Inter County First Team 2004/5

Team Captain: Diarmid Gibson

MCCU Inter-Counties Open Championship 2004-5

Western-region

Staffordshire 6½ - 9½ Shropshire
Match played 29 January 2005

Bd	Grade	Staffordshire	Score	Score	Shropshire	Grade
1	200	David Anderton	0	1	Ferrington, Nigel	175
2	186	Lee Grinsell	0	1	Rutter, Nick J.	183
3	174	Chon Yiu Lee	1	0	Fowler, Simon	170
4	173	Alan Crombleholme	½	½	Brotherton, Trevor	169
5	170e	Mark Handley	½	½	Gostelow, Dave W.	163
6	165	Alan Drost	½	½	Roberts, Colin	161
7	145e	Steve Hill	½	½	Pugh, Glyn	156
8	147	John Staniforth	0	1	Cooper, Gavyn	151
9	144	Daniel Sullivan	0	1	Neal, Toby	150
10	143	Dave Pritchard	0	1	Graham, Nick	150
11	142	Martyn Harris	1	0	Link, Gerald C.	144
12	138	Stephane Pedder	1	0	Saxon, Phil	141
13	136	Philip Porter	1	0	Thompson, Richard G.	140
14	135	Philip Pinfold	½	½	Edwards, Gareth	139
15	130	Steve Bruce	0	1	Tarr, Steve	137
16	117	Jim Carleton	0	1	Peck, Windsor W.A.	126
		TOTALS	6½	9½

Greater Manchester 11½ - 4½ Staffordshire
Match played 30 October 2004

Report by Diarmid Gibson (Capt)
Not so happy from our point of view, but always a risk in these encounters.  As you would expect, there were a lot of determined defensive battles.  Everyone pulled their weight on the day.

Bd	Grade	Greater Manchester	Score	Score	Staffordshire	Grade
1	199	Lukas Van der Lynden	½	½	Lawrence Cooper	205
2	207	Alex Longson	½	½	David Anderton	200
3	206	Alan Smith	½	½	Lee Grinsell	186
4	202	Adam Ashton	½	½	Alex Richardson	186
5	195	Dave Hulmes	½	½	Darren Wheeler	184
6	195	Dale James (Capt)	1	0	Gerald Acey	176
7	190	Stephen Pickles	1	0	Chon-Yiu Lee	174
8	192	Richard Beach	1	0	Alan Crombleholme	173
9	190	Alan Walton	1	0	John Turner	167
10	186	John Bentley	1	0	Malcolm Armstrong	159
11	187	Mike Surtees	1	0	Chris Hankey	157
12	172	Graham Burton	1	0	Jean Philippe André
13	164	Ray English	1	0	Steve Hill	E145
14	151	Adam Tyton	0	1	Daniel Sullivan	144
15	153	Richard Vann	½	½	Stephane Peddar	138
16	131	Alan Beresford	½	½	Diarmid Gibson (Capt)	130
		TOTALS	11½	4½

Worcestershire 5½ - 10½ Staffordshire
Match played 9 October 2004

Bd	Grade	Worcestershire	Score	Score	Staffordshire	Grade
1	175	E Myers	0	1	David Anderton	200
2	175	J Edge	0	1	Paul Wallace	193
3	169	G Boyce	½	½	Lee Grinsell	186
4	165	P Kitson	0	1	Darren Wheeler	184
5	163	N Towers	½	½	Gerald Acey	176
6	158	J Keen	½	½	David Cooper	169
7	155	R Pinder	Def	1	Alan Drost	165
8	154	M Bissell	½	½	Malcolm Armstrong	159
9	153	M Bethel	Def	1	Chris Hankey	157
10	150	I Howarth	0	1	John Staniforth	147
11	146	S Mellor	1	0	Steve Hill	145
12	136	M Riley	Def	1	Martyn Harris	142
13	132	R Collett	0	1	Philip Porter	136
14	130	A Wiggins	1	0	Philip Pinfold	135
15	126	M Hadley	½	½	Diarmid Gibson (Capt)	130
16	97	T Pountney	1	0	Steve Bruce	130
		TOTALS	5½	10½