Devon vs Hants - A Match of Two Halves (22.01.2011.)
January 27th, 2011 | 
Author: Devon’s encounter with Hampshire on Saturday was truly a match of two halves in the sense that Devon I were beaten as soundly by Hants I as were Hants II beaten by Devon II. Devon were not helped by having several players drop out at short notice and their Boards 1 - 8 were all outgraded and a 6-2 loss there was not a great shock in itself, but on Boards 9 - 16 the teams were much more closely matched, yet Devon lost that section by an even wider margin, 6.5 - 1.5.
Meanwhile, it was a case of roles reversed in the 2nd team match. Former British Ladies Champion, Gillian Moore led the way for Hampshire, but a run of 9 consecutive losses lower down the order, helped by two defaults, helped Devon II to an equally comprehensive win. Here are the details of both sections:-
| Hants I | Grd | Devon I | Grd | ||||
| 1 | I. D. Thompson | 209 | 1 | 0 | J. F. Wheeler | 185 | |
| 2 | M. J. Yeo | 195 | 1 | 0 | J. K. Stephens | 181 | |
| 3 | D. R. Tunks | 191 | 1 | 0 | S. J. Homer | 180 | |
| 4 | B. C. Jenks | 187 | ½ | ½ | A. W. Brusey | 175 | |
| 5 | A. McDougall | 184 | ½ | ½ | R. Thompson | 173 | |
| 6 | W. McDougall | 181 | 1 | 0 | T. F. Thynne | 177 | |
| 7 | O. Gill | 177 | 0 | 1 | J. Underwood | 172 | |
| 8 | A. Ganesan | 175 | 1 | 0 | J. Duckham | 165 | |
| 9 | D. W. Fowler | 172 | 1 | 0 | S. W. Schofield | 166 | |
| 10 | F. N. McLeod | 171 | 1 | 0 | W. H. Ingham | 164 | |
| 11 | C. J. Bellers | 170 | 1 | 0 | R. M. Pollock | 164 | |
| 12 | S. J. Smith | 158 | ½ | ½ | P. Brooks | 160 | |
| 13 | D. Thompson | 157 | 1 | 0 | C. V. Howard | 158 | |
| 14 | T. Chapman | 153 | ½ | ½ | S. Clarke | 155 | |
| 15 | B. A. Kocan | 150 | 1 | 0 | O. Demerger | 157 | |
| 16 | P. Barker | 145 | ½ | ½ | P. J. Kennedy | 151 | |
| 12½ | 3½ | ||||||
| Hants II | Devon II | ||||||
| 17 | G. A. Moore | 144 | 1 | 0 | J. V. Morrison | 152 | |
| 18 | K. Steele | 138 | 1 | 0 | J. G. Gorodi | 150 | |
| 19 | D. Culliford | 135 | ½ | ½ | P. E. Halmkin | 148 | |
| 20 | D. P. Priestly | 132 | 0 | 1 | M. H. Stinton-B | 149 | |
| 21 | R. F. Smith | 123 | 0 | 1 | J. Leung | 145 | |
| 22 | J. Barnett | 118 | 0 | 1 | K. Alexander | 146 | |
| 23 | S. Murphy | 118 | 0 | 1 | J. Munsey | 146 | |
| 24 | J. Davis | 112 | 0 | 1 | F. Sugden | 127 | |
| 25 | A. J. Elborne | 112 | 0 | 1 | R. Wilby | 131 | |
| 26 | Keven Lamb | 102 | 0 | 1 | O. E. Wensley | 120 | |
| 27 | Def | - | 0 | 1 | J. Dzenis | 120 | |
| 28 | Def | - | 0 | 1 | R. H. Jones | 138 | |
| 2½ | 9½ |
General view - Dr. Underwood awaits his opponent.
John Wheeler (Devon) plays I. D. Thompson.
Former Devonian Chris Bellers (r) plays new Devonian Richard Pollock.
Boards 2 - 5 in action.
Former British Ladies Champion, Gillian Moore, plays John Morrison.
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