England so close to hat-trick as Spain snatch victory - 30th Jan 2007

England’s youngsters were denied a third successive victory in the annual Costa Ballena Quadrangular tournament in Spain when they were beaten by the hosts on the final day.

Having overcome Germany and Finland, England only required a draw with Spain to complete a hat-trick and they were well on course after taking the foursomes 2-1.

But they slipped in the afternoon, winning only one of the six singles, that being secured by last year’s boy captain Sam Hutsby, as Spain bounced back to complete a 6-3 victory.

That meant Spain, who had lost to Germany, and England had two wins each but the Spanish took top spot with 17 match points to England’s 15.5.

So close was the contest that just one more singles win would have given England overall victory by half a point.

England’s top scorers were Hampshire-based Hutsby and Gareth Evans from Yorkshire, the English Champion of Champions, both with five wins from six, Evans’ setback coming on the final afternoon, while fellow Yorkshireman Steve Uzzell scored 4.5 and Matthew Baldwin from Lancashire four.

Results
England 7.5 Germany 1.5; Spain 7 Finland 2;
England 5 Finland 4; Germany 5 Spain 4;
Finland 5.5 Germany 3.5; Spain 6 England 3

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