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----------------------------------------------------------------- QUALIFYING POSITION OF FOOTBALL PLAY-OFF WINNERS ----------------------------------------------------------------- Highest 9 Second 2 Third 6 Lowest 3 Stamp's Sporting Statistics WINNERS OF BADMINTON'S WORLD TEAM TOURNAMENTS Thomas Cup (men) 1949 Malaya 1952 Malaya 1955 Malaya 1958 Indonesia 1961 Indonesia 1964 Indonesia 1967 Malaysia 1970 Indonesia 1973 Indonesia 1976 Indonesia 1979 Indonesia 1982 China 1984 Indonesia 1986 China 1988 China 1990 China 1992 Malaysia. Uber Cup (women) 1957 US 1960 US 1963 US 1966 Japan 1969 Japan 1972 Japan 1975 Indonesia 1978 Japan 1981 Japan 1984 China 1986 China 1988 China 1990 China 1992 China. COST OF COUNTY CRICKET MEMBERSHIPS Surrey pounds 81 Durham pounds 80 Hampshire pounds 70 Worcestershire pounds 65 Derbyshire pounds 63 Somerset pounds 61 Essex pounds 60 Middlesex pounds 60 Northamptonshire pounds 60 Yorkshire pounds 60 Lancashire pounds 58 Warwickshire pounds 58 Nottinghamshire pounds 57 Gloucestershire pounds 55 Kent pounds 50 Leicestershire pounds 50 Sussex pounds 50 Glamorgan pounds 15 ANNIVERSARIES Today Birth of Ted Dexter (1935); Tottenham Hotspur won the Cup-Winners' Cup, becoming the first British club to win a European trophy (1963). Monday Births of gymnast Olga Korbut (1955); and tennis player Gabriela Sabatini (1970); Jim Laker took all 10 Australian wickets while playing for Surrey (1956). Tuesday Birth of boxer Sugar Ray Leonard (1956). Wednesday Births of tennis player Fred Perry (1909); and footballer Nobby Stiles (1942). Thursday West Ham beat Munich 1860 to win European Cup-Winners' Cup (1965). Friday Bobby Charlton scored his 49th goal for England against Colombia, which is still a record (1970). Saturday Fifa formed at a meeting in Paris (1904); Muhammad Ali beat Henry Cooper at Highbury (1966). -----------------------------------------------------------------