Sidmouth made it three wins from three South West Federation League outings when they saw off Cornwall (Rosevear), writes David Butler.
With both teams having similar handicap range, the home side expected to have a day of challenging croquet.
However, before lunch, four doubles and eight singles games had been played, resulting in eight wins and a draw for Sidmouth and three wins and a draw for
the Cornish side.
Two of the visitors had proved to be very proficient at jump shots, causing the striking ball to jump over the opposition ball already settled in the hoop, thus ‘stealing’ that hoop!
In the afternoon, eight further singles were played and the home side dominated proceedings winning seven of the eight remaining matches.
This resulted in a decisive 15.5 to 4.5 success for the home team.
The Sidmouth Man of the Match award went to Andrew Thomas who won all his four games. Margaret Piper was close behind with three wins and a draw, with Muriel Philpott, Ian Simpson, and Graeme Pryor close behind each having lost one game and winning three games.
The team have three more matches to play.
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