Possible Clues:

• Guardsman first to leave the field
• Record - number of contestants
• England's opening pair have a go at opening
• Line item
• Bookkeeping task
• What guard doesn't begin to control?
• Will the hen, if she's lost her head, attempt to get in this way?
• Gate used for field
• Admittance for the last of 8 down
• Thus the carp would have no way out of the woodwork