Our Senior County side won a thriller against Derbyshire by just one chalk. We won by 63 at home on Newport with 9 winners, Martin Gaut at number 12 the best of those winning 8 and earning himself the player of the match award. We lost by 62 away with 3 winners there, Callum Wraight the best of those 12. It was left to Steve Broome to get us over the line at home to seal the 2 points and a winner takes all clash against Yorkshire on 6th July.
Well done to our seniors today. Full scores are below, with pictures from the home leg below that.
| Newport No 2, Granville Avenue, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 7DX | Barton Bowls Club No.2 Green, Dunstall Road, Barton-under-needwood, Burton-on-trent, DE13 8AX | ||||||||||||||
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| W | Shropshire | Tot | For | Ag | Tot | Derbyshire | L | W | Derbyshire | Tot | For | Ag | Tot | Shropshire | L |
| 1 | Scott Harries | 21 | 12 | Louie Furniss | Dave May | 21 | 19 | Michael Beer | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | Jamie King | 18 | 21 | Adam Hartley | Darren Carter | 16 | 21 | Andy Moss | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | Chris Grocott | 21 | 9 | Ben Ryder | Jack Brooks | 21 | 7 | Chris Jones | 3 | ||||||
| 4 | Tom Killen | 21 | 9 | Gary Clapham | Adam Dickerson | 19 | 21 | Martin Lloyd | 4 | ||||||
| 5 | Joe Killen | 21 | 13 | Joshua Furniss | Conor Chamberlain | 21 | 17 | Mike Gilpin | 5 | ||||||
| 6 | Scott Moseley | 20 | 21 | Harry Chapman | George Hines | 21 | 14 | Lee Peate | 6 | ||||||
| 7 | Josh Cotton | 21 | 18 | Sam Davies | Rikki Higgs | 12 | 21 | Callum Wraight | 7 | ||||||
| 8 | Spencer Clarke | 21 | 12 | Jack Desmond | Dan Petcher | 21 | 9 | Adam Jones | 8 | ||||||
| 9 | Josh Bradburn | 21 | 19 | Paul Bailey | Matt Kelly-walley | 21 | 11 | Liam Stevens | 9 | ||||||
| 10 | Dan Taylor | 21 | 11 | Phil Clapham | John Dewey | 21 | 11 | Ashley Wellings | 10 | ||||||
| 11 | Steve Broome | 10 | 21 | Ed Furniss | Dan Hartley | 21 | 9 | Rich Goddard | 11 | ||||||
| 12 | Martin Gaut | 21 | 8 | Steve Barber | Ian Brown | 21 | 14 | Wayne Rogers | 12 | ||||||
| 9 | Aggregate +63 | 237 | 174 | Aggregate -63 | 3 | 9 | Aggregate +62 | 236 | 174 | Aggregate -62 | 3 | ||||
| 12 | Points 2 (Agg +1) | 411 | 410 | Points 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
