FOOTBALL: Stamford delivered a devastating late salvo to win the first competitive match of their season. They beat Lincoln United 4-2 in the Lincs Senior Cup after Kevin McGuire, Mark Clifford, Dave Taylor and Andy Furnell all nette
d in the final seven minutes.
GREYHOUNDS: Hot favourite Spoonbill Snowey romped to a clear victory in the final of the Peterborough Derby, coming within a whisker of breaking the Fengate track record.
BOWLS: Tiny 10 year-old Ean Morton turned the record books upside down when becoming the youngest player to appear in the Northants Bowling Federation finals – and he promptly helped his Peterborough Rail team book their place in the national finals with an 18-11 win over Yaxley.
CRICKET: Former Leicestershire pro Gordon Parsons went out in style in his last match for Bourne before moving to South Africa. He thumped 54 before taking 6-58 as Bourne beat Long Sutton by 10 runs in the South Lincs League.
POSH: Barry Fry ordered the Premiership predators to stay away after national newspaper reports linked Newcastle with a £4 million move for Matthew Etherington and suggested Liverpool were lining up a six-figure bid for Matthew Gill.
20 YEARS AGO: 1988
ATHLETICS: King of the throws Neil German had a successful outing as Cambs won the annual Hibberd Trophy clash against Suffolk, Beds and Norfolk. He won the shot putt and hammer as well as coming second in the discus.
CRICKET: Jonathan Boyce's half-century topped a solid batting effort as Peterborough Town saw off Wolverton by 20 runs in the Northants Premier Division.
FOOTBALL: Spalding held Conference side Kettering to a goalless friendly draw at the Sir Halley Stewart Field. Kettering fielded the former Posh quartet of Lil Fuccillo, Les Lawrence, Kevin Shoemake and Mark Nightingale.
CRICKET: Spalding pace ace Peter Sly bagged a cracking 8-70 as his side crushed bottom club Grantham by six wickets in the South Lincs Premier Division.
SPEEDWAY: The jeers turned to cheers for new Panthers chief David Hawkins as the city side racked up their biggest win of the season in his first match in sole charge. Craig Hodgson and Ian Barney (both 14) led a 67-29 rout of Rye House.
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