Shropshire have ended Yorkshire’s 12 year unbeaten run in the Junior County Championship with a thrilling one chalk win.
They were even 30 down off the front four, but one of the best fours the Junior County has ever seen at home saw them win that four by 64 with four single figure wins, Ellis Griffiths 21-2, Harry Grimston 21-4 (to earn him player of the match), Emily Hotchkiss and Jack Peach 21-7, while Holly Hotchkiss won 7 away to lead by 45 overall after eight blocks off.
Into the back four and a 21-9 card by Logan Church helped keep the lead at home while the away side held Yorkshire to 62 chalks, leaving Salvatori Farruggio on the green 20-15 up and Harris Needham 20-19 down. Salvatori got the one he needed to win his game and seal the win for Shropshire, their first over Yorkshire since 2008.
Well done to our Juniors on one of our most famous wins in our Junior County history.
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| W | Shropshire | Tot | For | Ag | Tot | Yorkshire | L | W | Yorkshire | Tot | For | Ag | Tot | Shropshire | L |
| 1 | Jordan Millman | 21 | 12 | Harry Chadwick | Aidan (vc) Crawley | 21 | 20 | Owen Hanmer | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | Jack Cooke | 21 | 16 | Lucas Wood | Corey Fountain | 21 | 8 | Myles Fisher | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | Rowan Fuller | 11 | 21 | Sebastian Mordue | Phoebe Heslop | 21 | 12 | Ben Cutler | 3 | ||||||
| 4 | Eleanor Webb | 16 | 21 | Louie Taylor | Denis (c) Hufton | 21 | 15 | Billy Walmsley | 4 | ||||||
| 5 | Ellis Griffiths | 21 | 2 | Archie Wood | Noah Slattery | 7 | 21 | Holly Hotchkiss | 5 | ||||||
| 6 | Harry Grimston | 21 | 4 | Harry Brook | Isabel Morgan | 21 | 19 | Jamie Pritchard | 6 | ||||||
| 7 | Emily Hotchkiss | 21 | 7 | Gracie Harsley-jowett | Ruby Whalley | 17 | 21 | Lewis Hanmer | 7 | ||||||
| 8 | Jack Peach | 21 | 7 | Harry Talbot | Finley Scholes | 21 | 16 | Ben Carr | 8 | ||||||
| 9 | Luke Morris | 5 | 21 | Charlie Fisher | Theo Moyes | 21 | 8 | Emily Webb | 9 | ||||||
| 10 | Logan Church | 21 | 9 | Max Delarosa | Lewis Pember | 21 | 13 | Jack Lawrence | 10 | ||||||
| 11 | Salvatori Farruggio | 21 | 15 | Logan Preston | Taylor Smith | 21 | 7 | Thomas Clarke | 11 | ||||||
| 12 | Harris Needham | 19 | 21 | Jude (v/c) Hatfield-goodall | Zinedine Ayub | 21 | 12 | Zoe Fenwick | 12 | ||||||
| 8 | Aggregate +63 | 219 | 156 | Aggregate -63 | 4 | 10 | Aggregate +62 | 234 | 172 | Aggregate -62 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | Points 2 (Agg +1) | 391 | 390 | Points 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
