The Scots were holders of the trophy, having won convincingly last year and sent a strong team to Dublin in the hope of retaining it. Their two leading players had minus handicaps.
It was the Irish who were first out of the blocks, however, winning all three doubles games on Saturday morning and this lead was extended to 7-2 after the first round of singles in the afternoon, with victories for Evan(with 2 tps), Jane, Nathaniel and Jack. The Scots rallied In the next round and at the end of the day our lead was reduced to 9-6. We entertained the visitors at The Gables that evening, being pleased to return the hospitality shown to us in Edinburgh last year.
When hostilities resumed on Sunday the Scots kept on their roll, winning all the doubles games, so the final round of singles on Sunday afternoon left all to play for. Most of these games were very tight affairs - Evan and Nathaniel each winning his game on time and Jane only losing to John Surgenor 26-23. At the end of the day, the, the score was 12-12 (see below for full scores) after a most exciting match and Scotland had retained the Trophy.

The match results are as follows: