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Somerset Rebels v Hull Vikings
Premier League, 09 September 2005
Oak Tree Arena, Somerset
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Jamie Smith | 1 | 2* | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | Ritchie Hawkins | 1 | 1 | 1* | 3 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | Paul Fry | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Simon Walker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Chris Mills | 3 | 1* | 0 | 2* | . | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 1 | Paul Thorp | 2 | 2 | 4^ | 0 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | Emiliano Sanchez | 0 | 0 | 1* | 1* | 0! | . | . | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Craig Branney | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Emil Kramer | 2 | 4^ | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 5 | Garry Stead | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Glen Phillips | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Daniel Giffard | 1* | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Somerset with Simon Walker again substituting for Trevor Harding were at full strength but Hull had Glen Phillips as a guest reserve replacement for Simone Terenzani with Daniel Giffard again substituting for Joel Parsons. The Vikings were defending an eight point advantage from the match at Craven Park which had been abandoned after 12 heats. It didn’t take long for Somerset to build up a ten point lead to wipe out the aggregate deficit – six heats to be exact! Magnus Zetterstrom passed Paul Thorp on the last bend of the opening heat to get the Rebels off to a 4-2 start then, after a shared reserves race won by Chris Mills, they added another 4-2 from Paul Fry and Ritchie Hawkins with Emil Kramer finishing second. Garry Stead won heat 4 for the Vikings but the heat was shared so the score after the opening four heats was 14-10. Another 4-2 in heat 5 again from Paul Fry and Ritchie Hawkins this time split by Paul Thorp increased the lead to six points and a 5-1 in heat 6 from Zetterstrom and Jaimie Smith ahead of Garry Stead stretched it to 10 points. Then came a succession of three shared heats but it took a TR by Emil Kramer who finished second in heat 7 to produce a 4-4. At one point the Vikings were on a 2-7 in this race but Glenn Cunningham passed Kramer on the last bend and Simon Walker did likewise to Craig Branney so instead of trailing by only five points the Vikings were still 10 points down. Jaimie Smith won heat 8 for a 3-3 and the score after eight heats read 30-20. Garry Stead won heat 9 for another share of the points then in heat 10 Magnus Zetterstrom produced his third heat win beating Emil Kramer. Jaimie Smith took third place and the 4-2 for the Rebels put them 12 points ahead. In heat 11 Paul Thorp took a TR but it was Glenn Cunningham who won the heat. Still with Thorp and Emiliano Sanchez filling the minor places the Vikings took a 3-5 advantage to cut their deficit to 10 points again. It went to 14 points when Ritchie Hawkins and Chris Mills scored a 5-1 in heat 12 as the score went to 45-31. Garry Stead looked as if he would win heat 13 but Glenn Cunningham got up to pip him on the line. With Magnus Zetterstrom taking third place the Rebels took another 4-2 and a 16 point lead. In heat 14 Emiliano Sanchez replaced Daniel Giffard as a Tactical Substitute from 15 metres back in vain. Emil Kramer won the race but Paul Fry and Simon Walker finished behind him for a 3-3. In the last race Magnus Zetterstrom beat Emil Kramer with Glenn Cunningham third for a final 4-2 for the Rebels. Match Report by Merlin |