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In the end it came down to one thing for Essendon; Andrew McGrath is a winner.The Bombers began Friday nights draft in Sydney by claiming McGrath, an explosive midfielder from TAC Cup club Sandringham Dragons, with the first No.1 pick in the clubs history.The top pick in most recent drafts has been obvious from a long way out but the quality and depth of this talent pool required Essendon to do their homework diligently.Hes a winner ... hes a leader and theyre hard to find, so that was probably the major reason we decided to take him, Essendon list manager Adrian Dodoro said.He performs at a high level and when he performs he wins.I think what sets him apart is his mindset ... hes just really mentally tough.He rises to every challenge thats put before him and he plays in every part of the ground.The Dragons contributed an impressive seven players at this draft.Greater Western Sydney opted for Sandringham mid Tim Taranto with the second overall pick, with Brisbane pouncing on North Ballarat onballer Hugh McCluggage at No.3.Gold Coast dominated early proceedings at Sydneys Hordern Pavilion and the Suns selected three midfielders and a defender with their four picks inside the top 10.AFL national talent manager Kevin Sheahan declared this years talent pool heavy with midfielders and the first round proved him right.Most players picked early were midfielders or projected to move into the middle as they gained AFL experience.Fremantle chose a tall defender, local product Griffin Logue of Swan Districts, at No.8 and Port Adelaide snared a tall forward - the Murray Bushrangers Todd Marshall at No.18.The Western Bulldogs finished off the first round with the only ruckman picked early - South Fremantles Tim English.Six clubs - Collingwood, St Kilda, Geelong, Richmond, Hawthorn and Melbourne - didnt have a pick in the first round after dealing them away during the trade period.The Pies snared both their father-son targets, matching a North Melbourne bid for Gavin Browns son Callum at pick 35 and securing Peter Daicos son Josh at pick 57 after no other clubs bid for him.West Coast landed Chris Watermans son Jake with the 77th and final pick of the draft.Those arent the only famous names to return to the AFL. The Saints picked Ben Long, the nephew of Michael Long, with their first selection at pick 25.Willie Rioli, cousin to Hawthorns Cyril and Richmonds Daniel, will play for West Coast after the Eagles swooped at pick 52.However, Ben Jarman, son of Adelaide and Hawthorn great Darren, did not get picked up, leaving the Crows to claim him at Mondays rookie draft.Mature-age players were also well-represented as Geelong picked Tom Stewart and Timm House from the Cats VFL side and Ryan Abbott from the Grovedale Tigers in the local Geelong league.Melbourne also selected Footscray VFL forward Mitch Hannan and the Giants threw delisted Docker Matt de Boer a lifeline, selecting the defender with the 58th pick overall.The Hawks were the last club into the draft, picking up Murray Bushrangers defender Harry Morrison at pick 74.After letting Sam Mitchell and Jordan Lewis go during the trade period, Hawthorns second and final pick at No.76, was key forward Mitchell Lewis from the Calder Canons.The Demons were the only other club to have just two picks, while Brisbane, Carlton, Geelong and GWS stocked up with six players each. 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Worcestershire 193 for 7 (Fell 61, Mitchell 52) trail Leicestershire 407 (Dexter 109, Eckersley 92, Robson 50, Barnard 4-62, DOliveira 4-80) by 214 runsScorecard Tom Fell made a memorable comeback for Worcestershire with a stylish half-century against Leicestershire at New Road on his return to the County Championship after an absence of nearly 10 months.In his first innings since recovering from two forms of cancer, he made 61 from 114 balls until Worcestershire wobbled to 193 for 7, still 65 short of avoiding the follow-on after Leicestershires confident progress to 407.The 22-year-old Fell was warmly greeted on his home ground, applause ringing out on the long walk to the middle, and from the moment he took guard, he looked comfortable, totally focussed and surprisingly sure of touch.From a first boundary, pinged through midwicket, he picked up from where he left off with a career-best 171 in the final match of last season against Middlesex. There was none of the uncertainty that could have been anticipated after the long months of treatment.Called to the wicket when Brett DOliveira mistimed a drive to mid-on in the 12th over, Fell was off the mark from the seventh ball he faced, and apart from one false stroke, most of his 11 boundaries came out of the middle of the bat.All was going so smoothly until a mix-up with Mitchell, which ended a partnership of 97, was quickly followed by another mishap in successive overs from Ben Raine.Mitchell failed to beat Paul Hortons return when Fell set off for a single after playing the ball to point and Fell himself was driving hard when caught behind. This opened the door to Leicesteershire with further wickets for Charlie Shreck and Clint McKay as well as a double bonus in the last two overs.ddddddddddddBen Cox was caught at slip from Mark Cosgroves second ball and Neil Dexter secured the important scalp by bowling Clarke for 34, the sixth wicket to fall in the final session.Earlier, Ned Eckersleys innings revived a habit of making big runs against Worcestershire. In 2013, he made three hundreds off their bowling and in all he now has 515 runs from eight Championship innings at an average of 73.57.Recalled to the side at the end of May, his form had been unproductive, with two single-figure dismissals out of three in four-day games, but a visit to Worcester quickly put him back in the groove.The game was finely balanced, with Leicestershire on 299 for 7, when Eckersley seized the initiative as the last three wickets added 107 on the second morning.Unbeaten with 40 at the start of play, he completed his first half-century of the summer before his overnight partner, Raine, gave a return catch to DOliveira.With Raine gone after making 25 in a stand of 55, Worcestershire may have expected a speedy wrap-up, but they were to be disappointed as former New Road player Richard Jones smacked 33 out of 69. Ed Barnard completed a career-best return of 4 for 62 when bowling Jones and DOliveira made his figures 4 for 80 with the lbw dismissal of Shreck.After playing so well and hitting 14 fours, Eckersley was stranded when on the brink of another century against his favourite opponents. ' ' '