FOURTEEN members of this season's North Midlands Under 19 side have graduated to the county's Under 20 squad for the friendly against Cheshire at Crewe & Nantwich tomorrow (2.30pm).

North Midlands have used their Under 19 matches in the autumn to assess potential players for their Under 20 Country Championship campaign and this year's crop of youngsters look promising.

Moseley provide 20 of the 32-strong squad from which North Midlands will select their sides for the Championship matches against Staffs, Oxford Univ and Warwickshire.

There are eight survivors from the squad that reached last season's Under 20 final at Twickenham - Dan Parr, Jim Price, Jack Dawson, Chris Shipway, Neil Mason, Mani Samra, Tom Skinner and Ben Gorst.

n The squad is: Backs: Anthony Edwards (Moseley), Dave Wellavise (Bromsgrove), Andrew Garrod (Luctonians), Matthew Mountford (Moseley), Mark Wakefield, Richard Wakefield (both Old Halesonians), Jonathon Critchlow, James Kynock, Greg Sullivan, Oliver Thomas, Dan Parr (all Moseley), Jim Price (Worcester).

Forwards: Dave Warren, Stephen Penfold, Dan Moss (all Moseley), Ben Gorst, Richard Cheshum (both Worcester), Jonathan Meldrum (Luctonians), Ian Coles, Paul Batchelor (both Moseley), Michael Woodhouse (Newport), Tom Skinner, Mani Samra, Joe Purcell, Simon Homer, Richard Rainbow (all Moseley), Ben Rawlings (Hereford), Neil Mason (Worcester), Stephen Halbutt (Moseley), Michael Griffiths (Luctonians), Chris Shipway, Jack Dawson (both Moseley).