Database

TOP POINTS-SCORERS IN NATIONAL COURAGE RUGBY UNION LEAGUES

1 Richard Mills (Walsall) 260

2 Nick Churchman (Tabard) 256

3 Alex Howarth (Wharfedale) 254

4 Chris Mann (Stourbridge) 245

5 Andy Finnie (Bedford) 244

6 Simon Hogg (Clifton) 242

6 Jez Harris (Leicester) 242

8 Rob Andrew (Wasps) 235

9 Andy Higgin (L'pool St Helens) 233

10 Paul Thatcher (Weston-s-Mare) 218

Unisys

GOLFERS WHO HAVE WON MOST TOUNAMENTS ON US TOUR IN A YEAR

1 Byron Nelson (1945) 18 wins

2 Ben Hogan (1946) 13

3 Sam Snead (1950) 11

4 Ben Hogan(1948) 10

5 Paul Runyan (1933) 9

6= Horton Smith (1929) 8

6= Gene Sarazen (1930) 8

6= Harry Cooper (1937) 8

6= Sam Snead (1938) 8

6= Henry Picard (1939) 8

6= Byron Nelson (1944) 8

6= Arnold Palmer (1960) 8

6= Johnny Miller (1974) 8

Stamp's Sporting Statistics

PROVISIONAL WORLD SNOOKER RANKINGS FOR 1995/96

1 S Hendry 40,792pts

2 S Davis 38,870

3 R O'Sullivan 33,155

4 J Parrott 32,884

5 J Wattana 32,604

6 A McManus 31,765

7 K Doherty 31,647

8 J White 31,105

9 D Morgan 30,235

10 P Ebdon 28,285

ANNIVERSARIES

Today The first Grand National was run at Aintree(1839).

Monday Birth of the South African cricketer Graeme Pollock (1944).

Tuesday Births of the golf commentator Peter Aliss(1931); and the Irish boxer Barry McGuigan (1951).

Wednesday Death of the former Everton footballer Dixie Dean (1980)

Thursday Births of the former Welsh rugby international J.P.R. Williams (1949); and the Welsh golfer Ian Woosnam(1958).

Friday Birth of the British javelin thrower Fatima Whitbread(1961).

Saturday Birth of the Blackburn manager and former Scottish international footballer Kenny Dalglish (1951).