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St.Olave's Retain The Williams Cup

27/02/24: St.Olave's retained the Williams Cup in fine style at Harrow last Sunday.

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Williams Cup Shared by Eton and St.Olave's

Mark Williams reports:

06/03/18: Eton and St Olave's shared the 2018 National Schools three pair team competition for the Williams Cup, where each school plays every other school in a round-robin over three pairs in two game matches.

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St.Olave's Win The Williams Cup

07/03/23: St.Olave's School won the Williams Cup for the first time since 2018 with a strong team performance at Eton yesterday.

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St.Olave's Win The Williams Cup

Mark Williams reports:

05/03/17: St Olave's won the Williams Cup by just 3 points for the first time for 20 years and the third time overall. They had the strongest team in depth, with particularly strong first and second pairs, and won all but one of their matches - being held to a draw by Eton. As a team they played consistently strong fives throughout the day, and thoroughly deserved their success.

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Shrewsbury Win The Williams Cup

Mark Williams reports:

08/03/22: Shrewsbury won the Williams Cup at Eton on Sunday, going through the day unbeaten to take the trophy back to Shropshire for the first time since 2012.

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Williams Cup 2016: Four in a Row for Eton

Mark Williams reports:

06/03/16: Eton College won the national 3 pair team competition for the Williams Cup, where each school plays every other school in a round-robin over 3 pairs in two game matches. It was a shame that Berkhamsted and St Olave's both had to pull out because of availability issues, but there was plenty of fives at a high standard, all completed in good time.

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Eton Win The Williams

Mark Williams reports:

02/02/20: Eton retained the Williams Cup at Harrow yesterday after an excellent day's Fives.

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Williams Cup 2015: Three in a Row for Eton

12/03/15: Eton claimed the Williams Cup - the three pair school competition - for the third year in row on their home courts last Sunday. The team, made up of Tom Weld, Tom Kirkby, Oliver Rowse, Barnaby Harrison, Arthur Wellesley and Jack Capstick-Dale, fittingly won the competition to mark the final year as Master-in-Charge at Eton of tournament founder Mark Williams, winning the round robin format ahead of Shrewsbury, Harrow, Highgate, Westminster, Berkhamsted and St.Olave's.

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Eton Win The Williams Cup

Mark Williams reports:

04/03/19: Just five schools entered the Williams Cup this year; a couple of regular attendees suffered from availability problems, but there is no doubt that those schools who entered are currently the five strongest squads in the country.

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March 2014: Eton retain the Williams Cup

Mark Williams reports:

Seven schools entered the Williams Cup this year, and so it was a round-robin event with each pair playing 2 games up to 9 in each match. This format meant that in each game the Fives was intense from the start, and lead to some exciting matches. One match point was scored from each game won.

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