MacRoberston Shield 1969
Australia
England v New Zealand 7-2
Hutt Road, Adelaide 4-5 February 1969
Solomon/Bray beat Prince/McNab -4, +12, +1
Aspinall/Neal beat Rowling/Jarden +11, -11, +4
Ormerod/Strachan beat Woollett/Woollett +17, -9, +8
John Solomon lost to John Prince -15, -12
Nigel Aspinall beat Gordon Rowling +18, +21
William Ormerod beat Jean Jarden +14, -8, +8
Bernard Neal beat Keith Woollett -3, +18, +11
Roger Bray beat Hazel Woollett +15, +21
Douglas Strachan lost to Jack McNab -3, +5, -3
England v Australia 8-1
Hutt Road, Adelaide 6-7 February 1969
Aspinall/Neal beat Howat/MacDonald +15, +25
Solomon/Bray beat Rogers/Magor +16, +22
Ormerod/Strachan beat Gunton/Chapman +19, +18
John Solomon beat Tom Howat +8, -6, +24
Nigel Aspinall beat Sheila MacDonald -12, +26tp, +3
Bernard Neal beat Reta Chapman +16, +22
William Ormerod lost to Cliff Rogers +12, -4, -17
Roger Bray beat John Magor -9, +4, +17
Douglas Strachan beat Hedley Gunton +24, +8
New Zealand v Australia 7-2
Hutt Road, Adelaide 8 & 10 February 1969
Rowling/Jarden lost to Howat/Magor -21, -2
Prince/McNab beat Rudder/Gibson +26, +26
Woollett/Woollett beat Clemons/Edwards +14, +3
John Prince beat Tom Howat -16, +25tp, +25tp
Gordon Rowling beat Edna Rudder -19, +15, +24
Jean Jarden lost to John Magor -21, -21
Hazel Woollett beat Grace Edwards +4, +7
Keith Woollett beat Edna Gibson +8, +3
Jack McNab beat Harold Clemons +24, +11
England v New Zealand 7-2
Hutt Road, Adelaide 11-12 February 1969
Solomon/Ormerod beat Rowling/Jarden +4, +6
Aspinall/Bray beat Prince/McNab -26, +10, +5
Neal/Strachan beat Woollett/Woollett +15, -12, +21
John Solomon lost to John Prince -14, -16
Nigel Aspinall beat Gordon Rowling +16, -4, +26
William Ormerod beat Keith Woollett +17, +17
Bernard Neal lost to Jean Jarden -26, -12
Roger Bray beat Edna Hight +13, +15
Douglas Strachan beat Jack McNab +24, +17
England v Australia 8-1
Warleigh, Melbourne 17-18 February 1969
Solomon/Aspinall beat Howat/Magor +8, +9
Ormerod/Bray lost to Rogers/MacDonald -11, -16
Neal/Strachan beat Chapman/Rudder -17, +20, +4
Nigel Aspinall beat Tom Howat +3, +17
John Solomon beat Sheila MacDonald +21, +8
William Ormerod beat Cliff Rogers -12, +12, +26
Bernard Neal beat John Magor +13, +24
Roger Bray beat Reta Chapman +11, +9
Douglas Strachan beat Edna Rudder +22, +20
New Zealand v Australia 8-1
Warleigh, Melbourne 21-22 February 1969
Prince/Jarden beat Howat/Gunton +15, +13
Rowling/Woollett lost to Rogers/MacDonald -2, -13
Ford/McNab beat Chapman/Rudder +26, +12
John Prince beat Tom Howat +5, +23
Jean Jarden beat Cliff Rogers +18, +3
Gordon Rowling beat Sheila MacDonald +16, +3
Keith Woollett beat Reta Chapman +8, -13, +26
Jack McNab beat Edna Rudder +16, +18
Herbie Ford beat Hedley Gunton +15, +18
England v New Zealand 9-0
Warleigh, Melbourne 19-20 February 1969
Solomon/Ormerod beat Rowling/Jarden +7, +5
Aspinall/Bray beat Prince/McNab +3, +4
Neal/Strachan beat Woollett/Woollett +5, +12
Nigel Aspinall beat John Prince +25, +26
John Solomon beat Gordon Rowling +12, +5
Bernard Neal beat Jean Jarden +26, +6
William Ormerod beat Keith Woollett +8, +25
Douglas Strachan beat Hazel Woollett +19, +24
Roger Bray beat Herbie Ford +26, +10
England v Australia 8-1
Warleigh, Melbourne 24-25 February 1969
Solomon/Strachan beat Howat/Gibson +23, -25, +5
Ormerod/Aspinall beat Rogers/McDonald +11, +14
Neal/Bray beat Chapman/Edwards +20, +9
Nigel Aspinall beat Tom Howat +19, +13
John Solomon lost to Cliff Rogers +22, -6, +3
Roger Bray beat Sheila McDonald +15, +1
Douglas Strachan beat Reta Chapman +7, +13
Bernard Neal beat Grace Edwards +24, +18
William Ormerod beat Edna Gibson +26, +26
New Zealand v Australia 8-1
Warleigh, Melbourne 26-27 February 1969
JG Prince/Jarden lost to McDonald/Chapman +17, (Prince retired ill)
Rowling/Woollett beat Rudder/Edwards +17, +25
Ford/McNab beat Gibson/Clemons +11, +4
Gordon Rowling beat Sheila McDonald +25, -23, +19
Jean Jarden beat Reta Chapman +3, +19
Keith Woollett beat Edna Rudder -10, +23, +26
Hazel Woollett beat Edna Gibson -19, +18, +5
Jack McNab beat Grace Edwards -16, +10, +6
Edna Hight beat Harold Clemons +5, +21
Result
1 England 6 Wins 0 Losses (47-7)
2 NZ 3 Wins 3 Losses (27-27)
3 Australia 0 Wins 6 Losses (7-47)
Teams
Australia
Reta Chapman (Captain)
Tom Howat
Sheila MacDonald
Cliff Rogers
Hedley Gunton
Edna Rudder
John Magor
Edna Gibson
Harold Clemons
Grace Edwards
England
Bernard Neal (Captain)
Nigel Aspinall
Roger Bray
William Ormerod
John Solomon
Douglas Strachan
New Zealand
John Prince (Captain)
Gordon Rowling
Jean Jarden
John McNab
Edna Hight
Keith Woollett
Hazel Woollett
Herbie Ford
Links to reports in Croquet Gazettes
Issue 105 (April 1969)