On another beautiful day on Monday, 16 June, the Chester short lawn team of Derek Bell-Jones, Sarah Clements and Sally Slater welcomed a team from Westmorland. The lawns looked fabulous and ran fast and well. Westmorland had requested a team of three to which Chester agreed and their team was Roger Brooks, Sue Pritchard and Mike Hodgson.
Westmorland were two games up at lunchtime but Chester fought back in the afternoon and with the last game to play all was square at four each. Roger Brooks and Sally Slater battled it out but after a missed hoop Roger pegged out to win the game 14-13 and so the match was won by Westmorland 5-4.
The match was played in good spirits and some excellent croquet was enjoyed by all.