LATEST MATCH REPORTS...

After an away win at Surrey and a semi final appearance at the National Finals we went into this match in a confident mood and raced into a 7 v 2 lead. We lost the last two frames of the set but even so at 7 v 4 a wide margin home win looked the most likely outcome.

Sussex clearly had other ideas. They won the next two sets, both 6 v 5, reducing our half time lead to 12 v 10 and then to just a single frame going into the last set. They played pretty well to get themselves right back in the match but in truth we threw away quite a few frames.

The last set was better from London and we shaded it 6 v 5, and the match 23 v 21, but will need to be much sharper if we're to beat Kent at home next month.

Another 3 out of 4 for Dave Fernandez and 3 out of 4 for returning captain Jack Pople, but man of the match goes to Nigel Clarke for a very impressive 3 out of 4 after enduring a tough time last month.

Stats:

Dave Rawlinson 2/4
Joe Prince 2/4
Alex Lawrence 2/4
Nigel Clarke 3/4
Rupert Ward 2/4
Dave Fernandez 3/4
Nigel Smith 2/4
Jack Pople 3/4
Jordan O'Connor 2/4
Andy Breen 1/4
Robbie Robb 0/2

Jerry Tickell 1/2