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Sheffield Tigers v Exeter Falcons
Premier League, 14 July 2005
Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
| 1 | Sean Wilson | 2 | 3 | 2* | 2 | 3 | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 2 | Ben Wilson | 0 | 2* | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Ricky Ashworth | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | Richard Hall | 1 | 0 | 2* | 3 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | Andre Compton | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1* | 2* | . | . | 12 | 2 |
| 6 | Paul Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Kyle Legault | 3 | X | 0 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 1 | Mark Lemon | 3 | 1* | 4^ | 3 | 1 | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 2 | Lee Smethills | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1* | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | Seemond Stephens | 0 | 1* | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Ray Morton | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2^ | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Antonin Svab | Fn | R | T | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Ben Barker | 2 | 1* | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Pavel Ondrasik | 0 | 2 | 2* | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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It was a red letter day for Sheffield as they welcomed back from injury their inspirational skipper, Sean Wilson and Richard Hall both of whom had been missing from the line up for some time. So for the first time in ages they were at full strength. Exeter too were at full strength defending a 17 point lead for the bonus point. It was Exeter who took the lead in the opening heat as Mark Lemon beat Sean Wilson with Lee Smethills third but a 4-2 from Kyle Legault and Paul Cooper split by Ben Barker levelled the score again. Ashworth and Hall took another 4-2 to put Sheffield in front then heat 4 was shared after Kyle Legault was excluding for bringing down Toni Svab who was unfit to take his place in the rerun. The score after heat 4 was 13-11. Ashworth won heat 5 for a shared heat but Sheffield extended their lead to six points with a 5-1 from the two Wilsons. Andre Compton won heat 7 for a 3-3 but Exeter hit back with a 1-5 in heat 8 when the Sheffield pair were outgated by Lee Smethills and Pavel Ondrasik to cut the Tigers’ lead to two points after heat 8 at 25-23. Stung by that, Sheffield banged home two 5-1s in heat 9 and 10 from Ashworth and Hall then the two Wilsons to charge 10 points ahead at 35-25. Exeter then gave a TR to Mark Lemon but Andre Compton won the heat. With Lemon second and Smethills third the heat result was a 3-5 advantage to Exeter who cut the lead to eight points. Another Sheffield 5-1 in heat 12 increased the Sheffield lead to 12 points and Sheffield were beginning to take a keener interest in the bonus point with the score at 43-31. Mark Lemon won heat 13 for a 3-3 then Exeter gave a TR to Ray Morton. Morton made a fast start and led the race for three laps before Hall and Legault forced their way past for a 5-2 which opened the lead to 15 points at 51-36 leaving Sheffield needing a 5-1 in the last heat to win the bonus point. They got it too when Sean Wilson and Andre Compton both passed Mark Lemon to make the Tigers night complete. Match Report by Merlin |