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National Club Competitions
by year:

The Croquet Association runs six national championships in which some EACF members clubs participate. The subsections of the national draws in which EACF member clubs participate are shown below, with the EACF member clubs and their results shown in bold red. For the full national draws and archives of previous years see the Croquet Association website.

All competitions comprise 1-day matches with teams of 4.

 

AC Association Croquet

The Inter-Club Championship

The top club championship. No handicap restrictions.
1st round
by 18 June		 Quarter-finals
by 23 July		 Semi-finals
by 27 August		 Final
Surbiton
7 October 		Winner
  Nottingham B Nottingham B
6-1 (report)		 Nottingham B
6-1 (report)		 Cheltenham
4-3 (report)
  Colchester
  Sussex Wrest Park
7-0 (report)
Nottingham A Wrest Park
4-3 (report)
Wrest Park
  Cheltenham

The Mary Rose

B-level Advanced games for handicaps
0 and above.
1st round
by 4 June		 2nd round
by 16 July		 Quarter-finals
by 13 August		 Semi-finals
by 10 September		 Final
Surbiton
6 October 		Winner
  Middlesbrough Colchester
3-2 (report)		 Hurlingham
4-2 (report)
  Surbiton Colchester
5-2 (report)
Ramsgate Colchester
6-1 (report)		 Colchester
4-3 (report)
Colchester
  Aldermaston
  East Dorset East Dorset
w/o		 Hurlingham
4-3 (report)		 Hurlingham
6-1 (report)
Purley Bury Letchworth

4-2 (report)
Letchworth
  Hurlingham
  Pendle & Craven Pendle & Craven
5-3 (report)
  Cheltenham Cheltenham
5-2 (report)
Newport Wrest Park

7-0 (report)
Wrest Park

The Longman Cup

Handicap games, handicaps between 3½ and 20. The team's aggregate handicap must also be at least 24.
Preliminary
round
by 11 June		 1st round
by 16 July		 2nd round
by 13 August		 Quarter-finals
by 10 September		 Semi-finals
Surbiton
6 October		 Final
Surbiton
7 October		 Winner
Northampton Northampton
4-3		 Northampton
4-3		 Northampton
5-2		 Northampton
7-0		 Roehampton
5-2 (report)		 Roehampton
4-3
Colchester
  Tyneside
  Nottingham Nottingham
4-3 (report)
  Hunstanton
  Kenilworth Kenilworth
4-3 (report)
  High Wycombe Ealing
5-2 (report)
Ealing Ealing
5-2 (report)
Letchworth
  Roehampton
  Watford Watford
w/o		 Watford
4-3 (report)		 Watford
4-3 (report)		 Watford
4-3 (report)
  Harwell
  Compton
  East Dorset
  Chester

The Secretary's Shield

Played by the winners of the previous year's regional leagues. Handicap games, maximum handicap 20.
Preliminary round
by 31 May		 1st round
by 18 June		 Semi-finals
by 13 August		 Final
by 7 October		 Winner
  Nottingham Nottingham
4-3 (report)
  Chelmsford
& Bentley		 Surbiton
4-3		 Bear of Rodborough
4-3 (report)
Reigate Surbiton
4-3
Surbiton
  Bear of Rodborough
 

GC Golf Croquet

The GC Inter-Club

Level play games. No handicap restrictions.
1st round
by 3 June		 Quarter-finals
by 22 July		 Semi-finals
by 2 September		 Final
29 September		 Winner
  Surbiton Dulwich
4-3 (report) 		 Ashby
4-2 (report)		 Ashby
5-2 (report)
Letchworth Dulwich
4-3 (report)
Dulwich
  Hunstanton Ashby
6-0 (report)
  Ashby
  Winchester

The GC Inter-Club
Shield (The Murphy Shield)

Teams of 4, level play games. One player may have a minimum handicap of 2, the others must be higher, and the team's aggregate handicap must also be at least 12.

1st Round
by 18 June		 Quarter-finals
by 23 July		 Semi-finals
by 27 August		 Final
by 7 October		 Winner
  Belsay Hall Watford
5-2 (report)		 Dulwich
4-3 (report)
  Phyllis Court Watford
6-1 (report)
Watford Watford
5-2 (report)
Kenilworth
  Dyffryn Dulwich
5½-1½ (report)
  Leighton Linslade Dulwich
5-2 (report)
  Dulwich