On Friday, 18 July holders Sussex County Croquet Club set off for Dulwich to play a quarter-final match in the Murphy Shield in what proved to be a close encounter. After an early start, the Sussex team of Ben Harwood (1), Vincent L’Estrange, Paul Green and David King (all 3) arrived in buoyant mood, despite the last 14 miles of the journey through the south London traffic taking about 1 .25 hours. (same for the return journey). In the morning doubles, Ben & David lost by 5-7, 6-7 in a very tight match with some amazing hoops run (some fortuitously), while Vincent scored a good 7-6, 7-4 win. A morning lead then depended on Paul Green, who was level at 1 game all and about to start his 3rd game. All went well and Paul won that 7-2 to give SCCC a lunchtime lead of 2-1. We all enjoyed a very good buffet lunch, knowing that 2 wins in the 4 singles would give us the match . The first result in the afternoon was a 0-2 defeat for Vincent, reversing his good morning win. Next to finish was David, who was well …
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