Phyllis Court lost to East Dorset 2-4

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22 Jul (GC - Murphy Shield)

On July 22 East Dorset travelled to Phyllis Court for a quarter-final of this year's competition. These teams had last met in a 2023 semi-final when East Dorset were comfortable winners. This year's match was closer, East Dorset winning 4-2.

East Dorset led 2-1 at lunch with a win in the doubles while the 2 singles were shared one each, all in 2 games. In the afternoon singles, the top 2 rubbers each finished in 2 games, one win for each team. The first rubber of the day to go to 3 games then went in favour of East Dorset taking them to a winning match margin. The other rubber was left unfinished at 1-1.

Teams and handicaps :
Phyllis Court: Ian Norris (1), Alastair Broom (2), Michael Marcel (3), Kevin Ward (4).

East Dorset : Greg Vaughn (2), Mark Hamann (3), Tim Hughes (3), Keith Southern (3).

The full results are on Croquet Scores. After three away matches so far in this year's competition East Dorset will be at home to Sussex County in the semi-final.