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On This Day: 29th May 2009

On this day in 2009 there were three away wins and one draw, with four games settled by 7 or less chalks. St Georges drew at Ford with 6 winners each thanks to Keith Pessall winning 6 for them. Castlefields won at Archibald Worthington 8-6 and by 6 shots, while …

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On This Day: 28th May 2003

On this day 17 years ago it was a Wednesday fixture which produced two very close games. Wem USC beat Ford 8-6 by just one chalk, while Childs Ercall won by the same score versus Meole Brace and by just three shots. Chester Road earned the only away win on …

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On This Day: 27th May 2016

On this day four years ago Hadley USC and Castlefields played out a draw with 6 winners each in a thrilling game, Paul Williams winning 19 last on for the Fields to get the draw. Hanwood got some revenge over the Bylet, who beat them in two previous Play Off …

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On This Day: 24th May 2013

On this day in 2013 Castlefields were scoring a big 11-3 win away at the Bylet. Newport earned a big 13-1 win at home to Archibald Worthington, while Meole Brace beat Sir John Bayley 12-2. St Georges and Chester Road defeated Ifton and Burway 10-4, with Wrockwardine Wood beating Wem …

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On This Day: 21st May 2010

On this day in 2010, Childs Ercall scored a rare away win at the Bowring, despite having just 5 winners there. There were two other away wins, with Meole Brace winning 9-5 at Ifton and Chester Road 10-4 at the Bylet. Castlefields defeated Newport 9-5 as Newport started to become …

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On This Day: 20th May 2005

On this day in 2005 it was a decisive day in that year’s Championship race. The champions Chester Road travelled to early leaders St Georges 16 points behind after St Georges had amassed an incredible 67 points from their first 6 games. But the Champions struck a decisive blow after …

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On This Day: 19th May 2017

On this day in 2017 Chester Road suffered their biggest home defeat in the league, 11-3 against the league Champions Sir John Bayley. Bylet and Wrockwardine Wood drew 8-6, while Hanmer and Castlefields both won 12-2 at home to Burway and St Georges respectively. There were 5 games that ended …

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On This Day: 17th May 2013

On this day in 2013, there were six 10-4 victories, perhaps a record for the most same score games on one night. Four of those 10-4s were won by the away side, with the two home games won by Sir John Bayley and Burway over Chester Road and Hadley USC …

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On This Day: 15th May 2009

On this day in 2009 there were 4 away wins out of the 7 games played, 3 of them being by just single figure chalks, with Chester Road the biggest away winners, 10-4 at neighbours Archibald Worthington. Bylet won at Newport 9-5, by just 3 chalks, St Georges by the …

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On This Day: 12th May 2017

On this day in 2017 there were a few shock results. The biggest shock was Bylet’s 8-6 win at St Georges, their first ever win there, led by ex-St Georges player Scott Harries winning 8. Castlefields won  at Newport 10-4 in a result that went a long way to helping …

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