Scots beat Wales but Ireland are

champions at Muirfield

Ireland followed up their win in the European team championships by winning the Home Internationals' Raymond Trophy at Muirfield today for the first time since 2003.They beat England 10-5 on the last day to complete the programme with a 100 per cent record.

Scotland, who beat Wales, finished runners-up with two wins and one defeat, taking second place ahead of defending champions England who lost the services of Eddie Pepperell early in the tournament. He was too ill to play after the first day. Jamie Abbott joined the squad for the final day.

George Crawford was captaining Scotland for the last time in a Home Internationals Series. He stands down after the Eisenhower Trophy world amateur team championship in Australia later this year.

Day 3 scoreboard:
SCOTLAND 9.5, WALES 5.5
Foursomes (2-3).
C Macaulay & S Henry lost to N Edwards & R Enoch 5 and 3.
W Booth & G Yates lost to C Evans & J Vickery 6 and 5.
S McEwan & M Stewart bt O Farr & J Howie 3 and 1.
G Dear & K McNicoll bt B Westgate & A Runcie 2 and 1.
P O'Hara & G Campbell lost to J Frazer & B Enoch 7 and 6.
Singles (7.5-2.5)
Macaulay halved with Evans.
Booth bt Edwards 1 hole.
Dear bt Rhys Enoch 5 and 3.
O'Hara bt Westgate 3 and 2.
Yates bt Farr 6 and 4.
McEwan bt Vickery 5 and 4.
Stewart halved with Howie.
McNicoll bt Runcie 2 and 1.
R Kellett halved wih Ben Enoch.
Henry lost to Frazer 6 and 5.

IRELAND 10, ENGLAND 5

Foursomes (3.5-1.5)

J Caldwell & P Cutler halved with S Hutsby & D Whitnell.

P O'Hanlon & E Arthurs bt S Uzzell & J Abbott 6 and 5.

S Lowry & A Dunbar bt M Haines & T Sherreard 2 holes.

D Lernihan & C O'Malley lost to T Fleetwood & L Goddard 5 and 3.

N Kearney & S Ward bt T Adcock & F Keenan 3 and 2.

Singles (6.5-3.5)

Caldwell halved with Whitnell.

Cutler halved with Hutsby.

Lowry bt Sherreard 4 and 2.

C Curley bt Uzzell 2 and 1.

Kearney bt Fleetwood 1 hole.

Dunbar lost to Adcock 4 and 3.

Lernihan bt Goddard 2 holes.

O'Malley lost to Haines 2 and 1.

Ward halved with Keenan.

HOW THEY FINISHED

IRELAND: W3-D0-L0-31-14-Pts3

SCOTLAND: W2-D0-L1-25-20-Pts2

ENGLAND: W1-D0-L2-18.5-26.5-Pts1

WALES: W0-D0-L3-15.5-29.5-Pts 0

TOURNAMENT MVPs (most valuable players)

Jonathan Caldwell (Ireland): 4 wins, 2 halved matches - 5pt

Paul Cutler (Ireland): 4 wins, 2 halved matches - 5pt.

Simon Ward (Ireland): 4 wins, 2 halved matches - 5pt.

SCOTLAND'S TABLE

Gavin Dear: 4 wins, 1 halved match, 1 defeat - 4.5pt.

Callum Macaulay: 3 wins, 2 halved matches, 1 defeat - 4pt.

Paul O'Hara: 4 wins, 2 defeats - 4pt.

Wallace Booth: 3 wins, 1 halved match, 2 defeats - 3.5pt

Gordon Yates: 3 wins, 1 halved match, 1 defeat - 3.5pt

Steven McEwan: 3 wins, 3 defeats - 3pt.

Michael Stewart: 2 wins, 2 halved matches, 2 defeats - 3pt.

Keir McNicoll: 2 wins, 1 halved match, 2 defeats - 2.5pt.

Scott Henry: 2 wins, 1 halved match, 3 defeats - 2.5pt

Glenn Campbell: 1 wins, 4 defeats - 1pt.

Ross Kellett: 1 halved match, 2 defeats - 0.5pt.