Club

Croquet

Wrest Park

Inter County Championship 23-26 May

There’s no other way to say it - Bedfordshire finished bottom of Division 2 with two wins against Hampshire and Dorset, and claimed the wooden spoon

There was only one 3-0 whitewash against Lancashire and several matches where one game was decided by a single missed shot or tactical misjudgement, leading to the opposition making a significant early break or a final game-winning turn. John Bevington and Tom Anderson, playing at third pair against Essex, can perhaps be excused as Robert Fulford completed a quintuple peel, including a straight quad, on Southwick’s lush lawn 3 on Sunday evening.

Jon and David remained faihtful to each other, unlike the rest of the team who swapped partners freely over the weekend, as you can see:



John Bevington starting a break to 4-back in the win against Hampshire.

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Jon Watson (-1) & David Marsh (1)

W

W

W

L

L

L

W

W

L

L

George Collin (0) &  Howard Bottomley (1)

L

L

L








Bryan Harral (½) & John Bevington (1)




L







George Collin (0) & John Bevington (1)





L






George Collin (0) & Bryan Harral (½)






W

L




George Collin (0) & Tim Brewer (2½)








L

L

L

Bryan Harral (½) & John Bevington (1)

L

W

L








George Collin (0) & Tom Anderson (2½)




W







Bryan Harral (½) &  Tom Anderson (2½)





W



W

L

W

John Bevington (1) & Tom Anderson (2½)






L





John Bevington (1) & Tim Brewer (2½)







L




Division 1


Division 2


P

W

Games



P

W

Games

Surrey

10

10

23


Lancs (P)

10

8

25

Notts

10

9

23


Channel I (P)

10

7

18

Somerset

10

6

18


Essex (P)

10

7

18

Cheshire

10

5

16


Oxon

10

7

15

Sussex

10

5

15


Hampshire

10

5

16

Glamorgan

10

5

14


Dorset

10

4

14

Middlesex

10

5

13


Yorks

10

4

13

Herts

10

4

13


Kent

10

4

13

Suffolk (R)

10

3

12


Wiltshire

10

4

12

Gloucs (R)

10

2

10


Warwicks

10

3

10

Berks (R)

10

1

8


Bedfordshire

10

2

11

Tim Brewer during his early 3-ball break against Yorkshire at Compton on Monday morning.

Team captain Bryan Harral, who with George Collin was shortly to lose to a quadruple peel by Alain Giraud of Yorkshire.

Bryan has produced a sheet of detailed results covering pairings, opponents, handicaps and scores.