Club
Croquet
Wrest Park
Inter County Championship 2-
Bedfordshire finished in a comfortable mid-
For the first time in very many years the team were without the presence of John Wheeler and Tom and Judy Anderson, and their support was much missed. Howard juggled the pairings as some of the team were only available on certain days and others took grateful advantage of the offer of a day off. David Marsh made his first appearance and acquitted himself splendidly. The event was put back by a week to coincide with the Jubilee weekend, but the gloomy weather (dull and breezy with rain on Tuesday afternoon) had many wishing it could have been held in the glorious sunshine of the previous weekend.
We started with a bye and got under way after lunch at Compton playing CA Select on fast lawns and losing 0-
To Southwick on Sunday, and a third loss to Shropshire Plus. George and Terry had a win at third pair, but the top two, with Ben joining Jon at first pair, went down by large margins to a combination of Robbie Dodds and the Hallam family – Brian and his two sons. Our fortunes then changed with 2-
David replaced John on Monday, and he and George at third pair contributed to a 2-
And so to the final day, beginning with a 3-
Jon and Ben, with Graham Gale on the left.
Howard and Bryan discuss their next move.
George and David compare mallets.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s -
Division 1 |
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Division 2 |
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P |
W |
Games |
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P |
W |
Games |
Notts |
10 |
9 |
21 |
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Berks/Oxon (P) |
10 |
10 |
24 |
Somerset |
10 |
8 |
21 |
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Yorkshire (P) |
10 |
7 |
20 |
Glamorgan |
10 |
6 |
18 |
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Middlesex (P) |
10 |
7 |
20 |
Essex |
10 |
6 |
16 |
|
Dorset |
10 |
7 |
17 |
Herts |
10 |
6 |
15 |
|
Beds |
10 |
5 |
12 |
Surrey |
10 |
5 |
15 |
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CA Select |
10 |
4 |
16 |
Lancashire |
10 |
5 |
15 |
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Hampshire |
10 |
4 |
13 |
Cheshire |
10 |
4 |
16 |
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Shropshire + |
10 |
4 |
12 |
Channel I (R) |
10 |
3 |
11 |
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Kent |
10 |
3 |
13 |
Gloucs (R) |
10 |
2 |
10 |
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Sussex |
10 |
2 |
11 |
Suffolk (R) |
10 |
1 |
7 |
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Warwicks |
10 |
1 |
7 |
1st pair |
P |
W |
L |
Jon Watson (- |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Jon Watson (- |
6 |
3 |
3 |
Jon Watson (- |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2nd pair |
P |
W |
L |
Bryan Harral (1) & John Bevington (1) |
4 |
1 |
3 |
Howard Bottomley (½) & John Bevington (1) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Howard Bottomley (½) & Bryan Harral (1) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3rd pair |
P |
W |
L |
Howard Bottomley (½) & Terry Mahoney (2) |
2 |
0 |
2 |
George Collin (2) & Terry Mahoney (2) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
George Collin (2) & David Marsh (2½) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Howard Bottomley (½) & George Collin (2) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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