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England Under-21 v Russia

1998 England Under-21 won series 3-0
OFFICIAL Sat 18.04 : Stoke (Loomer Road) England Under-21 67 Russia 23
Mon 20.04 : Exeter England Under-21 59 Russia 31
Wed 22.04 : Hull (Craven Park) England Under-21 60 Russia 29
The team riding as "Russia" was actually club side Lukoil Oktiabrskij
England Under-21 Pts-Bns-R Russia Pts-Bns-R
Scott Nicholls 12-0-5 12-0-4 11-0-4 35-0-13 Roman Povazhny 12-0-6 12-1-6 14-0-6 38-1-18
Lee Richardson 11-3-5 7-0-5 14-0-5 32-3-15 Andrei Gantsev 2-1-4 2-0-4 7-0-6 11-1-14
Leigh Lanham 9-3-4 11-1-4 9-4-5 29-8-13 Eduard Shaikhullin 6-0-6 2-1-4 2-0-4 10-1-14
David Howe 12-0-4 9-2-5 - 21-2-9 Mikhail Starostin 0-0-4 5-0-4 4-0-4 9-0-12
Lee Dicken - 8-3-4 9-2-4 17-5-8 Rinat Mardanshin 1-0-2 7-0-5 - 8-0-7
Andre Compton 11-1-4 - - 11-1-4 Talgat Galeyev 0-0-4 3-1-4 0-0-3 3-1-11
Paul Clews - 9-1-4 - 9-1-4 Rusil Valeyev 2-0-4 0-0-1 - 2-0-5
Jason Bunyan 8-3-4 - - 8-3-4 Constantin Kornev - - 2-0-4 2-0-4
John Wilson - - 8-1-4 8-1-4 Fleur Kalimullin - 0-0-2 0-0-3 0-0-5
Paul Lee - - 5-3-3 5-3-3 Oleg Yudakhin - - 0-0-1 0-0-1
Simon Cartwright - - 4-2-4 4-2-4
Rob Clarence 4-2-4 - - 4-2-4
Paul Oughton - 3-1-4 - 3-1-4

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1st Test at Stoke 18th April
England U-21 67
S Nicholls: 3, 3, 3, 2, 1 = 12
L Lanham: 2', 2', 3, 2' = 9+3
J Bunyan: 2', 2', 2', 2 = 8+3
A Compton: 3, 3, 3, 2' = 11+1
L Richardson: 3, 2', 2', 1', 3 = 11+3
D Howe: 3, 3, 3, 3 = 12
R Clarence: 2', F, 1, 1' = 4+2
Russia 23
M Starostin: 0, 0, 0, 0 = 0
E Shaikhullin: 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 0 = 6
R Mardanshin: 1, F = 1
B Valiyev: 0, 1, 1, 0 = 2
R Povazhny: 2, 1, 1, 3, 3, 2 = 12
T Galeyev: ex, ef, 0, 0 = 0
A Ganstev: 1, 1', 0, 0 = 2+1
Ht 1: Nicholls, Lanham, Shaikhullin, Starostin 63.1 5-1
Ht 2: Howe, Clarence, Ganstev, Galeyev (exc tapes) 63.7 10-2
Ht 3: Compton, Bunyan, Mardanshin, Valiyev 64.6 15-3
Ht 4: Richardson, Povazhny, Ganstev, Clarence (f) 62.518-6 Ht 5: Compton, Bunyan, Shaikhullin, Starostin 63.9 23-7
Ht 6: Nicholls, Lanham, Povazhny, Galeyev (ef) 63.3 28-8
Ht 7: Howe, Richardson, Valiyev, Mardanshin (f) 62.7 33-9
Ht 8: Lanham, Shaikhullin, Clarence, Ganstev 63.7 37-11
Ht 9: Compton, Bunyan, Povazhny, Galeyev 64.6 42-12
Ht 10: Nicholls, Lanham, Valiyev, Ganstev 63.7 47-13
Ht 11: Howe, Richardson, Shaikhullin, Starostin 62.5 52-14
Ht 12: Povazhny, Bunyan, Clarence, Galeyev 63.4 55-17
Ht 13: Povazhny, Nicholls, Richardson, Starostin 62.8 58-20
Ht 14: Howe, Compton, Shaikhullin, Valiyev 63.7 63-21
Ht 15: Richardson, Povazhny, Nicholls, Shaikhullin 62.4 67-23
2nd Test at Exeter 20th April
England U-21 59
L Richardson: R, 0, 3, 3, 1 = 7
P Clews: 2, 2, 3, 2' = 9+1
S Nicholls: 3, 3, 3, 3 = 12
L Dicken: 2', 2', 2', 2 = 8+3
L Lanham: 3, 3, 2', ex, 3 = 11+1
D Howe: 3, 2', 3, R , 1' = 9+2
P Oughton: 1, 2', 0, 0 = 3+1
Russia 31
R Mardanshin: 3, 1, 1, 2, 0 = 7
E Shaikhullin: 1, 0, 1', 0 = 2+1
M Starostin: 1, 1, 1, 2 = 5
F Kalimullin: 0, 0 = 0
T Galeyev: 1, 1, 0, 1' = 3+1
R Povazhny: 2, 3, 1, 1', 3, 2 = 12+1
A Ganstev: 0, 0, 2, 0 = 2
B Valiyev: 0 = 0
Ht 1: Mardanshin, Clews, Shaikhullin, Richardson (ret) 69.6 2-4 2-4
Ht 2: Howe, Povazhny, Oughton, Ganstev 69.2 4-2 6-6
Ht 3: Nicholls, Dicken, Starostin, Kalimullin 68.0 5-1 11-7
Ht 4: Lanham, Oughton, Galeyev, Ganstev 68.7 5-1 16-8
Ht 5: Nicholls, Dicken, Mardanshin, Shaikhullin 69.2 5-1 21-9
Ht 6: Povazhny, Clews, Galeyev, Richardson 69.7 23-13
Ht 7: Lanham, Howe, Starostin, Valiyev 70.0 5-1 28-14
Ht 8: Clews, Ganstev, Shaikhullin, Oughton 71.7 3-3 31-17
Ht 9: Nicholls, Dicken, Povazhny, Galeyev 67.5 5-1 36-18
Ht 10: Richardson, Clews, Starostin, Kalimullin 69.6 41-19
Ht 11: Howe, Lanham, Mardanshin, Shaikhullin 68.7 5-1 46-20
Ht 12: Nicholls, Starostin, Povazhny, Oughton 68.8 49-23
Ht 13: Richardson, Mardanshin, Galeyev, Howe (ret), Lanham (exc 2 mins) 67.8 3-3 52-26
Ht 14: Povazhny, Dicken, Howe, Ganstev 69.4 3-3 55-29
Ht 15: Lanham, Povazhny, Richardson, Mardanshin 68.6 4-2 59-31
3rd Test at Hull 22nd April
England U-21 60
L Dicken: 2', 2, 3, 2' = 9+2
J Wilson: 3, 1', 3, 1 = 8+1
S Nicholls: 3, 3, 3, 2 = 11
L Lanham: 2', 2', 2', 2, 1' = 9+4
L Richardson: 3, 3, 3, 3, 2 = 14
P Lee: F, 2', 2', 1' = 5+3
S Cartwright: 1, 2', 1, F = 4+1
Russia 29
C Kornev: 1, 0, 0, 1 = 2
E Shaikhullin: 0, 1, ex, 1 = 2
M Starostin: ex, 1, 2, 1 = 4
F Kalimullin: 0, 0, 0 = 0
T Galeyev: F, 0, ex = 0
R Povazhny: 2', 3, ex, 3, 3, 3 = 14+1
A Ganstev: 3, 2, 1, 1, F, 0 = 7
O Yudakhin: 0 = 0
Ht 1: Wilson, Dicken, Kornev, Shaikhullin 69.3 5-1 5-1
Ht 2: Ganstev, Povazhny, Cartwright (f rem), Lee (f ns) 69.9 1-5 6-6
Ht 3: Nicholls, Lanham, Ganstev, Kalimullin, Starostin (exc tapes) 68.5 5-1 11-7
Ht 4: Richardson, Cartwright,Ganstev, Galeyev f 68.4 16-8
Ht 5: Nicholls, Lanham, Shaikhullin, Kornev 69.0 5-1 21-9
Ht 6: Povazhny, Dicken, Wilson, Galeyev 68.2 3-3 24-12
Ht 7: Richardson, Lee, Starostin, Kalimullin 68.0 5-1 29-13
Ht 8: Wilson, Ganstev, Cartwright, Shaikhullin (f exc) no time 4-2 33-15
Ht 9: Nicholls, Lanham, Povazhny (f exc), Galeyev (f exc) no time 5-0 38-15
Ht 10: Dicken, Starostin, Wilson, Kalimullin 71.7 4-2 42-17
Ht 11: Richardson, Lee, Shaikhullin, Kornev 68.2 5-1 47-18
Ht 12: Povazhny, Nicholls, Starostin, Cartwright (f) 68.8 2-4 49-22
Ht 13: Richardson, Dicken, Kornev, Yudakhin 68.4 54-23
Ht 14: Povazhny, Lanham, Lee, Ganstev (f) 68.7 3-3 57-26
Ht 15: Povazhny, Richardson, Lanham, Ganstev 68.7 3-3 60-29
OTHER MATCHES
The Russian tourists also rode International Challenge matches at Peterborough and Newport:
17.04: Peterborough 55 (G Cunningham 14, N Sadler 13, J Andersen 9, D Howe 9, P Clews 5, B Woodifield 5, G Hedge 0) Russia 35 (R Povazhny 9, R Mardanshin 7, E Shaikhullin 6, A Ganstev 4, T Galeyev 4, M Starostin 4, F Kalimullin 1)
19.04: Newport 64 (P Fry 15, C Watson 11, A Henriksson 11, S Pegler 9, J Armstrong 6, D Mason 6, M Willis 6) Russia 26 (R Povazhny 10, E Shaikhullin 7, F Kalimullin 5, A Ganstev 2, C Kornev 1, M Starostin 1, T Galeyev 0)

Contributors : Roger Stevens, David Austin

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