League tables by year:
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Watford match results by year:
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All games: 
26pt Handicap
| Date |
Opponents |
Venue |
Results (Watford names first)Final place: Winner |
| Sun 7 May |
St. Albans |
Away |
WON 3-1(Net index points: +20)
Simon Hathrell (3½) &
David Drazin (16) |
beat |
Richard Smith (1) &
Terry Mahoney (2) |
+4 |
|
| John Smallbone (7) |
beat |
David Kitson (6) |
+10T |
|
|---|
John Smallbone (7) &
David Drazin (16) |
lost to |
Richard Smith (1) &
David Kitson (6) |
-11 |
|
| Simon Hathrell (3½) |
beat |
Terry Mahoney (2) |
+23 |
|
|---|
|
| Sat 13 May |
Wrest Park |
Away |
WON 5-1(Net index points: +20)
Arthur Reed (3½) &
Quiller Barrett (7) |
beat |
Bryan Harral (2) &
Ray Pearcy (20) |
+10 |
|
Simon Hathrell (3½) &
John Smallbone (7) |
beat |
Tim Brewer (7) &
John Martin (20) |
+11T |
|
| Simon Hathrell (3½) |
beat |
Bryan Harral (2) |
+26 |
|
|---|
| Arthur Reed (3½) |
lost to |
Tim Brewer (7) |
-22 |
|
|---|
| Quiller Barrett (7) |
beat |
John Martin (20) |
+11 |
|
|---|
| John Smallbone (7) |
beat |
Ray Pearcy (20) |
+22 |
|
|---|
Handicap change: Simon Hathrell 3½ to 3 |
| Sun 18 Jun |
Letchworth |
Away |
WON 4-2(Net index points: +20)
Arthur Reed (3½) &
David Drazin (16) |
lost to |
Duncan Hector (-1) &
Duncan Wang (18) |
-13 |
|
John Smallbone (6) &
Bill Gillott (12) |
beat |
Jeremy Scott (4½) &
John Hall (5) |
+17 |
|
| Arthur Reed (3½) |
beat |
Duncan Hector (-1) |
+18 |
|
|---|
| John Smallbone (6) |
beat |
Jeremy Scott (4½) |
+4T |
|
|---|
| Bill Gillott (12) |
lost to |
John Hall (5) |
-8T |
|
|---|
| David Drazin (16) |
beat |
Duncan Wang (18) |
+15 |
|
|---|
|
| Sat 24 Jun |
Colworth |
Home |
WON 5-1(Net index points: +20)
Simon Hathrell (3) &
David Drazin (16) |
beat |
Arthur Weightman (2½) &
Steve Jones (10) |
+7 |
|
John Smallbone (6) &
Quiller Barrett (7) |
beat |
Tom Anderson (2½) &
Trevor Wilkins (7) |
+1T |
|
| Simon Hathrell (3) |
beat |
Tom Anderson (2½) |
+7T |
|
|---|
| John Smallbone (6) |
lost to |
Arthur Weightman (2½) |
-6T |
|
|---|
| David Drazin (16) |
beat |
Trevor Wilkins (7) |
+6 |
|
|---|
| John Moore (16) |
beat |
Steve Jones (10) |
+11T |
|
|---|
|
| Sat 15 Jul |
Meldreth |
Home |
WON 3-2(Net index points: 0)
John Bee (8) &
Adam Huby (12) |
beat |
Robert Skeen (9) &
Janet Pope (18) |
+4T |
|
| Bill Gillott (14) |
beat |
Alec Osborne (10) |
+9T |
|
|---|
| John Bee (8) |
lost to |
Robert Skeen (9) |
-1T |
|
|---|
| Adam Huby (12) |
lost to |
Alec Osborne (10) |
-12T |
|
|---|
| Bill Gillott (14) |
beat |
Janet Pope (18) |
+1T |
|
|---|
|
| Sat 9 Sep |
Enfield |
Home |
DREW 3-3(Net index points: -20)
Arthur Reed (3) &
John Moore (16) |
beat |
Ken Pickett (2½) &
Alan Foott (16) |
+5T |
|
Quiller Barrett (7) &
John Bee (8) |
beat |
Gareth Bushill (12) &
Wendy Spencer-Smith (18) |
+1T |
|
| Arthur Reed (3) |
lost to |
Ken Pickett (2½) |
-3T |
|
|---|
| Quiller Barrett (7) |
lost to |
Gareth Bushill (12) |
-20 |
|
|---|
| John Bee (8) |
lost to |
Alan Foott (16) |
-6T |
|
|---|
| John Moore (16) |
beat |
Wendy Spencer-Smith (18) |
+9T |
|
|---|
|
Statistics (Watford players)
| Name |
Singles
W-L |
Doubles
W-L |
Total
W-L |
| Simon Hathrell | 3-0 | 3-0 | 6-0 |
| John Smallbone | 3-1 | 3-1 | 6-2 |
| Quiller Barrett | 1-1 | 3-0 | 4-1 |
| John Moore | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 |
| David Drazin | 2-0 | 2-2 | 4-2 |
| Bill Gillott | 2-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 |
| Arthur Reed | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3-3 |
| John Bee | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 |
| Adam Huby | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| |
| Totals | 14-8 | 9-2 | 23-10 |
Watford win the 2006 Beds & Herts League championship, with 11 points out of 12.
A summary of all the 2006 results for the clubs in the Beds & Herts League can be
found here
.
(3-way match for Beds & Herts, Essex & Suffolk and Northern league winners.)
All games: 26pt Handicap
| Date |
Opponents |
Venue |
Results (Watford names first)Final place: Winner |
| Sat 23 Sep |
Bury St. Edmunds |
Hunstanton |
WON 2-1(Net index points: +20)
Arthur Reed (3) &
Bill Gillott (14) |
lost to |
John Rolfe &
John Robinette |
-3T |
|
| John Moore (16) |
beat |
Simon Conran |
+17 |
|
|---|
| John Smallbone (6) |
beat |
Tony Harvey |
+10 |
|
|---|
|
| Sat 23 Sep |
Norwich |
Hunstanton |
WON 2-1(Net index points: 0)
John Smallbone (6) &
John Moore (16) |
beat |
Neil Chalmers &
Jack Mann |
+7T |
|
| Arthur Reed (3) |
beat |
Terrey Sparks |
+10 |
|
|---|
| Bill Gillott (14) |
lost to |
Dan Neale |
-10 |
|
|---|
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Statistics (Watford players)
| Name |
Singles
W-L |
Doubles
W-L |
Total
W-L |
| John Moore | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| John Smallbone | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| Arthur Reed | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Bill Gillott | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 |
| |
| Totals | 3-1 | 1-1 | 4-2 |
Watford win the 2006 East Anglian
Croquet Federation League trophy.
Left to right: Terrey Sparks (EACF secretary),
David Kitson (EACF chairman), Bill Gillott,
John Moore, John Smallbone, Arthur Reed
Watford also won the Beds & Herts League
and EACF trophy in 2005.
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