The 7th WCF Association Croquet World Championship
Sponsor: Westralian Sands
Dates: 9-17 November 1997
Venue: Bunbury
Champion: Robert Fulford (England)
Finalist: Stephen Mulliner (England)
Full results can be found on the Croquet Records Website: 1997 AC World Championship
Main Event Results
BLOCK A:
Stark beat A McInerney +19 Openshaw beat Payne +17 Stark beat Jackson +6 A McInerney beat Payne +12 Openshaw beat Jackson +16tp Openshaw beat Stark +4 Stark beat Payne +11 Jackson beat A McInerney +26qp Openshaw beat A McInerney +20 Jackson beat Payne +22
BLOCK B:
Baker beat Lualdi +23 Hope beat Maugham +15 Read beat Lualdi +10 Baker beat Hope +6 Maugham beat Read +17 Maugham beat Lualdi +24tp Baker beat Read +7 Lualdi beat Hope +9 Read beat Hope +11 Maugham beat Baker +17 Play Off Hope beat Lualdi +7
BLOCK C:
Carr beat Louw +9 Mulliner beat Archer +14 Louw beat Bond +4 Mulliner beat Carr +17 Bond beat Archer +23 Louw beat Archer +23tp Mulliner beat Bond +6tpo Bond beat Carr +26 Mulliner beat Louw +26 Carr beat Archer +14
BLOCK D:
Williams beat Skinley +7 Thurston beat Cordingley +15 Skinley beat de Ansorena +14 Cordingley beat Williams +16 Thurston beat Ansorena +26 Skinley beat Thurston +17tp Cordingley beat de Ansorena +9 Williams beat de Ansorena +24 Cordingley beat Skinley +18 Thurston beat Williams +11
BLOCK E:
Faulkner beat Carter +10 Dumergue beat Wahban +13 Faulkner beat Bamford +16 Dumergue beat Carter +12 Bamford beat Wahban +17 Bamford beat Dumergue +16 Bamford beat Carter +25tp Faulkner beat Wahban +14 Faulkner beat Dumergue +26 Carter beat Wahban +15
BLOCK F:
Jones beat R McInerney +8 J Fournier beat Bury +13 Jones beat Weston +25tp Bury beat R McInerney +13 J Fournier beat Weston +19 Bury beat Weston +19 R McInerney beat Weston +25 Jones beat J Fournier +11 Bury beat Jones +13 J Fournier beat R McInerney +5
BLOCK G:
D Fournier beat Pickering +22 McIntyre beat Lamb +7 Fulford beat Pickering +10tpo D Fournier beat Lamb +15 Fulford beat McIntyre +16 Fulford beat Lamb +25 Pickering beat McIntyre + +25 Pickering beat Lamb +19 Fulford beat D Fournier +3 D Fournier beat McIntyre +4tp
BLOCK H:
Sullivan beat Yamada +16 S Davis beat Mehas +12tp Fleming beat Sullivan +26 S Davis beat Yamada +15 Mehas beat Fleming +15 Fleming beat Davis +2 Mehas beat Sullivan +5 S Davis beat Sullivan +26tp Fleming beat Yamada +26tp Mehas beat Yamada +21tp
Round 1
Robert Fulford beat Andrew Hope +19, +25tp
David Openshaw beat Ronan McInerney -12, +3, +4
Jacques Fournier beat Paul Skinley +2, +18tp
Richard Baker beat Don Fournier Jnr +16tp, +14
David Maugham beat Shaun Carter +21, +23
Helene Thurston beat Ian Dumergue +15, +26
Greg Bury beat Jerry Stark +8, +12
Reg Bamford beat Jane McIntyre +20, +16
Stephen Mulliner beat Alan McInerney +4, +26
Wynand Louw beat Ashley Faulkner -4, +22, +16
Phil Cordingley beat Aggie Read +26, +25
Steve Jones beat Shirley Carr +15tp, +12
Chris Williams beat Bruce Fleming +7, -26tp, +7
Shane Davis beat Ian Bond +5, -2, +25
Mik Mehas beat Colin Pickering +13, +26
Bob Jackson beat Lester Sullivan +22, +16
Round 2
Fulford beat Openshaw +20tp, +8tp
Baker beat J Fournier +4, +17tp
Maugham beat Thurston +12, +7tp
Bamford beat Bury -7, +26, +4
Mulliner beat Louw +17tp, +15tp
Jones beat Cordingley +3, -10, +18
Davis beat Williams +11, +25
Jackson beat Mehas -3, +26tp, +8tp
Quarter-Finals
Fulford beat Baker +24tp, -17tp, +15tp
Maugham beat Bamford +26tp, +3
Mulliner beat Jones -14, +22, +13
Davis beat Jackson -3, +26, +26tp
Semi Finals
Fulford beat Maugham -1tpo, +15tp, +17tp, -4tp, +11tp
Mulliner beat Davis +10, +26tp, +17
Final
Fulford beat Mulliner +17, -3tpo, +9otp, +11otp