Date-stamped : 15 Sep97 - 22:10
AXA   Life   League   round-up:  Hollioake and Stewart combine to
good effect

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BEN HOLLIOAKE`S first Sunday League half century  and  a  steady,
unbeaten   67   from   Alec  Stewart took Surrey to a five-wicket
victory over Lancashire with 17 balls to spare, writes Ian  Cole.

Twelve  months  ago  Surrey lifted the AXA Life Trophy, but  this
win - their  fourth  in  five  matches - was not enough  to  move
them  above Leicestershire into the fourth prize-money  position.
Despite the defeat Lancashire finished third.

The  younger  Hollioake  and  Stewart put on 101  for  the  third
wicket  in  16 overs before Hollioake was run out  by  Neil Fair-
brother`s throw from deep  extra  cover.  Fairbrother   had  been
the  mainstay of the Lancashire innings with a typical 54 from 76
balls.

The day`s biggest smile, however, belonged  to   Surrey`s   occa-
sional  bowler  Mark  Butcher,  who knocked over the leg stump of
England captain Michael Atherton with an inswinger.

Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/)

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