On this day 11 years ago Shropshire were on their way to success in the Crosfield Cup. They earned a vital win over the previous year's finalists Greater Manchester as they banished the semi final defeat from a year before against the same opponents. They even used the same green they defeated us by 55 on, Crompton, but this time the away side learnt their lesson and held them to 11 chalks. Glyn Picknell ran out from about 7-2 down in the middle to be best of 5 winners. At Pontesbury, a nightmare start with just one winner out of the front four, and trailing by 18, was overcome despite sharing the winners overall. Paul Williams and Wayne Rogers both won 4 in the back four to provide a 34 shot win which was more than enough.
At Pontesbury
Pos | Shropshire | Score | Score | Greater Manchester |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wayne Phillips | 8 | 21 | Jimmy Derby |
2 | Rich Goddard | 12 | 21 | Andy Cairns |
3 | Glyn Herbert | 21 | 10 | Nigel Greenhalgh |
4 | Dave Hoffman | 14 | 21 | David Walker |
5 | Simon Parsonage | 21 | 10 | Jack Hargreaves |
6 | Clay Flattley | 21 | 12 | John Wade |
7 | Callum Wraight | 21 | 7 | Paul Leah |
8 | Michael Beer | 18 | 21 | John Bancroft |
9 | Paul Williams | 21 | 4 | Colin Price |
10 | Andy Duckett | 12 | 21 | Gareth Gwilliam |
11 | Adrian Rowe | 17 | 21 | Gary Ellis |
12 | Wayne Rogers | 21 | 4 | Lee Turner |
Games | 6 | 6 | ||
Aggregate | 207 | 173 |
At Crompton
Pos | Greater Manchester | Score | Score | Shropshire |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Darren Griffiths | 21 | 12 | Charlie Weaver |
2 | Steve Copeland | 21 | 19 | Andy Moss |
3 | Chris Heyes | 14 | 21 | Chris Grocott |
4 | Matt Gillies | 21 | 17 | Alan Davidson |
5 | Paul Heap | 21 | 6 | Spencer Clarke |
6 | Jonathan Copeland | 7 | 21 | Glyn Picknell |
7 | Paul Wakeling | 18 | 21 | Keith Wall |
8 | Peter Craig | 21 | 16 | Martin Lloyd |
9 | Chris Haynes | 14 | 21 | Colin Beaman |
10 | Nicky Brooks | 21 | 17 | Alan Palin |
11 | Alan Hodson | 18 | 21 | Derek Wright |
12 | Mark Dwayre | 21 | 15 | Ian Gaut |
Games | 7 | 5 | ||
Aggregate | 218 | 207 |