Beds & Herts League 2018

v St Albans (home)     20 August     lost 1-5

Bryan Harral (-½) and Peter Aspinall (11) beat Heather Bennett (2½) and Stuart Stafford (20) +8

David Woolley (8) and Geoff Strutt (9) lost to Chris Frost (4½) and Steven Mills (18) -16

Bryan Harral lost to Heather Bennett -12

David Woolley lost to Chris Frost -15

Geoff Strutt lost to Steven Mills -15

Peter Aspinall lost to Stuart Stafford -10T

This was the last match of the season. The League was won by St Albans with five wins, ahead of Enfield and Northampton with two wins. Wrest Park finished fourth, also with two wins but fewer draws. Details are on the EACF website. Thanks to all who played and to Bryan for his captaincy and organisation.











v Melgrave (home)     26 July     won 4-2

Bryan Harral (-½) and Richard Keighley (14) beat Chris van Essen (5) and Peter Whiting (6) +4T

David Woolley (9) and Peter Aspinall (11) beat Robert Skeen (5) and Keith Harker (6) +1T

Bryan Harral lost to Chris van Essen -6

David Woolley beat Robert Skeen +6T

Peter Aspinall lost to Keith Harker -1T

Richard Keighley beat Peter Whiting +21


v Letchworth (away)     7 June     won 4-2

Bryan Harral (0) and Richard Keighley (14) beat George Woolhouse (2½) and Andy Allen (14) +22

Geoff Strutt (9) and Peter Aspinall (10) lost to David Mathews (5) and Colin Davies (8) -21

Bryan Harral lost to George Woolhouse -12

Geoff Strutt beat David Mathews +6

Peter Aspinall beat Colin Davies +12

Richard Keighley beat Andy Allen +1T

Richard sealed the win with a nerveless golden hoop after time had been called and all turns had ended with the score at 16 points each.


v Enfield (home)     25 May     drew 3-3

Bryan Harral (0) and David Woolley (9) beat Ken Pickett (3½) and Brian Dawes (18) +1T

John Bevington (1) and David Morgans (3½) lost to David Frost (4) and John Street (8) -5

Bryan Harral beat Ken Pickett +3

John Bevington lost to David Frost -7

David Morgans lost to John Street -4

David Woolley beat Brian Dawes +9

A point on the board at last, and it could have been more but for problems at penult. In the doubles David Morgans stuck in it when well placed to get to the peg, leaving David F the chance to finish as John B had earlier peeled John S through rover. In the singles John B did the same against David and never took croquet again. On the other lawn it was Ken who stuck to hand Bryan the advantage. John S went off like a train against David M, who recovered after the bisques ran out but eventually lost narrowly, leaving David W to save our bacon with his win against Brian.


v Watford (home)     10 May     lost 2-4

David Woolley (9) and Geoff Strutt (9) beat Brian Havill (1) and Alan Clark (1) +17

Peter Aspinall (10 ) and Cliff Hayes (20) lost to Arthur Reed (2½) and Robin Barry (11) -4T

David Woolley lost to Brian Havill -2T

Geoff Strutt lost to Alan Clark -3

Peter Aspinall beat Arthur Reed +12

Cliff Hayes lost to Robin Barry -4


v Northampton (away)     26 April     lost 0-6

Peter Aspinall (10) and John Tew (7) lost to Lionel Tibble (-1½) and Richard Cain (8) -6T

Geoff Strutt (9) and David Woolley (8) lost to James Skelton (1) and Mike Hills (2) -18

John Tew lost to Lionel Tibble -18

David Woolley lost to James Skelton -18

Geoff Strutt lost to Mike Hills -15

Peter Aspinall lost to Richard Cain -18

Organiser Bryan Harral had enough volunteers to give himself a day off, which turned out to have been a wise move as Northampton chose to deploy some heavy artillery, against which an average of over six bisques per game proved an inadequate defence.

© Wrest Park Croquet Club  


Doubles

Singles


P

W

L

P

W

L

David Woolley

5

3

2

5

2

3

Peter Aspinall

5

2

3

5

2

3

Bryan Harral

4

4

0

4

1

3

Geoff Strutt

4

1

3

4

1

3

Richard Keighley

2

2

0

2

2

0

John Tew

1

0

1

1

0

1

John Bevington

1

0

1

1

0

1

Cliff Hayes

1

0

1

1

0

1

David Morgans

1

0

1

1

0

1

Club

Croquet

Wrest Park

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