Thursday saw the completion of the second round of the Police Gazette Darts Challenge Cup and some startling upsets were recorded. The Garrison Sergeants' Mess and Carter Road (LI), ce-favourites to take the silver mug, went down unexpectedly to Bubbling Well and the Training Depot (LI) respectively. The first mentioned game ended with the soldiers being easily beaten by five matches to one, "Lightning" Ling, skipper of the Police squad, showing the way.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.