Eastern Counties League

In the Eastern Counties League, Cambs & Hunts compete with Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Suffolk and Cambridge University. Each County fields three separate teams (`A', `B' and `C') to play a 32-board team of 8 match. Scoring is by IMPs, converted to VPs on a 0 - 20 scale. The county captain is Chris Larlham. Butler scores are calculated for each pair.

Fixtures 2008 / 2009

Opposition Date Venue A B C
Bedfordshire 18/5/2008 Away 3 - 17 14 - 6 15 - 5
Suffolk 8/6/2008 Home 0 - 20 17 - 3 13 - 7
Essex 21/9/2008 Away (1pm) 20 - 0 8 - 12  
Hertfordshire 12/10/2008 Away 1 - 19 6 - 14 1 - 19
University 23/11/2008 Home      
Northamptonshire 1/2/2009 Home      
Norfolk 22/2/2008 Home      

League tables

Details of individual match results are available here.

A Teams

# Team P VPs Ave
1 Norfolk 3 45 15.0
2 Hertfordshire 3 35 11.7
3 Suffolk 2 27 13.5
4 Cambs & Hunts 4 24 6.0
5 Bedfordshire 1 17 17.0
5 Northants 2 17 8.5
7 Essex 3 15 5.0
8 University 0 0 0.0
 

B Teams

# Team P VPs Ave
1 Cambs & Hunts 4 45 11.3
2 Hertfordshire 3 40 13.3
3 Essex 3 32 10.7
4 Northants 2 31 15.5
5 Norfolk 3 17 5.7
6 Suffolk 2 9 4.5
7 Bedfordshire 1 6 6.0
8 University 0 0 0.0
 

C Teams

# Team P VPs Ave
1 Hertfordshire 3 55 18.3
2 Cambs & Hunts 3 29 9.7
3 Northants 2 24 12.0
4 Essex 2 23 11.5
5 Norfolk 3 14 4.7
6 Suffolk 2 10 5.0
7 Bedfordshire 1 5 5.0
8 University 0 0 0.0

Cambs & Hunts vs Bedfordshire

"A" Team lost by 52 IMPS (3-17)
Myra Burrows & Peter Burrows +24
Chris Larlham & Victor Milman -4
Rod Oakford & Sue Oakford -24
Catherine Curtis & Paul Fegarty -68
"B" Team won by 29 IMPS (14-6)
Eric Campbell & Eryl Howard +28
Ian Aldridge & Anne Hamilton +25
Matt May & Niel Pimblett +5
Alex Green & Iain Watson -27
"C" Team won by 30 IMPS (15-5)
Bryan Last & Peter Last +24
Mary Knights & Terry Knights +24
Joanne Caldwell & Jenny Jacobsberg +11
Ken Riley & Penny Riley +2

Cambs & Hunts vs Suffolk

"A" Team lost by 95 IMPS (0-20)
Myra Burrows & Peter Burrows +6
Alex Green & Iain Watson -10
Chris Larlham & Ross Midgley -31
Bob Vajda & Ken Hope-Jones -78
"B" Team won by 54 IMPS (17-3)
Joanne Caldwell & Jenny Jacobsberg +43
David Carmichael & Gladys Gittins +38
Eric Campbell & Eryl Howard 0
Bill Briscombe & Peter Oxley -18
"C" Team won by 18 IMPS (13-7)
Ken Riley & Penny Riley +52
Bryan Last & Peter Last +42
Mary Knights & Terry Knights -5
Bill Evans-Evans & Sheila Evans-Evans -63

Cambs & Hunts vs Essex

"A" Team won by 79 IMPS (20-0)
David Kendrick & Chris Larlham +66
Myra Burrows & Peter Burrows +17
Catherine Curtis & Paul Fegarty +13
David Harrison & Julian Wightwick +8
"B" Team lost by 14 IMPS (8-12)
Alex Green & Iain Watson +49
Joanne Caldwell & Jenny Jacobsberg -13
Bill Briscombe & Matt May -15
Eric Campbell & Eryl Howard -52

Cambs & Hunts vs Hertfordshire

"A" Team lost by 75 IMPS (1-19)
Bill Briscombe & Peter Oxley -6
Catherine Curtis & Paul Fegarty -27
Peter Bhagat & John Liebeschuetz -33
Chris Larlham & Chris Waites -39
"B" Team lost by 26 IMPS (6-14)
Matt May & Niel Pimblett +37
Derek Oxbrow & Peter Somerfield -1
Eric Campbell & Eryl Howard -22
Trevor King & Marion King -62
"C" Team lost by 67 IMPS (1-19)
Bill Evans-Evans & Sheila Evans-Evans -6
Mike Bradley & Barry Ransley -17
Nick Bull & Cynthia Bull -20
Ken Riley & Penny Riley -51

Butler Statistics

The following tables give the Butler scores for each player in each team. These results shouldn't be taken too seriously - there is a fair slice of luck involved. David Stevenson has a page discussing Butler Scoring.

A Team

Player Bedfordshire Suffolk Essex Hertfordshire Average
David Kendrick     66   +66.0
Myra Burrows 24 6 17   +15.7
Peter Burrows 24 6 17   +15.7
David Harrison     8   +8.0
Julian Wightwick     8   +8.0
Chris Larlham -4 -31 66 -39 -2.0
Victor Milman -4       -4.0
Bill Briscombe       -6 -6.0
Peter Oxley       -6 -6.0
Alex Green   -10     -10.0
Iain Watson   -10     -10.0
Rod Oakford -24       -24.0
Sue Oakford -24       -24.0
Catherine Curtis -68   13 -27 -27.3
Paul Fegarty -68   13 -27 -27.3
Ross Midgley   -31     -31.0
Peter Bhagat       -33 -33.0
John Liebeschuetz       -33 -33.0
Chris Waites       -39 -39.0
Bob Vajda   -78     -78.0
Ken Hope-Jones   -78     -78.0

B Team

Player Bedfordshire Suffolk Essex Hertfordshire Average
David Carmichael   38     +38.0
Gladys Gittins   38     +38.0
Ian Aldridge 25       +25.0
Anne Hamilton 25       +25.0
Niel Pimblett 5     37 +21.0
Joanne Caldwell   43 -13   +15.0
Jenny Jacobsberg   43 -13   +15.0
Alex Green -27   49   +11.0
Iain Watson -27   49   +11.0
Matt May 5   -15 37 +9.0
Derek Oxbrow       -1 -1.0
Peter Somerfield       -1 -1.0
Eric Campbell 28 0 -52 -22 -11.5
Eryl Howard 28 0 -52 -22 -11.5
Bill Briscombe   -18 -15   -16.5
Peter Oxley   -18     -18.0
Trevor King       -62 -62.0
Marion King       -62 -62.0

C Team

Player Bedfordshire Suffolk Hertfordshire Average
Bryan Last 24 42   +33.0
Peter Last 24 42   +33.0
Joanne Caldwell 11     +11.0
Jenny Jacobsberg 11     +11.0
Mary Knights 24 -5   +9.5
Terry Knights 24 -5   +9.5
Ken Riley 2 52 -51 +1.0
Penny Riley 2 52 -51 +1.0
Mike Bradley     -17 -17.0
Barry Ransley     -17 -17.0
Nick Bull     -20 -20.0
Cynthia Bull     -20 -20.0
Bill Evans-Evans   -63 -6 -34.5
Sheila Evans-Evans   -63 -6 -34.5

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