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Alister Robinson and Guy Barker[Marlborough] won the Noel Bruce Cup beating Charlie Danby and Harry Foster [Harrow] in four straight games. It was Marlboroughs first win in this competition, which began in 1929.

The Old Marlburians[Ali Robinson and Guy Barker] beat the Old Harrovians,[Harry Foster and Charlie Danby 15/2,15/10,15/715/2 to win the Noel Bruce Cup for Public School Old Boys Rackets at The Queens Club. This was the first time in the 75 years that the competition has been played that Marlborough have won. It was also the fourth year in a row that Foster and Danby had reached the final only to lose.

Marlborough reached the final without being stretched in the earlier rounds, and indeed except for a period, at the beginning of the second game, never looked likely to lose a game in the final. In their semi final they played Harrow 2 [Alex Titchener-Barrett and Alastair Orchard] and had cruised to a comfortable 15/6, 15/7,15/9,15/8 win despite some impressive hitting from Alex and solid defense from Alastair.

Harrow on the other hand had had a much sterner test from a new Wellington partnership, which combined the experience of Tim Cockroft with the fresh talent of 2002 Foster Cup winner George Tysoe. Harry and Charlie made their experience as a pair tell in the end with a 15/10,5/15,15/1015/7,15/11 win.

The final saw the combination of Barkers immaculate play on the backhand and all round court skills combined with Robinsons out and out aggression, proved too much for a Harrow pair who were not allowed to get into the match. They did not do much wrong but their best efforts were seemingly just brushed aside.

The only time they seemed about to threaten , when going into a 7 /0 lead at the start of the second game,on a good run of serve by Foster, the Marlburians having won serve on an unforced error by Foster, took a 10/7 lead before winning the game 15/10 in their next hand. They were never behind again and won the last two games for the loss of only nine points. This was as good a display of rackets doubles from the three time Open doubles Champions as is likely to be seen this season.

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