Club
Croquet
Wrest Park
Inter Club Championship
19 June v Sussex County (home) Lost 2-
Rod Ashwell (-
George Collin (1) beat Paul Castell (-
John Bevington (1½) beat Alan Cottle (0) +23
Rod Ashwell (-
Howard Bottomley (0) lost to Jack Davies (-
George Collin (1) lost to Alan Cottle (0) -
John Bevington (1½) lost to Paul Castell (-
Report by John Bevington
The Sussex team turned up at 10am and after coffee we made a start. Weather cool and cloudy with a fresh north wind; conditions which persisted throughout the day. John and George got off to a flying start, with their opponents underhitting (Alan) or feeling the cold (Paul). Paul’s solitary point was due to a peel by George. The doubles took an unexpected turn when Rutger went to 4-
Howard provided a good lunch, which must have put new heart into our opponents. Rutger was the first to finish with a TP and Jack then beat Howard to put Sussex ahead. George and John were still in contention, and George pegged Alan out but a little later he hit in to win the game and the match. John and Paul played out a scrappy game in which John managed to evade a perfect cross wire by using local knowledge and the slope around hoop 2 on lawn 1, and later Paul, having just run rover, attempted to peg out through the hoop and ended up in baulk with a lift due.
An enjoyable day, a pity about the result.