CRICKET: Ray Panikkar, the Peterborough Town scorer for over 20 years, collapsed and died during Town's match at Crawthorne Road.
CRICKET: Peterborough Town's Cyril Stimpson took 6-74 in a drawn match against Kett
ering.
FOOTBALL: Perkins began life in Division One of the Peterborough League with a comfortable win. Freshly relegated from the Premier Division, they beat St Ives 4-1 with goals by Jim Warnes, Joe Martin, Bruce Bradley and Dave Waghorn.
FOOTBALL: Eye United also kicked off their Division One campaign with a handsome victory. They beat Stamford Rovers 8-1 with Keith Smart scoring a hat-trick. Also on target for them were Charlie Guest (2), Barry Nightingale (2) and Geoff Matthews.
POSH: Jim Hall earned Posh a 2-2 draw with Bradford City at London Road with a goal three minutes from time. The crowd was 6,457.
CRICKET: David Smith steered Peterborough Town seconds to victory at March with 7-19.
30 YEARS AGO
CRICKET: It was a good weekend for Ufford Park's Terry Rawlings. First he scored 52 against Wigston and then on the Sunday made 89 against Ketton.
CRICKET: Bourne thrashed Market Deeping thanks to Peter Slowey's 6-13.
POSH: A last-gasp goal by Barry Butlin earned Posh a 1-0 win over Hull in the League Cup and a place in the second round against Middlesbrough.
FOOTBALL: Stamford hammered United Counties League rivals Holbeach 6-0 with goals by Dave Marshall, Kevin Horn (2), Geoff Biggs, Nicky Papworth and Robbie Clarke.
POSH: Two Alan Slough goals earned Posh a 2-1 win over Elton John's Watford in Division Three.
FOOTBALL: Franco Piergianni led the way with four goals as Eye United hammered Peterborough League Premier Division rivals Leverington 11-2. Tony Jones and Hugh Brady bagged two apiece.
FOOTBALL: Posh Youths were hammered 4-1 at Reading with Trevor Slack scoring the consolation effort.
BOWLS: John Dickenson and David Broadhurst won the men's pairs title for Northants at the English Championships at Skegness.
RUGBY: Peterborough's second team skipper Curly Hodson broke his wrist
in the club's final pre-season trial match.
20 YEARS AGO
POSH: New striker Nick Cusasck hit the winner in a 2-1 friendly win over a Tottenham Hotspur side at London Road.
CRICKET: Peterborough Town newcomer Saleem Mohammed hit a brilliant 111 off 115 deleiveries for the seonds in a win over Long Sutton seconds.
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