This article from the Telegraph Magazine may be of interest (hopefully it will open in pdf format when you click on it):

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  the original contained pictures which makes this text-only version a little difficult to follow. 

Murrayfield VI –season 2009-2010.

Results Summary:
P24 W18 D3 L3

top of Div 2 (final standings):

1st West LothianIII  24 20 1 3 183 57 41
2nd Corstorphine II  24 19 2 3 170 70 40 
3rd Murrayfield VI    24 18 3 3 175 65 39

results (in the order they were played).

N. Merchiston V 3-7 Murrayfield VI
Murrayfield VI 7-3 Corstorphine III
Edinburgh International VIII 3-7 Murrayfield VI
Corstorphine IV 2- 8 Murrayfield VI
Penicuik III 6-4 Murrayfield VI
Murrayfield VI 5 - 5 Edinburgh University III
Murrayfield VI 10-0 Edinburgh International IX
HPO S&S Club II 4- 6 Murrayfield VI
Edinburgh International VII 2- 8 Murrayfield VI
Murrayfield VI 10- 0 Edinburgh International X
Murrayfield VI 6-4 West Lothian III
Corstorphine II 4- 6 Murrayfield VI
Corstorphine III 5- 5 Murrayfield VI
Murrayfield VI 9-1 Edinburgh International VIII
Murrayfield VI 4- 6 North Merchiston V
Murrayfield VI 8 - 2 Penicuik III
Murrayfield VI 9- 1 Edinburgh International VII
Murrayfield VI 10-0 Corstorphine IV
Edinburgh International IX 0-10 Murrayfield VI
Edinburgh University III 1- 9 Murrayfield VI
Murrayfield VI 9 - 1 HPO II
Edinburgh International X 1-9 Murrayfield VI
West Lothian III 6 – 4 Murrayfield VI
Murrayfield VI 5 - 5 Corstorphine II

Given that against the other two title challengers (WL 3 and Cor 2) we had a record of 2Wins, 1Draw and 1Loss, it wasn’t in those matches that we lost out. More damaging were the early losses to Penicuik III and the disastrous draw versus Edin Uni 3. Other missed chances included the draw versus Cor 3 and the narrow loss to a NM 5. In many of these games the doubles proved vital.

Individual performances

         Fixtures Played    Matches won    Matches lost    Sets won    Sets lost    % matches won

Charlie Ellis        24                  67                      5                    209             34             93.06
Alex Asiounkin   16                  44                      4                     134             37             91.67
Ian Robertson     20                  31                    29                     110            121           51.67

Jake Cullen          3                    4                      5                        13              21           44.44
Rowan Campbell  4                   5                      7                       22              26            41.17
David Grant         1                   3                       0                        9                2             100.0
Nazmi Okan         3                   3                      6                        11             19             33.33
William Skinner    1                   1                      2                         5                8             33.33
                       

Though their lost to West Lothian means they can no longer win Div 2, they can claim 

2nd with a win versus Corstorphine 2 (who themselves need a draw to secure 2nd).

The match will be played at Murrayfield, starting at  about 7pm. The game is likely

to be a close one against a strong Cor 2 side.

Corstorphine will no doubt bring along a sizeable band of rowdy followers,

so if you are in the area this Friday,  come along and support team 6.

All 3 remaining Murrayfield  teams went out of the Handicap Cup at the 2nd round stage at  North Merchiston.

Team 8 (Chris Markey, Hamish Barrie and William Skinner) and team 5 (Alex Asounkin, Howard Beck and Roger Thomas) both lost in disappointingly one-sided matches.  

Team 6 (Ian Robertson 0/3, Rowan Campbell 1/2 and Charlie Ellis 2/3) were pretty close to going through,  losing an entertaining contest 5-3 to a useful Edinburgh International side led by Simon Fu. Ian losing (primarily because of a few wayward smashes) to Simon in a desperately close match that would-had Ian won it- have leveled the match at 4-4.