However, BBC 5 Live commentator David Croft believes there is a possibility that the teams could stand firm and refuse to back the FIA's proposal.

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If there really was a golden age of television comedy, it is due in no small part to the talent of David Croft, who has died at home in Portugal at the age of 89.

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"Fota's public stance before this meeting was that they weren't in the mood for negotiation or compromise - and if we take that on board, the fact that they've got their way today must be seen as something of a capitulation by the FIA, " reported BBC Five Live's David Croft.

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The back row of David Wallace, Tom Croft and Jamie Heaslip looks quick and powerful and all are playing in their best positions.

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Croft was born David John Sharland on 7 September 1922 in the well-heeled Sandbanks area of Dorset.

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Earlier, David Hemp top-scored for Glamorgan with 39 and there were contributions from Robert Croft, Adrian Dale and Darren Thomas down the order.

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Chilton edged David Balcombe to wicketkeeper Michael Bates to give Hampshire their first success, while Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Steven Croft both edged Briggs to slip after making starts.

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At blind-side flanker , England duo Tom Croft and James Haskell have their supporters, but both Wood and Davies believe picking Ireland's David Wallace and Wales veteran Martyn Williams, both open-sides , together could be the way to neuter South Africa.

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