GC Golf Croquet

National The Golf Croquet Inter-Club (Murphy) Shield is a national competition sponsored by Croquet England. Teams consist of four players with an aggregate handicap of at least 12. One player may have a handicap of 2, the others must be higher.

Watford were also national champions in 2017 and 2021, having previously become the champions in 2013 as well. Last year we lost a close match against Kenilworth in the semi-final.

The competition format is a single-life knock-out.

Fixtures contact: Geoff Johnson

GC Inter-Club (Murphy) Shield results by year:

All games: = Level Play
Date Opponents Venue Results (Watford names & scores first)
Round 1
 bye  
Round 2
Thu 29 May		 Leicester Home

WON 4-3 [hoops: 120 - 106]

(Net index points: 0)
Eddie Chung (1) &
Geoff Johnson (2)		 beat Mark Buckley (1) &
Alison Murray (2)		 7-5, 6-7, 7-3
John Smallbone (2) beat PaulJ Williams (3) 7-3, 7-6
Larry Fisher (3) lost to Ian Buckley (3) 7-5, 4-7, 5-7
Eddie Chung (1) beat Mark Buckley (1) 6-7, 7-6, 7-4
Geoff Johnson (2) beat Alison Murray (2) 7-2, 6-7, 7-1
John Smallbone (2) lost to Ian Buckley (3) 7-2, 5-7, 3-7
Larry Fisher (3) lost to PaulJ Williams (3) 7-6, 4-7, 4-7
Quarter-final
Fri 11 Jul		 Enfield Away

WON 4-3 [hoops: 92 - 91]

(Net index points: +32)
Simon Hathrell (1) &
Geoff Johnson (2)		 lost to Thomas Halliday (1) &
David Frost (2)		 3-7, 5-7
George Skinner (3) beat Nigel Owen (4) 7-6, 7-3
Alan Clark (3) beat Nicola Hyde (3) 7-2, 5-7, 7-6
Simon Hathrell (1) lost to Thomas Halliday (1) 3-7, 7-5, 6-7
Geoff Johnson (2) lost to David Frost (2) 3-7, 4-7
George Skinner (3) beat Nicola Hyde (3) 7-6, 7-3
Alan Clark (3) beat Nigel Owen (4) 7-6, 7-5
Semi-final
Sun 7 Sep		 Southport Home  

Statistics (Watford players)
 
Name Singles
W-L		 Doubles
W-L		 Total
W-L
George Skinner4-00-04-0
Alan Clark4-10-04-1
Eddie Chung2-12-14-2
John Smallbone3-20-03-2
Geoff Johnson2-32-34-6
Larry Fisher2-40-02-4
Simon Hathrell1-20-21-4
 
Totals18-132-320-16


Matches start at 10.00 am unless otherwise indicated.

See also: