Mary Rose 2019
v Bristol (home) 2 June won 4-
George Collin (1½) & John Bevington (1) lost to Martin Leach (½) & Wayne Wiseman (½) -
Nick Evans (1½) lost to Eric Soakell (3) -
Tim Brewer (2½) beat Richard Williamson (3½) +20
George Collin lost to Martin Leach -
John Bevington beat Wayne Wiseman +5(t)
Nick Evans beat Richard Williamson +5
Tim Brewer beat Eric Soakell +16
The match got under way at 10am, Bristol having travelled over from an overnight stay in Hitchin. The weather was fine and warm but breezy. Three and a half hour time limits were agreed. The lawns were parched and it was sometimes hard to judge the pace. Lawn 3, on which the doubles and top two singles were played, is less even than the others causing vertical take-
In the doubles John got to 4-
Tim then won again, and with Nick beating Richard and Martin winning against George the match stood at three all. John was behind but had made up ground when he played the wrong ball in a take-
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v Woking (away) 25 August lost 2-
George Collin in play during the final stages of his game against Alan Edwards, watched by spectators in the shade. The tennis courts are behind the hedge.
John Bevington (1) and George Collin (1½) beat Andrew Dutton (½) and Alan Edwards (½) +16
Nick Evans (1½) lost to Ian Anderson (2½) -
David Woolley (8) lost to Nick Harvey (1) -
John Bevington beat Andrew Dutton +16
George Collin lost to Alan Edwards -
Nick Evans lost to Nick Harvey -
David Woolley lost to Ian Anderson -
Spare a thought for Nick Evans. Having driven from Northampton to Woking, with stops at Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes and Luton followed by queues on the M25, he never took croquet in his first game and lost to a triple peel in the second before having to drive us all home again. All this in temperatures of over 30°C.
Woking’s two lawns are a pleasure to play on: fast and true. John and George established and held on to a substantial lead in the doubles, but David’s loss had us 2-
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