Club

Croquet

Wrest Park

Beds & Herts League

24 April      v Northampton (away)     Won 5-1

Bryan Harral (1) and David Morris (20) beat Peter Stansfield (1) and Jill Carrick (16) +6T

Tim Brewer (4½) and David Marsh (12) beat Les Carrick (8) and Rex Hale (14) +12 T

Bryan Harral (1) lost to Peter Stansfield (1) -5T

Tim Brewer (4½) beat Les Carrick (8) +18

David Marsh (12) beat Rex Hale (14) +6T

David Morris (20) beat Jill Carrick (16) +1T

Report by Bryan Harral

Five of the six games going to time shows just how difficult everyone, including the hosts, found the Northampton lawns. There’s not much to say about one-hoop turns but the sloping lawns did produce lucky accidents. Tim, taking off from 3-back to a pioneer at 4-back, ran 4-back so cleanly he missed the return roquet. Peter Stansfield got perfect position in front of hoop 1 by trickling through the hoop after taking off near hoop 6. Our patience paid off and we were 2 – 0 up at lunch.

In the early part of the afternoon Wrest Park were behind in all the singles. Tim finally broke away and after several good breaks pegged out +18. David Marsh, in his first Beds and Herts match, forged ahead to win by +6 on time. David Morris and Jill Carrick were level on time, but David is used to golden hoop finishes and coolly won the game by +1T. Our thanks to Northampton for a hard fought match and their warm hospitality.

 

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