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Sheriyar's thrifty fifty (Northants A June 30 - July 2)
WORCESTERSHIRE'S admirable never-say-die attitude reaped its reward at Wantage Road in the shape of an excellent 112-run victory over sorry Northamptonshire. As fightbacks go, this must figure as one of the best. Even the most adventurous punter would
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Ton-up Hick leads great escape (Sussex A June 2-5)
GRAEME Hick compiled a masterly 134 to deny Sussex victory as Worcestershire fought back courageously on the final day of their Championship game at Horsham. Worcestershire were also in-debted to a timely downpour as they were hanging on at 255-9 -- a
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County's revival arrives too late (Warwicks A May 19-22)
BILL Athey drew some encouragement from Worcestershire's display against Warwickshire despite it resulting in his side's third successive defeat in the County Championship. Several determined batting displays, not least from youngsters Chris Liptrot and
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Athey's joy at bowler's ten wickets (Hants A May 14-17)
WORCESTERSHIRE coach Bill Athey praised pace bowler Alamgir Sheriyar after his weakened team had fallen as expected to Hampshire by seven wickets at Southampton. Hampshire had little difficulty in reaching the 91 they needed in their second innings but
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Skipper Rhodes in rallying call! (Notts H April 28-May1)
STEVE Rhodes has pledged Worcestershire will not feel sorry for themselves following their ten-wicket defeat at Trent Bridge and the loss of Graeme Hick for almost two months. Hick joins up with England tomorrow for the forthcoming World Cup and may not
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Weather is the only winner (Durham A April 13-16)
A DRAW was the only result when Worcestershire's weather-affected Championship game resumed at Durham today. Just 38 overs were possible yesterday but that was enough for the home side to end the day on 153-4, one run ahead of the County's first innings
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City boosted by the Wright stuff
EVRAN Wright is out to repay the Worcester City fans after causing them so much misery in recent years. The prolific striker has so often been a thorn in City's side during his days with Halesowen Town, and has scored their only goal at St George's Lane
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01/07/00 - County hope to include Pollard
TABLE-topping Worcestershire Royals will be checking on opener Paul Pollard's fitness for tomorrow's Norwich Union National League Division One clash with Leicestershire Foxes at New Road. The former Nottinghamshire left-hander is battling to overcome
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Bromsgrove Rovers 1999-2000
All the scores from last season Sat Aug 13 DMW Sutton Coldfield Town H 0-2 480 Tue Aug 17 DMW Bedworth United A 0-3 253 Sat Aug 21 FAC Stourbridge A 1-3 Jinks 417 Sat Aug 28 DMW Hinckley United H 1-2 Winstone 362 Tue Aug 30 DMW Bilston Town A 1-1 Payne
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01/07/00 - Back to northern roots
ROB Myler has ended a two-and-half year spell at Sixways by deciding on a return to the North West. The 30-year-old utility back has had offers to play both rugby league and rugby union and will decide his future in the next few days. Myler became the
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Weston secures an unlikely draw (Leics H July 22-25)
A CENTURY stand between ton-up star Philip Weston and Graeme Hick gave Worcestershire a chance of beating second-in-the-table Leicestershire in their County Championship game at New Road. In the end, however, the match drifted into a draw with the County
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Moody's men on the climb (Gloucs A July 14-17)
WORCESTERSHIRE skipper Tom Moody believes his side are on the right track following their third County Championship victory in four games. Saturday's win over Gloucestershire at Cheltenham lifted Worcestershire up to ninth place in the table and, with
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County climb to twelfth in table (Somerset H June 15-18)
WORCESTERSHIRE shot up to 12th place in the County Championship table after beating Somerset by 26 runs at New Road yesterday. They had started the game two points adrift at the bottom but stormed to an impressive victory despite a century from Michael
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Victory lifts County confidence says Rhodes (Glamorgan H May 26-29)
ACTING captain Steve Rhodes believes Worcestershire can use their 48-run victory over Glamorgan at New Road as a launchpad to climb up the County Champion-ship table. "At least we have now built a foundation," he said after the County wrapped up their
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Liptrot blast is to no avail (Surrey H April 20-23)
Pace duo Chris Liptrot and Stuart Lampitt did their best to make up for lost time when Worcestershire's rain-ravaged County Championship match against Surrey finally got underway at New Road yesterday. They shared nine wickets to help dismiss Surrey for
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Town miss out
TOWN missed out on a chance to go top of the Banks's Brewery premier Division on Tuesday night when they lost 3-1. DARLASTON 3, MALVERN TOWN 1 Malvern were on top for the first 20 minutes only for ace striker Simon Archer to put the home side in front
