished well, as he

Olympic champion Trott takes last-day gold medal for BritainCYCLING

Double Olympic championLaura Trott was Great Bri-t a i n’s solitary gold medalliston the final day of the TrackWorld Cup in Manchester asthe hosts suffered the unfa-miliar feeling of finishingsecond on the medal table.

B r i t a i n’s track cyclists areused to dominating in the ve-lodrome, but the last of threedays of racing at their hometrack did not begin as planned,as Olympic champion JasonKenny suffered an embarrass-ing early exit in the men’ssprint, after failing to nego-tiate qualifying.

Trott, Kenny’s girlfriend, tri-umphed in the six-disciplineomnium after winning thefinal two events, taking hersecond gold after victory in theteam pursuit on day one.

World champion BeckyJames was second in thewo m e n’s Keirin, claiming Bri-t a i n’s second medal of the day,as the hosts finished with fourgold medals and eight in all.

All five of Germany’s medalswere gold, with two claimed onthe final day as Kristina Vogeltook her third title from threeevents in the keirin and RobertForstemann added the indi-vidual sprint title to the teamgold claimed on day one.

Trott was sixth overnight atthe midway point in theomnium before a second-dayrally. She placed second in theindividual pursuit before agutsy winning ride in thescratch race propelled her totop spot in the rankings withone event remaining.

The bunch races are not nor-mally Trott’s forte, yet sheseized her opportunity bybeing the second of two ridersto lap the field and out-sprin-ted Poland’s Malgorzata Woj-tyra to win. It was the firsttime she had gained a lap in ascratch race.

“Normally in the omniumyo u ’re sitting back and you’re

just racing the people in thetop six,” the 21-year-old fromCheshunt said.

“I was never going to win theomnium by doing that. Mycoach [Chris Newton] said tome: ‘Just go for it’. Whenyo u ’re a kid and you race na-tionals, you race like that. Youjust think ‘sod it’ and go.

“If I didn’t get the lap I didn’tget it, at least I’d tried. But I didget it and it paid off, becausethen I only had to sprintagainst one person.”

Trott also won the sixth dis-cipline, the 500 metres time-trial, to win by 19 points, fivepoints clear of runner-up Gil-lian Carleton of Canada.Laura Trott won another gold

took fourth place. Ferraridropped 11 points behind Mer-cedes as Fernando Alonsocould only manage fifth des-pite a late surge after a switchto the faster, soft tyres.

Felipe Massa was eighth inthe second Ferrari whileM c L a re n’s Sergio Perez and theForce India of Adrian Sutilrounded out the points scorers,with Perez’s Somerset-bornteam-mate Jenson Button 12th.

Djokovic winsthe Paris titleTENNIS

Novak Djokovic kept alive hisslim hopes of finishing theyear as world number one withvictory over David Ferrer inthe final of the Paris Masters.

Djokovic was overtaken byRafael Nadal last month andhas since won in Beijing andback-to-back Masters seriestrophies in Shanghai andParis, but two victories byNadal in London this week willbe enough, whatever Djokovicdoes in the capital.

Ferrer led 5-3 in both sets,only for Djokovic to triumph 7-5, 7-5.

Johanna Konta’s hopes offollowing Anne Keothavong asa British singles champion atthe AEGON GB Pro-SeriesBarnstaple tournament inDevon ended with a semi-finaldefeat. She lost 3-6, 7-6, 7-6 toRu s s i a ’s Marta Sirotkina, whowent on to win the final 6-7, 6-3,7-6 against Kristyna Pliskova.

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west ham

man utd

western daily press

away victory