Sporting Digest: Hockey
SATURDAY: International Training Game (Bisham Abbey): England XI 2 Hounslow 3. Four Nations Home Quad (Cork): Under-16: Ireland 3 Scotland 0; Wales 0 England 8. Under- 18: Wales 2 England 6; Ireland 7 Scotland 0. Norwich Union County Championship Preliminary rounds: (Bridgnorth HC): Shropshire 0 Herefordshire 2; Wiltshire 1 Gloucestershire 2; Middlesex 2 Shropshire 1; Herefordshire 1 Wiltshire 2; Gloucestershire 2 Middlesex 2. (Old Loughtonians HC): Essex 4 Bedfordshire 0; Dorset 0 Northamptonshire 0; Somerset 1 Essex 4; Bedfordshire 1 Dorset 1; Northamptonshire 2 Somerset 1. (Bodmin): Cornwall 0 Lancashire 7; Oxfordshire 3 Warwickshire 0; Staffordshire 9 Cornwall 0; Lancashire 0 Oxfordshire 0; Warwickshire 0 Staffordshire 2. (Sheffield HC): Yorkshire 3 Sussex 0; Royal Navy 0 Northumberland 1; Cumbria 0 Yorkshire 6; Sussex 7 RN 0; Northumberland 3 Cumbria 0. (Army Stadium, Aldershot): Army 2 Isle of Man 1; Cambridgeshire 2 Devon 0; Leicestershire 1 Army 0; IOM 0 Cambridgeshire 10; Devon 3 Leicestershire 2. (Canterbury HC): Kent 2 Hampshire 2; Worcestershire 4 Suffolk 1; Lincolnshire 0 Kent 5; Hampshire 8 Worcestershire 3; Suffolk 3 Lincolnshire 3. (Univ of Durham): Berkshire 4 Buckinghamshire 3; Nottinghamshire 0 Durham 3; Buckinghamshire 1 Nottinghamshire 1. (Brooklands HC): Cheshire 2 Derbyshire 1; Surrey 1 RAF 1; Norfolk 3 Cheshire 2; Derbyshire 0 Surrey 3; RAF 0 Norfolk 3. Torrie Stockbrokers Scottish National League: First Division: Clydesdale 2 Inverleith 2; Edinburgh CS 9 Stepps 0; Gordonians 3 Stirling 0; Grange 0 Kelburne 0; Menzieshill 0 Torbrex Wanderers 3. Leading positions: 1 Torbrex Wanderers (11-27); 2 Kelburne (12-27); 3 Menzieshill (12-24). Women's Training Game: Wales 1 First Personnel Sutton Coldfield 2.
YESTERDAY
TRAINING GAME (Bisham Abbey): England XI 6 Havant 0.
FOUR NATIONS HOME QUAD (Cork) Under-16: Scotland 1 Wales 0; Ireland 2 England 2 Final positions: 1 England 5 pts; 2 Ireland 5; 3 Scotland 2; 4 Wales 0. Under-18: Scotland 1 Wales 2; Ireland 0 England 0. Final positions: 1 Ireland 5; 2 England 5; 3 Wales 2; 4 Scotland 0.
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND HA CUP Semi-final: Reading 1 Teddington 1 (Teddington won
5-3 aps and play Hounslow in the final at Milton Keynes on Sunday 2 May).
NORWICH UNION COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP: (Bridgnorth HC): Shropshire 3 Wiltshire 4; Herefordshire 0 Gloucestershire 2; Wiltshire 0 Middlesex 3; Gloucestershire 0 Shropshire 1; Middlesex 5 Herefordshire 0. Qualifier: Middlesex. (Old Loughtonians HC): Essex 4 Dorset 0; Bedfordshire 3 Northamptonshire 2; Dorset 3 Somerset 1; Northamptonshire 1 Essex 5; Somerset 2 Bedfordshire 3. Qualifier: Essex. (Bodmin): Cornwall 2 Oxfordshire 8; Lancashire 2 Warwickshire 1; Oxfordshire 0 Staffordshire 4; Warwickshire 6 Cornwall 1; Staffordshire 2 Lancashire 1. Qualifier: Staffordshire. (Sheffield HC): Yorkshire 9 RN 0; Sussex 0 Northumberland 0; RN 1 Cumbria 0; Northumberland 1 Yorkshire 4; Cumbria 1 Sussex 6. Qualifier: Yorkshire. (Army Stadium, Aldershot): Army 0 Cambridgeshire 2; Isle of Man 0 Devonshire 5; Cambridgeshire 2 Leicestershire 1; Devonshire 1 Army 3; Leicestershire 5 IOM 3. Qualifier: Cambridgeshire. (Canterbury HC): Kent 6 Worcestershire 2; Hampshire 3 Suffolk 1; Worcestershire 4 Lincolnshire 0; Suffolk 1 Kent 8; Lincolnshire 1 Hampshire 10. Qualifier: Hampshire. (Univ of Durham): Durham 1 Berkshire 0; Berkshire 3 Nottinghamshire 4; Buckinghamshire 2 Durham 3. Qualifier: Durham. (Brooklands HC): Cheshire 4 Surrey 1; Derbyshire 1 RAF 2; Surrey 2 Norfolk 0; RAF 0 Cheshire 4; Norfolk 0 Derbyshire 2. Qualifier: Cheshire.
ALL ENGLAND WOMEN'S HOCKEY ASSOCIATION CUP Quarter-finals: Ealing 1 Wimbledon 0; First Personnel Sutton Coldfield 4 Exmouth 0; Ipswich 2 Chelmsford 1; Leicester Balsam 5 St Albans 0.
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