Sporting Digest: Hockey

MEN'S COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP Pool 1 (Plymouth): RAF 2 Devon 2; Durham 2 Suffolk 2; Cheshire 5 RAF 1; Devon 0 Durham 2; Suffolk 0 Cheshire 3; RAF 0 Durham 0; Devon 4 Suffolk 3; Durham 2 Cheshire 1; Suffolk 2 RAF 5; Cheshire 6 Devon 1. Qualifiers: Cheshire. Pool 2 (Hereford): Herefordshire 0 Essex 3; Cambridgeshire 2 Derbyshire 1; Hampshire 4 Herefordshire 0; Essex 4 Cambridgeshire 1; Derbyshire 0 Hampshire 0; Herefordshire 1 Cambridgeshire 2; Essex 1 Derbyshire 1; Cambridgeshire 3 Hampshire 1; Derbyshire 0 Herefordshire 1; Hampshire 0 Essex 6. Qualifiers: Essex. Pool 3 (Nottingham): RN 1 Notts 4; Norfolk 3 Kent 2; Yorkshire 5 RN 1; RN 1 Norfolk 0; Nottinghamshire 1 Kent 1; Norfolk 0 Yorkshire 3; Kent 5 RN 0; Yorkshire 2 Nottinghamshire 2. Qualifiers: Nottinghamshire. Pool 4 (Cannock): Warwickshire 0 Staffordshire 7; Northamptonshire 3 Somerset 0; Berkshire 5 Warwickshire 2; Staffordshire 6 Northamptonshire 1; Somerset 4 Berkshire 4; Warwickshire 1 Northamptonshire 2; Staffordfordshire 7 Somerset 0; Northamptonshire 0 Berkshire 4; Somerset 1 Warwickshire 2; Berkshire 1 Staffordshire 7. Qualifiers: Staffordshire. Pool 5 (Woking): Isle of Man 0 Surrey 8; Channel Islands 4 Lincolnshire 1; Middlesex 6 Isle of Man 1; Surrey 6 Channel Islands 1; Lincolnshire 1 Middlesex 2; Isle of Man 1 Channel Islands 2; Surrey 7 Lincolnshire 0; Channel Islands 5 Middlesex 5; Lincolnshire 0 Isle of Man 1; Middlesex 0 Surrey 6. Qualifiers: Surrey. Pool 6 (Aldershot): Dorset 1 Army 3; Wiltshire 2 Bedfordshire 3; Worcestershire 1 Dorset 4; Army 7 Wiltshire 3; Bedfordshire 1 Worcestershire 5; Dorset 0 Wiltshire 3; Army 7 Bedfordshire 1; Wiltshire 2 Worcestershire 4; Bedfordshire 3 Dorset 4; Worcestershire 1 Army 4. Qualifiers: Army. Pool 7 (Liverpool): Gloucestershire 0 Lancashire 1; Oxfordshire 6 Leicestershire 4; Sussex 5 Gloucestershire 3; Lancashire 5 Oxfordshire 0; Leicestershire 2 Sussex 4; Gloucestershire 1 Oxfordshire 3; Lancashire 7 Leicestershire 3; Oxfordshire 0 Sussex 2; Leicestershire 3 Gloucestershire 1; Sussex 3 Lancashire 3. Qualifiers: Lancashire. Pool 8 (Newcastle): Cornwall 0 Northumberland 1; Shropshire 5 Cumbria 3; Cumbria 0 Cornwall 1; Northumberland 2 Shropshire 2; Shropshire 3 Cornwall 1; Cumbria 0 Northumberland 0. Qualifiers: Shropshire.

UNDER-21 CHAMPIONSHIP Preliminary round: Royal Navy 0 Cambridgeshire 2; Sussex 2 Nottinghamshire 1 (aet).

OTHER MATCHES: Hounslow 2 Scotland 5; Southgate 3 Wales 1.

WOMEN'S COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP North (Sheffield): Durham 2 Sheffield League 1; Humberside 3 Northumberland 1; Yorkshire 4 Lancs Centre League 0; Lancashire 0 Cheshire 1; Cumbria 1 Mamchester League 0; Humberside 3 Durham 4; Cheshire 0 Yorkshire 1; Northumberland 2 Sheffield League 0; Lancs Central 0 Lancashire 0; Cumbria 0 Humberside 1; Manchester League 0 Durham 2; Cheshire 4 Lancs Central 1; Yorkshire 1 Lancashire 0; Sheffield League 4 Cumbria 2; Northumberland 2 Manchester League 1. Qualifiers (for National finals): Yorkshire. West (Bournemouth): Dorset 1 Gloucestershire 1; Devon 0 Wiltshire 1; Gloucestershire 0 Cornwall 0; Dorset 2 Somerset 2; Wiltshire 0 Herefordshire 3; Devon 0 Gloucestershire 1; Cornwall 0 Dorset 2; Somerset 0 Herefordshire 1; Cornwall 2 Devon 1; Dorset 1 Herefordshire 2; Wiltshire 0 Somerset 0; Cornwall 1 Somerset 1; Devon 0 Hereford 1; Somerset 0 Gloucestershire 1; Cornwall 3 Wiltshire 1; Gloucestershire 2 Wiltshire 1; Devon 1 Dorset 0; Cornwall 0 Hereford 1; Somerset 2 Devon 1; Gloucestershire 3 Hereford; Dorset 5 Wilts 0. Qualifiers: Herefordshire. South (Bisham Abbey): Berkshire 4 Buckinghamshire 1; Oxfordshire 3 Sussex 0; Middlesex 1 Surrey 1; Buckinghamshire 3 Sussex 1; Oxford 1 Surrey 3; Surrey 5 Sussex 0; Middlesex 0 Berks 3; Buckinghamshire 1 Oxfordshire 2; Surrey 0 Berkshire 1; Oxfordshire 0 Middlesex 0. Qualifiers: Berkshire. East (Ipswich): Suffolk 5 Lincolnshire 1; Lincolnshire 1 Kent 13; Kent 2 Suffolk 1. Qualifiers: Kent. Midlands (Olton and Pickwick): Northants 0 Warwickshire 4; Derbyshire 1 Shropshire 0; Northants 4 Worcestershire 2; Derbyshire 0 Staffordshire 4; Nottinghamshire 0 Worcestershire 1; Leicestershire 0 Staffordshire 8; Nottinghamshire 1 Warwickshire 6; Leicestershire 4 Shropshire 1.

WOMEN'S MIDLAND Premier: Aldridge 0 Kettering 0. Leading positions: 1 Loughborough Students (P 13, Pts 28); 2 Hampton (13-28); 3 Aldridge (13-25).

FIVE NATIONS' WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (Buenos Aires, Arg): Australia 2 England 0; Argentina 2 South Africa 1; England 2 United States 0; Argentina 2 Australia 2.

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