Shropshire beat North Lancs & Fylde by 22 overall in a close game where there was only one shot in it after 8 games off at each venue. Paul Evans had a great win 6 away, which was backed up by Sam Millward 14. At home, a shared first four saw Callum Wraight win 13 in the clash of two of the top players in the game. Home debutant Liam Stevens produced one of the best scores ever seen by a debutant as he won 4 to put Shropshire ahead. Dave Lloyd won 6 in the back four at home and once Wayne Rogers added a 13 win away to limit the damage there, the game was won.
We now play Greater Manchester in the next round.
| W | North Lancs & Fylde | Tot | For | Ag | Tot | Shropshire | L | W | Shropshire | Tot | For | Ag | Tot | North Lancs & Fylde | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Walker | 21 | 21 | 15 | 15 | Rich Goddard | Scott Harries | 10 | 10 | 21 | 21 | James Grimston | 1 | ||
| 2 | Dean Brown | 27 | 6 | 21 | 36 | Paul Evans | Alex Jones | 25 | 15 | 21 | 42 | Ashleigh Woof | 2 | ||
| 3 | Andrew Cairns | 48 | 21 | 17 | 53 | Clay Flattley | Spencer Clarke | 46 | 21 | 14 | 56 | Owen Jackson | 3 | ||
| 4 | Phil Wilkinson | 69 | 21 | 15 | 68 | Martin Lloyd | Callum Wraight | 67 | 21 | 13 | 69 | Simon Coupe | 4 | ||
| 5 | Dean Butler | 90 | 21 | 14 | 82 | Gary Beff | Peter Farmer | 88 | 21 | 15 | 84 | Thomas King | 5 | ||
| 6 | Lee Longland | 104 | 14 | 21 | 103 | Sam Millward | Liam Stevens | 109 | 21 | 4 | 88 | Darren Edmondson | 6 | ||
| 7 | Rob Houghton | 125 | 21 | 15 | 118 | Kiah Roberts | Chris Worthington | 127 | 18 | 21 | 109 | Stuart Mort | 7 | ||
| 8 | Peter Hawkes | 146 | 21 | 13 | 131 | Colin Beaman | Jamie King | 144 | 17 | 21 | 130 | John Bottomley | 8 | ||
| 9 | Lee Hammond | 167 | 21 | 14 | 145 | Andrew Judson | Stuart Rutter | 165 | 21 | 15 | 145 | Sam Patterson | 9 | ||
| 10 | Aaron Harrison | 188 | 21 | 14 | 159 | Richard Lawson | David Lloyd | 186 | 21 | 6 | 151 | Ian Nicholson | 10 | ||
| 11 | Steve Clamp | 209 | 21 | 20 | 179 | Ashley Wellings | Peter Grimston | 207 | 21 | 13 | 164 | Michael Leach | 11 | ||
| 12 | John Whittaker | 222 | 13 | 21 | 200 | Wayne Rogers | Paul Reeves | 222 | 15 | 21 | 185 | Thomas Ascroft | 12 | ||
| 9 | Aggregate +22 | 222 | 200 | Aggregate -22 | 3 | 7 | Aggregate +37 | 222 | 185 | Aggregate -37 | 5 |