Surrey were scrapping for every half point and their reply was two birdies on 16 and 17. They could not keep up that charge and lost the 18th (and the match 2 down) pressing for that one more hole.

Rory Kirwan and Rob Steele were out again in Match 2. There was never more than one hole in a tense affair which ended with a Warwickshire par putt miss after our approach, to a downwind green where OOB was close behind, was a bit too short.

That left Ben Stafford and Paul Randle out on the course. They had also been two up after seven before being pegged back - for the final twelve holes it was never more than a one hole advantage to either side, and so it finished with Stafford cozying his birdie to inches whilst Surry had to hole a gritty four footer. Maybe the advantage was with Warwickshire?

'I wanted to play the same guys in the same order', said County Captain Graham Hargreaves, 'They deserved another chance after yesterday (the loss to Yorkshire) because they played so well, and they gave everything.'

That meant Andy Sullivan was at No 1. There was never mroe than a hole in match with Andy making a couple of superb halving birdies. Andy's more crucial shot was the 8ft putt he needed at the last for a halving par.

In Match 3 of the singles, Matt Cryer birdied the 2nd and the 3rd, managed a superb up-and-down from behind the 5th, all to establish a 2up lead which was three up on a couple of occasion, notably when Matt struck a perfect tee-shot through the wind to the par three 11th.

Making another birdie at the 15th left Matt dormie three and he dully shook hands on the 16th. Behind him, Paul Randle was finding life difficult against his opponent, never quite able to get ahead. Paul would lose at the 16th.

Rob Steele was playing 'Seve' - not the Ballesteros version but Seve Benson, from Surrey. This was not an opponent spraying it all over the place then making remarkable recoveries and Rob lost his early lead with a string of bogies from the 3rd to the 5th.

Having played the best golf bar one competitor on the previous day (all bar the Yorkshire player who beat Rob), Rob came back with a birdie at the 7th, made a good par at the 10th, followed that up with another superb approach to the 14th (for a birdie) - and was still level.

So what do you do when top golf doesn't give you a lead? You drive a par four of over 350 yards and hole the putt for a two, then you chip in at the 17th, the toughest par three on Princes golf course - Match to Rob 2&1.

That left Ben Stafford at the end of the field, and David Hayes in Match 5 out on the course. Ben was never more than one up or one down until the end of his match.

David Hayes was three down after the seventh, a front nine which both players played with some scrappy golf.

'I could see from the way the scoreboard was going that my match was likely to be crucial', said David.

He responded by being at least two under par from the 8th tee, and despite a miss from his best approach of the day to the 14th, was a 3&2 win with a superb iron to the 17th.

All this added up to a 5-4 win for Warwickshire. With Yorkshire fending off a fight-back from Gloucs in the single to take that match 6.5 to 2.5, it means that we can take second place from Surry if they don't beat Yorkshire. If Warwickshire have a big big win and Surry do take that match, then the County Finals could be ours - come back tomorrow for the final result!