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National The Longman Cup is a national inter-club croquet tournament that is run each year in England and Wales. Club teams comprise 4 players who must each have handicaps between 3.5 and 20, and with their aggregate handicap exceeding 24. It is a knock-out competition within each region, played with handicaps, with the regional winners progressing to the national semi-finals and final at the end of the season.

Longman Cup match results by year:

Date Opponents Venue Results (Watford names first)
Round 1
 
Round 2
Sun 5 Jun
Hurlingham Home WON 5-2(Net index points: +20)
Simon Hathrell (4½) &
John Moore (16)
vs. John Bowcott (10) &
John Williams (12)
+13
Janet Lewis (10) vs. John Culhane (5) +25
David Drazin (18) vs. Patrick Swales (10) +6
Simon Hathrell (4½) vs. John Culhane (5) +11
Janet Lewis (10) vs. John Bowcott (10) -9
John Moore (16) vs. Patrick Swales (10) -11
David Drazin (18) vs. John Williams (12) +3
Round 3
Sun 7 Aug
Letchworth Away WON 4-3(Net index points: 0)
Simon Hathrell (3½) &
Adam Huby (11)
vs. Jeremy Scott (4) &
Robert Staddon (9)
+1T
Quiller Barrett (7) vs. Susan Griffiths (18) -8T
John Smallbone (7) vs. Ian Mantle (6) +9T
Simon Hathrell (3½) vs. Jeremy Scott (4) +13
Quiller Barrett (7) vs. Ian Mantle (6) -7T
John Smallbone (7) vs. Robert Staddon (9) +14
Adam Huby (11) vs. Susan Griffiths (18) -1T
Quarter-final
Sat 24 Sep
Newport Away LOST 3-4(Net index points: -20)
Simon Hathrell (3½) &
John Moore (16)
vs. Toby Prevost (10) &
Robert Skeen (10)
+18
John Smallbone (7) vs. Mike Porter (4) +2
Janet Lewis (10) vs. Ron Atkinson (11) -2
Simon Hathrell (3½) vs. Mike Porter (4) -18
John Smallbone (7) vs. Toby Prevost (10) -10
Janet Lewis (10) vs. Robert Skeen (10) -5
John Moore (16) vs. Ron Atkinson (11) +21

Statistics (Watford players)
 
Name Singles
W-L
Doubles
W-L
Total
W-L
Simon Hathrell2-13-05-1
John Smallbone3-10-03-1
John Moore1-12-03-1
David Drazin2-00-02-0
Adam Huby0-11-01-1
Janet Lewis1-30-01-3
Quiller Barrett0-20-00-2

Totals
9-93-012-9


The full knock-out table for this year's results and an archive of the results back to 1989 for all clubs are maintained by the Croquet Association.