v Alfreton; Gateshead P Telford P; Gloucester
v Spennymoor; Guiseley v York; Kettering v
Boston United; Southport v Hereford FC.
National League South Chippenham Town v
Dorking Wanderers; Concord Rangers v
Braintree; Dartford v Billericay; Dulwich
Hamlet v Ebbsfleet; Hampton & Richmond v
Hemel Hempstead; Havant & Waterlooville v
Bath City; Hungerford Town v Oxford City;
Slough Town v Tonbridge Angels; Welling v
Eastbourne Borough.
Cinch Scottish Premiership: Aberdeen v St
Mirren; Hibernian v Motherwell; Rangers v
Dundee; St Johnstone v Ross County.
Scottish Championship: Arbroath v Raith;
Hamilton v Dunfermline; Morton v Ayr;
Queen of South v Partick Thistle.
Scottish League 1: Clyde v Peterhead; Cove
Rangers v Dumbarton; East Fife v Alloa;
Queen’s Park v Falkirk.
Scottish League 2: Albion v Forfar;
Cowdenbeath v Stirling; Stenhousemuir v
Stranraer.
Boxing
Copper Box Arena, London: Common-
wealth light heavyweight championship
Lyndon Arthur v Anthony Yarde (from 10.0).
Motor racing
Jeddah: Saudi Arabia Grand Prix
practice (1.0). Qualifying (5.0)
Rugby union
Gallagher Premiership (All 3.0): Exeter vSaracens; London Irish v Newcastle;
Northampton Saints v Bath; Worcester v
Wasps.
United Rugby Championship: Glasgow v
Dragons (7.35). Ospreys v Ulster (3.0).
TomorrowFootball
Premier League (2.0 unless stated): Aston
Villa v Leicester (4.30); Leeds v Brentford;
Manchester United v Crystal Palace;
Tottenham v Norwich.
Sky Bet Championship: QPR v Stoke (2.30).
FA Cup second round Rochdale v
Plymouth (12.15); Colchester v Wigan (12.30);
Kidderminster v Halifax (4.0); Salford v
Chesterfield (5.15).
Cinch Scottish Premiership: Dundee United
v Celtic (12.0); Livingston v Hearts (3.0).
Women’s 2020/21 FA Cup final,
Wembley: Arsenal v Chelsea (2.0).
Rugby union
Gallagher Premiership: Leicester Tigers v
Harlequins (3.0).
Motor racing
Jeddah: Saudi Arabia Grand Prix
(5.30).
Snooker
York: Cazoo UK Championship final (best of
19 frames, from 1.0).Football
Sky Bet Championship
Fulham (0) 1 Bournemouth(0) 1
Adarabioyo 84 Solanke 46
Top Six P WD L F A GD Pts
Fulham.................21 13 5 3 50 17 33 44
Bournemouth....21 12 7 2 37 17 20 43
QPR......................20 10 5 5 33 25 8 35
West Brom......... 209 7 4 27 16 11 34
Blackburn.......... 209 6 5 34 27 7 33
Coventry............ 209 6 5 27 23 4 33
FA Cup second round
Gateshead 0 Charlton 2; Rotherham 1
Stockport 0.
Scottish Championship
Inverness CT 1 Kilmarnock 0.
Scottish League Two
Edinburgh City 0 Annan 1.
Cricket
Second Test, Sri Lanka v West Indies
Galle International Stadium (final day of five):
Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 164 runs
Sri Lanka: First Innings 204 (P Nissanka 73;
V Permaul 5 for 35; J A Warrican 4 for 50.)
Second Innings (overnight 345-9)
D M de Silva not out 155
L Embuldeniya b Holder 39
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 2) 11
Total (9 wkts dec, 121.4 overs) 345
Fall of wickets 1-7, 2-39, 3-73, 4-151, 5-157,
6-208, 7-219, 8-221, 9-345.
Bowling Permaul 40-4-106-3; Chase 27-2-
82-2; Warrican 29-5-76-0; Roach 8-0-27-0;
Holder 9.4-1-26-1; Brathwaite 5-0-11-1; Bonner
3-1-9-0.
West Indies: First Innings 253 (K C
Brathwaite 72; R T M Wanigamuni 6 for 70.)
Second Innings
*K C Brathwaite lbw b Wanigamuni 6
J Blackwood c de Silva b Embuldeniya 36
N E Bonner b Embuldeniya 44
S D Hope c Lakmal b Wanigamuni 16
R L Chase c Fernando b Wanigamuni 0
K R Mayers c de Silva b Wanigamuni 0
J O Holder c de Silva b Embuldeniya 3
†J Da Silva not out 4
K A J Roach lbw b Embuldeniya 13
V Permaul lbw b Wanigamuni 1
J A Warrican c de Silva b Embuldeniya 3
Extras (b 4, lb 2) 6
Total (56.1 overs) 132
Fall of wickets 1-15, 2-65, 3-92, 4-92, 5-92,
6-103, 7-108, 8-128, 9-129.
Bowling Embuldeniya 20.1-6-35-5; Waniga-
muni 25-6-66-5; Jayawickrama 10-3-23-0;
Asalanka 1-0-2-0.
Umpires: H D P K Dharmasena and R S A
Palliyaguruge
6 Sri Lanka win three-Test series 2-0Second Test, India v New Zealand
Wankhede Stadium (first day of five): India
have scored 221 runs for 4 wickets against
New Zealand
India: First Innings
M A Agarwal not out 120
S Gill c Taylor b Patel 44
C A Pujara b Patel 0
*V Kohli lbw b Patel 0
S S Iyer c Blundell b Patel 18
†W P Saha not out 25
Extras (b 9, lb 5) 14
Total (4 wkts, 70 overs) 221
R Ashwin, A R Patel, J Yadav, U T Yadav and M
Siraj to bat.
Fall of wickets 1-80, 2-80, 3-80, 4-160.
Bowling Southee 15-5-29-0; Jamieson 9-2-Exeter
Going: good to soft
12.25 (2m 2f 111yd, hdle) 1, Voyburg (Chester
Williams, 5-1); 2, Miss Harriett (16-1); 3, That
Ole Chestnut (4-1). 12 ran. 6Kl, 1Kl. K C
Bailey.
12.55 (2m 161yd, hdle) 1, Hermes Boy (Chester
Williams, 85-40); 2, American Gerry (9-1); 3,
Dubrovnik Harry (15-2). 18 ran. 2Ol, ns. J
Williams.
1.30 (2m 5f 135yd, hdle) 1, Tip Top Cat (P J
Brennan, 7-4 fav); 2, Bangers And Cash (9-1);
3, Helios Allen (3-1). 12 ran. 4l, nk. F O’Brien.
2.05 (2m 3f 48yd, ch) 1, Gladiateur Allen (Ches-
ter Williams, 13-2); 2, Elixir De Nutz (12-1); 3,
Champagnesuperover (15-2). 6 ran. ns, 2Nl.
Mrs J Williams.
2.40 (2m 3f 48yd, ch) 1, L’Homme Presse
(Charlie Deutsch, 5-2); 2, Gunsight Ridge (15-8
fav); 3, Longshanks (6-1). 8 ran. 6l, 10l. Miss V
Williams.
3.15 (3m 6f 153yd, ch) 1, Gwencily Berbas (T
Scudamore, 25-1); 2, The Late Legend (12-1); 3,
Storm Force Ben (7-1). ; 4, Dancing Shadow
(11-1). 17 ran. 9Kl, 4l. D Pipe.
3.50 (2m 161yd, flat) 1, Clifton Bridge (Adrian
Heskin, 14-1); 2, Firestream (3-1 fav); 3, Hunter
Legend (11-2). 16 ran. 3Nl, 3Nl. A King.
Placepot: £143.40.
Quadpot: £23.60.
Newcastle
Going: standard
3.10 (1m 2f 42yd) 1, Jomont (Connor Beasley,
4-5 fav); 2, Virgo (3-1); 3, Raiff (18-1). 5 ran. NR:
She’s No Angel. Kl, hd. M Dods.
3.45 (1m 5yd) 1, Local Bay (J Watson, 16-1); 2,
Dreamseller (18-1); 3, Royal Prospect (9-4 fav).
13 ran. NR: Tefnut. 3Nl, sh hd. D O’Meara.4.15 (1m 5yd) 1, Twisted Dreams (P J McDo-
nald, 2-1 fav); 2, Eyes (5-2); 3, Publicist (16-1).
13 ran. 3Kl, 1Kl. R Menzies.
4.45 (6f) 1, Spartan Fighter (Harry Russell, 5-1
Co fav); 2, Gowanlad (5-1 Co fav); 3, Mayelf
(14-1). 14 ran. 1Kl, sh hd. A Brittain.
5.15 (6f) 1, Tiber Flow (Tom Marquand, 4-1); 2,
Pink Crystal (Evens fav); 3, Macchiavello (9-2).
13 ran. NR: Barbara’s Incharge. 1l, 4Kl. W J
Haggas.
5.45 (6f) 1, Hello Me (Rossa Ryan, 9-4 fav); 2,
Kind Review (16-1); 3, Giogiobbo (66-1).
12 ran. NR: Tommy de Vito. Ol, Ol. Joseph
Parr.
6.15 (7f) 1, Lord Of The Lodge (Pierre-Louis
Jamin, 12-1); 2, Boosala (5-6 fav); 3, Abolish
(66-1). 7 ran. Ns, 3l. K R Burke.
6.45 (1m) 1, Alexander James (J Watson, 6-1);
2, Imperial Command (14-1); 3, Tadleel (100-
30). 7 ran. 1Nl, ns. M Appleby.Placepot: £14.40.
Quadpot: £4.70.
Sandown Park
Going: good (good to soft in places)
12.45 (3m 37yd, ch) 1, Bali Body (Mr James
King, 15-8 fav); 2, Rolling Dylan (11-2);
3, Valadom (12-1). 8 ran. NR: Burrows Park.
3 Nl, 13l. Dr R D P Newland.
1.15 (1m 7f 216yd, hdle) 1, Forever Blessed (S
Bowen, 4-9 fav); 2, Romeo’s Bond (12-1); 3,
Hayedo (10-1). 9 ran. 18l, sh hd. H Fry.
1.50 (2m 4f 10yd, ch) 1, Bothwell Bridge (Nico
de Boinville, 11-4 fav); 2, Mahler’s Promise
(7-2); 3, Zyon (14-1). 6 ran. NR: Zhiguli. 3Nl,
1 Kl. N J Henderson.
2.25 (2m 3f 173yd, hdle) 1, Lossiemouth (Stan
Sheppard, 7-1); 2, Viva Lavilla (15-2); 3,
Brave Kingdom (6-5 fav). 5 ran. 14l, 6l. T
Lacey.3.00 (1m 7f 119yd, ch) 1, One True King
(J Nailor, 11-4 fav); 2, Darebin (12-1); 3, Early
Du Lemo (10-3). 9 ran. 1Ol, 4Ol. N A Twiston-
Davies.
3.35 (2m 7f 98yd, hdle) 1, Pileon (Ben Jones, 5-2
fav); 2, The Cob (12-1); 3, South Terrace (6-1).
12 ran. 5l, nk. P J Hobbs.
Placepot: £88.40.
Quadpot: £50.90.
Sedgefield
Going: good to soft (soft in places)
12.00 (2m 178yd, hdle) 1, Jungle Jack (B S
Hughes, 11-8 fav); 2, First Angel (10-3);
3, Kihavah (11-2). 10 ran. 1l, 3Ol. D McCain
Jnr.
12.35 (2m 3f 188yd, hdle) 1, Cailin Dearg (Craig
Nichol, 10-1); 2, Rubytwo (22-1); 3, Latino Fling
(2-1 fav). 11 ran. NR: Calliope, Lincoln Lyn. 2l,
4 Nl. R Dobbin.1.05 (2m 178yd, hdle) 1, El Jefe (William Shana-
han, 11-1); 2, Mi Laddo (3-1 fav); 3, Enlighten
(6-1). 14 ran. 3Ol, Kl. A B Hamilton.
1.40 (3m 2f 202yd, ch) 1, No Cruise Yet (Jona-
than England, 5-2 fav); 2, Lord Getaway (13-2);
3, Diamond Brig (16-5). 8 ran. NR: Quick Pick.
1 Kl, 8Kl. S England.
2.15 (2m 3f 188yd, hdle) 1, No Word Of A Lie
(Jack Andrews, 5-2); 2, Mister Whitaker (11-10
fav); 3, Bridge North (9-2). 8 ran. 8l, 5Kl. O
Signy.
2.50 (2m 5f 28yd, ch) 1, Sounds Russian (Callum
Bewley, 3-1 fav); 2, Bavington Bob (4-1); 3,
Road Warrior (14-1). 9 ran. NR: The Mighty Arc.
10l, nk. Ruth Jefferson.
3.25 (2m 178yd, flat) 1, Grove Road (Adam
Wedge, 2-1 fav); 2, Stroll On By (10-3); 3, Adel-
phi Sprite (13-2). 11 ran. 1Nl, nk. A Watson.
Placepot: £15.40.
Quadpot: £5.90.YESTERDAY’S RACING RESULTS
Today
Football
Kick-off 3.0 unless stated
Premier League Newcastle v Burnley;
Southampton v Brighton & Hove Albion;
Watford v Manchester City (5.30); West Ham
United v Chelsea (12.30); Wolverhampton
Wanderers v Liverpool.
Sky Bet Championship: Barnsley v
Huddersfield; Blackburn v Preston;
Blackpool v Luton; Bristol City v Derby;
Cardiff v Sheffield United; Coventry v West
Brom (12.30); Middlesbrough v Swansea;
Millwall v Birmingham; Nottingham Forest v
Peterborough; Reading v Hull.
League One: Accrington v Fleetwood Town;
Sunderland v Oxford.
FA Cup second round Buxton v
Morecambe (12.45); Wimbledon v
Cheltenham; Bristol Rovers v Sutton United;
Burton v Port Vale; Cambridge v Exeter;
Carlisle v Shrewsbury; Doncaster v
Mansfield; Ipswich v Barrow; Leyton Orient v
Tranmere; Lincoln City v Hartlepool;
Portsmouth v Harrogate; Walsall v Swindon;
Yeovil v Stevenage (5.30).
National League Aldershot v Altrincham;
Barnet v Maidenhead United; Bromley v
Wealdstone; Dagenham & Redbridge v
Grimsby; Dover v Wrexham; Solihull Moors v
Woking; Weymouth v Torquay United.
National League North Fylde v Blyth
Spartans; Bradford (Park Avenue) v Brackley
Town; Chester v Leamington; Curzon Ashton30-0; Patel 29-10-73-4; Somerville 8-0-46-0;
Ravindra 4-0-20-0; Mitchell 5-3-9-0.
New Zealand: *T W M Latham, W A Young,
D J Mitchell, L R P L Taylor, H M Nicholls,
†T A Blundell, R Ravindra, K A Jamieson,
T G Southee, W E R Somerville, A Y Patel.
Umpires: A K Chaudhary and N N Menon
6 Series level at 0-0
Rugby union
HSBC World Rugby Sevens, Dubai
Men, pool stages: Pool A Great Britain 24
Ireland 21; South Africa 48 Japan 0; Great
Britain 36 Japan 14; South Africa 21 Ireland 12;
Ireland 41 Japan 0; South Africa 21 Great
Britain 7.
Women, pool stages: Pool B France 33 Great
Britain 12; Fiji 24 Ireland 19; France 29 Ireland
0; Fiji 21 USA 12; USA 10 Ireland 12; Fiji 17 Great
Britain 15.
Gallagher Premiership
Gloucester 27 Bristol 10
Gloucester: Tries: Singleton, Harris,
Hastings, Chapman. Con: Hastings. Pen:
Hastings. Bristol: Try: Purdy. Con: Sheedy.
Pen: Sheedy. HT: 8-3.
6 Table above
Greene King IPA Championship
Nottingham P Jersey P.
United Rugby Championship
Sharks 30 Bulls 16; Edinburgh 24 Benetton
10; Leinster 47 Connacht 19.Snooker
Cazoo UK Championship
York Barbican (Best of 11 frames): Quarter-
finals K Wilson (Eng) bt R O’Sullivan (Eng) 6-5;
L Brecel (Bel) bt A McGill (Scot) 6-2; Zhao
Zintong (China) bt J Lizowski (Eng) 6-2.RESULTS FIXTURES
20 2GS Saturday December 4 2021 | the times
Sport Rugby union
Chris Harris underlined his developing
reputation as one of the finest centres
in the game as he spearheaded Glouc-
ester to their first league win against
Bristol Bears in six matches.
Harris combined elegantly with his
centre partner, Mark Atkinson, to give
George Skivington, the Gloucester
director of rugby, plenty to smile about
on his birthday. Ruan Ackermann, the
flanker, also excelled, with the home
side hinting at a genuine renaissance.
The win, which was capped off by a
dazzling bonus-point try by Charlie
Chapman, the replacement scum half,
puts Gloucester into the Gallagher
Premiership play-off positions, at least
briefly, while Bristol remain 11th.
The Bristol backs set new standards
in Premiership haute couture, with four
like we have the lads and we have the
superstars. We just have a great group.”
Harris and Atkinson became in-
creasingly influential as the half wore
on. Harris took Gloucester close to
their first try as he stretched the Bristol
defence down the right, and his sleight
of hand helped the hosts to feel their
way into the game.
If the midfield orchestrated Glouces-
ter’s field position, it was their lineout
that finally drew the points when the
hooker Jack Singleton polished off a lin-
eout drive in the corner that Hastings
could not convert. Alapati Leiua, the
Bristol wing, came close to an immediateriposte, but Gloucester held firm to give
the hosts an 8-3 half-time lead.
Semi Radradra immediately re-
placed Leiua to make his first appear-
ance since winning sevens gold with Fiji
at the Olympics, and Bristol played
with new-found vigour. Charles Piutau
and Harry Randall made lacerating
breaks before Henry Purdy, the wing,
latched on to Sheedy’s cross-field kick
to score. Sheedy’s conversion gave
Bristol the lead.
The Atkinson-Harris axis then func-
tioned beautifully to put Gloucester
back into the lead. Atkinson nudged
through a deft grubber that Harris wason to in a flash for the touchdown.
Gloucester extended their lead to
22-10 when they were awarded a penal-
ty try. Dan Thomas, the Bristol flanker,
was sent to the bin for halting a maul by
dragging it down, and the match was
Gloucester’s to lose.
The Bears pawed away at Glouces-
ter’s tryline but Gloucester’s new-found
doggedness kept them out, and
Chapman then delivered his last-
minute dash to seal the bonus point.
“We couldn’t get momentum and
when we did we turned the ball over.
That’s the frustration,” Pat Lam, the
Bristol head coach, said.Harris beats Henry Purdy to the ball to score Gloucester’s second try in a win
that put the Kingsholm team into the play-off spots — at least for 24 hoursDAVID ROGERS/GETTY IMAGESof their number wearing Lycra leggings
to protect themselves from abrasions
on Kingsholm’s artificial surface.
The stand-out player early on was
Ben Meehan, the home scrum half,
whose canny chip gave Gloucester the
field position from which Adam
Hastings kicked a penalty. Callum
Sheedy, the Bristol fly half, soon
cancelled that out with a goal of his
own.
Gloucester finally found their feet
thanks to their muscular yet smart mid-
field. If there are more balanced centre
combinations in the Premiership than
the ones that Gloucester have at their
disposal then they must be stratospher-
ically good. The club’s options are rich.
There is the rangy ball-playing skills of
the newly capped England midfielder
Atkinson, the defensive leadership of
Scotland’s Harris and then the guile
and ball-carrying strength of Billy
Twelvetrees.
Skivington said of Harris: “He is up
there in the best centres [in the world],
up there in the top five at least.
“Our returning internationals bring a
bit of energy and bit of class. But it’s notRenaissance
continues at
Kingsholm
Gloucester
27
Bristol Bears
Gallagher Premiership
Tom Bradshaw
10
GLOUCESTER
L Evans; L Rees-Zammit, C Harris, M Atkinson,
O Thorley; A Hastings, B Meehan (C Chapman
67min); V Rapava-Ruskin (H Elrington 61),
J Singleton (S Socino 50), K Gotovtsev (J Ford-
Robinson 73), F Clarke, M Alemanno,
R Ackermann, L Ludlow, B Morgan (J Reid 46).
Scorers: Tries Singleton (38), Harris (56), penalty
try (66), Chapman (79). Con Hastings. Pen
Hastings (6).
BRISTOL BEARS
C Piutau (L Morahan 66); T Fricker, H Purdy,
P O’Conor, A Leiua (S Radradra 40); C Sheedy,
H Randall (T Whiteley 62); J Woolmore (Y
Thomas 66), H Thacker (J Kerr 45), J Afoa, D
Attwood (F Harding 48), J Joyce, C Vui, D Thomas
(J Heenan 77), S Luatua. Scorers: Tr y Purdy 44.
Con Sheedy. Pen Sheedy 11.P WD L F A BPtsLeicester (^880) 0 263 136 5 37
Saracens (^861) 1 290 147 5 31
Harlequins (^850) 3 233 185 8 28
Gloucester (^951) 3 239 226 6 28
N’hampton (^850) 3 237 206 5 25
Exeter (^9504) 211 180 4 24
L Irish (^923) 4 239 255 7 21
Newcastle (^8413153162220)
Wasps (^830) 5 198 207 5 17
Sale (^931) 5 195 207 3 17
Bristol (^9) 30 6 1732562 14
Worcester (^9216162311414)
Bath (^800814225744)
How they stand