Dorset County

This was another very disappointing result as so many in our team had played in the County Seniors' Championship at Broadstone the week before and should have know the course much better than their opponents, some of whom had never seen the course before. Doug Pratt, our President, had come to support us and together he and I watched everybody go through the 7th when the match was very even. We then went to the 13th and although it was still evenly poised it was obvious that their short game was much better than ours. Seven of their team got up and down in two from off the green four times winning the hole when it looked as though we would. Two from the bunker above the hole, two from very bad lies in the heather long left, two from three or four yards long and one who had run onto the 14th tee. Then at least three of our team bogied the 18th to either halve or lose the hole. That was very bad match play on one of the easier holes on the course and in the end it led to this result.