Shropshire won their opener against Lancashire by 25 chalks overall. They won by 40 at home with 8 winners, Rhys Marshall winning 8 on his debut to win man of the match, while Sam Millward added a 21-9 win and Joe Killen a 21-7 card in the back. On Garswood Hall the away team did a good job holding them to 15, Jamie King winning 5 first four meant we were always close to the hosts, with the Castlefields trio Mike Beer, Rich Goddard and Andy Armstong all winning to keep the damage down.
Staffordshire beat North Lancs & Fylde home and away to win by 92 overall, so next month’s clash against them on 7th June looks like it will be the decider to who tops the group.
| Newport No 2, Granville Avenue, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 7DX | Garswood Hall Bc No2 Green, Nicol Road, Ashton-in-makerfield, Wigan, WN4 8LU | ||||||||||||||
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| W | Shropshire | Tot | For | Ag | Tot | Lancashire | L | W | Lancashire | Tot | For | Ag | Tot | Shropshire | L |
| 1 | Scott Harries | 21 | 20 | John Brown | Wayne Ditchfield | 21 | 20 | Callum Wraight | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | Dan Taylor | 13 | 21 | Jack Marrow | David Higginbottom | 5 | 21 | Jamie King | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | Rhys Marshall | 21 | 8 | Danny Roberts | John Crossley | 21 | 9 | Chris Stretch | 3 | ||||||
| 4 | Stuart Rutter | 15 | 21 | Chris Ashton | Neil Bithell | 21 | 13 | Tom Palmer | 4 | ||||||
| 5 | Sam Millward | 21 | 9 | Alan Manuel | John Lester | 14 | 21 | Michael Beer | 5 | ||||||
| 6 | Tom Killen | 21 | 14 | Mark Budworth | Declan Kearns | 21 | 20 | Adam Jones | 6 | ||||||
| 7 | Josh Bradburn | 21 | 11 | Derek Bissell | Tony Mee | 13 | 21 | Rich Goddard | 7 | ||||||
| 8 | Josh Cotton | 21 | 20 | Kyle Chapman | Tim Hodge | 21 | 10 | Jack Hewitt | 8 | ||||||
| 9 | Liam Stevens | 21 | 14 | Michael Heap | George Chadwick | 21 | 12 | Wayne Rogers | 9 | ||||||
| 10 | Peter Farmer | 19 | 21 | Damien Morrison | James Longshaw | 21 | 20 | Ashley Wellings | 10 | ||||||
| 11 | Joe Killen | 21 | 7 | Scott Taylor | Glynn Crank | 21 | 11 | Nick Wyer | 11 | ||||||
| 12 | Martin Gaut | 12 | 21 | Phil Cookson | Stuart Hodson | 14 | 21 | Andrew Armstrong | 12 | ||||||
| 8 | Aggregate +40 | 227 | 187 | Aggregate -40 | 4 | 8 | Aggregate +15 | 214 | 199 | Aggregate -15 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | Points 2 (Agg +25) | 426 | 401 | Points 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
