Sporting Digest: Hockey

DAVID SUTHERLAND scored twice in Edgbaston's 5-0 win against Anchorians to help his side claim one of the last two places in next season's Pizza Express National League. The second place was taken by Sheffield who, after a goalless draw at Chelmsford, won 7-6 on penalty strokes.

WOMEN'S HOME COUNTRIES CHAMPIONSHIP (National Sports Centre, Cardiff: England 1 Scotland 3; Wales 0 Ireland 4; Scotland 2 Ireland 2; Wales 0 England 0. Final positions: 1 Scotland 5pts; 2 Ireland 4pts; 3 England 2pts; 4 Wales 0pts. Under 21s: Wales 1 Scotland 2. (Scotland won Test series 2-1).

WOMEN'S COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP: (Saturday) (Cannock HC): Derby 0 Warks 2; Worcs 0 Northants 2; Leics 2 Shropshire 0; Staffs 2 Notts 0; Derby 2 Shropshire 0; Worcs 1 Notts 1; Leics 1 Warks 4; Staffs 5 Northants 2. (Liverpool Univ.) Manchester CL 0 Durham 0; Cumbria 3 Humberside 3; Lancs CL 0 Yorks 3; Sheffield CL 0 Lancs 2; Humberside 0 Cheshire 2; Manchester CL 1 Northumberland 3; Lancs 2 Lancs CL 0; Yorks 4 Sheffield CL 0; Northumberland 2 Cumbria 2; Durham 3 Cheshire 0. (Bisham Abbey): Surrey 3 Sussex 0; Hants 1 Berks 8; Oxon 0 Surrey 2; Middx 2 Sussex 1; Berks 9 Bucks 1. (Bournemouth HC): Dorset 1 Glos. 2; Somerset 1 Wilts. 4; Cornwall 0 Devon 1; Somerset 0 Herefordshire 0; Devon 0 Glos. 0; Cornwall 2 Dorset 0; Dorset 0 Somerset 0; Wilts 0 Herefordshire 1; Devon 3 Wilts 0; Glos 2 Cornwall 1; Herefordshire 1 Dorset 1. (Yesterday) (Essex Univ.) Norfolk 0 Suffolk 2; Kent 16 Lincs 0; Suffolk 16 Lincs 0; Kent 5 Norfolk 2. Champions: Kent. Runners-up: Suffolk. (Liverpool Univ.) Lancs 2 Yorks 1; Cheshire 0 Northumberland 1; Manchester CL 0 Humberside 0; Durham 1 Cumbria 1; Sheffield CL 1 Lancs CL 2. Champions: Lancs. Runners-up: Yorks. (Bisham Abbey): Surrey 1 Berks 3; Hants 0 Oxon 1; Bucks 2 Middx 4; Sussex 1 Oxon 0; Middx 3 Hants 0. Champions: Berkshire. Runners-up: Middx. (Bournemouth HC) Glos 3 Herefordshire 0; Dorset 2 Wilts 1; Cornwall 2 Herefordshire 0; Somerset 0 Devon 3; Glos 1 Wilts 0; Devon 0 Dorset 3; Somerset 0 Glos 1; Cornwall 1 Wilts 0; Cornwall 3 Somerset 3; Devon 0 Herefordshire 0. Champions Glos, Runners-up: Cornwall.

PIZZA EXPRESS NATIONAL LEAGUE Play-offs: Chelmsford 0 Sheffield 0 (Sheffield won 7-6 aps); Edgbaston 5 Anchorians 0.

TORRIE STOCKBROKERS SCOTTISH NATIONAL LEAGUE First Division: Edinburgh CS 0 Menzieshill 2; Grange 0 D W Clydesdale 0; Kelburne 2 Gordonians 0; Stepps 1 Inverleith 3; Torbrex Wanderers 4 Stirling 0. Leading positions: 1 Torbrex Wanderers 39pts; 2 Kelburne 36pts; 3 Menzieshill 33pts.