41.   The FA Cup and a less than glamorous first round game for Hereford.

42.   Liverpool footballer Michael Thomas out of the game for almost a year after rupturing his acheilles.

43.   In the extra end the shot position changed three times before Brian Daly played a magnificent bowl to win the game for the Belmont four.

44.   Certainly if Hughes plays against Latvia in Belfast the way he played against them in Riga the first of those farewell games for Bingham will yield another two points.

45.   But chess can be a pretty confusing game for non-players with some odd terminology.

46.   Linfield certainly needed the inspirational Knell to win the game for them.

47.   Former Oxton wicket-keeper Rob King misses the game for Hightown and is replaced by ex-captain Norman Gwyther.

48.   Ironside played his last away game for Scarborough at Maidstone in May and comes into a side with just one win in eight games.

49.   Ericson Atkins plays his first game for three weeks today when Yorkshire step into the seething cauldron of Redruth.