Phyllis Court beat Hamptworth 5-1

[<<] [>>] by Christopher Roberts at Phyllis Court
10 Apr (GC - Murphy Shield)

Phyllis Court '1+' won their National Inter-Club Shield (Tier 2) match against Hamptworth 5-1 today.

Although the morning session was well contested, Hamptworth fell away in the afternoon as Phyllis Court romped to a comfortable victory.

Robin Coates and Andy Jones won the doubles rubber for Phyllis Court 7-4, 7-6 against Richard Smith & Chris Weedon and the hosts further enjoyed Roger Goldring's 7-6, 7-4 win over Bill Hammond.

Hamptworth were kept in the team match when captain Hugh Risebrow beat Phyllis Court's Alastair Broom 6-7, 5-7.

In the afternoon, nearly everything went Phyllis Court's way, as Jones beat Weedon 7-1, 7-2, Goldring beat Risebrow 7-3, 7-4 and Broom beat Hammond 7-3, 7-1.

Hamptworth's only joy came from Smith who held Coates to tied rubber 7-3, 4-7 when the decider was shelved when the team match result became settled.
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The full results are on CroquetScores here - croquetscores.com/.../phyllis-court-1-vs-hamptworth

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Phyllis Court '1+' will play Ealing at home in the next round.