CA v SCA 2014
30-31 August 2014, Middlesbrough
Three Scottish players - Brian Murdoch, Alan Wilson and Fergus McInnes - made their way down the A1 and were joined in Middlesbrough by three from further south - Sam Murray, David Magee and Derek Knight - in an attempt to wrest back the Glasgow Quaich from the English.
The teams appeared quite evenly matched, with the SCA handicaps at -0.5, 0, 0, 1.5, 3 and 3, and the CA at -0.5, 0.5, 1, 2, 2.5 and 4 - suggesting a slight advantage for the SCA if anything. The opening doubles round was in line with this, going 2-1 to the SCA. But in the singles things began going the wrong way for the Scots, and the score after the first day was 9-6 to the home side.
The first round on the second day increased the CA's lead to 13-8. The SCA could still turn it around to 13-14 (a good scoreline for a Scottish victory!) but only by winning all six games in the final round. This they failed to do, achieving only an equal split in the head-to-head games; and so the final result was CA 16, SCA 11.