Inter-Counties results
by year:
Association CroquetThe Inter-Counties Championship is a national team competition
sponsored by the Croquet Association.
See the CA website for further details and a
tournament report.
Counties from the EACF region that participate in it are shown in bold red.
In Division 1 of the 2008 Inter-Counties Championship, held at Southwick and Compton on 24-27 May, Essex came 5th behind the overall winners Somerset. Meanwhile, Suffolk and Hertfordshire came 1st and 2nd in Division 2 and are promoted to Division 1 for 2009, along with Northumberland. Bedfordshire came 8th in Division 2. Sussex, Middlesex and Yorkshire are relegated to Division 2 for 2009.
| Results vs.: | Som- erset |
Che- shire |
Notts | Surrey | Essex | Lancs | Glam- organ |
Dorset | Sussex | Middx | Yorks | MATCH WINS |
GAME DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 9 | +12 | |
| Cheshire | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 8 | +12 | |
| Nottinghamshire | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 8 | +8 | |
| Surrey | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 6 | +8 | |
| Essex | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 6 | +2 | |
| Lancashire | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 5 | +2 | |
| Glamorgan | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Dorset | 0-3 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 4 | -10 | |
| Sussex | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 3 | -4 | |
| Middlesex | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2 | -10 | |
| Yorkshire | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | -20 |
| Relegated to Division 2 for next year |
|---|
| Key to venues: | Southwick | Compton |
| Results vs.: | Suffolk | Herts | North- mblnd |
Hants | Gloucs | Wilts | Devon | Beds | CI | War- wicks |
Kent | MATCH WINS |
GAME DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffolk | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 7 | +10 | |
| Hertfordshire | 2-1 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 7 | +6 | |
| Northumberland | 1-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 6 | +2 | |
| Hampshire | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 5 | +4 | |
| Gloucestershire | 3-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 5 | +2 | |
| Wiltshire | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Devon | 0-3 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 5 | -8 | |
| Bedfordshire | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Channel Islands | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 4 | -2 | |
| Warwickshire | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 4 | -4 | |
| Kent | 0-3 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3 | -10 |
| Promoted to Division 1 for next year |
|---|
| Key to venues: | Southwick | Compton |
| Beds: | Howard Bottomley (C), Jon Watson, Ben Ashwell, John Wheeler, George Collin, John Bevington, Bryan Harral, Tom Anderson |
| Essex: | Michael Heap(C), Debbie Cornelius, Robert Fulford, Gerard Healy, Jonathan Hills, Jack Wicks, Guy Willard |
| Herts: | John Gibbons, Duncan Hector, Paul Stephenson, Richard Smith (C), David Tutt, Ian Parkinson, George Woolhouse |
| Suffolk: | Steve Comish (C), Mark Avery, Phil Eardley, Sue Edwards, Chris Farthing, Martin French, Martin Leach |
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