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The season started with the addition of Wem League champions Ifton, but Hanwood had to pull out due to a lack of players, so once again the league started with 13 teams. Castlefields started as favourites again, but had lost Alan Davies and Paul Williams, so there was a chance their dominance could be ended.

New boys Ifton endured a tough start, with Battlefield coming to their green and winning 10-4 there, and with only 2 winners in their first two away games, they were struggling to adapt to life at the top level. St Georges and Battlefield led the way early on, but after getting just 3 winners away from home, Castlefields went seven clear at the top. St Georges continued to struggle on their travels, just 2 winners in their next game at Wem USC, as Castlefields stayed clear. Chester Road bounced back from a poor start with an incredible 12-2 win at Donnington Wood to move into the title picture, but Castlefields were 12 clear of St Georges with their own 12-2 away win at Sir John Bayley, which was matched by St Georges just two weeks later. Their first defeat came at St Georges after 10 games, when the Dragons beat them 11-3, and took advantage of Castlefields’ game at Ifton being postponed to go 6 ahead at the top. After 16 games and St Georges led the way by 5 points, while Ifton were 13 adrift at the bottom as their struggles continued. Castlefields went a point ahead after 18 games, and the two teams met on Queen Street a couple of weeks later, and the Fields struck a decisive blow in beating their rivals 13-1. This took them 5 ahead of the Dragons, and with a game in hand too. St Georges didn’t give up though, but the Fields were still 4 ahead of them with a game in hand with just a game to go. But the Champions only got 2 at Chester Road, and with St Georges beating Sir John Bayley 12-2, it meant the Fields needed 7 from their last home game against bottom of the table Ifton. They did more than just that, winning 12-2, to give them their fourth straight title, as well as consigning Ifton to the bottom of the table and an anxious wait to see if they would have to play-off. Fortunately for them, there wasn’t, but applications were asked for to fill the 14th place in the league for the following season. Keith Wall won the League Averages with 20 wins, ahead of Andy Moss, who claimed the Most Consecutive Wins award with 14 straight victories.

The Alan Mayhew Trophy Final was held earlier in June and it was two Shrewsbury clubs who had been in the two previous finals that clashed, and had been the only Champions in the league, Castlefields and Battlefield, at Meole Brace. George Wainwright won 0 for the holders though, which earned him the first ever Neville Edwards man of the match award, to put the game out of reach for the 1994  champion, as Castlefields added another trophy in a 56 shot victory.  The first Premiership Competition was held as the Pool A and B were created, another idea by League Secretary Mark Burroughs, featuring the top 5 in the Pool A and bottom 8 in the Pool B in a 12 a side knockout at the end of the season. Castlefields added that trophy to their collection, the first ever treble, by beating Wem USC in the final at Meole Brace, while the Pool B final was contested between Craven Arms and Sir John Bayley, the south Shropshire side winning out.

The Merit was won by Ian Gaut of Donnington Wood, who beat Kevin Jones from Battlefield in the final.

1998 Hall of Fame

League Winners: Castlefields

Alan Mayhew Winners: Castlefields

Pool A: Castlefields

Pool B: Craven Arms

League Averages: Keith Wall (Castlefields)

Most Consecutive Wins: Andrew Moss (Archibald Worthington)

League Merit: Ian Gaut (Donnington Wood)

1998 Season Final Table

	                Home				Away	        	        Total		
	      Tot Pld	Pld	W	L	GW	Pld	W	L	GW	GW	MW	Agg	Pts
Castlefields	24	12	12	0	118	12	8	4	72	190	20	895	230
St Georges	24	12	12	0	116	12	7	5	70	186	19	828	224
Wem USC	        24	12	12	0	109	12	4	8	60	169	16	596	201
Chester Road	24	12	11	1	115	12	2	10	55	170	13	410	196
Archibald W'ton	24	12	9	3	97	12	2	10	53	150	11	119	172
Battlefield	24	12	10	2	105	12	1	11	42	147	11	91	169
Craven  Arms	24	12	10	2	99	12	1	10	41	140	11	-185	163
Donn Wood	24	12	10	2	90	12	1	10	47	137	11	-11	160
S J Bayley	24	12	9	3	81	12	1	11	43	124	10	-340	144
Wrock Wood	24	12	8	4	87	12	0	12	38	125	8	-380	141
Bylet	        24	12	8	3	86	12	0	12	28	114	8	-619	131
Meole Brace**	24	12	7	4	82	12	0	12	35	117	7	-619	128
Ifton*	        24	12	9	3	75	12	0	12	28	103	9	-785	119
*Ifton 2 points deducted													
**Meole Brace 4 points deducted

Results

Archibald Worthington

Battlefield

Bylet

Castlefields

Chester Road

Craven Arms

Donnington Wood

Ifton

Meole Brace

S J Bayley

St Georges

Wem USC

Wrockwardine Wood

Archibald Worthington

11/3

12/2

7/7

6/8

12/2

10/4

11/3

10/4

11/3

9/5

5/9

11/3

Battlefield

12/2

12/2

7/7

11/3

11/3

10/4

13/1

10/4

12/2

4/10

12/2

11/3

Bylet

9/5

9/5

3/11

10/4

7/7

9/5

14/0

12/2

6/8

4/10

9/5

11/3

Castlefields

11/3

11/3

12/2

12/2

14/0

12/2

12/2

10/4

12/2

13/1

11/3

12/2

Chester Road

10/4

12/2

12/2

12/2

14/0

11/3

11/3

13/1

13/1

11/3

5/9

13/1

Craven Arms

9/5

11/3

12/2

4/10

13/1

12/2

11/3

12/2

10/4

6/8

8/6

11/3

Donnington Wood

11/3

10/4

13/1

9/5

2/12

12/2

8/6

11/3

9/5

4/10

10/4

11/3

Ifton

9/5

4/10

10/4

5/9

8/6

7/7

3/11

9/5

8/6

9/5

11/3

10/4

Meole Brace

10/4

11/3

11/3

6/8

8/6

5/9

8/6

11/3

9/5

5/9

4/10

9/5

S J Bayley

5/9

11/3

10/4

2/12

9/5

9/5

10/4

12/2

11/3

2/12

9/5

9/5

St Georges

11/3

12/2

11/3

11/3

11/3

13/1

12/2

14/0

12/2

12/2

10/4

11/3

Wem USC

10/4

11/3

12/2

11/3

9/5

11/3

12/2

13/1

12/2

9/5

12/2

11/3

Wrockwardine Wood

4/10

11/3

13/1

3/11

10/4

9/5

9/5

10/4

11/3

12/2

5/9

6/8

League Averages:

	PLAYER	TEAM	PLAYED	WINS	AGG
1	KEITH	WALL	CASTLEFIELDS	24	20	173
2	ANDREW	MOSS	ARCHIBALD W’TON	22	19	201
3	KEITH	WALTON	CASTLEFIELDS	24	19	141
4	GLYN	HERBERT	CASTLEFIELDS	24	19	137
5	GRAHAM	ROGERS	CASTLEFIELDS	23	18	116
6	PETER	BOUND	BATTLEFIELD	24	18	110
7	MICK	JONES	ST. GEORGES	24	18	80
8	STEVE	ALLMARK	WEM USC	20	17	138
9	TONY	RHODES	ST. GEORGES	24	17	121
10	DEREK	WRIGHT	WEM USC	24	17	117
11	ALAN	JONES	ST. GEORGES	22	17	116
12	JIM	KELLETT	ST. GEORGES	23	17	113
13	KEVIN	PERKS	BATTLEFIELD	24	17	111
14	GEORGE	ROBERTS	WEM USC	24	17	110
15	MARTIN	BLIZARD	MEOLE BRACE	24	17	83
16	KEVIN P	JONES	CHESTER ROAD	21	16	140
17	MARTIN	WILLIAMS	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	21	16	116
18	KEITH	PESSALL	ST. GEORGES	22	16	113
19	ALLAN	GAUT	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	23	16	92
20	CLAY	FLATTLEY	WEM USC	24	16	89
21	GEORGE	WAINWRIGHT	CASTLEFIELDS	24	16	77
22	RICH	GODDARD	CASTLEFIELDS	24	16	76
23	KEVIN	JONES	BATTLEFIELD	24	16	75
24	WAYNE	ROGERS	CRAVEN ARMS	24	16	68
25	LEE	CLARKE	CASTLEFIELDS	24	16	68
26	ANDREW	JONES	ST. GEORGES	24	16	58
27	TONY	POOLE	CASTLEFIELDS	24	16	57
28	ALAN	PEACH	CASTLEFIELDS	24	15	74
29	FRED	BAILEY	WEM USC	24	15	72
30	JOHN	BREEZE	ST. GEORGES	23	15	71
31	MARK	HOLLAND	CHESTER ROAD	23	15	70
32	CHRIS	BALL	ST. GEORGES	22	15	65
33	NIGEL	POOLER	CRAVEN ARMS	23	15	52
34	ROD	MANLEY	CHESTER ROAD	24	15	39
35	JIMMY	FLETCHER	DONNINGTON WOOD	24	15	35
36	CHRIS	PEARCE	ARCHIBALD W’TON	23	15	22
37	PAUL	SMITH	ARCHIBALD W’TON	22	14	99
38	DAVE	RIDGWAY	CHESTER ROAD	17	14	87
39	NICKY	HUGHES	IFTON	20	14	69
40	JOHN	ADDISON	BATTLEFIELD	23	14	68
41	GRAHAM	DULSON	WEM USC	24	14	56
42	ROGER	TEAGUE	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	23	14	53
43	BARRY	KEEP	CASTLEFIELDS	22	14	49
44	GRAHAM A	GAUT	DONNINGTON WOOD	23	14	46
45	COLIN	PRICE	ARCHIBALD W’TON	23	14	45
46	MICK	OLIVER	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	24	14	28
47	ROY	CROFTS	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	24	14	25
48	SHAUN	PICKERING	BATTLEFIELD	24	14	12
49	GLYN	TEECE	ST. GEORGES	20	13	61
50	PAUL	GRIFFITHS	CHESTER ROAD	21	13	42
51	GEOFF	BALSHAW	MEOLE BRACE	21	13	38
52	DAVE	ROGERS	CHESTER ROAD	22	13	38
53	SIMON	PARSONAGE	CRAVEN ARMS	22	13	27
54	TERRY	SHORE	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	22	13	26
55	LES	MARKHAM	CHESTER ROAD	23	13	24
56	ALAN	PURCELL	WEM USC	24	13	13
57	RICHARD	MORRIS	BYLET	23	13	10
58	COLIN	BEAMAN	BATTLEFIELD	21	12	53
59	IAN	RODGER	CHESTER ROAD	19	12	28
60	MARK	BURROUGHS	ST. GEORGES	21	12	27
61	SPENCER	CLARKE	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	21	12	24
62	ANDY	STEVENS	DONNINGTON WOOD	22	12	21
63	DAVE	JONES	CHESTER ROAD	22	12	18
64	ANDREW	HUMPHRIES	DONNINGTON WOOD	23	12	16
65	LEO	JOHNSON	ARCHIBALD W’TON	23	12	15
66	IAN	BROUGH	ARCHIBALD W’TON	21	12	13
67	ANDREW	WIGGINTON	MEOLE BRACE	23	12	12
68	DAVE	HARDMAN	ST. GEORGES	21	12	11
69	TONY	COWDALE	CRAVEN ARMS	22	12	9
70	MARK	THOMAS	CASTLEFIELDS	23	12	7
71	MARK	SHORE	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	24	12	5
72	RICHARD	HARRINGTON	CRAVEN ARMS	23	12	2
73	PETER	GRIFFITHS	CRAVEN ARMS	23	12	-1
74	PETER	DARBY	BYLET	23	12	-33
75	ROY	CROWTHER	CRAVEN ARMS	24	12	-49
76	ALAN	BALL	WEM USC	16	11	55
77	IAN	GAUT	DONNINGTON WOOD	22	11	28
78	PETER	RODEN	DONNINGTON WOOD	22	11	18
79	ROY	BRADBURN	DONNINGTON WOOD	23	11	14
80	MARK	ROGERS	CRAVEN ARMS	24	11	13
81	STEVE	GARBETT	BYLET	21	11	13
82	ROBIN	CLARKE	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	21	11	12
83	CONRAD	CLAPHAM	MEOLE BRACE	20	11	10
84	ALAN	TAYLOR	CHESTER ROAD	23	11	9
85	FOWLES	PAUL	CHESTER ROAD	21	11	-5
86	DAVE	BROOKFIELD	ARCHIBALD W’TON	21	11	-7
87	K	PRICE	ARCHIBALD W’TON	24	11	-7
88	IAN	PRICE	WEM USC	22	11	-19
89	CRAIG	RICHARDSON	CRAVEN ARMS	23	11	-29
90	RICH	LEWIS	CHESTER ROAD	22	11	-30
91	RICHARD	LAWSON	DONNINGTON WOOD	19	10	54
92	BRIAN	HAYES	IFTON	21	10	30
93	PHIL	CLEE	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	23	10	6
94	DAVID	HANSON	WEM USC	22	10	2
95	RAY	JONES	MEOLE BRACE	22	10	-7
96	DALE	DOWNES	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	21	10	-9
97	PETER	THOMAS	BATTLEFIELD	21	10	-20
98	RICHARD	BOND	DONNINGTON WOOD	22	10	-39
99	ROBIN	HILLMAN	IFTON	23	10	-52
100	GLYN	PICKNELL	ST. GEORGES	13	9	41
101	JAMES	GRIMSTON	DONNINGTON WOOD	20	9	26
102	PHIL	OWEN	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	14	9	19
103	PHIL	EVANS	WEM USC	16	9	16
104	PAUL	JONES	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	22	9	3
105	RICHARD	STOKER	BYLET	22	9	0
106	THOMAS	PRICE	CHESTER ROAD	16	9	-10
107	MICHAEL	REEVES	BATTLEFIELD	20	9	-13
108	TIM	EALEY	BYLET	19	9	-16
109	RUSSELL	MORRIS	BYLET	21	9	-30
110	GRAHAM	ADAMS	BYLET	20	9	-42
111	DAVID	JONES	IFTON	12	8	61
112	GEOFF	SAMUELS	IFTON	13	8	53
113	MALCOLM	PARRY	BATTLEFIELD	19	8	-4
114	CARL	ROBERTS	IFTON	22	8	-21
115	DEL	MCKENZIE	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	20	8	-38
116	STEVE	FAULKNER	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	20	8	-42
117	IAN	CHRISTMAS	BATTLEFIELD	23	8	-44
118	NORMAN	HARVEY	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	20	8	-50
119	DAVE	HOPE	ARCHIBALD W’TON	22	8	-52
120	DAVE	ELLIOT	BYLET	24	8	-56
121	M	COOPER	ARCHIBALD W’TON	23	8	-58
122	MAL	JONES	ARCHIBALD W’TON	21	8	-59
123	MIKE	HINTON	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	19	8	-63
124	DERRICK	PARRY	MEOLE BRACE	22	8	-82
125	STEVE	NICHOLLS	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	15	7	-7
126	CHRIS	BALL	ARCHIBALD W’TON	13	7	-8
127	DAVID	BOND	IFTON	17	7	-10
128	TERRY	GRAY	BATTLEFIELD	18	7	-27
129	JOHN	COXILL	CRAVEN ARMS	19	7	-36
130	RAY	WILLETTS	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	22	7	-61
131	ALBERT	JONES	MEOLE BRACE	23	7	-66
132	GEORGE	EDDOWES	BYLET	20	7	-68
133	NICK	POWNER	BYLET	20	7	-69
134	BERNIE	GARBETT	MEOLE BRACE	21	7	-73
135	JOHN	CLARKE	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	22	7	-80
136	MARK	DAVIES	MEOLE BRACE	23	7	-87
137	MARK	HINKS	MEOLE BRACE	23	7	-101
138	IAN	DOWLEY	WEM USC	16	6	12
139	ANTHONY	ROWE	MEOLE BRACE	10	6	-6
140	TERRY	LUCAS	CRAVEN ARMS	14	6	-36
141	PETER	GRIMSTON	DONNINGTON WOOD	14	6	-39
142	JOHN	SMALLMAN	CRAVEN ARMS	19	6	-54
143	GILES	EVANS	IFTON	20	6	-57
144	RICK	DAVIES	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	19	6	-89
145	TERRY	WILLIAMS	IFTON	19	6	-89
146	CLIVE	HARRINGTON	CRAVEN ARMS	19	6	-93
147	MALCOLM	COWLEY	MEOLE BRACE	24	6	-109
148	ANDY	JONES	BATTLEFIELD	22	6	-140
149	JIM	GAUT	ST. GEORGES	8	5	23
150	CEDRIC	BANCROFT	ARCHIBALD W’TON	9	5	17
151	MEL	JENKINS	WEM USC	11	5	-6
152	M	BOYD	DONNINGTON WOOD	13	5	-32
153	DAVE	YOUNG	ARCHIBALD W’TON	14	5	-51
154	C	TURTON	BYLET	16	5	-56
155	STEVE	WALKER	CASTLEFIELDS	18	5	-59
156	BARRY	DAVIES	IFTON	16	5	-61
157	TERRY	CROFT	BATTLEFIELD	20	5	-112
158	STEVE	BURROUGHS	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	13	4	-4
159	PHIL	PACK	BYLET	11	4	-15
160	ROD	BIDDULPH	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	10	4	-22
161	PHIL	KING	DONNINGTON WOOD	14	4	-46
162	ALAN	MEREDITH	DONNINGTON WOOD	15	4	-55
163	STEVE	DAVIES	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	15	4	-62
164	BRIAN	LINK	BYLET	18	4	-74
165	GIRO	FARRUGIO	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	18	4	-82
166	MARK	EVANS	IFTON	17	4	-93
167	C	WORTHINGTON	DONNINGTON WOOD	3	3	41
168	JOHN	WILKES	WEM USC	4	3	17
169	SHAUN	NAGLE	WEM USC	5	3	-8
170	ALAN	PALIN	ST. GEORGES	11	3	-21
171	KEVIN	WALKER	CASTLEFIELDS	9	3	-23
172	A	WEIR	IFTON	8	3	-24
173	TONY	ROBERTS	IFTON	9	3	-55
174	JOHN	PALMER	BYLET	11	3	-63
175	STEVEN	PESSALL	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	15	3	-105
176	PAUL	HUMPHREYS	BATTLEFIELD	2	2	25
177	MARTIN	LLOYD	CHESTER ROAD	3	2	8
178	COLIN	HUGHES	MEOLE BRACE	3	2	7
179	TRAVIS	STOKES	IFTON	3	2	-1
180	GINO	FARRUGIO	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	4	2	-3
181	ADRIAN	ROWE	MEOLE BRACE	6	2	-23
182	MIKE	PARRY	IFTON	5	2	-23
183	MARK	JONES	IFTON	6	2	-24
184	DAVID	JONES	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	7	2	-36
185	PAUL	PALIN	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	11	2	-65
186	MAL	EVANS	WEM USC	1	1	6
187	PAUL	WELBURN	CHESTER ROAD	1	1	6
188	BERNIE	SOUTHERN	MEOLE BRACE	1	1	4
189	G	HARRIS	BYLET	1	1	4
190	PHIL	WHATMOUGH	CASTLEFIELDS	1	1	2
191	WAYNE	PRICE	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	3	1	-3
192	DAVE	BEER	BATTLEFIELD	2	1	-3
193	CARL	PEMBERTON	IFTON	3	1	-7
194	L	HARRISON	BYLET	3	1	-10
195	B	CLIFF	ARCHIBALD W’TON	3	1	-10
196	MARK	ASHLEY	CHESTER ROAD	2	1	-13
197	BRIAN	LEWIS	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	6	1	-16
198	PETER	GRIFFITHS	IFTON	5	1	-16
199	BRIAN	WILLIAMS	IFTON	4	1	-21
200	LAURIE	JONES	CRAVEN ARMS	3	1	-21
201	T	MCGILL	BYLET	4	1	-24
202	IAIN	MACDONALD	WEM USC	4	1	-27
203	ALAN	GHAUT	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	5	1	-36
204	HINTON	CARL	CHESTER ROAD	8	1	-38
205	KEVIN	BLOUNT	ST. GEORGES	9	1	-39
206	ROB	JONES	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	10	1	-46
207	DON	BIRCH	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	5	1	-47
208	COLIN S	EVANS	IFTON	8	1	-48
209	ROBERT	RENKE	BYLET	8	1	-52
210	JOHN	MILLHOUSE	IFTON	12	1	-104
211	PETER	PRICE	MEOLE BRACE	16	1	-133
212	STEVE	GRADY	MEOLE BRACE	1	0	-8
213	PETE	SHERRY	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	1	0	-9
214	JEFF	JONES	IFTON	1	0	-9
215	TERRY	PHELPS	BYLET	1	0	-9
216	R	BILTON	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	1	0	-12
217	TERRY	DEAKIN	ST. GEORGES	1	0	-12
218	M	BATHERS	IFTON	1	0	-13
219	P	DRIVER	BYLET	1	0	-13
220	FRANK	BREAKELL	MEOLE BRACE	1	0	-14
221	L	ELLIS	DONNINGTON WOOD	1	0	-15
222	BERWYN	EDWARDS	IFTON	1	0	-16
223	J	SIMCOX	DONNINGTON WOOD	1	0	-16
224	GREG	WALE	BYLET	1	0	-16
225	NEIL	STONES	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	1	0	-18
226	ROBERT	CLARKE	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	2	0	-18
227	R	JAMES	CRAVEN ARMS	3	0	-18
228	ROBERT	SMITH	CRAVEN ARMS	3	0	-19
229	DOUG	BLIZARD	MEOLE BRACE	2	0	-22
230	JOHN	ROWLEY	IFTON	3	0	-31
231	BARRY	JONES	DONNINGTON WOOD	3	0	-33
232	G	GAUT	DONNINGTON WOOD	4	0	-35
233	IAN	PESSALL	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	3	0	-38
234	RAY	PURCELL	ARCHIBALD W’TON	4	0	-41
235	HARRY	THOMAS	WEM USC	7	0	-47
236	BERNARD	DOWNES	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	4	0	-50
237	DAVID	EVANS	IFTON	7	0	-83