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1 On the field Webb stood out for composure , O'Donnell 's experience was invaluable , and their overseas player , Simpkins — he travels from the Isle of Wight — was brave and solid in goal .
2 Newport were in shreds as Marcus Hannaford cleaned up for the third try .
3 Let him go ’ , so the interpreter sat down and M. Ver carried on for five minutes more .
4 However , Queen 's will be struggling for a scrum-half with former Irish Schools ' skipper Kenton Hillman ruled out for two months because of a shoulder injury , while centre Gerry Ross is heading for Trinity .
5 After her Medau season in Dumfries and Galloway ended , Valerie Archibald took off for New York to visit her son 's family .
6 Plymouth looked to be cruising to victory when striker Dwight Marshall made up for an early miss with two goals in three minutes in the first half of this tie .
7 Aussie skipper Border and pace bowler Merv Hughes , who was fined Pounds 185 , appealed vigorously for lbw decisions as tail-enders Ian Bishop and Courtney Walsh held out for a draw in Brisbane .
8 There is nothing very new about it all Alf Ramsey was hounded out despite winning the World Cup , while Don Revie , Ron Greenwood and Bobby Robson came in for vilification but things do seem to be getting worse .
9 They became engaged in England and next year Miss Brooke set out for New York chaperoned by her brother Edgar , a solicitor .
10 The research Jarvis embarked on for his book took him into the lower level concourse at Bond Street .
11 Keith McGarry , last year 's leading point scorer in Ulster increased Dungannon 's lead to 12 points before prop David Miller surged over for a try after good work from Jeremy Hastings near the Highfield line .
12 Miss Harker set off for London with her young charge two days later .
13 F Whose football strip did David Mellor put on for Antonia de Sancha ?
14 Five players were booked , and Newry had David Coleman sent off for a bad challenge on Peebles .
15 Saracens were never in it and when Richard West went over for a try , it was virtually all over .
16 MOTORIST David Millen drove on for three miles after an accident — with a severed arm hanging by a thread from his shoulder .
17 Two penalties by Derek McAleese put them 6-0 up in as many minutes and five minutes later after a huge McAleese kick had taken play to the corner Davie Tweed won the line out and Johnny Caskey nipped over for the try which McAleese converted .
18 Ewen Mackay stood back for him to enter .
19 My father and mother were living at Sleetburn , where I was born , with my grandparents and a great-uncle , when Low Birk Hatt came up for auction .
20 After the interval , chances were few and far between and most of the early play took place in mid-field , but towards the end Hucklecote applied severe pressure , but the visitor 's defence superbly mastered by outside half , Neil Smith held out for a fine hard-earned victory .
21 Visitors Cholmondeley held out for a draw on 130 for seven .
22 Kim Barnes went along for a preview .
23 That was when Frank Gray came in for me .
24 Pete Miles barged through for the third try at the start of the second half …
25 You see , it was her shopping Mabel went back for , so she feels responsible .
26 But there was no lack of class on show , especially in a fast and furious opening 40 minutes when Saints young guns Gary Connolly and Alan Hunte ripped in for three tries .
27 Aunt Margaret glanced round for something with which to distract her and darted to the corner where the cage was .
28 No-one could be spared to get fresh cots , so these men from farthest Arran and the Rhondda Valley sat up for the rest of the night with a brown baby under each arm .
29 Pathfinders in Space obeyed all the ground rules Sydney Newman laid down for doing drama on Television .
30 For instance , I have today recorded a radio interview in Welsh stressing the need to have an application for quarrying on the Carmel Woods SSSI called in for a public inquiry .
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