31.   A CANADIAN touring side Clansmen of Edmonton, played two matches in Armagh last night at the start of their visit to Ireland.

32.   Their last group match in the competition is against Linfield.

33.   The defeat comes just eight days after England lost by the same score to Norway in a vital World Cup qualifying match in Oslo.

34.   The club is staging three preliminary round matches in the Durham and Northumberland inter-county foursomes as well as the Durham v NE and NW PGA match.

35.   After the greying of the Irish, Hastings painted the Welsh match in primary colours.

36.   In a statement issued yesterday, Rangers acknowledged that they were experiencing difficulties in obtaining the number of tickets previously agreed for the match in Marseille.

37.   I have heard of three deaths during rugby matches in the seven years I have been secretary, but nothing like this.

38.   The two players had invited offers after rejecting a bid to stage the match in Manchester under the auspices of the International Chess Federation.

39.   I first started to go when they were getting promotion to the second division the last few matches in the third division.

40.   WREXHAM fell victim to a sucker punch for the second home match in succession, going down to goals at the end of each half at the Racecourse.