Game of the week in Division One came at the Sheephaven Bay, where newly promoted Pericardium and champions Nomads fought out a 49-all draw, each led by their No4s and captains (David Stainer with 20, Andrew Frazer with 18). Nomads edged the evening by virtue of a full-house bonus. Old Itonians top-scored for the week with 50 (and a bonus point) in their win against the Five Bells, Fred Filby securing the week’s personal honours with 25. Pineapple shared the scoring around in their defeat of Waterloo Sunset, with all four players registering between 10 and 13, and a full house bonus coming in the last round. Early season availability problems struck in the other two games, each of which saw a side fielding our old friend T. O’Lard. It did Atletico no harm, as they eased to a 12-point win over Barb, all three players in the teens, but Broken Hearts were unable to overcome the handicap, with Telstars producing an impressive 28-point second half (full house included) to come back from a seven-point deficit at the change of ends.
Division Two saw four new teams make their debuts in league action, and the older hands will surely forgive me when I say that it was nice to see all four come away with the win. The Banana Splits gave perhaps the night’s best performance, edging out Gray Monks by the odd point in 95, courtesy of 16 a piece from Gill Woon and Ian Orriss. Gray Monks took both bonuses as consolation. Mike Chappell’s 19 helped Outcasts squeeze past Accies, 35-33; while Eclectics overcame a two-man Mealy Bugs side, with Donald Yule contributing 20, the division’s top score this week. Sons of the Dessert made it four out of four for the new teams with a 43-39 win at Rosslyn Park, Stuart Solomons (18) and Jim Willerton (17) going head-to-head in the No4 seat. Also scoring 18 was the Ovalytes’ Tony Allen, in a 41-30 win at London Scottish.
This week’s statistical oddities saw all ten players at No3 in Div1 make double figures, while of the four full houses obtained in Div1, none was on the same round.
| Pos | Pre | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Avg | CB | HB | 2s% | Pts | Form |
| 1 | - | Old Itonians | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 40 | 10 | 50.00 | 0 | 1 | 46.88 | 5 | W¹ |
| 2 | - | Pineapple | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 38 | 10 | 48.00 | 0 | 1 | 43.75 | 5 | W¹ |
| 3 | - | Telstars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 44 | 2 | 46.00 | 0 | 1 | 46.88 | 5 | W¹ |
| 4 | - | Atletico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 36 | 12 | 48.00 | 0 | 0 | 46.88 | 4 | Wº |
| 5 | - | Nomads | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 49.00 | 0 | 1 | 56.25 | 3 | D¹ |
| 6 | - | Pericardium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 49.00 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | 2 | Dº |
| 7 | - | Broken Hearts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 46 | -2 | 44.00 | 1 | 0 | 40.63 | 1 | C¹ |
| 8 | - | Five Bells | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 50 | -10 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 | 40.63 | 0 | Lº |
| 9 | - | Waterloo Sunset | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 48 | -10 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | 0 | Lº |
| 10 | - | Barb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 48 | -12 | 36.00 | 0 | 0 | 31.25 | 0 | Lº |
| 11 | - | Allsorts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Atletico | 48 - 36 | Barb (F) |
| Robert Willer 19 Brian Wright 15 William De Ath 14 | Roger Robinson 14 Jonathan Warschauer 10 |
| Broken Hearts | 44 - 46* | Telstars (F) |
| Olav Bjortomt 19 Sean Carey 14 Mark Grant 11 | Howard Pizzey 16 William Barrett 14 Bob Bunting 10 |
| Old Itonians | 50* - 40 | Five Bells (F) |
| Fred Filby 25 Tom Dineen 12 Adrian Field 10 | Mick Lancaster 17 Roger Barnes 15 |
| Pericardium (F) | 49 - 49* | Nomads |
| David Stainer 20 Quentin Holt 14 | Andrew Frazer 18 Roger Bennett 13 Paul Steeples 11 |
| Waterloo Sunset (F) | 38 - 48* | Pineapple |
| Ray Ward 15 Joe Kerrigan 13 | Robbie Hudson 13 Dom Tait 13 David Brewis 12 Holly Pattenden 10 |
| Pos | Pre | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Avg | CB | HB | 2s% | Pts | Form |
| 1 | - | Banana Splits | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 47 | 1 | 48.00 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | 4 | Wº |
| 2 | - | Sons of the Dessert | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 43.00 | 0 | 0 | 40.63 | 4 | Wº |
| 3 | - | Ovalytes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 41.00 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | 4 | Wº |
| 4 | - | Eclectics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 41.00 | 0 | 0 | 28.13 | 4 | Wº |
| 5 | - | Outcasts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 35.00 | 0 | 0 | 15.63 | 4 | Wº |
| 6 | - | Gray Monks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 48 | -1 | 47.00 | 1 | 1 | 62.50 | 2 | C² |
| 7 | - | Accies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 35 | -2 | 33.00 | 1 | 0 | 28.13 | 1 | C¹ |
| 8 | - | Rosslyn Park | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 43 | -4 | 39.00 | 0 | 0 | 40.63 | 0 | Lº |
| 9 | - | Mealy Bugs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 41 | -10 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | 0 | Lº |
| 10 | - | London Scottish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 41 | -11 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 | 31.25 | 0 | Lº |
| 11 | - | Wharfside | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Accies | 33 - 35 | Outcasts (F) |
| James Collenette 11 Roger Jacobson 10 | Mike Chappell 19 |
| Gray Monks | 47* - 48 | Banana Splits (F) |
| Paul Sinha 15 Peter Ediss 12 Will Jones 11 | Ian Orriss 16 Gill Woon 16 Richard de Costobadie 11 |
| London Scottish | 30 - 41 | Ovalytes (F) |
| Tony Allen 18 Patrick Hurley 14 |
| Mealy Bugs | 31 - 41 | Eclectics (F) |
| Michael Dawson 18 Nick Spickernell 13 | Donald Yule 20 Mark Rae 13 |
| Rosslyn Park (F) | 39 - 43 | Sons of the Dessert |
| Jim Willerton 17 | Stuart Solomons 18 Simon Bradshaw 12 |
| Pos | Table | P | W | D | L | Avg | B | Pts |
| 1 | West London | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 47.50 | 5 | 33 |
| 2 | North London | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 46.13 | 1 | 21 |
| 3 | Outer London | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 41.25 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | Central London | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 44.13 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | South London | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 36.50 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | East London | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 37.00 | 0 | 8 |
| Pos | Division 1 | P | W | D | L | Avg | B | Pts |
| 1 | Broken Hearts (C) | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 52.90 | 14 | 84 |
| 2 | Pericardium | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 50.95 | 9 | 77 |
| 3 | Nomads | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 50.15 | 12 | 72 |
| 4 | Atletico | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 47.85 | 8 | 62 |
| 5 | Allsorts | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 47.35 | 4 | 54 |
| 6 | Old Itonians | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 45.55 | 9 | 53 |
| 7 | Telstars | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 42.00 | 5 | 37 |
| 8 | Barb | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 38.70 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | Pineapple | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 37.65 | 4 | 22 |
| 10 | Waterloo Sunset | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 37.40 | 1 | 13 |
| 11 | Five Bells | 20 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 38.10 | 1 | 11 |
| Pos | Division 2 | P | W | D | L | Avg | B | Pts |
| 1 | Gray Monks (W) | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 48.75 | 9 | 77 |
| 2 | Banana Splits | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 43.65 | 3 | 67 |
| 3 | Rosslyn Park | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 39.85 | 5 | 57 |
| 4 | Eclectics | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 40.80 | 4 | 54 |
| 5 | Accies | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 38.25 | 3 | 51 |
| 6 | Sons of the Dessert | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 39.40 | 6 | 48 |
| 7 | Mealy Bugs | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 39.10 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | Ovalytes | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 38.20 | 4 | 38 |
| 9 | Outcasts | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 34.05 | 7 | 29 |
| 10 | Wharfside | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 29.70 | 2 | 14 |
| 11 | London Scottish | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 29.90 | 1 | 13 |
| Pos | Table | P | W | D | L | 2s | Pts |
| 1 | Sussex | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 16 |
| 2 | Mastermind Club | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 122 | 11 |
| 3 | Oxford | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 81 | 11 |
| 4 | London | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 103 | 8 |
| 5 | Beds & Herts | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 94 | 8 |
| 6 | Cambridge | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 89 | 6 |