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England has 3-0 win (N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON. England strengthened its bid for the European soccer championship with a clearcut, 3-0, victory over Greece before a 55,000 crowd at Wembly yesterday, but even so the team lacked conviction against weak opposition. It needed a late secondhalf rally by the former World Cup holder to silence the slow hand-claps and secure the margin of victory its dominance merited.
The Greeks, weakened by the absence of key players from the leading club, Panathinaikos, offered only token resistance, and it was England’s negative finishing wihch kept the goal tally down.
In other European championship matches, Northern Ireland beat Cyprus 5-0 at Belfast, and Wales lost 1-3 to Czechoslovakia at Swansea.
Defeated.—The New Zealand player, Miss C. Fleming, was beaten, 24, 7-5. 64, in the second round of the Bio-Strath tennis tournament at Sheffield.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32588, 23 April 1971, Page 22
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