Bowdon took on Southport in this match in the NWF 26 pt league. Sadly Southport could only field 3 players so Mike Flannery’s team was Adrian Apps and Phil Thompson.
The Southport team were: David Venables (7), Eddie Green (8) and Peter Williams (9).
The morning games were shared between the clubs. Both teams needed to win two of the three afternoon matches, Southport proved just a bit better than Bowdon and ran out winners by three matches to two. The individual match scores were as follows:
| Bowdon | Result | Southport | Score |
| Adrian & Phil | beat | David & Eddie | 22 – 9 |
| Mike | lost to | Peter | 14 – 15 |
| Adrian | beat | David | 26 – 12 |
| Mike | lost to | Eddie | 15 – 23 |
| Phil | lost to | Peter | 14 – 21 |