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1 MORRYS SCOTT , the 18-year-old whose two late goals stopped Gloucester 's talented side in their tracks on Saturday , last night scored the only goal of the replay to give Cardiff a third-round tie at home to Queen 's Park Rangers .
2 Cumbria threatened to fall apart when they lost their hooker , Derek Dougan , just before the interval , as Lancashire 's Mark Hesketh finished off a surge by Shaun Gallagher , initiated by the lively Dewi Morris , to give Lancashire a 9-0 lead at the break .
3 Driving with considerable power , he failed to get over a ball of fullish length , giving Wessels a stinging catch at mid-on .
4 He makes a mental note to call Keith a second time at 7:15 .
5 Finally she solved the problem by agreeing to let Ted do it provided none of us told Mum and as long as Ted gave Jean a full report at the end of each day on what precisely was going on between Dad and Eva .
6 Four penalties from four attempts by the full-back gave Ireland a 12–7 lead at the interval , Kerr responding with one penalty from three attempts before Bracken got the touch as England forced their way over the Irish line .
7 Malcolm 's return brought him a straight push for three and a ninth Test hundred , but he immediately drove half-heartedly at Hemmings and gave Gooch a simple catch at mid-on .
8 A strike out of the blue by top scorer Stan Collymore 12 minutes from time gave Southend a 1–0 win at Oxford and a boost in their fight against relegation .
9 Teenagers Paul Dinsdale and Gareth Dixon notched two wins to earn Wrexham a semifinal tilt at Bangor .
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