LATE call-offs have whittled down the first-round ties in the Benson &
Hedges championship at the Masters Club in Dennistoun, Glasgow, open to
all registered players outwith the world top 16.
0 Last night former British youth champion Paul McPhillips, from
Thornliebank, clinched third-round place, beating Welshman Ian Sergeant
5-4, and Ginger Lardner, playing before his hometown fans, is in line
for the #700 highest break prize with a 130, defeating Kirkcaldy rival
Rab Ritchie 5-2 in the second round.
Other results: Eddie Manning (Leicester) 5, Bill Snaddon (Sauchie) 2;
P Davies (Hampshire) 5, Colin Morton (Accrington) 1.
