Date-stamped : 30 Jun94 - 14:26
B+H Cup, Preliminary Round, Hampshire v Combined Universities

Southampton, 27 April 1993: England star  Robin  Smith  has  been
taken  to  hospital  after  suffering head and leg injuries while
playing in a Benson and Hedges cup tie. Smith suffered a 1.  inch
gash  to  his  head  and  was  expected to need stitches after he
crashed into an advertising hoarding at Southampton The  incident
happened as he dived full length to to take a catch from Combined
Universities` Jeremy Snape Smith held the catch but he had to  be
helped off the field by his worried Hampshire colleagues.

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Hampshire comfortably cleared the first hurdle in  their  defence
of  the  Cup. The students were contained by some steady bowling;
their highest innings was a 50 from Snape, which ended when Smith
caught  him  on the boundary.  Taking the catch, Smith gashed his
head on an advertising hoarding and went off for stitches.   Mid-
dleton  then  batted with the fluency which had earned him selec-
tion for England A rather than the disappointing form  he  showed
on  the  tour, reaching his highest score in the competition, and
Hampshire cruised home with 5 overs to  spare.   It  completed  a
frustrating   four days for Combined Universities; friendly games
against Middlesex and Northamptonshire, arranged before this fix-
ture to compensate them for the abolition of their group matches,
had been washed out.

Thanks: 1994 Wisden
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