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.
Inter-Counties results
by year:
Somerset retained the Inter-Counties Trophy with a clean sweep. Suffolk and
Herts came 4th and 6th respectively
in Division 1 where they remain for 2012. In Division 2, Essex won with
a clean sweep and are promoted to
Division 1 for 2012, while Beds came 8th.
| Results vs.: | Som- erset |
Notts | Che- shire |
Suffolk | Glam- organ |
Herts | Lancs | Surrey | Middx | Dorset | Sussex | MATCH WINS |
GAME WINS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 10 | 24 | |
| Nottinghamshire | 1-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 9 | 23 | |
| Cheshire | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 6 | 19 | |
| Suffolk | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 6 | 17 | |
| Glamorgan | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 6 | 15 | |
| Hertfordshire | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 5 | 16 | |
| Lancashire | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 5 | 14 | |
| Surrey | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 4 | 14 | |
| Middlesex | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3 | 13 | |
| Dorset | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Sussex | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 5 |
| Relegated to Division 2 for next year |
|---|
| Key to venues: | Southwick | Compton |
| Results vs.: | Essex | CI | Gloucs | Yorks | Berks /Oxon |
Kent | Hants | Beds | CA Select |
Wilts | War- wicks |
MATCH WINS |
GAME WINS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 10 | 24 | |
| Channel Islands | 1-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 8 | 21 | |
| Gloucestershire | 1-2 | 0-3 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 7 | 21 | |
| Yorkshire | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 6 | 14 | |
| Berks/Oxfordshire | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 5 | 16 | |
| Kent | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 5 | 15 | |
| Hampshire | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 4 | 15 | |
| Bedfordshire | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 3-0 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 4 | 14 | |
| CA Select | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3 | 10 | |
| Wiltshire | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Warwickshire | 1-2 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 9 |
| Promoted to Division 1 for next year |
|---|
| Key to venues: | Southwick | Compton |
| Bedfordshire: | Ben Ashwell, Jon Watson, Howard Bottomley, Bryan Harral, George Collin, John Bevington, Tom Anderson, John Wheeler |
| Essex: | Michael Heap (C), Robert Fulford, Susan Fulford, Jonathan Hills, Guy Willard, Jack Wicks, Nick Steiner |
| Hertfordshire: | see photo to the right |
| Suffolk: | Steve Comish (C), Martin French, Chris Farthing, Phil Eardley, Martin Leach, Mark Avery |
See also:
*In the background right looking on is the current world-ranked no.7 from the victorious
Somerset team, Ed Duckworth, no doubt wishing that he hadn't lost his own game in their match against Herts!
