First up were Brian Sloan and Dougie Brown playing at 4 and 1 respectively.
Brian was playing Scott Beard with myself marking, the opening set was typical with both players trying gauge their opponents strengths and weakness. Brian took the first set 9-5 with some good hitting and Scott’s reluctance to ask for anything. The next 2 sets followed a similar pattern to the first with each player bagging a set a piece with Scott taking the 2nd 6-9 and Brian taking the third 10-8. A change in marker and a bit of fatigue creeping in saw Brian lose the next 2 sets 2-9, 3-9 for a 3-2 loss for the Grange.
Meanwhile Dougie was taking on Mark on the court next door. The first set was cat and mouse with both players settling into their rhythm with Mark eventually winning 5-9. The next 2 sets followed a similar pattern with lots of early change of serves, Dougie getting his nose in front only for Mark to impose himself on the match taking them, 4-9, 5-9 for a 3-0 loss for the Grange.
Next up was myself and Jonathon Major playing at 5 and 3 respectively.
I was playing Tony (apologies for not writing down Tony surname) and a seesaw first set saw me prevail 9-5. The next set saw Tony race to 0-8 before I woke from my slumber and managed to get on the board before losing it 2-9. The third set saw Tony getting to 2-8 before I somehow managed to claw my way back into the set taking it 10-8. I was again generous in the fourth allowing Tony to race into 1-8 lead before any sort of resistance was mounted, a number of change of serves followed with Tony closing out the set 2-9. The fifth set was much more competitive with me getting the first points on the board for a change, and a tight struggle ensued with the score 6-7 to Tony, unfortunately I was unable to impose myself on the game and Tony eventually took the last set 7-9 for a 3-2 loss for the Grange.
Meanwhile Jonathon was playing Sean on the next court and two players very similar in build, style, technique and temperament started the match. It became apparent the Sean was just a better version of Jonathon and took the 3 sets 2-9, 5-9, 3-9 for a 3-0 loss for the Grange.
Last but not least was Will playing Mark Adderly at number 2 and a close 1st set was edged by Mark 10-8. The remaining sets saw Mark taking control with some strong controlled hitting and despite some strong running from Will, he was unable to turn things around losing them 3-9, 4-9, 3-0 loss for the Grange.
Match results including ref points was 20-6 to ESC4 and overall a disappointing result for the 4th’s against a very strong side, but on a plus point we did manage to get 1 more point than our last outing against them.
It 
was then back to the clubhouse for the traditional Beer and Pizza feast, where the dreaded Ham and Pineapple variety managed to sneak through the quality control,
It may j
ust be me but cooked pineapple is just evil.
Talked turned to Captain’s responsibilities and just as Brian was looking a bit perplexed it turned out to be if you were in charge of a big liner that had just sunk in the Mediterranean and not the squash teams. Very newsworthy. Report N. Love
Teams:Grange 4 vs Edinburgh Sports Club 4| Pos | Player | Rubbers | Games | Points | Player | Rubbers | Games | Points | |||
| 1 | Dougie Brown | 0 | 0 | 14 | Mark Hallam | 1 | 3 | 27 | |||
| 2 | Will Henderson | 0 | 0 | 15 | Mark Adderley | 1 | 3 | 28 | |||
| 3 | Jonathan Major | 0 | 0 | 10 | Sean Morgan | 1 | 3 | 27 | |||
| 4 | Brian Sloan | 0 | 2 | 28 | Scott Beard | 1 | 3 | 31 | |||
| 5 | Neil Love | 0 | 2 | 30 | Tony Newell | 1 | 3 | 40 | |||
| Total | 0 | 4 | 97 | 5 | 15 | 153 | |||||
| Competition Points | 4 | 18 | |||||||||
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