Croquet Durham beat Sussex County at Nottingham to win Murphy Shield 4-3

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The players in the Murphy Shield final (Photo: Ian Vincent)

As last year, the final of the Murphy Shield went to the wire, with the result in doubt until the 13th hoop of
the final game, Nigel Martin coming back from 2-5 down to take the deciding match for Durham.

Scores with Durham names first:

Roger Carpenter & Carol Brady lost to Robin Wooton & Alan Theobald 7-5 2-7 5-7
Nigel Martin bt Roger Sutton 5-7 7-5 7-4
Andrew Carpenter bt David King 7-6 7-4

Roger Carpenter lost to Robin Wootton 7-4 4-7 6-7
Carol Brady bt Alan Theobald 7-5 7-2
Andrew Carpenter lost to Roger Sutton 3-7 5-7
Nigel Martin bt David King 7-5 4-7 7-6