Match report based on Giles Stanton's and Jeremy Humphreys' e-mails to team members
Luck did not favour Worcestershire. Jeremy Humphries was the last player to finish and although the match had slid out of Worcestershire's control, Jeremy Humphries had an interesting endgame position with winning chances. Jeremy forced a draw by repetition at the 54th move because he had only 4 minutes left against his opponent's 20.
Worcestershire |
Warwickshire |
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Board |
Home team |
Result |
Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 |
Roy Peters (black,123) Andrew Farthing (122) Giles Stanton (122) Andrew Wiggins (120) |
½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 |
Mike Biddle (123) Jon Asbury (123) Peter Oliver (121) Lennie Johnson (121) |
| 5 6 7 8 |
John Gittus (120) Anthony (Boyle118) David Scriven (117) Mark Riley (116) |
0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 |
Louis Rawson (120) Robert Statham (119) Andy Cottom (120) Derek Stockhall (120) |
9 10 11 12 |
John Varilone (115) Don Curry (115) John Loynes (115) Jeremy Humphries (114) |
0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ |
Sean Ralph (118) Gary Evans (UG) Ken Warren ( 116) Mark Tallis (115) |
13 14 15 16 |
Doug Bott (111) Arnold Kirkland (109) Rob Fuller (105) W W (Bill) Watson (105) |
0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ |
Kim Gilbert (114) Frank Jimenez (108) Mick Harrington (106) Fred Dickson (106) |
Statistics |
Result Mean grade Mean grade difference |
6 - 10 |