Harlequins top six finish in the top flight will see nine players on England duty this summer after scrum-half Danny Care and Mike Brown were drafted in to the senior squad to tour New Zealand announced today.
The first four and last five rounds of the Shepherd Neame Surrey Championship season are being played with a 50-over-a-side format for the first time and Wimbledon made the most of the new rules to beat Spencer by eight wickets at Church Road.
You are fishing a water that is famous for its stock of huge carp, you are fishing with luncheon meat and you catch a specimen perch, writes Ray Robson.
Premier Division: Cobham Avorians 145 lost to Sunbury 263-6 (O Roland Jones 67, E Spencer 69) by 118 runs. Dulwich 164-0 (R Farrow 51 not out, Z Sharif 89 not out) beat Sutton 162 by 10 wickets. Guildford 256-8 (C Mapatuna 67) lost to Normandy 270-9 (M Elahi 73, S Robson 91) by 14 runs. Malden Wanderers 148 (L Evans 54) lost to Reigate Priory 149-7 (A Richards 51) by 3 wickets. Wimbledon 213-2 (G Grace 105 not out, H Marambe 76 not out) beat Spencer 212-7 (A Mawson 50).
Premier Division: Economicals 126 (C Cooper 53, Valentine 5-36) lost to Sheen Park 127-4 b 6 wickets. Old Thorntonians 284-5 (N Saeed 75 not out, S Hussain 65, S Ahmed 51); beat Old Thorntonians A 227 (M Malik 71) by 57 runs. Surrey Seamers 190 beat Putney 171 by 19 runs. Rising Star 170 (D Gayle 60) lost to Abahani
171-9 (R Khan 81) by 1 wicket. Wandsworth 115 lost to John Fisher 116-2 by 8 wickets.
Cobham's Michael Page grabbed a three gold-medal haul as part of a successful Great Britain team at the World Amateur Kickboxing Championships in Cyprus last weekend.
