Shropshire’s senior county side have set up a repeat of the 2016 final against Yorkshire as they comfortably beat Lancashire home and away. They won by 31 at Sinclair, after a fast start on a rapid green by Scott Harries 21-4 and Rich Lawson 21-9. A couple of good comebacks in the middle by Darren Wellings from 14-5 down to get 15 and then Alex Jones 16-5 down to win 20 kept an advantage of 39 going into the back. Just two winners at the back meant a 31 shot win. Over in Garswood Hall, we trailed by 7 after four games off with Paul Evans best winner 11. However the game changed after John Crossley had to forfeit his game against Andy Judson at 6 across after going off the green to smoke during a measure. Gary Neal added a 21-9 card and Julian Cooke won 14 on debut to mean a 23 shot lead going into the back four. Jack Hewitt won 10 in the back four, with all three other games going to 20, which meant we won by 33 there.
Yorkshire comfortably beat Warwick and Worcester and we will face them on Sunday 4th September.
Well done to the team.
| Sinclair Bowling Club, Sinclair Sports & Social Club, Ketley Dingle, Telford , TF1 5AD | Garswood Hall Bc No1 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 | Stuart Rutter | 15 | 21 | Neil Rodgers | Wayne Ditchfield | 21 | 11 | Rich Goddard | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | Scott Harries | 21 | 4 | Danny Miller | Billy Speed | 11 | 21 | Paul Evans | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | Richard Lawson | 21 | 9 | Chris Cooke | Ryan Semmens | 21 | 10 | Martin Lloyd | 3 | ||||||
| 4 | Callum Wraight | 21 | 13 | John Lester | Neil Bithell | 17 | 21 | Spencer Clarke | 4 | ||||||
| 5 | Darren Wellings | 15 | 21 | Danny Roberts | John Crossley | 6 | 21 | Andrew Judson | 5 | ||||||
| 6 | Will Tarrell | 21 | 12 | James Longshaw | Scott Taylor | 21 | 17 | Michael Beer | 6 | ||||||
| 7 | Alex Jones | 21 | 20 | Derek Bissell | Paul Winrow | 14 | 21 | Julian Cooke | 7 | ||||||
| 8 | Liam Stevens | 21 | 17 | John Brown | Kevan Shaw | 9 | 21 | Gary Neal | 8 | ||||||
| 9 | Jamie King | 11 | 21 | Damien Morrison | Harvey Birch | 20 | 21 | Peter Farmer | 9 | ||||||
| 10 | Martin Gaut | 21 | 20 | Martin Bacon | Liam Gregson | 10 | 21 | Jack Hewitt | 10 | ||||||
| 11 | Ashley Wellings | 21 | 19 | Stuart Hodson | David Higginbottom | 21 | 20 | Peter Grimston | 11 | ||||||
| 12 | Chris Worthington | 20 | 21 | Jack Marrow | Michael Heap | 21 | 20 | Wayne Rogers | 12 | ||||||
| 8 | Aggregate +31 | 229 | 198 | Aggregate -31 | 4 | 5 | Aggregate-33 | 192 | 225 | Aggregate +33 | 7 | ||||
| 15 | Points 2 (Agg +64) | 454 | 390 | Points 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
