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Substitute not used: Gibbons.Bradford: Ellis, Cordle, Hall, Paul, Scales, Summers (D Simpson, 58), Box, Ireland, Hamer (Boothroyd, 31), Fairbank, Dixon (Powell, 31), G Shaw. Substitute not used: Tomlinson.Referee: S Cummings (Widnes).. Within three minutes Kemp Innes and Francis Cummins had linked up for Jason Lowes to score.Bradford were not finished though, the veteran winger Gerald Cordle going over with three minutes left, but Leeds, for all their first-half frailties, had shown the resilience to earn their win.Leeds: Cook, Fallon, Golden, Innes, Cummins, Kemp, Schofield, Harmon, Lowes, McDermott (Fozzard, 16), Mercer (Morley, 68), Mann, Forshaw (M Shaw, h/t). Fairbank's fluctuating evening continued when another knock-on led to a Leeds try from Neil Harmon, again improved by Cook.There was a double setback for Bradford when Jon Scales had a try disallowed for putting a foot in touch and Jason Donohue was sent to the sin-bin for holding down in the tackle.Leeds declined to go for goal and were vindicated when Craig Innes's pass sent in Marvin Golden, with Cook's kick putting them ahead.
From the scrum, a simple move with Schofield sent Kemp over and Cook's kick put Leeds within four points.Leeds were still no more adept at holding Bradford back however, Fairbank making up for his blunder by sending in Andy Ireland. The ball came to the unpretentious forward Alan Boothroyd on the final tackle and his only option of a chip kick came up trumps when Carl Hall went through a static defence to touch down.Karl Fairbank gave Leeds an invitation back into the game with the first touch of the second half, knocking on straight from the kick-off. That was not improved when, after Paul Cook had given them the lead with an early penalty, Bradford grabbed the first try.Jon Hamer did the hard work with a strong run down the middle, and although Deryck Fox's final pass looked suspiciously forward, the debutant loose forward Graeme Shaw raced through to score.Bradford failed to capitalise on some promising positions before Leeds responded through Mike Forshaw after Garry Schofield - under scrutiny for a possible World Cup recall - and Tony Kemp had paved the way.Robbie Paul made Bradford's dominance pay, skipping out of a succession of tackles to go behind the sticks and leave Fox an easy second goal.Bradford's third converted try was symptomatic of the way Leeds were failing abjectly to put them under pressure. Rugby League DAVE HADFIELD Leeds 32 Bradford 30Leeds, behind by 10 points at half-time, escaped to win this local battle by the narrowest of margins at Headingley last night.Leeds have been in a state of mild shock since they were beaten by London Broncos on Sunday night. Martin Brundle, driving a Ligier-Mugen, was ninth, Johnny Herbert, in the other Benetton, 12th and Mark Blundell, in a McLaren-Mercedes 13th.The contest for the second seat at Ferrari alongside Schumacher next season switches to their test track on Wednesday, three or four hopeful Italians staking their claims in competition with the team's trusted test driver, Nicola Larini.PORTUGUESE GRAND PRIX (Estoril) First qualifying session: 1 D Hill (GB) Williams-Renault 1min 21.322sec, ave speed 120.690 mph; 2 D Coulthard (GB) Williams-Renault 1:21.423; 3 M Schumacher (Ger) Benetton-Renault 1:21.885; 4 G Berger (Aut) Ferrari 1:22.281; 5 J Alesi (Fr) Ferrari 1:22.656; 6 E Irvine (GB) Jordan-Peugeot 1:22.957; 7 M Hakkinen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.064; 8 R Barrichello (Bra) Jordan-Peugeot 1:23.142; 9 M Brundle (GB) Ligier-Mugen Honda 1:23.244; 10 O Panis (Fr) Ligier-Mugen Honda 1:23.284; 11 H-H Frentzen (Ger) Sauber-Ford 1:23.485; 12 J Herbert (GB) Benetton- Renault 1:23.786; 13 M Blundell (GB) McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.583; 14 U Katayama (Japan) Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:24.631; 15 T Inoue (Japan) Footwork-Hart 1:24.883; 16 M Salo (Fin) Tyrrell-Yamaha, 1:24.942; 17 M Papis (It) Footwork-Hart 1:25.696; 18 L Badoer (It) Minardi-Ford 1:25.746; 19 P Lamy (Por) Minardi- Ford 1:26.210; 20 A Montermini (It) Pacific-Ford 1:27.659; 21 R Moreno (Bra) Forti-Ford 1:28.672; 22 P Diniz (Bra) Forti-Ford 1:29.137; 23 J- C Boullion (Fr) Sauber-Ford 14:20.150; J-D Deletraz (Swit) Pacific-Ford, excluded after marshalls push started his car.. His team- mate should hear that he described Schumacher as "the best all-round driver out there in terms of driving strategy".Ferrari remain on the fringe of the main event - Jean Alesi taking fifth place - and Eddie Irvine, in a Jordan-Peugeot, led the rest. It's a useful advantage to feel at home."Familiarity, however, has not bred contempt Hill has a healthy respect for this place.
"Turn two and the last corner are brilliant, but there's hardly any run-off area," he said.The Englishman is 15 points behind Schumacher in the championship with only five races remaining and will gain some comfort from having Coulthard between him and the Benetton driver.There again, Coulthard's campaign for a maiden grand prix victory has gathered pace and confidence at recent events and he does not feel inclined to assist Hill's cause The Scot may be equally unconcerned. He later explained: "I was on a quick lap myself and just didn't see him."Visibility is no problem for Hill here. He reckons he has probably covered more miles on this track than at Silverstone. It has, for some years, been established as Williams' winter test base "I could drive round here with my eyes closed," he said. "During the winter we often start in the dark and finish in the dark.
I'm not saying I would have got pole, but I was three-tenths of a second faster than on my previous best lap."At the same time, I'm not too disappointed in that I thought Damon would be further ahead after his test at Silverstone, but our front suspension change is working well so that is good."Berger returned a gesture as he drove past Schumacher's pit and pulled up at the Ferrari garage. There was no reason for Gerhard to close the door just there He could have pulled over. Back in the pits, with Hill confirmed on provisional pole position, Coulthard second, then Schumacher and Berger, the champion said: "I'm disappointed and angry. Next time round, as both slowed, Schumacher pulled alongside the Austrian and gesticulated indignantly. In the meantime, another little skirmish involving the German does not go amiss.Schumacher, attempting to improve on his third position, had to check his momentum as he came upon Berger and the challenge was aborted.
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