Following defeats in rounds 1 and 3 and a bye in round 2, the combined Hants/Dorset/Wilts team faced a Cornwall team which on paper they looked to have a chance against: Cornwall had a significant rating advantage on the top board but the remaining 14 boards were fairly evenly matched, with Hants/Dorset/Wilts actually being higher rated on 9 boards. However, they went down once more, this time 9-6.
4 Dorset players took part, these being Allan Pleasants (Weymouth), Bill Adaway (Wimborne), Tim Jones (New Milton) and Jamie Doyle (Southbourne) all playing on the top 7 boards with one of them, Tim, winning and Bill drawing.
| Cornwall | 9 – 6 Hants/Dorset/Wilts | ||||
| 1 | 2239 | Robin Kneebone | 1 – 0 | Allan Pleasants | 2047 |
| 2 | 2041 | Jeremy Menadue | 0.5 – 0.5 | Keith Gregory | 2027 |
| 3 | 1958 | Lloyd Retallick | 0.5 – 0.5 | William Adaway | 1859 |
| 4 | 1801 | Trevor Palmer | 0 – 1 | James Chilton | 1838 |
| 5 | 1781 | Jamie Morgan | 0.5 – 0.5 | Graham Stuart | 1765 |
| 6 | 1773 | Grant Healey | 0 – 1 | Tim Jones | 1758 |
| 7 | 1719 | Richard Smith | 1 – 0 | Jamie Doyle | 1712 |
| 8 | 1615 | Martin Pope | 1 – 0 | Chris McSheehy | 1731 |
| 9 | 1552 | Bryan Jones | 1 – 0 | Roy Ludlow | 1670 |
| 10 | 1539 | John Constable | 1 – 0 | David Culliford | 1661 |
| 11 | 1464 | Maria Evdokimova | 0 – 1 | George Feltham | 1620 |
| 12 | 1454 | Richard Nancarrow | 1 – 0 | Ashraf Syed | 1521 |
| 13 | 1448 | Peter Doubleday | 0.5 – 0.5 | Patrick Pavey | 1467 |
| 14 | 1431 | Ian Renshaw | 0.5 – 0.5 | Sofia Syed | 1436 |
| 15 | 1429 | Joseph Gregory | 0.5 – 0.5 | Stephen Lefevre | 1418 |
